Overview
Background
C.M. Wang joined the School of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland (UQ) in January 2017 as the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Chair Professor of Structural Engineering. He graduated from Monash University in Civil Engineering with a First Class Honours in 1978 and was awarded M.Eng.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the same university in 1980 and 1982, respectively. Prior to joining UQ, Professor Wang held the positions as the Director for the Engineering Science Programme and the Director for the Global Engineering Programme, at the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Singapore. Additionally, he was the Vice-Dean of Undergraduate Programmes of NUS Faculty of Engineering and the Associate Director of the Centre for Development in Teaching and Learning, NUS. He is also the Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia and was elected as Monash Civil Engineering Alumnus of the Year 2015 for his significant contributions to the engineering profession.
Professor Wang is a Chartered Structural Engineer, Fellow of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Fellow of Academy of Engineering Singapore, Fellow of Institution of Engineers Singapore, Fellow of Institution of Structural Engineers and Fellow of Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore). He was the Chairman of the IStructE Singapore Regional Group and the IStructE Council Member for 12 years. He was awarded 2009 Lewis Kent Award, 2014 Keith Eaton Award and IES Outstanding Volunteer Awards 2011 and 2008 for his outstanding leadership and significant contributions to IStructE and IES. Currently, he is Chairman of International Steering Committee of EASEC, Vice President of Society of Floating Solutions Singapore, member of International Advisory Committee of RILS and Senior Fellow of PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research, Hong Kong PolyU. He is founding member of International Engineering Science Consortium that comprises 9 premier universities (UC Berkeley, Cornell Univ, Univ of Toronto, Osaka University, KTH Sweden, UCL, NUS, UQ, Auckland Univ).
Professor Wang is a highly sought after keynote speaker in international conferences. He has given over 50 keynote presentations and many seminars on very large floating structures, structural modeling and analysis in many countries. He has won a number of research awards such as 2019 Nishino Medal, 2019 JN Reddy Medal and best paper awards. He has provided consulting services and served as an expert in structures and very large floating structures to many public and private organizations, including JTC Corporation, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Housing Development Board, Defence Science and Technology Agency, Jurong Consultants, Surbana International and Singapore Cruise Centre.
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- Professor Chien Ming Wang is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
- Fellow, Academy of Engineering Singapore, Academy of Engineering Singapore
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
- Fellow, Institution of Engineers Singapore, Institution of Engineers Singapore
- Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers
- Fellow, The Society of Floating Solutions Singapore, The Society of Floating Solutions Singapore
Research interests
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Offshore floating fish farms
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Infrastructure for offshore seaweed farms
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Development of New Structural Models for Analysis
Research impacts
Prof CM Wang’s research interests are wide; covering areas in structural stability, vibration, optimization, plates/shells, nano-structures, computational mechanics and large floating structures. He has made significant contributions to these areas by authoring over 500 journal papers, 6 books, editing 4 books and several conference proceedings. His publications have garnered over 26,000 citations and his h-index is 79 according to Google Scholar. He has been listed as a most cited researcher in civil engineering in the Shanghai Ranking for academic subjects 2016.
Prof Wang is globally renowned for his work on very large floating structures (VLFS) that find many applications such as floating oil storage facilities, bridges, restaurants, and piers/berths. He holds patents on a new type of pontoon, an offshore floating bunker supply base, a floating fuel storage facility and an aquaculture structure. Prof Wang co-edited the first book on VLFS and published extensively on the subject. He has been invited to give keynote lectures/courses on VLFS in more than a dozen countries. He is the principal investigator of several research and industrial projects on VLFS that amounts to over S$10 million. He was the chief consultant for the floating platform at Marina Bay and the floating wetlands at Punggol Waterways. His work on floating wetlands bagged the Minister of National Development R&D (Special Mention) Award 2017 and the IStructE Singapore Structural Award for Sustainability 2016. Prof Wang worked with NUS and SINTEF researchers to develop a new floating hydrocarbon storage facility and floating bridges for deployment in Singapore waters. He was awarded $688,000 from ARC to conduct research on a novel floating forest to protect fragile shorelines of Australia and another $433,000 to do research on the next generation offshore blue aquaculture. He is currently the leader of the offshore engineering and technology program of the Blue Economy CRC.
Prof Wang is also famous for his discovery of exact relationships between shear deformable beam/plate theories and their classical counterparts. His papers and seminal book on shear deformable beams/plates contain these amazing relationships that help unlock the exact solutions for shear deformable beams/plates. Another notable contribution of Prof Wang is the use of Eringen’s nonlocal theory for structural analysis that allows researchers to incorporate the effect of small length scale that is important when dealing with nanostructures. His early papers on the nonlocal beam theory have opened up a new research direction and spurred the publication of hundreds of papers on the subject. He has also contributed to the development of continuum models for carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphyne sheets. The study also involves calibrating the small length scale parameter in the nonlocal models by using Molecular Dynamic Simulations, experimental results and microstructured beam models or Hencky bar chain models.
Prof Wang's early research papers on flexural-torsional buckling of monosymmetric I-beams were cited in structural stability textbooks and his buckling formulas for these beams have been adopted in design codes. His proposed "Shooting-Optimization Technique" for solving two-point boundary value problems has been applied to solve all kinds of problems such as variable arc-length beam problems, biofilm problems, undersea cables, and fibre problems. His work on the automation of the Ritz method for plate analysis has drawn much interest from the research community. Many researchers have adopted the method for their plate analyses.
Professor Wang has supervised 28 PhD students, 20 MEng students and 12 Postdoc Fellows, many of them now holding leading positions in universities and engineering practice.
Works
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2015
Book
Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances
C. M. Wang and B. T,. Wang eds. (2015). Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances. Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-137-4
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2013
Book
Structural vibration: exact solutions for strings, membranes, beams and plates
Wang, C. Y. and Wang, C. M. (2013). Structural vibration: exact solutions for strings, membranes, beams and plates. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
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2008
Book
Very Large Floating Structures
Chien Ming Wang, E. Watanabe and T. Utsunomiya eds. (2008). Very Large Floating Structures. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis.
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2004
Book
Exact solutions for buckling of structural members
Wang, Chien Ming, Wang, C. Y. and Reddy, J. N. (2004). Exact solutions for buckling of structural members. CRC Press: Boca Raton, United States. doi: 10.1201/9780203483534
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2000
Book
Shear deformable beams and plates: relationships with classical solutions
C. M. Wang, Reddy, J. N. and Lee, K. H. eds. (2000). Shear deformable beams and plates: relationships with classical solutions. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier Science.
2024
Journal Article
Genome-wide identification, evolutionary analysis of 4CL gene family and expression analysis in banana
Wang, Mengge, Jia, Liang, Liu, Yanying, Zhang, Chunyu, Chen, Yukun, Lin, Yuling, Huang, Yuji and Lai, Zhongxiong (2024). Genome-wide identification, evolutionary analysis of 4CL gene family and expression analysis in banana. Food and Agricultural Immunology, 35 (1) 2287958. doi: 10.1080/09540105.2023.2287958
2024
Journal Article
Magneto-Aeroelastic Dynamic Buckling and Flutter of Rotating Conductive Annular Disks Under Air-Film Loading
Li, Wenqiang, Liang, Shuqi, Hu, Yuda and Wang, Chien Ming (2024). Magneto-Aeroelastic Dynamic Buckling and Flutter of Rotating Conductive Annular Disks Under Air-Film Loading. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 2650019. doi: 10.1142/s0219455426500197
2024
Journal Article
Bracing systems for three-ribbed arch bridges against out-of-plane buckling
Zhao, Chuan-Hao, Pan, Wen-Hao, Wang, C. M. and Luo, Yao-Zhi (2024). Bracing systems for three-ribbed arch bridges against out-of-plane buckling. Structures, 68 107169, 107169. doi: 10.1016/j.istruc.2024.107169
2024
Journal Article
Advances in Offshore Aquaculture and Renewable Energy Production
Nguyen, Huu Phu and Wang, Chien Ming (2024). Advances in Offshore Aquaculture and Renewable Energy Production. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12 (9) 1679, 1679. doi: 10.3390/jmse12091679
2024
Journal Article
Numerical Study on Hydroelastic Responses of Submersible High-Density Polyethylene Circular Seaweed Platforms Held by Single-Point Mooring System and Buoys
Nguyen, Huu-Phu, Huang, Chenxuan, von Herzen, Brian and Wang, Chien-Ming (2024). Numerical Study on Hydroelastic Responses of Submersible High-Density Polyethylene Circular Seaweed Platforms Held by Single-Point Mooring System and Buoys. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12 (8) 1437, 1437. doi: 10.3390/jmse12081437
2024
Journal Article
Optimal shape of an arch under a central point load for maximum buckling load
Wang, C. M. and Zhang, J. M. (2024). Optimal shape of an arch under a central point load for maximum buckling load. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 150 (8) 06024002. doi: 10.1061/jenmdt.emeng-7750
2024
Journal Article
In-Plane Vibrations of Elastic Lattice Plates and Their Continuous Approximations
Challamel, Noël, Nguyen, Huu Phu, Wang, Chien Ming and Ruta, Giuseppe (2024). In-Plane Vibrations of Elastic Lattice Plates and Their Continuous Approximations. Mathematics, 12 (15) 2312, 2312. doi: 10.3390/math12152312
2024
Conference Publication
Review of recent research and developments on wave energy production
Nguyen, H. P., Wang, C. M. and Penesis, I. (2024). Review of recent research and developments on wave energy production. WCFS 2023: Third World Conference on Floating Solutions, Tokyo, Japan, 28–29 August 2023. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0495-8_34
2024
Conference Publication
Assessment of Different Layouts of Rod Reinforcement Mesh in Stiffening Fish Cages Under Wave Loads
Ma, Mingyuan, Zhang, Xinyu, Chu, Yunil, Wang, Chien Ming and Zhang, Hong (2024). Assessment of Different Layouts of Rod Reinforcement Mesh in Stiffening Fish Cages Under Wave Loads. ASME 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Singapore, 9-14 June 2024. New York, NY United States: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi: 10.1115/omae2024-126537
2024
Conference Publication
Hydroelastic Responses of Submersible Seaweed Cultivation Platforms With Single-Point Mooring Systems
Nguyen, H. P., Wang, C. M., von Herzen, B. and Huang, C. (2024). Hydroelastic Responses of Submersible Seaweed Cultivation Platforms With Single-Point Mooring Systems. ASME 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Singapore, 9-14 June 2024. New York, NY United States: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi: 10.1115/omae2024-124766
2024
Conference Publication
Hydroelastic Responses of Submersible Modular Fish Pen With Different Lengths Under Wave and Current Actions
Qiao, Yi Ping, Chu, Yunil, Wang, Chien Ming, Batra, Mayank and Nguyen, Huu Phu (2024). Hydroelastic Responses of Submersible Modular Fish Pen With Different Lengths Under Wave and Current Actions. ASME 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Singapore, 9-14 June 2024. New York, NY United States: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi: 10.1115/omae2024-123598
2024
Journal Article
Maximum spanning capacity of a catenary arch under self-weight against buckling
Wang, C. M. and Zhang, J. M. (2024). Maximum spanning capacity of a catenary arch under self-weight against buckling. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 1-8. doi: 10.1080/13287982.2024.2357403
2024
Journal Article
On angular and surface interactions in two-dimensional elastic lattices
Challamel, Noël, Ruta, Giuseppe, Nguyen, H. P., Wang, C. M. and Zhang, Y. P. (2024). On angular and surface interactions in two-dimensional elastic lattices. European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids, 104 105176, 1-25. doi: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2023.105176
2024
Journal Article
Optimal bracing system design for funicular twin arches against out-of-plane buckling
Pan, W. H., Zhao, C. H., Wang, C. M. and Luo, Y. Z. (2024). Optimal bracing system design for funicular twin arches against out-of-plane buckling. Engineering Structures, 301 117250, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117250
2024
Journal Article
Methodology for determining optimal design of funicular arches under point loads and selfweight against in-plane buckling
Zhang, J. M., Wang, C. M. and Pan, W. H. (2024). Methodology for determining optimal design of funicular arches under point loads and selfweight against in-plane buckling. Engineering Structures, 300 117255, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117255
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Offshore seaweed and renewable energy farms: solutions for integration and co-location
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Callaghan
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Doctor Philosophy
Designing self-healing concrete using molecular dynamics simulations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shujian Chen
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of Hencky bar chain model for buckling and vibration analyses and optimisation of arch structures
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Structural performance of cardboard folded sandwich structures for ultra-low-cost emergency shelters
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Joe Gattas
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Development of a passive solution for mitigating sloshing in a floating rigid closed containment aquaculture tank in waves
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Tom Baldock
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Influence of Geometric Characteristics on Wind Characteristics behind Floating Forest
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Matthew Mason
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Semi-analytical solutions for hydrodynamic behaviours of floating polygonal platforms and ring breakwaters
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sritawat Kitipornchai
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Structural Dynamics under Moving Loads: Inclined Structure, MINE Method, and Structural Health Monitoring
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sritawat Kitipornchai
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Numerical and Experimental Studies of a Novel Porous Breakwater
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sritawat Kitipornchai
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Development of Integrated Offshore Fish Cage and Floating Spar Wind Turbine
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sritawat Kitipornchai
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Extracting Wave Energy while Reducing Hydroelastic Response of Very Large Floating Structures
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dorival Pedroso
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