Current Professional Societies

1. Vice Chairman of Engineering Safety and Protection Branch of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering;

2. Vice Director of Professional Committee for Disaster and Environmental Protection of Nearshore and Offshore Engineering of Seismological Society of China;

3. Member of the Urban-Rural Resilience and Disaster Prevention and Reduction Committee of China Association for Disaster Prevention.

Research Areas

1. Seismic Soil-structure Interaction Analysis Method and Application;

2. Seismic Analysis and Design of Underground Structures;

3. Seismic Analysis and Design of Offshore Structures.

Honors

1. Second Class Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 2017, 2008;

2. First Class Prize of Science and Technology Progress Awards of Ministry of Education, 2016, 2006;

3. National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China, 2011;

4. Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Beijing, 2010.

Publications

1. Guoliang Zhang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Xiaoling Zhang. A Frequency-dependent Absorbing Boundary Condition For Numerically Solving u-U Elastic Wave Equations In Layered and Fluid-saturated Porous Media. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Accepted.

2. Huifang Li, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. Accurate H-shaped Absorbing Boundary Condition In Frequency Domain For Scalar Wave Propagation In Layered Half Space. International Journal for Numerical Methods In Engineering, Accepted.

3. Piguang Wang, Xiaojing Wang*, Mi Zhao*, Xinglei Cheng, Xiuli Du. A Numerical Model For Wave Forces and Earthquake-induced Hydrodynamic Forces On Inclined Circular Cylinder. Ocean Engineering, Accepted.

4. Zhidong Gao, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Xu Zhao. Seismic Soil-structure Interaction Analysis of Structure With Shallow Foundation Using Response Spectrum Method. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/s10518-020-00827-x.

5. Mi Zhao, Guoliang Zhang, Piguang Wang*, Xiuli Du, Xiaoling Zhang. An Accurate Frequency-domain Model For Seismic Responses of Breakwater-seawater-seabed-bedrock System. Ocean Engineering. 2020, 197, 106843.

6. Zilan Zhong, Shaohua Zhang, Mi Zhao*, Benwei Hou, Wenping Gong. Reliability-based Robust Geotechnical Design Of Spread Foundations Considering Multiple Failure Modes. Computers And Geotechnics. 2020, 119, 103292.

7. Jingqi Huang, Xu Zhao, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Yuan Wang, Chengming Zhang, Chiyu Zhang. Effect of Peak Ground Parameters on The Nonlinear Seismic Response Of Long Lined Tunnels. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020, 95, 103175.

8. Mi Zhao, Xiaojing Wang, Piguang Wang*, Xiuli Du, Jingbo Liu. Seismic Water-structure Interaction Analysis Using Modified SBFEM And FEM Coupling In Frequency Domain. Ocean Engineering, 2019, 189, 106374.

9. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao, Xiuli Du, Xinglei Cheng. A Finite Element Solution of Earthquake-induced Hydrodynamic Forces And Wave Forces On Multiple Circular Cylinders. Ocean Engineering, 2019, 189, 106336.

10. Guoliang Zhang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Xiaoling Zhang, Piguang Wang. 1D Finite Element Artificial Boundary Method For Transient Response of Ocean Site Under Obliquely Incident Earthquake Waves. Soil Dynamics And Earthquake Engineering. 2019, 126, 105787.

11. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. Dynamic Response of Bridge Pier Under Combined Earthquake And Wave-current Action. Journal Of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), 2019, 24(10): 04019095.

12. Mi Zhao*, Zhidong Gao, Xiuli Du, Junjie Wang, Zilan Zhong. Response Spectrum Method For Seismic Soil-structure Interaction Analysis Of Underground Structure. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2019, 17(9): 5339-5363.

13. Huifang Li, Mi Zhao*, Lihua Wu, Piguang Wang, Xiuli Du. A Stable High-order Absorbing Boundary Based On Continued Fraction For Scalar Wave Propagation In 2D And 3D Unbounded Layers. Engineering Computations, 2019, 36(7): 2445-2479.

14. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. Short-crested Wave-current Forces on Composite Bucket Foundation for An Offshore Wind Turbine. Mathematical Problems In Engineering, 2019, 2019: 5932742.

15. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. A Simple Added Mass Model For Simulating Elliptical Cylinder Vibrating In Water Under Earthquake Action. Ocean Engineering, 2019, 179: 351-360.

16. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. Simplified Formula for Earthquake-induced Hydrodynamic Pressure on Round-ended and Rectangular Cylinders Surrounded by Water. Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), 2019, 145(2): 04018137.

17. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Jingbo Liu. Analytical Solution For The Short-crested Wave Diffraction by An Elliptical Cylinder. European Journal Of Mechanics - B/Fluids, 2019, 74: 399-409.

18. Mi Zhao*, Huifang Li, Shengtao Cao, Xiuli Du. An Explicit Time Integration Algorithm For Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analyses Of Dynamic and Wave Problems. Engineering Computations, 2019, 36(1): 161-177.

19. Mi Zhao*, Huifang Li, Xiuli Du, Piguang Wang. Time-domain Stability of Artificial Boundary Condition Coupled With Finite Element For Dynamic And Wave Problems in Unbounded Media. International Journal Of Computational Methods, 2019, 16(4): 1850099.

20. Mi Zhao, Lihua Wu, Xiuli Du*, Zilan Zhong, Chengshun Xu, Liang Li. Stable High-order absorbing Boundary Condition Based On New Continued Fraction For Scalar Wave Propagation in Unbounded Multilayer Media. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics And Engineering, 2018, 334: 111-137.

21. Jingqi Huang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Feng Dai, Chao Ma, Jingbo Liu. An Elasto-plastic Damage Model For Rocks Based on A New Nonlinear Strength Criterion. Rock Mechanics And Rock Engineering, 2018, 51(5): 1413-1429.

22. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Jingbo Liu, Jingyi Chen. Simplified Evaluation of Earthquake-induced Hydrodynamic Pressure on Circular Tapered Cylinders Surrounded by Water. Ocean Engineering, 2018, 164: 105-113.

23. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. Analytical Solution and Simplified Formula For Earthquake Induced Hydrodynamic Pressure on Elliptical Hollow Cylinders in Water. Ocean Engineering, 2018, 148: 149-160.

24. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Huifang Li, Xiuli Du. An Accurate And Efficient Time-domain Model For Simulating Water-cylinder Dynamic Interaction During Earthquakes. Engineering Structures, 2018, 166: 263-273.

25. Yang Li, Mi Zhao*, Chengshun Xu, Xiuli Du, Zheng Li. Earthquake Input For Finite Element Analysis of Soil-structure Interaction on Rigid Bedrock. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2018, 79: 250-262.

26. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du, Jingbo Liu, Chengshun Xu. Wind, Wave And Earthquake Responses of Offshore Wind Turbine on Monopile Foundation in Clay. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2018, 113: 47-57.

27. Piguang Wang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. Short-crested, Cnoidal And Solitary Wave Forces on Composite Bucket Foundation for An Offshore Wind Turbine. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2018, 10(2): 023305.

28. Jingqi Huang, Mi Zhao*, Xiuli Du. Non-linear Seismic Responses of Tunnels Within Normal Fault Ground Under Obliquely Incident P Waves. Tunnelling And Underground Space Technology, 2017, 61: 26-39.

29. Mi Zhao, Zhidong Gao, Litao Wang, Xiuli Du*, Jingqi Huang, Yang Li. Obliquely Incident Earthquake For Soil-structure Interaction in Layered Half Space. Earthquakes and Structures, 2017, 13(06): 573-588.

30. Mi Zhao*, Houquan Yin, Xiuli Du, Lingyu Liang. 1D Finite Element Artificial Boundary Method For Layered Half Space Site Response From Obliquely Incident Earthquake. Earthquakes and Structures, 2015, 9(01): 173-194.

31. Mi Zhao, Xiuli Du*, Jingbo Liu, Heng Liu. Explicit Finite Element Artificial Boundary Scheme For Transient Scalar Waves in Two-dimensional Unbounded Waveguide. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2011, 87(11):1074-1104.

32. Xiuli Du, Mi Zhao*. Stability and Identification for Rational Approximation of Frequency Response Function of Unbounded Soil. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2010, 39(2): 165-186.

33. Xiuli Du, Mi Zhao*. A Local Time-domain Transmitting Boundary For Simulating Cylindrical Elastic Wave Propagation in Infinite Media. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2010, 30(10): 937-946.

Personal Statement

Mi Zhao, professor and doctoral supervisor, Vice Director of Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Retrofit of Beijing, and Director of the Institute of Disaster Prevention and Reduction Engineering and Protective Engineering. His Doctoral Dissertation is awarded as the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China in 2011 by Chinese Ministry of Education. He has been supported by the Ministry of Education Innovation Team of China, by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Outstanding Young Scholar and by the Beijing Nova program. He has presided one project of National 973 Program and the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published more than 100 papers in English and Chinese. He has been awarded two 2nd Class National Science and Technology Progress Awards and two 1st Class Science and Technology Progress Awards of Ministry of Education.