Yan Xiao
Adjunct Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Education
Biography
B.S. - 1982 - Tianjin University - Tianjin, China
M.S. - 1986 - Kyushu University - Fukuoka, Japan
Ph.D. - 1989 - Kyushu University - Fukuoka, Japan
Research Summary
* Seismic analysis and design of structures;
* Experimental analysis of structures, components and materials;
* Implementation of new materials into structural design and retrofit;
* Development of modern bamboo structures.
Awards
- 2010 Awarded as one thousand talent National Expert by the Ministry of Education of China, and the one-hundred talent by the Hunan Provincial government
- 2009 Hunan Provincial Government, China Hunan Provincial Award for International Cooperation
- 2009 American Concrete Institute (ACI)) Elected Fellow
- 2008 Popular Science Magazine Best of What's New in 2008 / Popular Science Inventor of 2008
- 2005 Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, US Section George V. Chillingar Medal of Honor
- 2004 University of New South Wales Visiting scholarship
- 2001 Ministry of Education of China Chun Hui Scholar
- 2001 Ministry of Education (MOE), China Cheung Kong Scholar
- 1996 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship
- 1996 Chinese NSF, Tongji University, Shanghai, China Invited Chun Hui scholar lecturer
Appointments
Office
- Kaprielian Hall
- 3620 South Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089
- USC Mail Code: 2531
Contact Information
- (213) 740-6130
- yanxiao@usc.edu