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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
Dr Shanshan Cheng obtained her PhD in Structural Engineering in 2015. She has been extensively working in the field of structural analysis and design of steel and steel-concrete composite structures over the past decade, which has led to over 20 peer-reviewed journal paper publications. Since joining Plymouth University as a lecturer, she has extended her research interests to marine structures, focusing on composite material charactersations, durability and survivability of offshore floating platforms. She has worked on several projects funded by EPSRC, EU, industrial partners and international funding bodies. Currently she is the PI of an EU funded H2020-RISE project – TRAC (Tailor-made Recycled Aggregate Concretes) investigating recycling solutions for demolished concrete materials, in particular marine concretes.
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 | MEng |
2005 - 2009 | Central South University, China | BEng |
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Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
STAD117 - Structural Analysis and Design I
STAD215 - Structural Analysis and Design II
MATH511 - Advanced Engineering 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) FlexWave - Flexible Responsive Systems in Wave Energy, EPSRC, £1m, 2021-2024 (Co-I)
2) Offshore Floating Foundations Using Self-sensing Carbon Fibre Textile-reinforced Concretes, EPSRC Supergen ORE ECR fund, £5k, 2020 (PI)
3) TRAC – Tailor-made Recycled Aggregate Concrete, European H2020-RISE project, €450k, 2018-2022 (Coordinator)
4) RESET - REliability and Safety Engineering and Technology for large maritime engineering systems, European H2020-RISE project, €1.42m, 2017-2021 (participant)
5) Durability of textile reinforced concrete in marine environment, Plymouth University funded phd studentship, £43.5k, 2017-2021. (1st Supervisor)
6) Structural performance of floating offshore structures, Plymouth University funded phd studentship, £43.5k, 2017-2021. (1st Supervisor)
Publications
Publications
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