Current Professional Societies

1. Deputy director of the Youth Committee on Disaster Prevention of Infrastructures, Seismological Society of China;

2. Academic committee member, the Tianjin Key Lab of Modular Structures and Intelligent Construction;

3. Editorial board member, Shock and Vibration.

Research Areas

1. Structure response and protection (blast, impact, collision, shock);

2. Composite materials and structures;

3. Energy absorption of cellular solids and structures;

4. Structural dynamics.

Honors

1. Beijing Specially Recruited Expert;

2. Research highlight, Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE.

Selected Publications

1. Hongyuan Zhou, Pengli Cong, Xiaojuan Wang, Yonghui Wang, Huliang Dai, Shangjiang Yu, Jianguo Du, Global response of underground structures subjected to ground shock with consideration of rise time, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 143 (2021) 106624.

2. Hongyuan Zhou, Kuncheng Jia, Xiaojuan Wang, Mingxiang Xiong, Yonghui Wang, Experimental and numerical investigation of low velocity impact response of foam concrete filled auxetic honeycombs, Thin-Walled Structures, 154 (2020) 106898.

3. Hongyuan Zhou, Xuejian Zhang, Xiaojuan Wang, Yonghui Wang, Tianfei Zhao, Response of foam concrete-filled aluminum honeycombs subject to quasi-static and dynamic compression, Composite Structures 239 (2020) 112025.

4. Hongyuan Zhou, Xiaojuan Wang, Zhiye Zhao, High velocity impact mitigation with gradient cellular solids, Composites Part B: Engineering 85 (2016) 93-101.

5. Hongyuan Zhou, Yonghui Wang, Xiaojuan Wang, Zhiye Zhao, Guowei Ma, Energy absorption of graded foam subjected to blast: A theoretical approach, Materials & Design 84 (2015) 351-358.

6. Hongyuan Zhou, Masuhiro Beppu, Guowei Ma, Zhiye Zhao, In-structure shock of underground structures: A revisit with experimental investigation, Engineering Structures 56 (2013) 1620-1630.

7. Hongyuan Zhou, Zhiye Zhao, Guowei Ma, Mitigating ground shocks with cellular solids, Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE 139(10) (2013) 1362-1371.

8. Hongyuan Zhou, Guowei Ma, Double-layer floor to mitigate in-structure shock of underground structures: A conceptual design, Engineering Structures 35 (2012) 314-321.

9. Guowei Ma, Hongyuan Zhou, Karen Chong, In-structure shock assessment of underground structures with consideration of rigid body motion, Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE 137(12) (2011) 797-806.

10. Guowei Ma, Hongyuan Zhou, Yong Lu, Karen Chong, In-structure shock of underground structures: A theoretical approach, Engineering Structures 32(12) (2010) 3836-3844.

Personal Statement

Zhou Hongyuan, Ph.D, professor and doctoral adviser. He was awarded bachelor and master degree in Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and Ph.D in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2012. Hongyuan leads and participates in more than 10 national and international projects granted by organizations such as National Natural Science Foundation of China, Defense Science and Technology Agency (Singapore), Ministry of National Development (Singapore), and published more than 40 SCI indexed papers in major international journals. He once served as the guest editor of International Journal of Impact Engineering, and editorial board member of Shock and Vibration. Hongyuan has served as the deputy director of the Youth Committee on Disaster Prevention of Infrastructures-Seismological Society of China, and academic committee member of the Tianjin Key Lab of Modular Structures and Intelligent Construction.