Hello,

The 2024 fall Ph.D. positions have been filled. Thank you all for your interest and emails. Sorry that I could not reply to all of you due to the large number of inquiries. 

 

! I am looking for Ph.D. students to join my research team at the University of Hong Kong 2025 fall under HKU Presidential PhD Scholar Programme (click for info). If you are interested, please send your

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i) detailed resume;

ii) transcripts which must contain average marks (out of 100), cumulative GPA;

iii) ranking in class/programme/department/school;

iv) TOEFL/IELTS Report within 2 years if the language of teaching and/or examination in your institution is not English;

v) award/prize certificates, publications, if there is any

vi) research statement 

 

to wjcao@hku.hk before Nov 2024. Please note it is a highly competitive programme. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  

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• Sep/2021, Dr. Cao is awarded Yongnam Medal and Prize for her Ph.D. research by National University of Singapore. (link)

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• Sep/2021, Welcome to our new member Yi Zheng, a Ph.D. student in our group. 

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• Aug/2021, we have two conference papers accepted by The 2nd international conference on Circularity in the Built Environment (CiBEn).

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• 31/Aug/2021, our master student, Lisa van Iperen has successfully defended her thesis on the topic of flexible floor systems. Congrats!

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• 27/Aug/2021, our master student, Bent Weener has successfully defended his thesis on the topic of circular high-rise buildings. Congrats!

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• 26/Mar/2021, Dr. Cao is invited to give a talk at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Oslo Metropolitan University on Smart Cities. 

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• Mar/2021, Dr. Cao is featured in the Stories of Science in TU Delft magazine and website. (link)

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• Mar/2021, Opening for a fully-funded Ph.D. , apply through (link), deadline April/12. 

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• Feb/2021, Dr. Cao is featured in the exhibition "Voices of Women in Science" in TU Delft. (link)

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• 16/Dec/2020, Dr. Cao's paper "Vibration serviceability assessment for pedestrian bridges based on model falsification" has been published in the Journal of Bridge Engineering. 

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• 24/Nov/2020, Dr. Cao gives a presentation at Joint International Resilience Conference 2020, workshop on "AI for urban resilience".

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• 2/Oct/2020, Dr. Cao is invited to give a guest lecture at the Hague University of Applied Sciences on the topic of "Circular Construction and Implications for the Industry". The lecture is very well received.

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• 1/Jun/2020, Dr. Cao joins TU Delft as an assistant professor at the Department of Engineering Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. 

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• 30/Jan/2020, Dr. Cao's paper "Optimizing the operating profit of young highways using updated bridge structural capacity" has been published in the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring. 

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• 25/Oct/2019, Cao is invited to give a talk at Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore on the topic of "Data Interpretation in Model Updating and Prediction with Applications to Bridges".  

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• 17/Oct/2019, Dr Cao's paper "Time series data interpretation for "wheel-flat" identification including uncertainties" has been accepted for publication in Structural Health Monitoring.

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• 28/Aug/2019, Cao is invited to give a talk at World Engineers Summit 2019, Singapore on the topic of "Diagnosis and Prognosis of Civil Infrastructure for better asset management". The talk is well received. 

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• 30/Jul/2019, Cao gives a presentation at the 2019 World Congress on Resilience, Reliability and Asset Management, Singapore on the topic of "Exploring potential benefits of bridge condition assessment: from a toll highway perspective".

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• 19/Feb/2019, Cao's paper "Enhancing static-load-test identification of bridges using dynamic data" has been accepted by Engineering Structures.

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• 14/Sep/2018, Cao gives a presentation entitled "Reserve capacity evaluation of the studied expressway flyover in Singapore" to Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

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