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People

People

Our research

Meet our research team

 

Academic staff list

Name Research expertise

James Brownjohn

Professor of Structural Dynamics

  • vibration serviceability
  • structural health monitoring (SHM)
  • system identification
  • human biomechanics
  • wind engineering
  • measuring and evaluating the performance of structures at full scale
  • ambient vibration testing and operational modal analysis using minimal portable equipment

Alex Pavic

Professor of Vibration Engineering

  • vibration serviceability
  • human comfort when using structures and buildings
  • slender civil engineering structures such as long-span floors, footbridges and grandstands
  • human-induced dynamic forces applied on human musculo-skeletal systems

Ki Young Koo

Lecturer

  • structural health monitoring (SHM)
  • civionics: wireless sensors for field measurements of civil infrastructures
  • machine learning for structural health monitoring
  • structural degradation detection and quantification
  • finite element model updating
  • system identification

Miaomin Wang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • study and application of computer vision-based system for bridge displacement monitoring

Zuo Zhu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

  • system identification
  • Bayesian methods
  • structural health monitoring
  • full-scale dynamic testing of structures 

 

Hojune Ann

PhD student
 

 

Working on the Smart Construction Technology project to:

  • bring computer vision technology to
  • detect fire risks on construction sites in South Korea and
  • enable a national-wide surveillance system to reduce these

 

 

Professional Services staff list

James Bassitt Senior Experimental Officer

Katy Manning Administrator

Richard Stafford Experimental Officer

 

Interested in a PhD with VES? 

Our PhD students have access to the UK’s most advanced facilities and training in vibration testing, analysis and control

You will be supported by supervisors at the forefront of their field, work on industry-led projects and network with global engineering consultancy companies.

We are always keen to hear from candidates with a PhD project idea related to one of our areas of expertise.

More information and how to apply