2nd Announcement：The First International Workshop on Infrastructure Innovations and Sustainability under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

 

2^nd Announcement

 

The First International Workshop on Infrastructure Innovations and Sustainability under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

 

 

 

December 19-21, 2019

Xiamen, Fujian, China

 

  

 

Host

Huaqiao University

Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

 

Organizer

College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University

 

Co-Organizer

Key Laboratory for Intelligent Infrastructure and Monitoring of Fujian Province

Key Laboratory for Structural Engineering and Disaster Prevention of Fujian Province

Key Laboratory for Structural Engineering and Seismic Resistance of MOE

Intelligence and Automation in Construction Fujian Province Higher-Educational Engineering Research Centre

 

 

Introduction

The great initiative of co-building the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" (Belt and Road Initiative, BRI) provides new opportunities to strengthen the international collaboration on infrastructure innovation and sustainability study.

Huaqiao University (HQU) is a unique university in China having one campus in Xiamen, a critical node on the ancient marine Silk Road, and another one in Quanzhou, the start point of the ancient marine Silk Road. Xiamen city, as one of the earliest established Special Economic Zones in 1980s, is a beautiful, livable, lovable costal city. Bearing the mission of the new BTI era, Xiamen has focused on the new goals of the BRI to face international collaboration with a more confident attitude and to facilitate the construction of an important hub city on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. Accompanying with the relocation of the College of Civil Engineering of HQU from Quanzhou to Xiamen, the college developed quickly. Now the college has a modern experimental study building with high performance test facilities. Two provincial key laboratories have been approved by the government, which provides valuable platforms to carry out high quality research and to train graduate students. In recent years, more new faculty members joined HQU and brought more power to the college.

Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT) is located in the well-known historical and cultural city of Xi’an, China, which is the eastern starting point of the land silk road and one of the four great ancient capital cities with a history of over 3,100 years. The history of the XAUAT can be traced back to the Tianjin Beiyang School of Western Learning (Beiyang University) established in 1895 and XAUAT has been known as one of the famous old eight universities in architecture and a leading higher education and research center in civil engineering and architecture in Northwestern China. XAUAT is also the home of the Key Laboratory for Structural Engineering and Seismic Resistance of Ministry of Education of China.

The innovation and sustainability of infrastructures within the BRI countries and other counties play key roles in supporting the transformation and upgrading of economic construction and development. In order to take advantage of the new opportunities coming with the BRI and to enhance international collaboration on infrastructures innovation and sustainability research, the College of Civil Engineering of HQU and the College of Civil Engineering of XAUAT decided to organize an International Workshop on Infrastructure Innovations and Sustainability on Dec 19-21, 2019. The two hosts of the workshop intend to establish a series workshop to be held in Xiamen and Xi’an alternately.

The theme of this workshop is to discuss the challenge problems in the innovation and sustainability of infrastructures and the opportunities to strengthen international collaboration without borders to carry out collaborative research by inviting internationally recognized experts in related fields.

 

Scope and Topics

The topics of this workshop shall include but are not limited to:

⟡  Multi-hazards and their effects on structures

⟡  Structure resilience and sustainability

⟡  Advanced sensing and monitoring technologies for infrastructures

⟡  Nondestructive evaluation and damage prognosis

⟡  Multi-scale and multi-physics simulations on structures

⟡  Smart and high performance materials and structures

⟡  Sustainable materials and structures under harsh environments

⟡  Structure retrofitting and rehabilitation using advanced materials

⟡  Big data and artificial intelligence for intelligent infrastructures

 

Preliminary Program

Dec 19		08:00-20:00	Registration
Dec 20	Morning Sessions	08:00-08:15	Opening Ceremony
		08:15-10:00	Invited Plenary Lectures I
		10:00-10:20	Coffee Break and Group Photo
		10:20-12:00	Invited Plenary Lectures II
		12:00-13:00	Lunch
	Afternoon Sessions	13:00-13:45	Lab Tour
		14:00-16:00	Invited Plenary Lectures III
		16:00-16:15	Coffee Break
		16:15-18:15	Invited Plenary Lectures IV
		19:00-20:30	Dinner

 

Invited Speakers and Participants

Kanbin Katsu, Meijo Univeristy, Japan

Zhishen Wu, Ibaraki University, Japan

Lorenzo Cantini, University of Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Jianfei Chen, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Peng Feng, Tsinghua University, China

Hemant B Kaushik, IIT Guwahati, India

Ying Lei, Xiamen University, China

Yuri Petryna, Technical University Berlin, Germany

Arno Pronk, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland

Weixin Ren, Hefei University of Technology, China           

Bahram M. Shahrooz, University of Cincinnati, USA

Jie Shan, Purdue University, USA

Qingxuan Shi, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China

Hoon Sohn, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Gangbing Song, University of Houston, USA

Yaowen Yang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Yao Yao, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China

Bing Zeng, China Metallurgical Construction Research Institute, China

Ying Zhou, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University

(To be updated)

 

Language

The official language of this workshop is English. PPT file for presentations will be collected at the registration.

 

Fees

Registration fee is free.

 

Workshop Avenue

The workshop will be held at Xiamen Campus of HQU

 

 

 

Hotel

Lin-Guang-Chang Academic Exchange Center, Huaqiao University

Address: Jimei Avenue 686, Jimei Disctict, Xiamen, Fujian 361021 China

Tel: 0592 6165666, 6165888