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DWH Project Funding

$76,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Project Description

Dr. Chao Sun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU). Before joining LSU, Dr. Sun worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Rice University and as a Senior Structural Engineer focusing on structural and hydrodynamics analysis of floating offshore platforms at Intecsea Worley Group. At LSU, Dr. Sun’s lab is dedicated to creating multi-hazard resilient and sustainable critical infrastructure (buildings, offshore wind turbines (OWTs), oil/gas pipelines, bridges, and electric power grids) facing extreme tropical cyclones and aging issues. On one hand, Dr. Sun and his coworkers are developing high-fidelity high-resolution computational fluid dynamics models to advance the fundamental understanding of coupled wind-surge-wave flow characteristics and impacts on coastal and offshore structures. On the other hand, three-dimensional mathematical models and effective dampers have been developed to simulate the complex dynamics and to prolong the service life of OWTs. Additionally, smart monitoring systems for oil/gas pipelines, OWTs, and bridges are under development using advanced signal processing, computer-vision techniques, and physics-guided machine learning. Dr. Sun has published over 65 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers/abstracts. He serves as the Associate Editor of Structural Control and Health Monitoring. He is a member of seven American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Engineering Mechanics Institute and Structural Engineering Institute committees. He is also the Faculty Advisor of the ASCE Student Chapter at LSU. He has received the ASCE Outstanding Educator Award and a Louisiana Sea Grant Fellowship. He received his B.S. from Shanghai Jiaotong University, M.S. from Tongji University, and Ph.D. from Rice University, all in Civil Engineering.