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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 (UoP) is a lecturer in Civil Engineering at UoP since 2017. Her research mainly focuses on the structural analysis and design, composite material characterisation, and durability and survivability of offshore floating platforms. Prior to joining UoP as a lecturer, she 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)”. Recently, she is the coordinator for an EU funded project “Tailor-made recycled aggregate concrete (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017-777823-TRAC)”, the PIs for an EPSRC funded Supergen ORE ECR award “Offshore floating foundations using self-sensing carbon fibre textile reinforced concretes”, and UoP Sustainable Earth Institute funded project “Use of tungsten tailing waste as replacement for cement”. She is a Co-I for EPSRC funded project “FlexWave – flexible responsive systems in wave energy (EP/V040367/1)” and EU funded project “RESET – Reliability and safety engineering and technology for large maritime engineering systems (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016-730888)”.
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 |
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) Use of tungsten tailing waste as replacement for cement , Plymouth University Sustainable Earth Institute, £3k, 2022 (PI)
2) FlexWave - Flexible Responsive Systems in Wave Energy, EPSRC, £1m, 2021-2024 (Co-I)
3) Offshore Floating Foundations Using Self-sensing Carbon Fibre Textile-reinforced Concretes, EPSRC Supergen ORE ECR fund, £5k, 2020 (PI)
4) TRAC – Tailor-made Recycled Aggregate Concrete, European H2020-RISE project, €450k, 2018-2022 (Coordinator)
5) RESET - REliability and Safety Engineering and Technology for large maritime engineering systems, European H2020-RISE project, €1.42m, 2017-2021 (participant)
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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