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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20170111T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20170111T153000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20170111T063022Z
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SUMMARY:The rare event study and its applications in the biological jump processes
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Tiejun LI\nProfessor\nSchool of Mathematical Sciences\nPeking University\nChina \nAbstract\nThe construction of energy landscape for bio-dynamics is attracting more and more attention recent years. In this talk\, I will introduce the strategy to construct the landscape from its connection with rare events\, which relies on the large deviation theory for Gillespie-type jump dynamics. In the application to a typical genetic switching model\, the two-scale large deviation theory is developed to take into account the fast switching of DNA states. The comparison with other proposals are also discussed. We demonstrate different diffusive limits arise when considering different regimes for genetic translation and switching processes. I will also talk about its applications in understanding the S-phase checkpoint activation mechanism for budding yeast. This is a joint work with Fangting Li\, Xianggang Li\, Cheng Lv and Peijie Zhou. \nBiography\nProf. Li obtained his bachelor degree and PhD at Tsinghua University and is now a full professor at Peking University\, his basic interest is the stochastic modeling and simulations in Science such as chemical reaction kinetics\, rare events\, Anderson localization\, multiscale modeling of complex fluids\, statistical data analysis and so on. Prof. Li has published more than 40 papers on PNAS\, J. Chem. Phys.\, Comm. Math. Phys. and so on. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/the-rare-event-study-and-its-applications-in-the-biological-jump-processes/
LOCATION:E11-1038
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20170111T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20170111T113000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20170111T023012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T045329Z
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SUMMARY:Modeling transcription factor binding affinity landscape through machine learning
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Xin GAO\nAssociate Professor of Computer Science\, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)\nKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)\nSaudi Arabia \nAbstract\nTranscription factors (TF) are an important family of proteins that control the transcription rate from DNAs to messenger RNAs through the binding to specific DNA sequences. An accurate characterization of TF-DNA binding affinity landscape is crucial to a quantitative understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning endogenous gene regulation. In this talk\, I will introduce two machine learning methods that we recently developed for modeling TF-DNA binding affinity. The first method is a two-round support vector regression with weighted degree kernel\, which can accurately capture important k-mers that contribute to high and low affinity values. In contrast\, the second method aims at incorporating both position-specific information and long-range interaction. It is an end-to-end learning framework that combines the strength of graphical models\, Hilbert space embedding\, and deep learning. \nBiography\nDr. Xin Gao is an associate professor of computer science in the Computer\, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)\, Saudi Arabia. He is also a PI in the Computational Bioscience Research Center at KAUST and an adjunct faculty member at David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at University of Waterloo\, Canada. Prior to joining KAUST\, he was a Lane Fellow at Lane Center for Computational Biology in School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University\, U.S.. He earned his bachelor degree in Computer Science in 2004 from Computer Science and Technology Department at Tsinghua University\, China\, and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in 2009 from David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at University of Waterloo\, Canada. \nDr. Gao’s research interests are building computational models\, developing machine learning techniques\, and designing efficient and effective algorithms\, with particular focus on applications to key open problems in structural biology\, systems biology and synthetic biology. He has co-authored more than 100 research articles in the fields of bioinformatics and machine learning. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/modeling-transcription-factor-binding-affinity-landscape-through-machine-learning/
LOCATION:E11-1012
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20170103T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20170103T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20170103T070036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T045330Z
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SUMMARY:Safer Refactorings with Assertions
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nDr. Volker Stolz\nBergen University College and the University of Oslo\nNorway \nAbstract\nRefactorings often require that non-trivial semantic correctness conditions are met. IDEs such as Eclipse’s Java Development Tools rely on simpler\, static pre- condition checks for refactorings. This leads to the phenomenon that a seemingly innocuous refactoring can change the behavior of the program. In this thesis we demonstrate our technique of introducing runtime checks of two particular refactorings for the Java programming language: Extract And Move Method\, and Extract Local Variable. These checks can\, in combination with unit tests\, detect changed behavior and identify the refactoring step that introduced it. \nBiography\nDr. Volker Stolz is an associate professor at the Bergen University College and the University of Oslo\, Norway. He is site-leader for the European Horizon 2020 project “COEMS — Continuous Observation of Embedded Multicore Systems”\, vice chair of the EU COST Action IC1402 “ARVI — Runtime Verification Beyond Monitoring”\, and Visiting Professor at the Guizhou Academy of Sciences\, Guiyang. Before moving to Norway\, Dr. Stolz held an Assistant Research Fellow position at UNU-IIST\, Macao (now UNU-CS)\, where he was principal investigator in the MSTDF-funded project on “Applied Runtime Verification”. \nHis interests are formal methods in software engineering\, correctness and verification of software\, and programming language semantics. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/safer-refactorings-with-assertions/
LOCATION:E11-1035
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161222T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161222T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161221T040035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032018Z
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SUMMARY:Application of digital technology in engineering and education: From Game Design to Surveillance system and Visual analysis
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Charu Monga\nAssistant Professor\nFounder of ARLab\nDepartment of Design\nIndian Institute of Technology (IIT)\nGuwahati\nIndia \nAbstract\nThe utilization of digital techniques (virtual reality\, game design\, surveillance system\, visual analysis) in different sectors such as education\, engineering and behavioural sciences has been on rise in last decade. These inter-disciplinary interventions enhances accessibility to certain information especially in remote areas and thus efficiency and sustainability of any particular system (Engineering infrastructure\, educational institutes\, IT industry etc.). These interventions will be demonstrated using selective projects such as game design for IT sector\, surveillance system for monitoring of crowd movement as well as visual techniques for analyzing vegetation growth and soil properties. \nGame design for education in both digital and also board form brings many opportunities into learnification. Though\, its application has been intense in training managers or employees in different industry sectors\, however\, the design lacked proper balance of “purpose” and “fun” elements. With that perspective\, a new game was designed\, developed and evaluated considering balance of both “purpose” and “fun” elements for enhancing decision making skills of project manager in IT industry. In order to achieve that\, analogy for hospital based scenario was adopted for the game design. The project was executed jointly by ARLab research group with IT industry. In second project\, a low cost in-house surveillance system is developed and evaluated for monitoring crowd movement at venues (festive occasions\, shopping malls\, metro)\, where crowd management is required. In third project\, application of visual techniques (image analysis) for quantifying spatial heterogeneity among vegetation growth and also estimating soil moisture was explored. Field monitoring of landscape (mixed vegetation cover) was conducted. Spatio-temporal variation in vegetation growth parameters were quantified using image processing and correlated with measured hydraulic conductivity in field. Such quantifications are highly useful for numerical modelers to consider non-uniformity in inputting boundary conditions in their simulations and also opens up alternatives for monitoring of such infrastructures\, which are remote. Discussion will be made to explore opportunities of such interventions in various projects. \nBiography\n\n \n\nCharu Monga is an experienced researcher\, academician and designer. With research interest in cross disciplinary domain and passion towards practice based design. She is an Assistant professor working in the area of designing animations\, films\, games\, communication strategy and social innovations. \nHer current research aims to investigate variety of techniques to promote crafts\, culture\, and tradition to empower educational areas. She uses animation techniques\, films\, videos\, virtual reality\, augmented reality\, illustration\, stories\, technology like 3d printing\, participatory and ethnographic approaches to express her design concepts. \nShe has done her dual Masters in Applied Arts from Delhi University and Film making from Film and Television Institute of India. She has also taught at FTII-Pune\, Delhi University\, NIFT and has nine years of industrial experience as strategist\, visualizer\, game designer\, animator and illustrator in various organizations. She has also executed research projects with World Health Partners\, Group Delphoenix\, Industrial Design Centre\, IIT Bombay\, Sumo Digital\, Foundation 9 Entertainment and Digikriti Entertainment. Her work has been sponsored by Red-Cross Society\, UNIFEM to exhibit in galleries such as Romain Rolland\, Habitat Center and Lalit kala Academy to name a few. She was involved in cross-cultural researches on communication\, design education paradigms and creativity methods\, and has presented it in across the globe. She has delivered 21 invited International seminars and workshops at various universities in countries such as Israel\, Taiwan\, Russia\, Thailand and Singapore as a part of her collaborations internationally. In 2014\, she has created ARLab\, laboratory for fostering multidisciplinary ideas and approaches at Department of Design\, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. She is also associated with Centre of Rural Technology at IIT itself. She received Microsoft Faculty Research Grant 2015\, Ministry of Human Resource and Development research grant with industrial partners from Microsoft and TCS. Also awarded Film Heritage Foundation fellowship by Film Division in association with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation & Cineteca di Bologna\, L’Immagine Ritrovata. With this she has also extensively published and presented in International journals also conferences.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/application-of-digital-technology-in-engineering-and-education-from-game-design-to-surveillance-system-and-visual-analysis/
LOCATION:E11-1043
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161222T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161222T110000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161221T040045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032018Z
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SUMMARY:Soil-plant-water-interactions: Challenges with respect to slope remediation and agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Ankit GARG\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Civil Engineering\nIndian Institute of Technology (IIT)\nGuwahati\nIndia \nAbstract\nThe presence of vegetation in the upper layer of vadose zone results in complex moisture dynamics (soil-root-water interaction) due to the combined effects of transpiration and soil water evaporation. Unsaturated soil-root composite hydraulic properties\, transpiration and soil water evaporation and effect of plant parameters (i.e.\, leaf area index (LAI)\, root length density (RLD) and root area index (RAI)) on soil property are keys for understanding this complex moisture dynamics. Previous studies have not collectively discussed these plant parameters and unsaturated soil properties to understand moisture dynamics in the vadose zone. The gaps between unsaturated parameters and plants parameters are discussed in the context of agricultural field and bioengineered slopes (a type of slope remediation). In the presentation\, critical review will be presented to discuss hydraulic properties of soil-root composite (water retention curve\, hydraulic conductivity) with respect to soil composition\, soil density and cracked soil. Influences of plant parameters\, such as LAI\, RLD and RAI on boundary conditions will be discussed. The efficacy of soil-root composite water retention curve (SRCWRC) incorporation in the field of agriculture as well as geotechnical engineering (i.e.\, for bioengineered slope stability analysis) will be demonstrated. Also\, recent developments about use of visual techniques for estimating soil parameters would be discussed. \nBiography\n\n \n\nDr Ankit Garg is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)\, Guwahati\, India. He is also a World Bank Monitoring Consultant for infrastructure projects in Assam\, India. His background is Civil and Environmental Engineering (PhD\, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). His research focuses on investigation of fundamental unsaturated hydraulic properties of soil with vegetation and plant physical root and leaf characteristics\, such as transpiration reduction function\, root distribution\, root area index and leaf area index. He has identified plant relation with unsaturated soil properties for two species Schefflera heptaphylla and Cynodon dactylon. He has been recently involved in working on identifying visual techniques for estimating soil moisture and vegetation cover (collaboration with faculties from design). His work has been published in around 24 journals including inter-disciplinary journals such as “Journal of plant nutrition and soil science”\, “Catena”\, “Hydrological Processes”\, “Ecological Engineering”. He was invited to deliver seminars at various universities in UK\, Germany\, Japan\, China\, Thailand\, Malaysia\, and Taiwan. He was also invited as visiting scientist at University of Leeds for collaboration in green infrastructure.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/soil-plant-water-interactions-challenges-with-respect-to-slope-remediation-and-agriculture/
LOCATION:E11-1043
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161218T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161218T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161216T040036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032018Z
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SUMMARY:Mechanism and Mitigation Measures of Landslides
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Li-jun SU\nProfessor of Geotechnical Engineering\nInstitute of Mountain Hazards and Environment\nChinese Academy of Sciences \nAbstract\nLandslide is a general term used to describe the downslope movement of soil\, rock\, and organic materials under the effects of gravity. In this presentation\, basic types of landslides will be introduced and their characteristics including the mechanism\, velocity effects will be analyzed. After that\, methods and techniques for investigating and evaluating landslides methods will be briefly introduced. At the end\, stabilization and mitigation Measures for different types of landslides will be presented and discussed. \nBiography\nLijun Su\, PhD\, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Institute of Mountain hazards and environment\, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He obtained his Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in civil engineering at the Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2000 and 2002\, respectively. Following that\, he earned his PhD degree in geotechnical engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2006. He started his first job at the Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology as an associate professor in 2007. In 2008\, he went to Australia and started to work at the University of Wollongong as a research fellow under a CRC project about non-destructive assessment of railway track conditions. He joined the institute of mountain hazards and environment in February 2012 under the “Hundred Talents” Program of the CAS and now is the vice director of the Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Earth Surface Process\, CAS. He has broad research interests in geotechnical engineering\, including constitutive modeling of geomaterials\, numerical analysis of geotechnical problems\, laboratory and physical model tests\, application of geophysical methods in geotechnical engineering and etc. He is currently working on landslide mechanisms and hazard analysis. He is a scientific editor of the international Journal of Mountain Science and board member of the International Consortium on Landslides. He has published more than 50 journal and conference papers so far.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/mechanism-and-mitigation-measures-of-landslides/
LOCATION:E11-1043
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161215T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161215T113000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161214T040022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032018Z
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SUMMARY:"Strain based slope deformation and stability analyses - insights from physical and numerical modeling" and "DFOS and PIV-based deformation monitoring of sand foundation model under surcharge loading"
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Hong-Hu ZHU\nAssociate Professor of Engineering Geology and Geotechnics\nSchool of Earth Sciences and Engineering\nNanjing University\, China \nAbstract\n(a) The distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) technology enables the measurement of strain distribution in soil slopes\, which has gained increasing attention of geotechnical practitioner. In this presentation\, the feasibility of strain based slope stability evaluation for slopes under different loading conditions is investigated. The strain measurements of model slopes during surcharge loading and seepage were analyzed. Empirical relationships were established to evaluate the slope stability condition. To verify the above findings\, finite element models was built and numerical simulations were conducted. The results show that the strain distribution characteristics are closely related to the propagation of plastic zones and the formation of critical slip surfaces. Compared with conventional displacement-based slope monitoring and stability evaluation method\, the strain-based methodology is more efficient and sensitive\, which makes full use of the benefits of the DFOS technology. \n(b) The DFOS and particle image velocimetry (PIV) techniques are used to investigate the deformation behaviour of plane-strain sand foundation models under surcharge loading. Quasi-distributed fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors and fully-distributed Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors were embedded in the models to capture the internal deformation\, while PIV was used to process digital images taken by a camera placed in the vicinity of the models. The FOS measurements and PIV analyses were combined to reveal the distribution and evolution of deformation of the models under surcharge loading. \nBiography\nHong-Hu Zhu is associate professor of engineering geology and geotechnics at Nanjing University\, China\, and associate director of Suzhou Key Laboratory of Distributed Sensing & Monitoring Technology of Civil Infrastructures. He got the BEng\, MSc and PhD degrees from Zhejiang University (2002)\, Jinan University (2005) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2009)\, respectively. From 2008 to 2010\, he worked as research assistant\, research associate\, and post-doctoral fellow at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been a visiting scholar at the Department of Engineering\, University of Cambridge\, from 2014 to 2015. His areas of expertise include the development and application of smart monitoring systems for geo-structures\, field instrumentation and evaluation of slope stability and related geo-hazards\, and modelling of time-dependent behaviour of geo-materials. He is the author or co-author of 1 book\, 7 patents\, and over 100 scientific papers. He serves as the invited reviewer of 22 international journals and the guest editor of 3 journal special issues. He is recipient of several national awards including Sliver Hammer Prize for Young Scholars in Geoscience and Dezhen Gu Prize for Young Scholars from the China Geology Society.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/strain-based-slope-deformation-and-stability-analyses-insights-from-physical-and-numerical-modeling-and-dfos-and-piv-based-deformation-monitoring-of-sand-foundation-model-under-surcharge-loadi/
LOCATION:E11-1035
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161205T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161205T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161202T040023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
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SUMMARY:Observing grain crushing using 3D X-ray microfocus computer tomography images
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nDr. Ryan Wai Man YAN\nSenior Lecturer\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nUniversity of Auckland\nNew Zealand \nAbstract\nBreakage in granular material has gained more research attention recently. This grain scale behavior would cause significant change to the macroscopic response. The development of x-ray micro-tomography technique makes it possible to non-destructively examine the microstructure of an assemblage at different stages of loading. In this talk\, a 3D micro-focused X-ray CT study will be presented. CT images are used to visualize the development of grain crushing under one-dimensional compression. Initially uniformly graded carbonate grains are prepared into a tailor-made oedometric cell such that X-ray CT scanned images can be taken at different stages (loading and unloading) of the test. State-of-the-art image processing technique has been developed to isolate individual grains from the assemblage. Particulate-scale information including particle size distribution and particle shape characteristics is evaluated from the processed images and the results are compared with other available methods in the literature \nBiography\nDr Ryan Yan is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Auckland. Prior to moving to New Zealand\, he had been an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong and University of Macau for totally more than 10 years. His current research interests include constitutive and numerical modeling of geomaterials\, grain-scale micromechanics\, geotechnical process monitoring\, and application of Bayesian inference to geotechnical engineering. Ryan is a chartered member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Geotechnical). He was the recipient of ICACM Young Investigator Award presented by the International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanics in 2013.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/observing-grain-crushing-using-3d-x-ray-microfocus-computer-tomography-images/
LOCATION:E11-1035
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161125T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161125T183000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161114T040004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
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SUMMARY:Is Your SHS Corner Radius Good Enough? Homogeneity\, Solving The Testing Problems
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nMr. Steve Whitfield\nManager of Customer Technical Services\nTata Steel Group \nAbstract\nHot Finished Structural Hollow Sections in building construction has become more and more popular owing to the architecturally aesthetic appearance and the structural efficiency under compression loading. For critical applications the correct use of Hot Finished Structural Hollow Sections can lead to safer use plus reduce member sizes significantly\, rendering attractive visual and spacious impacts on the building layout. \nHot Finished Structural Hollow sections are used for all forms of fabrication from the basic requirement through to the critical applications such as building’s and offshore. It is important to know the different types of hollow sections including the specification and traceability. The half-day seminar will cover topics on how to differentiate the Hot Finished Structural Hollow Sections\, different characteristics such as Homogeneity and small corner radii offer superior section properties\, reduced fabrication costs and improved appearance. Engineers and designers in private sector and government who are working in building and construction industry are most suitable to attend the seminar as the use of Hot Finished Structural Hollow Sections in construction would lead to economical and efficient design solutions. Lecture notes will be provided. \nBiography\nMr. Steve Whitfield\, BEng\, CEng\, MIStructE\, is the Manager of Customer Technical Services from Tata Steel Group and the chartered member of the Institute of Structural Engineers. He graduated from the University of Bradford. He has been working in the construction field for many years. He is familiar to Eurocode and other European Standards and can provide design guidance of steel hollow sections and fabrication. Steve held many useful seminars for engineers and specialists with varying knowledge of steel hollow sections\, tubular steelwork and Tata Steel Design software among UK\, India and Singapore.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/is-your-shs-corner-radius-good-enough-homogeneity-solving-the-testing-problems/
LOCATION:E11-G015
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161118T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161118T153000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161117T040034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) – Applications of a Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Mattias Hallquist\nProfessor\nDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology\nUniversity of Gothenburg\nSweden \nAbstract\nThe secondary organic aerosol (SOA) represents a dominant fraction of the tropospheric aerosol. Still\, the current level of understanding of SOA processes is remarkably low compared to other processes in aerosol science\, i.e. modelled SOA based on experimental findings and existing theory do not capture the variability of observed SOA loadings. Lately\, models have been improved by adding sources/processes to reduce the bias but still there is no model that is capable of describing SOA satisfactorily while capturing a large temporal and spatial variability. The uncertainties associated with SOA relates to its formation from atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The complexity is compounded further by the fact that each VOC can undergo a number of atmospheric degradation processes to produce a range of oxidised products\, which may or may not contribute to SOA formation and growth. \nUsing High-Resolution Chemical Ionisation ToF-MS (HR-CI-ToF-MS)\, with high resolution (>5000m/Δm)\, makes it possible to distinguish the molecular identity of numerous compounds in complex mixtures for both gas and particle phase. The instrument applies soft ionisation limiting the fragmentation and one can usually identify the parent molecules. The speaker’s research group has since a few years applied HR-CI-ToF-MS to measurements both in laboratory\, for emission studies and in field observations. The presentation will include a survey of SOA with some examples from these recent studies. \nBiography\nProfessor Mattias Hallquist has been active in the field of atmospheric science since 1993\, when doing a PhD with emphasis on chemical kinetics and mechanisms of organic compounds. After a postdoc session at the University of Cambridge he returned to the University of Gothenburg (GU) at Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology. Currently\, he is leading the secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and traffic emission group and coordinating a multi-project framework (5 year project) on Photochemical Smog in China (Research-Policy). Professor Hallquist is supported by the strategic area: sustainable transport initiative where the focus is air pollution research in developing countries. Professor Hallquist has a profound expertise in aerosol and atmospheric chemistry and is coordinating an initiative on Atmosphere-Climate-Ecosystems at GU.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/understanding-secondary-organic-aerosol-soa-applications-of-a-chemical-ionization-mass-spectrometer/
LOCATION:E11-1009
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161007T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20161007T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20161006T040002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
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SUMMARY:Air Pollution Supersite Measurements in Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Chak K. CHAN\nDean and Chair Professor\nSchool of Energy and Environment\nCity University of Hong Kong\nHong Kong \nAbstract\nThe rapid urbanization and industrial development in the Pearl River Delta in China has led to aggravating air pollution problems throughout the region. In Hong Kong\, the number of low-visibility (<8km) days has continuously increased since the 1980s and has seen a dramatic rise since the early 2000s. Particulate matter (PM) has been recognized as a major factor in Hong Kong’s urban air quality\, affecting visibility and human health. Studies on PM in Hong Kong have been traditionally based on filter sampling and off-line analysis. Recently\, the HKUST Air Quality Research Supersite was established to focus on real time characterization of PM. In this talk\, we will give an overview of air quality in Hong Kong and the Supersite\, followed by a discussion of the first real time chemical characterization measurements using an Aerodyne High Resolution – Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-AMS) in Hong Kong. \nBiography\nProfessor Chan obtained BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986 and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1992. He is currently Dean and Chair Professor in School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong. He joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as Assistant Professor in 1992 and rose to the rank of Professor in 2006. In 2010\, he was appointed Founding Head of Division of Environment. He was Professor of Division of Environment and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at HKUST. \nProfessor Chan has over 25 years of research experience in air pollution and aerosol science. He specializes in aerosol water uptake and phase transformation\, gas-aerosol interactions and the formation of secondary aerosols in the atmosphere\, as well as laser spectroscopy of aerosols. Professor Chan received Haagen Smit Award of Atmospheric Environment in 2015\, Second Prize of the State Natural Science Award in 2010\, and First Prize of the Natural Science Award in 2007. He was the first winner of the Asian Young Aerosol Scientists Award. He was Science Advisor to Secretary of Environment\, during his sabbatical at the HKSAR Environment Bureau in 2014. He has been an Editor-in-Chief of the journal Atmospheric Environment since 2008. \nhttp://www6.cityu.edu.hk/see/people.htm#Faculty
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/air-pollution-supersite-measurements-in-hong-kong/
LOCATION:E11-1025
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160822T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160822T110000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033049
CREATED:20160819T040023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
UID:16189-1471860000-1471863600@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Role of Artificial Intelligence Methods in Environmental Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Akhil GARG\nAssociate Professor\nDepartment of Mechatronics Engineering\nShantou University\nChina \nAbstract\nThe talk will firstly introduce the current projects undertaken with a focus on environmental problems. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a greater role to analyse and predict the systems behaviour especially when the systems are complex and only a partial information can be extracted. In this context\, the talk will introduce various classes of AI methods being used to solve the System Identification (SI) problems. A special emphasis will be given to Evolutionary SI approach of Genetic programming (GP)\, which evolves the functional expressions automatically with a fewer hand-on settings. The application and development of GP will be illustrated in context to Environmental Engineering problems. The statistical analysis comprising of the error metrics\, 2-D and 3-D surface plots shall be used to validate the performance of the GP models. \nBiography\n\n \n\nDr. Akhil Garg is currently working as an Associate Professor in Department of Mechatronics Engineering at Shantou University. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU)\, Singapore. His main research interests includes Design for Sustainable Technologies\, System Identification\, Data analytics of Industry processes and Robust Optimization. He has worked jointly with Aerospace Industry Rolls-Royce Singapore for 2 years on Design optimization of finishing process. He was rated as “Far-exceeded expectation” Employee for excellent research work by NTU Singapore during the research fellow term from 2014-2015. He bagged 2nd runner up award of Poster presentation on “System Identification by a Computational Intelligence approach” At Shell Inter-Varsity Paper Presentation Contest solely sponsored by SHELL held at Malaysia in the year 2012. He is the founder of Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Group (AAIRG\, www.aairg.org) involving collaborators from 12 countries. Through this research group\, he have experience of supervising 10 undergraduate and 5 post graduate students. He has published 51 SCI Journals articles with 3 Journals stated as highly cited ESI articles in the year 2015. He was appointed as Chair of session “Optimization in Industrial Applications” at 27th International Conference on Industrial\, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA-AIE) held at Kaohisung\, China in year 2014. He has reviewed over 35 SCI Journals. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/role-of-artificial-intelligence-methods-in-environmental-engineering/
LOCATION:E11-1038
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160726T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160726T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160725T040036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
UID:16187-1469545200-1469548800@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Perspectives on Global Climate Change Impacts to Hydrosphere and Cryosphere
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Thian Yew GAN\nProfessor\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nUniversity of Alberta\nCanada \nAbstract\nIn recent years\, severe storms have been occurring more frequently and in greater intensity across the world\, resulting in serious damage\, huge property losses and deaths\, such as the Monsoon flood of Pakistan in 2010 that resulted in about 2000 deaths\, the Tropical storm Washi of Philippines in 2011 with more than 1\,200 deaths\, the North India flood in 2013 that caused about 5\,700 deaths. Apparently extreme events estimated to be of 100-year return period or higher had been occurring much more frequently. \nOn the other hand\, semi-arid and arid regions across the world (of which some are also the heartland of agriculture) are prone to prolonged moisture deficit or droughts that lead to loss of multibillion dollar revenues from agriculture\, resulted in famine and even countless deaths. Examples of severe droughts that affected many regions across the world in the first decade of the 21st century are such as the 2004-2005 severe droughts in western USA; the 2007-08 drought in south-eastern parts of South America was its worst drought since 1900; the 2005 drought of Greater Horn Africa seriously affected over 15 million people; the 2002 drought in central Russia had the lowest summer precipitation ever recorded; the 2006 and 2009 droughts of China damaged millions of hectares of crops; 2001-2010 had been the worst decade of drought in Australia. \nSince the mid-20th century\, the Earth has been undergoing potentially rapid changes in all cryospheric components: Arctic sea ice shrinkage\, mountain glacier recession\, thawing permafrost\, diminishing snow cover\, and accelerated melting of the Greenland ice sheet. Perspectives on the global energy balance\, greenhouse effects and examples of observed changes to the hydrosphere and the cryosphere will be presented. Future climate scenarios projected by general circulation models (GCMs) of the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC\, 2007)\, and that of the 5th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) of IPCC\, and case studies based on regional climate models and land surface schemes will be discussed. The discussions will also include possible implications to the future global climate\, hydrology\, and water resources under the impacts of climate change. \nBiography\nThian Yew Gan is a professor of civil engineering of the University of Alberta specializing in cryosphere\, satellite data\, hydrology\, hydroclimatology\, climate change. He is a research ambassador of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)\, and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He has published about 100 refereed journal papers\, a book by the Cambridge University Press\, and has over 3\,000 scientific citations. He has been a visiting professor of the National U of Singapore\, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (2013\, 2014); Aalto University\, Finland (2013); a visiting scholar of United Nation University (UNU-FLORES)\, Germany (2013); a Rossby Fellow of Stockholm University\, Sweden (2012); Erskine Fellow of University of Canterbury\, New Zealand (2011); Visiting professor of Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL)\, Lausanne\, Switzerland (2010); Research Scientist of Cemagraf\, France (2009); CIRES Visiting Fellow of University of Colorado-Boulder (2007); Guest university professor (W3) of Technical University of Munich\, Germany (2006-07); Adjunct professor of Utah State University\, USA (1998-2005); Honorary Professor of Xian University of Technology and Yangtze University of China; JSPS Fellow of Kyoto University (2000) and guest professor of Saga University (1999) of Japan\, and assistant professor of Asian Institute of Technology (1989- 1990)\, Bangkok. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/perspectives-on-global-climate-change-impacts-to-hydrosphere-and-cryosphere/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160723
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160719T040036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
UID:16250-1468972800-1469231999@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Civil Engineering Summer Camp 2016 土木工程夏令營2016
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2016/civil-engineering-summer-camp-2016/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160607T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160607T113000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160606T040024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
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SUMMARY:Scope of Interdisciplinary research in Bio-geotechnology: From Geotechnical to Biotechnology to Design
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nDr. Ankit GARG\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Civil Engineering\nIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati\nIndia \nAbstract\nThe session explores the Multidisciplinary approaches in sustainable geotechnical/agricultural engineering. We are currently working on “sustainable geotechnical engineering using biochar/natural fiber from harmful waste/vegetation. These have implications in bioengineered slopes\, green roofs\, agricultural fields as well as wetlands. In the above theme\, researchers with expertise from geotechnology (IIT Guwahati)\, biotechnology (Hungary\, Tunisia and Poland)\, probabilistic analysis [IIT Guwahati]\, Artificial intelligence (AAIRG\, China) and communicational material for industry/society (IIT Guwahati) are integrated in a very systematic framework through CREATED Collab (Founded by Prof Charu Monga\, Department of Design\, IIT Guwahati and collaborator). A demonstration will be given in linkage above mentioned expertise in application of bio-engineered slopes. Linkage of soil suction/moisture with vegetation parameters such as leaf area index/root area index was identified based on testing on series of experiments in laboratory and field. In addition\, suctions in vegetated soils in field were analysed using a probabilistic framework. Artificial intelligence has been used to develop models to predict water retention curves under effect of roots. A novel natural textile was developed from harmful weed “Water hyacinth” for bio-engineering applications. All these research findings/products can be transferred from laboratory to society/industry using communication tools using animation\, illustration\, film making\, virtual reality\, and new media practices. \nBiography\nDr. Ankit Garg’s is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Guwahati. He is also World Bank Consultant (from June 2016) for infrastructure projects in Assam\, India. His research focusses on investigation fundamental unsaturated hydraulic properties of soil with vegetation. He has extensively used both laboratory and field instrumentation to investigate such properties. In addition\, he has expertise in investigating plant physical root and leaf characteristics such as transpiration reduction function\, root distribution\, root area index and leaf area index. He has identified its relation with unsaturated soil properties before for two species Schefflera heptaphylla and Cynodon dactylon. The work is published in 20 journals including those in inter-disciplinary nature such as “Journal of plant nutrition and soil science”\, “Catena”\, “Hydrological Processes”\, “Ecological Engineering”. Currently\, he is also involved in identifying the growth performance of transgenic Cow pea (Vigna ungiculata) in different types of atmospheric conditions. The experience will be very useful for achieving the desired objectives. He is also co-founder of applied artificial intelligence research group (AAIRG) (www.aairg.org)\, whose aim is to provide a platform for conducting research in application of AI in different areas including bio-geotechnology. Currently\, the group collaborators are from over 12 different countries. He has earlier delivered invited lectures on bio-geotechnology related work at Ruhr University Germany and South China University of Technology China. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/scope-of-interdisciplinary-research-in-bio-geotechnology-from-geotechnical-to-biotechnology-to-design/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160520T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160519T040043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
UID:16276-1463758200-1463763600@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Effects of joints in rock masses under blast-induced vibrations
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nDr. Jianmei ZHOU\nResearch Fellow\nDepartment of Civil Engineering\nThe University of Hong Kong\nHong Kong \nAbstract\nExplosive controlled blasting is an effective method in underground construction for rock breakage in the utilization of urban underground space. At the same time\, the blast-induced vibration is a major concern. In general\, site specific empirical relationships between the maximum vibration magnitude (called peak particle velocity\, PPV) and the scaled distance (SD)\, which is a collective parameter taking into account the amount of explosive and spatial distance between the explosive source and the point of measurement are derived using filed records. Yet\, the influence of rock joints on the wave propagation has been seldom systematically investigated. \nThe wave propagation through a jointed rock masses was investigated with the finite difference package FLAC2D. The joint was simulated as an interface between two elastic rock bodies. As the properties of joint have great effects on the amplitude and frequencies of transmitted wave\, the relationship between joint stiffness and the amplitude of transmitted wave in form of transmitted coefficient was described. The wave propagation through multiple joints with different orientations and various spacing was studied. The influence of roughness in joint during wave transmission was examined. It was found that the properties of joints have great effects on the transmitted coefficients. The number and orientations of joints influence the amplitude of transmitted wave pronouncedly. \nThe numerical study on propagation of blasting wave in hypothetical rock slopes with and without joints applied was carried out. With the blasting source obtained from a versatile explicit analysis tool AUTODYN. The relationship between peak PPV and SD was studied by considering different distributions of joints and different locations of the blasting source. It was found that the joints have noticeable influence on the relationship between PPV and SD. Through all performed numerical analysis\, a better understanding of the effects of joints in the propagation of vibrational waves in has been obtained which can be used as a primary reference for the more complicated situations. \nBiography\nAfter receiving her Ph.D. degree\, Dr. Zhou Jianmei has been working as a Research Fellow in the University of Hong Kong in the field of geotechnical engineering. The research topic is about the joints effect in rock masses under blasting-induced vibrations. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/effects-of-joints-in-rock-masses-under-blast-induced-vibrations/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160505T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160505T180000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160504T040009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
UID:16273-1462467600-1462471200@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Vector From Intrinsic Finite Element (VFIFE) Method and Its Application to Simulation of Structural Collapse\, Crack Propagation\, and Bridge-Train Interaction
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URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/vector-from-intrinsic-finite-element-vfife-method-and-its-application-to-simulation-of-structural-collapse-crack-propagation-and-bridge-train-interaction/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160331T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160331T173000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160330T040023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032019Z
UID:16270-1459441800-1459445400@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Are you ready for the BIM era of AECO Industry?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Shang-Hsien HSIEH\nProfessor of Computer-Aided Engineering\nDepartment of Civil Engineering\nNational Taiwan University\nTaiwan \nAbstract\nBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) has become a very hot topic in AECO (Architecture\, Engineering\, Construction\, and Owner-operated) industry in recent years. This talk will start from a brief introduction of BIM. Then\, discussions will be given on why civil engineers need BIM and what BIM can offer. In addition\, an overview on global BIM development will be given. Finally\, suggestions on how to prepare for the BIM era of AECO industry will be provided for civil engineers. \nBiography\nDr. Hsieh is a Professor in the Computer-Aided Engineering Division of Department of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University (NTU)\, Taipei\, Taiwan. He is currently serving as Director of the Research Center for Building & Infrastructure Information Modeling and Management in NTU’s Department of Civil Engineering. He is a member of Board of Directors of the International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering Since 1999 and served as the society’s President from 2006 to 2008. He has a wide range of research interests\, including engineering & construction simulations\, engineering information & knowledge management systems\, innovative engineering education\, parallel and distributed engineering computing\, earthquake engineering and structural dynamics\, and object-oriented software development. \nDr. Hsieh received his B.S. in civil engineering in 1985 from NTU\, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Cornell University\, U.S.A. in 1990 and 1993\, respectively. From 1993 to 1995\, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University\, U.S.A. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering at NTU in 1995 and had since served NTU as the Chief of Extracurricular Activities Section in Office of Student Affairs\, Vice-Chairman of Department of Civil Engineering\, and Deputy Dean for Office of International Affairs. \nMore information can be found at http://shhsieh-en.weebly.com/.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/are-you-ready-for-the-bim-era-of-aeco-industry/
LOCATION:E11-1038
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160329T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160329T230000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160328T040026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
UID:16268-1459245600-1459292400@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Analysis on Unloading Nonlinear Mechanics Characteristic of Rock Mass and Its Application to Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Yi-sheng HUANG\nAssociate Professor\nCollege of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering\nChina Three Gorges University\nChina \nAbstract\nThe quality of rock mass which includes structure planes such as joints and cracks deteriorates rapidly under the unloading condition. Based on high slope of permanent ship lock in Three Gorges Project\, the concept of unloading rock mass mechanics has been hereby put forward. Although the research in unloading rock mass mechanics has made great progress\, some questions still should be studied further due to the complexity of the unloading condition\, especially unloading nonlinear mechanical characteristic of rock mass. In the presentation\, unloading nonlinear mechanical characteristic of rock mass including equivalent area parabola Drucker-Prager criterion\, hyperbola nonlinear elastic constitutive relationship\, equivalent anchoring mechanics parameter and physical simulation test for anchoring rock mass will be presented and discussed. At the end\, its application to engineering will be introduced and discussed. \nBiography\nYi-sheng Huang\, PhD\, Associate Professor of College of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering\, China Three Gorges University (CTGU). He obtained his Bachelor Degree in hydraulic engineering at CTGU in 2000. Following that\, he earned his Master Degree and PhD degree in hydraulic engineering at Wuhan University in 2003 and 2007\, respectively. He joined in CTGU in July 2007 under the high level talents introducing plan of CTGU and now is the department head of Department of Engineering Mechanics\, College of Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering\, CTGU. He has broad research interests in geotechnical engineering\, including constitutive modeling of geomaterials\, numerical analysis of geotechnical problems\, laboratory and physical model tests and so on. He is currently working on unloading rock mass mechanics and landslide mechanics characteristic analysis. He has published more than 20 journal and conference papers so far. He has obtained many profession awards too.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/analysis-on-unloading-nonlinear-mechanics-characteristic-of-rock-mass-and-its-application-to-engineering/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160311T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160311T173000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160310T040034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
UID:16266-1457710200-1457717400@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Geology and geodynamic evolution of Macau
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Ágata Alveirinho Dias\nAssociate Professor\nInstitute of Science\, University of Saint Joseph\nMacau \nAbstract\nMore than 95% of outcropping rocks of Macau have magmatic origins generated during Mesozoic ages. In the Indosinian (Triassic) and Yanshanian orogenies (Jurasic-Cretaceous)\, SE China region (Cathasya block)\, where Macao is localized\, was affected by a widespread granitic plutonism generated due to the paleo-Pacific plate subduction beneath the Euroasia plate\, overprinting most of previous geological events in the South China Fold Belt (SCFB). Granitic rocks outcropping in Macao seem to have been emplaced at least at two distinct periods. Granites from Macao and Taipa date from middle-late Jurassic while some samples from Coloane were estimated to be younger (Cretaceous). In general\, granitic rocks are very fractured orogenic rocks\, frequently cut by quartz veins and by fine-grained granite dykes\, and also aplitic to pegmatite dykes. Volcanic rocks are not present as in the neighbouring regions but some andesitic dykes were identified. Petrological and geochemical analyses suggest that granitic rocks have been emplaced during the subduction of the paleo-Pacific plate beneath the Euroasia plate and andesitic dykes may explain changes in composition and style of emplacement through time\, consistent with a transition from a subduction-related to an extension-related tectonic regime. \nDuring the 1990’s a detailed cartography of the rocks of Macao was developed\, which allowed pointed out some important geological details\, although some questions still remain. We are currently coordinating a research project that will develop a detailed digital cartographic map of the igneous rocks of Macao\, useful for professionals from different areas. Ultimately\, the project aims to obtain\, through petrological and geochemical analyses of local rocks\, a deeper understanding of the source and processes of magma genesis in Macao and contribute to a deeper understanding of the South China tectono-magmatic evolution. \nBiography\nÁgata Sofia C.M. Alveirinho Dias is an Associate Professor and Researcher in the Institute of Science and Environment Research Center (ISE) from the USJ. Is also a researcher from the Inst. Dom Luis IDL / Associated Lab\, Portugal. \nAfter her graduation in Geology\, she took a Master in Dynamic Geology and afterwards a PhD in Geology\, followed by two Post-Doctoral research activities. Since she finished her graduation (1996)\, she has been working in Geology\, both in her main research area\, where she did work on cartography\, petrology\, metallogeny and geochemistry\, and in more applied areas\, like environmental projects. Her research has been supported by R&D projects\, most of them in collaboration with international research centers and Universities. She initiated her investigation on the study of petrology and geochemistry of the deep-sea floor\, participating in numerous research cruises\, from the Atlantic to the Arctic Sea. Currently she is still working in deep-sea research through international collaborations but is mostly focused on the study of the cartography and petrology of Macao\, being PI of a FDCT research project in collaboration with the University of Lisbon\, in Portugal\, and the Geochemical Institute of Guangzhou of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. \nShe also has 20 years of experience in teaching at graduate and post-graduate levels at different Universities\, such as ULHT (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies\, Lisbon) and FCUL (Faculty of Sciences\, University of Lisbon). In 2011 she moved to Macau to the University of Saint Joseph.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/geology-and-geodynamic-evolution-of-macau/
LOCATION:E11-1035
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160226T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160225T040014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
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SUMMARY:Application of real-time mass spectrometric techniques in the analyses of air pollution and human breath
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Xue LI\nAssociate Professor\nInstitute of Atmospheric Environmental Safety and Pollution Control\nJinan University\, Guangzhou\, China \nAbstract\nIn this talk\, two real-time mass spectrometry-based technologies\, single aerosol particle mass spectrometry (SPAMS) and secondary electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (SESI-MS)\, will be briefly introduced. Their applications in atmospheric particulate matter (PM) and breath analysis\, including those in atmospheric chemistry and medical diagnosis studies will be discussed respectively. For SPAMS\, the topic mainly focuses on the results of source apportionment recently obtained in China\, while studies on secondary organic aerosol formation mechanism\, optical properties\, and hygroscopicity etc.\, will also be discussed. Regarding SESI-MS\, examples of capturing pharmacokinetics via direct mouse breath analysis and characterization of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from breast cancer cells are demonstrated. In addition\, the latest results on human breath analysis by using SESI-UHRMS will also be presented. \nBiography\nDr. Xue Li is now an Associate Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Environmental Safety and Pollution Control\, Jinan University\, Guangzhou. She received her PhD degree in Environmental Science from Tsinghua University in 2010\, and later spent two years as a postdoc in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich\, Switzerland\, studying ambient pressure mass spectrometry and its medical applications. She moved back to China in 2014 and started her research team in Jinan University. Her present research interests include the real-time mass spectrometry-based breath analysis and its translation to environmental health and medical diagnosis applications. She has published more than 20 scientific papers and holds 6 patents on mass spectrometry. She was the recipient of the Youth Science and Technology Award by the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences in 2012. She is also one of the core members of the mass spectrometric development team (supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology) at Jinan University for innovation in mass spectrometric instrumentation/application in environmental and medical applications.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/application-of-real-time-mass-spectrometric-techniques-in-the-analyses-of-air-pollution-and-human-breath/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160217T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160217T113000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160216T040027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
UID:16262-1455705000-1455708600@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Mechanism of the development\, initiation and disaster modes of large landslides
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Su Li-jun\nProfessor of Geotechnical Engineering\nInstitute of Mountain Hazard and Environment\, Chinese Academy of Sciences\nChina \nAbstract\nThe mechanism of large landslides is very complex\, which is related to the geological structure\, geohydrological conditions and different triggering factors of the landslide. In this presentation\, typical landslide case histories occurred in recent years will be introduced and their mechanism will be analyzed. After this\, methods on recognizing the geological structures of landslides using non-destructive methods will be introduced. At the end\, a method for analyzing the initiation of rainfall-induced landslides considering preferential flow in soil will be presented and discussed. \nBiography\nLijun Su\, PhD\, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Institute of Mountain hazards and environment\, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He obtained his Bachelor Degree and Master Degree in civil engineering at the Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2000 and 2002\, respectively. Following that\, he earned his PhD degree in geotechnical engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2006. He started his first job at the Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology as an associate professor in 2007. In 2008\, he went to Australia and started to work at the University of Wollongong as a research fellow under a CRC project about non-destructive assessment of railway track conditions. He joined the institute of mountain hazards and environment in February 2012 under the “Hundred Talents” Program of the CAS and now is the vice director of the Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Earth Surface Process\, CAS. He has broad research interests in geotechnical engineering\, including constitutive modeling of geomaterials\, numerical analysis of geotechnical problems\, laboratory and physical model tests\, application of geophysical methods in geotechnical engineering and etc. He is currently working on landslide mechanisms and hazard analysis. He is a scientific editor of the international Journal of Mountain Science and board member of the International Consortium on Landslides. He has published more than 50 journal and conference papers so far.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/mechanism-of-the-development-initiation-and-disaster-modes-of-large-landslides/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160127T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160127T113000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160126T040039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
UID:16260-1453890600-1453894200@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Research and Application of Leachate-LFG Migration and Collection in MSW Landfills
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Shi-Jin FENG\nProfessor\nDepartment of Geotechnical Engineering\nCollege of Civil Engineering\nTongji University\, Shanghai\, China \nAbstract\nLandfill gas (LFG) emission and explosion\, leachate leakage and diffusion\, deformation and stability are the main concerns in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills recently. These problems are closely related to the migration and blocking of leachate and LFG. In this study\, two-dimensional LFG flow analytical models are developed for layered landfills with horizontal or combined LFG collection systems. An optimized design method is also proposed accordingly. Moreover\, an axisymmetric numerical model incorporating MSW compression and leachate recirculation is established to describe the transient LFG flow in bioreactor landfills. The saturated-unsaturated leachate migration under different recirculation systems is also investigated using 3D numerical models. Some design parameters of leachate recirculation are evaluated and design guidelines for engineering application are proposed. The results show that it is important to keep a balance between the acceleration of landfill stability and the recovery efficiency of LFG. \nBiography\nProf. Feng is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering of Tongji University in Shanghai. Prof. Shi-Jin Feng obtained his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 1999 and master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering in 2002 from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology. He received his Ph.D in Geotechnical Engineering in 2005 from Zhejiang University. His research is mainly focused on the geoenvironmental engineering and soil dynamics. He has published more than 110 conference and journal papers. As project head and coordinator\, Prof. Feng worked on more than 10 provincial and ministerial projects\, including 6 ones supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He was awarded by NSFC as the Excellent Young Scholar in 2012. He is also a chief young scientist of National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program\, 2014). Recently\, he is rewarded as the Yangtze River young scholar by the Ministry of Education of China.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/research-and-application-of-leachate-lfg-migration-and-collection-in-msw-landfills/
LOCATION:E11-1039
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160122T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20160121T040056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
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SUMMARY:Macro- and Micro-mechanical Modeling of Cyclic Liquefaction in Sands
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Gang WANG\nAssociate Professor\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nSchool of Engineering\nHong Kong University of Science and Technology\nHong Kong \nAbstract\nUnderstanding the fundamental mechanism of soil liquefaction is one of the major challenges in geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics. In this talk\, I present numerical modeling of soil liquefaction from both macroscopic and micromechanical perspectives. First\, a bounding-surface hypoplasticity model is developed to capture the macroscopic behaviors of sands during various phases of undrained cyclic loading. The model utilized a new modulus formulation to improve the simulation of cyclic mobility and post liquefaction behaviors of both loose and dense sands. Second\, micromechanical perspectives of the liquefaction process are investigated using the Discrete Element simulation. It is observed that during various stages of undrained cyclic loading\, the soil exhibits definitive change in the load-bearing structure and particle-void distribution in the granular packing. The micromechanical structures are found to have strong correlation with cyclic mobility and post-liquefaction deformation of granular soils. Therefore\, understanding the evolution of microstructure in granular soils can provide significant insights into constitutive modeling of soil liquefaction. \nBiography\nDr. Wang is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He received B. Eng. and M. Eng. from Tsinghua University in 1997 and 2000\, Ph.D. from the University of California\, Berkeley in 2005. Dr. Wang’s research areas focus on geotechnical earthquake engineering\, soil dynamics and computational modeling. His research interests include ground motion characterization\, selection and simulation for earthquake engineering analyses\, nonlinear numerical analysis of dynamic soil-structure interaction\, development of advanced numerical models for soil liquefaction. He authored or edited two books\, published more than 30 papers in international journals. Dr. Wang is presently President of American Society of Civil Engineers – Hong Kong Section\, Secretary of TC210 of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering\, and Secretary of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He was awarded Li Foundation Heritage Prize in 2010 for his outstanding research contributions in earthquake engineering and geo-hazard mitigation.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/macro-and-micro-mechanical-modeling-of-cyclic-liquefaction-in-sands/
LOCATION:E11-1043
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160104T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20160104T110000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20151231T040026Z
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SUMMARY:Micro and macro modeling approaches for elementary mechanical behaviors of soft soils
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Zhen-yu YIN\nAssociate Professor\nResearch Institute of Civil Engineering and Mechanics\nEcole Centrale de Nantes\, France \nAbstract\nThe elementary mechanical behaviors and constitutive modeling of soft soils is an important theoretical basis for the engineering practice on soft soil regions. This presentation focuses on some typical mechanical behaviors of soft soils starting from the most basic materials “remolded soils to intact natural. Each basic characteristics is presented from its definition or basic description\, then to introduce the testing methods with summary and analysis of test results\, as well as commonly used constitutive modeling methods. \nBiography\nDr Yin graduated from Zhejiang University in 1997 for BSc\, and then worked as engineer at Zhejiang Jiahua Architecture Design Institute for five years. He obtained MSc and PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France in 2003 and 2006. He also received the Prize of Excellent Research and Direction (PEDR) by the Minister of Education of France in 2014. \nAfter PhD\, he worked as research fellow mainly at Helsinki University of Technology (Finland)\, University of Strathclyde (UK)\, University of Massachusetts (Umass-Amherst\, USA) until 2010. He jointed Shanghai Jiao Tong University as Dongfang scholar in 2010\, and moved to Ecole Centrale de Nantes in 2013 as Associate Professor. \nHis research interests are constitutive modelling of soils and its application to geotechnical engineering with over 50 international journal publications.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/micro-and-macro-modeling-approaches-for-elementary-mechanical-behaviors-of-soft-soils/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20151023T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20151023T180000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20151022T040050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
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SUMMARY:Cold-formed high strength tubular sections of steel grade up to 1100 MPa
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Ben YOUNG\nDeputy Head and Professor\nDepartment of Civil Engineering\nUniversity of Hong Kong \nAbstract\nThis paper presents the experimental investigation of cold-formed high strength carbon steel tubular stub columns and beams. The nominal 0.2% proof stress of the specimens ranged from 700 to 1100 MPa. The experimental program focuses on the square hollow sections (SHS)\, rectangular hollow sections (RHS) and circular hollow sections (CHS). The material properties were first measured through tensile coupon tests. A new stress-strain model for high strength steel materials is proposed. The residual stress distributions were also presented for SHS and CHS. The compressive behaviour at cross-section level was studied through testing 25 stub columns. The test results including modulus of elasticity\, 0.2% proof stress and ultimate strength for the complete sections were also determined. The cross-sectional flexural behaviour were investigated through 25 four-point bending tests. The load-deformation histories and failure modes of the stub columns and beams were analyzed. The experimental results were compared against design values calculated from the European\, Australian and North American standards. The compactness criteria of tubular sections were assessed by comparing the section slenderness to the slenderness limits in the standards. Suggestions on the modification of section slenderness limits in design recommendations are given in this study. \nBiography\nProfessor Ben Young is currently working in the Department of Civil Engineering\, the University of Hong Kong\, and he is the Deputy Head of the Department. He is also the Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Hong Kong. Professor Young received BSc\, BEng and PhD degrees from the University of Sydney. His research interests include cold-formed steel structures\, testing and design of steel structures\, stainless steel structures\, aluminium structures\, and fire resistance of metal structures as well as engineering education. He is currently an editor of the Journal of Constructional Steel Research and also serving as members of editorial board for ten other journals\, such as the Journal of Thin-Walled Structures\, Journal of Advanced Steel Construction\, and so on. Professor Young has published over 350 International journal and conference papers. He is the Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction. Professor Young is one of the code writers of the “Hong Kong Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Steel” for the Buildings Department\, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/cold-formed-high-strength-tubular-sections-of-steel-grade-up-to-1100-mpa/
LOCATION:E11-3033
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20151020T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20151020T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20151019T040045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
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SUMMARY:Monitoring Soil Deformation Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Technology
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Hong-Hu ZHU\nAssociate Professor\, Engineering Geology and Geotechnics\nNanjing University\, China\nAssociate Director\nSuzhou Key Laboratory of Distributed Sensing & Monitoring Technology of Civil Infrastructures \nAbstract\nSince the invention of the first fiber optic sensor (FOS) in the late 1970s\, various quasi- and fully-distributed monitoring technologies have emerged to date. Compared with conventional sensors\, distributed FOSs have some inherent advantages such as immunity to electromagnetic interference\, insensitivity to corrosion\, high precision and tiny size. Recently\, these sensors have been adopted to monitor strains or displacements of a variety of geotechnical structures\, such as foundations\, slopes\, tunnels\, and dams. These pilot case studies have greatly extended the real-world applications of these sensors\, and have preliminarily verified their capability in monitoring soil deformation. In this presentation\, the working principle of the distributed FOS technologies will be presented briefly. The recent advances and applications of distributed FOSs in soil deformation monitoring will be introduced. Finally\, some key research topics\, such as in-depth analysis of real-time monitoring data\, performance evaluation of soil-embedded distributed FOSs\, and field implementation of distributed FOS systems\, will be discussed in detail. \nBiography\nHong-Hu Zhu is an associate professor of engineering geology and geotechnics at Nanjing University\, China\, and the associate director of Suzhou Key Laboratory of Distributed Sensing & Monitoring Technology of Civil Infrastructures. He got the BEng degree in civil engineering from Zhejiang University in 2002 and MSc in engineering mechanics from Jinan University in 2005. In 2009\, he graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and obtained his PhD degree in geotechnical engineering under the supervision of Prof. Jian-Hua Yin. From 2008 to 2010\, he worked as research assistant\, research associate\, and post-doctoral fellow in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been a visiting scholar in the Department of Engineering\, University of Cambridge\, during 2014 to 2015. He is a member of IAEG\, ISHMII\, ISSMGE\, and IALCCE. His areas of expertise include the development and application of smart monitoring systems for geo-structures\, field instrumentation and evaluation of slope stability and related geo-hazards\, and modelling of time-dependent behaviour of geo-materials. He is the author or co-author of 1 book\, 5 patents\, and more than 80 scientific papers. He serves as the invited reviewer of 22 international journals and the guest editor of 3 journal special issues.
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/monitoring-soil-deformation-using-distributed-fiber-optic-sensing-technology/
LOCATION:E11-1027
CATEGORIES:cee_events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20150910T114500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20150910T124500
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20150909T040032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032020Z
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SUMMARY:Recycled aggregate concrete in the mainland of China: From laboratory work to engineering practice
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Jianzhuang XIAO\nProfessor\, Department of Structural Engineering\, College of Civil Engineering\nTongji University \nAbstract\nThis report firstly presents a brief introduction on the current state of study on recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) in PR China\, which includes mechanical property of RAC material\, structural behavior of RAC load-bearing elements\, and seismic performance of RAC frame structures. The experimental study results prove that it is feasible to apply RAC as a structure material in building structures. Secondly\, this report presents an outline of Chinese technical codes for recycled aggregate concrete organized and edited by the speaker. Thirdly\, it also puts forward some successful applications of RAC in building structures in the mainland of China which will be helpful to promote and popularize RAC as one kind of ecological structural materials in the world. \nBiography\n\n \n\nCURRENT POSITION \nJianzhuang is the director of Research Section of Recycled Concrete Structure & Construction in the College of Civil Engineering\, Tongji University. He is the current chairman of the Committee of Recycled Concrete in PR China\, and he is the chairman of an RILEM Technical Committee and the current deputy chairman of the High-strength/High-performance Concrete Committee in PR China. \nEDUCATION \nJianzhuang received his PhD in structural engineering at Tongji University. He was awarded the Distinguished Young Scholars of China by the National Natural Science Foundation of PR China and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship in Germany. \nRESEARCH \nHe is a full professor in the Structural Engineering Department at Tongji University\, Shanghai\, PR China. His research interests include the material property and structural behavior of recycled aggregate concrete. \nMAIN EXPERTISE AND SKILLS \nJianzhuang has been engaged in the fundamental research on material properties\, durability performance and structural behavior of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) for more than 10 years. \nHis main expertise and research experience in the area of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) include the followings: (1) experimental research on workability and micro- and meso-structure of RAC; (2) experimental study on mechanical properties of RAC material under static\, dynamic and fire condition: strength\, elastic modulus\, stress–strain curve; (3) theoretical analysis and experimental investigation on durability performance of RAC: carbonization\, chloride diffusion\, shrinkage and creep; and (4) experimental research and numerical simulation on the structural behavior of RAC elements and structures: beams\, columns\, slabs\, beam–column joints as well as frames made with RAC. \nHe has won 2 first-class and 5 second-class Awards of Scientific and Technology Progress in China. He has 10 authorized national invention patents. He chaired 4 international and national academic conferences. He is the author of 2 Chinese monographs. He gave 12 invited keynote speeches. He published more than 60 papers in the Science Citation Index (SCI) international journals and over 130 papers in the Engineering Index (EI) journals. He edited the first Technical Code for Recycled Aggregate Concrete in PR China
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/recycled-aggregate-concrete-in-the-mainland-of-china-from-laboratory-work-to-engineering-practice/
LOCATION:E33-1030
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20150831T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20150831T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20150828T040048Z
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SUMMARY:Energy Storage System Developments
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Abdul-Ghani OLABI\nDirector\, the Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies\nProfessor\, the School of Engineering and Computing\nthe University of the West of Scotland \nAbstract\nTargets established by the European Union for 2020\, have introduced a huge attention for the electrical energy management\, starting from its sustainable production\, researching and developing new production technologies based on renewable power sources\, to its correct use and storage. In base of different applications\, and often in base of the concrete availability of these sources\, there are several energy storage systems used today worldwide\, each one based on a different electricity transformation principle (mechanical\, thermal\, electrical or chemical). During the last decades\, a lot of technologies have been developed\, using new materials and new concepts in order to satisfy the overall and specific applications requirements. This talk concerns with the latest developments of energy storage systems. \nBiography\n\n \n\nProfessor Olabi is the director of the Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies at the University of the West of Scotland www.uws.ac.uk/ieet \nProf Olabi graduated with B Eng. from a 5 year course\, in 1984. Then he worked in an R&D company for 4 years. Between 1988 and 1993\, Prof Olabi completed a masters degree and PhD at Dublin City University. Between 1994-1998\, he joined the academic staff as a lecturer at HIAST “Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology”. Between 1999-2002\, he joined the research centre of FIAT in Italy “CRF” working on different projects related to alternative fuel systems for vehicles. From Oct 2002 until joining UWS in 2013\, he was working as a lecturer and a senior lecturer at Dublin City University. \nIn the last 10 years\, Prof Olabi has supervised postgraduate research students (10 M.Eng and 24 PhD) to successful completion. Prof Olabi has edited 10 proceedings\, and has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and about 120 papers in international conferences\, in addition to 15 book chapters. In the last 12 months Prof Olabi has patented 2 innovative projects. \nProf Olabi is the founder of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP\, www.seepconference.co.uk \nHe is the Subject Editor of the Elsevier Energy Journal and board member of a few other journals. Prof Olabi has coordinated different National\, EU and International Projects. He has produced different reports to the Irish Gov. regarding: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Solar Energy. \nProf Olabi’s Main Research Interests are: Sustainable Energy\, Environment and Climate Change and Transportation. \nProf Olabi is assisted by large group (35) of academics (Prof\, reader\, SL L\, PDRA) working on different aspects related to Engineering\, Energy and the Environment. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/energy-storage-system-developments/
LOCATION:E11-1045
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20150723T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20150723T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20150722T040048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032021Z
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SUMMARY:Difference between the continuum and DEM fabric tensors
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nProf. Xiang-Song LI\nProfessor Emeritus\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology \nAbstract\nIn granular mechanics\, macroscopic approaches treat a granular material as a continuum at macro-scale\, and study its constitutive relationship between stresses and strains. On the other hand\, microscopic approaches consider a granular material as an assembly of individual particles interacting with each other at micro-scale\, and the physical quantities under study are forces and displacements. This presentation will focus on the macroscopic quantification of the internal structure in terms of the fabric tensor. The correlations among different fabric tensors and their relations with the stress–strain behavior will be discussed. \nBiography\nProfessor Emeritus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\, X.S. Li’s research interests include soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering; constitutive modeling of engineering materials; numerical and centrifuge modeling of geotechnical structures; lab testing; instrumentation\, control\, signal processing for structural and geotechnical experiments. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/difference-between-the-continuum-and-dem-fabric-tensors/
LOCATION:E11-1006
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