Awards and Professional Service

RESEARCH PRIZES AND AWARDS

1. Dr. Li’s Paper “Experimental study on the response of ultra-high performance reinforced concrete columns under blast loading’ was awarded a ‘highly commendable paper award’ at the 6th International Conference on Protection of Structures Against Hazards 16-17 October 2014,Tianjin, China.

2. Dr. Li’s Paper “Spallation of reinforced concrete slabs under contact explosion’ was awarded a ‘Best Paper Award’ at the Second Asian Conference on Defence Technology (ACDT) 21-23 January 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

3. Dr. Li was awarded ‘Best Young Researcher award’ at the 4th International Conference on Protective Structures, 18-21 October 2016, Beijing, China.

RESEARCH RELATED MEMBERSHIP

Member of International Association of Protective Structures

Member of Western Australia Chinese Scientists Association

Member of Engineers Australia

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Organizing committee in The 24th Australian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM 24) to be held in Perth, Australia, on 6-9 Dec 2016.

Organizing the IAPS-AUS Workshop and Annual General Meeting on 7th December 2015.

Secretary of International Association of Protective Structures-Australian Chapter.

Servicing as reviewer for UTS master project report.

Servicing as reviewer for the following international journals:

1. Engineering Structures (ERA A*)

2. International Journal of Impact Engineering (ERA A)

3. Materials & Design (ERA A)

4. Construction and Building Materials (ERA A)

5. International journal of Protective Structures (Impact Factor 1.87, index in Web of Science)

6. Advances in Structural Engineering (ERA A)

7. Journal of Civil Engineering