Doctor Cheng (Jason) Jiang
Biography
Dr. Jiang joined Western Sydney University in 2021 and is currently a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow in the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Southeast University in 2011 and his Ph. D. degree from City University of Hong Kong in 2017. He did his postdoctoral research at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before joining WSU, he held the position of JSPS International Fellow at The University of Tokyo in Japan.
Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
Dr. Jiang has a research background in the areas of low-carbon construction materials, FRP composite structures and structural fire engineering. He has in excess of 45 SCI-indexed journal publications with an h-index of 24. A complete list of his journal papers can be found on Google Scholar (Cheng JIANG - Google Scholar). Dr. Jiang has received numerous awards and prizes for his contributions to the research and application of composite structures, including Stanford’s List of World Top 2% Scientists (2023), DECRA Fellowship, and JSPS Fellowship. He has been successful in attracting competitive research grants with nearly AUD $ 2 million in total.
Grants/Current Projects
Reusable Fire-Resistant Column Rehabilitation with Fibre Reinforced Polymer; ARC Discovery-ARC DECRA (DE210101662); 2021-2024
ARC Research Hub for Fire Resilience Infrastructure, Assets and Safety Advancements (FRIASA) in Urban, Resources, Energy and Renewables Sectors; ARC Linkage-ARC Research Hub (IH220100002) sub-project; 2024-2029
Industrial Transformation Training Centre in digital platforms for Net-Zero Building Ecosystem Lifecycle (NOBEL); ARC Linkage-ARC Training Centre (IC240100020) sub-project; 2025-2030
Selected Publications
Jiang C, (2023). Strength enhancement due to FRP confinement for coarse aggregate-free concretes. Engineering Structures, 277: 115370.
Jiang C, Avadh K, Nagai K (2023). A mesoscale simulation of the FRP-to-concrete interfacial debonding propagation process by 3D RBSM. Composite Structures, 304: 116336.
Tijani IA, Jiang C*, Lim CW, Wu YF (2022). Eccentrically Loaded Concrete under Nonuniform Passive Confinement. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 48(1): 04021247.
Tijani IA, Jiang C*, Lim CW, Wu YF (2020). Effect of load eccentricity on the mechanical response of FRP confined pre-damaged concrete under compression. ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 24(5):04020057.
Jiang C, Yuan F, Wu YF, Zhao XM (2019). Effect of interfacial bond on the plastic hinge length of FRP confined RC columns. ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 23(2):04019007.
Jiang C, Wu YF, Wu G (2014). Plastic hinge length of FRP-confined square RC columns. ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 18(4):04014003.
Wu YF, Jiang C (2013). Quantification of bond-slip relationship for externally bonded FRP-to-concrete joints. ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 17(5):673-686.
Contact Email: cheng.jiang@westernsydney.edu.au
