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Profiles
Dr Shanshan Cheng
Lecturer in Civil Engineering
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
I've been a lecturer in Civil Engineering at UoP since 2017. Prior to joining UoP as a lecturer, I worked at the University of Sheffield as a postdoc for the EPSRC project “The behaviour of built-up thin-walled steel structural elements (EP/M011976/1)” and “Sustainable fire-spalling-resistant concrete (EP/N019555/1)”. My current research mainly focuses on the low carbon construction materials, particularly the application to offshore floating platforms. I am currently the PI for a Royal Society funded project "Fatigue failure mechanics of carbon-fibre textile reinforced concrete in the marine environment", to test the flexural fatigue behaviour of CTRC beams under seawater, and the coordinator for an EU funded project “Tailor-made recycled aggregate concrete (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017-777823-TRAC)” which aims to promote the use of recycled aggregates in civil infrastructure. I’m also a Co-I for EPSRC funded project “FlexWave – flexible responsive systems in wave energy (EP/V040367/1)”, where I’m responsible for finite element analysis of the flexible wave energy converters under wave loading. I was the PI for an EPSRC funded Supergen ORE ECR award “Offshore floating foundations using self-sensing carbon fibre textile reinforced concretes”, to test the dual-functional properties of using carbon-fibre textiles as both reinforcement and sensor in concrete structures, and PI for a Sustainable Earth Institute funded project “Use of tungsten tailing waste as replacement for cement” to investigate the feasibility of using tungsten tailings in making low carbon concrete materials.
Qualifications
2017 - present | Plymouth University, UK | Lecturer |
2015 - 2016 | The University of Sheffield, UK | Postdoc |
2011 - 2015 | Plymouth University, UK | PhD |
2009 - 2011 | Harbin Institute of Technology, China | MSc (research) |
2005 - 2009 | Central South University, China | BEng |
Roles on external bodies
2023 – present, Technical Committee member of FIB (Task Group 1.2: Concrete structures in marine environments)
2022 – present, Technical Committee member of RILEM (292-MCC: Mechanical characterization and structural design of textile reinforced concrete; 294-MPA: Mechanical properties of alkali-activated concrete; 297-DOC: Degradation of organic coating materials and its relation to concrete durability)
2020 – present, Committee member of IStructE Southwest regional group
2019 – present, IStructE student staff liaison officer
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
STAD200 - Structural Analysis and Design II
CIVL500 - Finite Element Modelling and Analysis
Research
Research
Research interests
- Buckling of thin-walled structures
- Structural fire safety
- Steel-concrete composite structures
- Fibre reinforced concretes
- Recycled aggregate concretes
- Composite material characterisations
- Survivability of offshore floating structures
Grants & contracts
1) Fatigue Failure Mechanics of Carbon-fibre Textile Reinforced Concrete in the Marine Environment, Royal Society, £60.5k, 2023-2024 (PI)
2) Use of Tungsten Tailing Waste as Replacement for Cement , Plymouth University Sustainable Earth Institute, £3k, 2022 (PI)
3) FlexWave - Flexible Responsive Systems in Wave Energy, EPSRC, £1m, 2021-2024 (Co-I)
4) Offshore Floating Foundations Using Self-sensing Carbon Fibre Textile-reinforced Concretes, EPSRC Supergen ORE ECR fund, £5k, 2020 (PI)
5) TRAC – Tailor-made Recycled Aggregate Concrete, European H2020-RISE project, €450k, 2018-2024 (Coordinator)
6) Durability of Textile Reinforced Concrete in Marine Environment, Plymouth University funded PhD studentship, £43.5k, 2017-2021 (1st Supervisor)
7) Structural Performance of Floating Offshore Structures, Plymouth University funded PhD studentship, £43.5k, 2017-2021 (1st Supervisor)
Publications
Publications
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