Doctor Yang Yu
Biography
Dr Yang Yu is a visiting fellow at Centre for Infrastructure Engineering (CIE), School of Engineering Design and Built Environment (EDBE). His research interests are centred on Structural Engineering and Construction Materials, with particular focuses on 1) Mix design of construction materials for sustainable development (Sustainability), 2) Digital transformation of civil infrastructure for condition assessment (Intelligence), and 3) Smart materials & structures for civil infrastructure applications (Resilience). He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles indexed in Web of Science (WoS) in these areas, including 6 ESI Highly Cited papers (Top 1%) and 5 ESI Hot papers (Top 0.1%). He serves as an Associate Editor of Journal Frontiers in Materials (IF: 3.985), and is also an ECR Committee Member for Oceania Division of International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII). Furthermore, he was named in the World's Top 2% Scientists list for single year 2021, published by Stanford University in October 2022.
Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
The areas of research include:
- Concrete mix design
- Structural health monitoring
- Smart materials and structures
- Structural vibration control & mitigation
Current Grants and Projects
- Quantitative based protection coating assessment using digital imaging and artificial intelligence (Mincka)
- Program to develop NDE tools to field testing timber utility poles (Ausgrid)
Selected Publications
Yu, Y., Li, J., Li, J., Xia, Y., Ding, Z., Samali, B. Automated damage diagnosis of concrete jack arch beam using optimized deep stacked autoencoders and multi-sensor fusion. Developments in the Built Environment, 14, 100128.
Yu, Y., Hoshyar, A.N., Samali, B., Zhang, G., Rashidi, M., Mohammadi, M. Corrosion and coating defect assessment of coal handling and preparation plants (CHPP) using an ensemble of deep convolutional neural networks and decision-level data fusion, Neural Computing and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-023-08699-3.
Yu, Y., Li, W., Zhang, L. (2023) Editors' showcase: Smart material. Frontiers in Materials, 10, 1150799.
Yu, Y., Liang, S., Samali, B., Nguyen, T.N., Zhai, C., Li, J., Xie, X. (2022) Torsional capacity evaluation of RC beams using an improved bird swarm algorithm optimised 2D convolutional neural network. Engineering Structures, 273, 115066.
Yu, Y., Samali, B., Rashidi, M., Mohammadi, M., Nguyen, T.N., Zhang, G. (2022) Vision-based concrete crack detection using a hybrid framework considering noise effect. Journal of Building Engineering, 61, 105246.
Yu, Y., Wang, W., Shehu, R., Pomaro, B. (2022) Editorial on Special Issue “Performance Prediction, Durability and Modelling of Concrete Materials and Structures”. Crystals, 12(7), 1012.
Yu, Y., Rashidi, M., Samali, B., Mohammadi, M., Nguyen, T.N., Zhou, X. (2022) Crack detection of concrete structures using deep convolutional neural networks optimized by enhanced chicken swarm algorithm. Structural Health Monitoring, 21(5), 2244-2263.
Contact Details
Email: yang.yu@westernsydney.edu.au
