
Dr Zhongwei Guan B.Sc., Ph.D., MIStructE, MIMMM, CEng
Reader Civil Engineering and Industrial Design
- Work email Zhongwei.Guan@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal Websitehttp://www.liv.ac.uk/engineering/staff/zhongwei-guan/
- About
- Research
- Publications
- Teaching
- Professional Activities
Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- Thematic Plenary Lecture, Modelling damage evolution of fibre metal laminates subjected to projectile impact, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (The 6th International Conference on Computational Methods, 2015)
- Structural behaviour lightweight Composites subjected to impact and blast, by Invitation (Northwest Composite Centre, 2014)
- Keynote Speak: A review of blast modelling of composite laminates and sandwich structures (ACMTAA13), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials and Technologies for Aerospace Applications, Wrexham/UK, 2013, 2013)
- Keynote speak: Develop novel lightweight composite structures against extreme loading (ICACME2013), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (the First International Conference on Advanced Composites for Marine Engineering, Beijing/China, 2013, 2013)
- Keynote Speak: Novel sandwich structures with high energy absorption (ISFEEM2013), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (the International Forum on Special Equipment and Engineering Mechanics, Nanjing/China, 2013, 2013)
- Invited talk: Modelling damage of lightweight composite structures, by Invitation (Royal Aeronautical Society, 2012)
- Keynote Speak: Modelling blast response of fibre metal laminates, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (the 4th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, 2011)
- Numerical modelling of composites, The NGS Innovation Forum, Oxford , by Invitation (National Grid System (NGS), 2010)
- Structural behaviour of fibre metal laminates subjected to impact and blast, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Science and Technology of China , 2010)
- Modelling impact response of fibre metal laminates subjected to low velocity impact, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Chinese Computation Mechanics Committee, 2010)
Editorships
- International Journal of Impact Engineering (Editorial Board Member, 2015 - present)
- Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Editorial Board Member, 2012 - present)
- International Journal Structures (Editoral Board Member, 2012 - present)
- Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (WJST) (Editorial Board Member, 2011 - present)
- Civil Engineering of the Scientific World Journal (Editorial Board Member, 2010 - present)
Event Roles
- Visiting Professor (Sichuan University, PR China, 2004)
Examination Roles
- University of Manchester, PhD (2015)
- Liverpool John Moores University, PhD (2015)
- Cape Town University, MRes (PGT, 2015)
- University of New Brunswick, PhD (2013)
- University of Manchester, UK, PhD (2013)
- University of Dundee, PhD (2012)
- University of Birmingham, MRes (PGT, 2012)
- University of Manchester, MPhil (2005)
- University of Bath, PhD (2002)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Elected Board Member of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering (2011 - present)
- Leading a work group on international collaboration in British Composite Society (2011 - present)
- Elected Member of General Council of International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanics (2007 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- Institution of Structural Engineers (Elected Member.)
- Engineering Council (Chartered Engineer)
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (elected member, 2008 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Chair of School PGR Committee
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