Staff Profile
Dr Sigong Zhang
Lecturer in Structural Engineering
- Email: sigong.zhang@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: Room 2.05, Drummond Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom
Research
Research Interests
Timber / steel structures: Connections, composite actions, lateral load resisting systems
Vibration serviceability: Lightweight timber / steel floor systems, footbridge
Solid mechanics: Analytical modelling of structural elements with complicated boundary conditions, attachments and discontinuities.
Human movement: Gait analysis under abnormal environment (e.g., vibration)
Past fundings
“Developing advanced vibration performance assessment for new generation of lightweight pedestrian structures using motion platform and virtual reality environments”, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, ID: 898216, € 224 933.76, October 2020 to October 2022. Co-PI: Stana Zivanovic, University of Exeter, UK
“Structural analysis of innovative mass timber penal-steel composite floors and its application”, Mitacs Globalink, IT16921, $6,000, June 2020 to August 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic). Co-PI: Takuro Mori, Hiroshima University, Japan
Postgraduate Supervision
If you are interested in undertaking a PhD/MPhil under my supervision, please do send me your CV.
Please find degree information through the following link
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/8040f-17/
Teaching
ENG2015 Mechanics II
CEG3301 Design of Building Systems