Yue Li

Biography

Dr. Yue Li joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as the Donald and Rose Ann Tomasini Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering in 2005. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in Structural Engineering, from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2005. He is Associate Professor since 2011.

Dr. Li’s research interests include structural reliability analysis, probabilistic design, natural and man-made hazard mitigation, structural load modeling and combinations of loads, structural monitoring and condition assessment, bridge engineering, performance-based engineering, earthquake engineering, wind engineering, wood engineering, effects of climate change on infrastructure risk assessment and adaptation. He has published in such journals as ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE Natural Hazards Review, ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, Engineering Structures, Structural Safety, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Natural Hazards, and IEEE Sensors Journal. His research is supported by NSF, DOD, MDOT, State of Michigan, ASCE, and Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability in Australia. He received Michigan Tech Research Excellent Fund Award in 2008. Dr. Li teaching interests include basic structural engineering, Structural Dynamics, Probabilistic Analysis and Reliability, and Performance-based Structural Design.

Dr. Li is a founding member of ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (ASCE/SEI) Committee on Multiple Hazard Mitigation, and serves as vice chair for the committee since 2010. He is vice chair of ASCE/SEI Committee Design of Wood Structures (2008-2012), ASCE Task Committee on Strength Criteria (Load Combinations) in the ASCE-7 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (since 2011), and control member of ASCE/SEI Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structural Systems (2009-2013). He has worked as a structural engineer for five years, and was involved in the design of new international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.