Research Highlights

 Keynote/Distinguished/Semi-plenary/Invite Lectures for:

     Specially invited speaker, 2nd Symposium on Big Data in Civil Engineering, Hangzhou, 20 August 2023

     Keynote speaker, 4th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Manufacturing, Dalian, 5 August 2023

     Keynote speaker, 11th Cross-Strait Summer School on Monitoring and Control in Civil Engineering (MCCE2023), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 5 July 2023

     Keynote speaker, 3rd International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Disaster Prevention and Control, Wuhan, 25 March 2023

     Urban Safety Administration and Emergency Management Summit 城市安全治理與應急管理創新高峰論壇, Shenzhen, 15 November 2022

     Greater Bay Area Academician Forum on Smart City 大灣區智慧城市院士論壇, Shenzhen, 14 November 2022

     Keynote speaker, 2022 Resilient City Development and Science & Technology Emergency Management Workshop, Sustech, Shenzhen, 21 August 2022

     Keynote speaker, 2nd International Conference on Mechanical Design and Manufacturing, Automation System, Huhehot, China, 16 July 2022

     Keynote speaker, 2nd International Forum of NFEES on Intelligence & Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (IFNEES02), Tianjin University, China, 2 July 2022

     Distinguished Scholars Forum (University Distinguished Lecture), Central South University, Changsha, China, 27 June 2022

     Keynote speaker, The 1st ASCE Greater China Conference, Shenzhen, China, 4 December 2021

     Keynote speaker, International Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring, Nanjing, China, 29-30 October 2021

     Keynote speaker, International Conference on Advances in Structural Mechanics and Applications (ASMA-2021), Silchar, India, 6-8 October 2021

     Keynote speaker, The 6th Cross-Strait Symposium on Dynamics, Vibration and Control (SDVC 2021), Hothot, Inner Mongolia, China, 17-21 July 2021

     South China University of Technology, 6 December 2019

1.  Keynote speaker, FCE Translational Research Forum on Sustainable Urban Development in the Greater Bay Area, 26 April 2019

2.  Keynote speaker, Symposium on Sustainable Development Technology for Smart City, University of Macau, 26 November 2018

3.  Keynote speaker, The 8th Cross-Strait Symposium on Civil Engineering Monitoring and Control, Zhejiang University, 24 August 2017

4.  Keynote lecture, 2017 Summit on Smart Highway and Bridge, Nanjing, 28 July 2017

     Keynote lecture, Proceedings 2013/2014 Annual Symposium on Control, Automation and Instrumentation “In Search of Mindset of Change for Control, Automation and Instrumentation New Technologies”, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (3 March 2014)

6.  Distinguished lecture, 17th Annual conference of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; 9th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Applied Mechanics and its Applications; 3rd Symposium on Development of Mechanics in Macau, Macau (23 March 2013)

7.  Keynote speaker, The 2nd Cross-Strait Symposium on Dynamical Systems and Vibration, Hong Kong & Macau, December 2012

8.  Keynote speaker, The 3rd Cross-Strait Symposium on Civil Engineering Monitoring and Control, National Taiwan University, Taipei, August 2012

9.  Keynote lecture, National Winter School on Cyber-Systems & Control (NWSCSC’2011), Zhejiang University (December 2011)

    Keynote lecture, Proceedings 2010/2011 Annual Symposium on Control, Automation and Instrumentation Systems for Sustainable Development, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (20 June 2011)

      Specially invited speaker, Symposium on Development of Computational Mechanics and Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (4 April 2011)

    Distinguished lecture, 15th Annual conference of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; 7th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Applied Mechanics; 2nd Symposium on Development of Mechanics in Macau, Macau (12 March 2011)

 1  Keynote lecture, 8th National Civil Engineering Forum for Graduate Students, Zhejiang
University (28 Nov 2010)

     “Health Monitoring and Control of Bridges” Symposium, Zhejiang University, August 2010.

     Joint Seminar by the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau and FST, at SMG (18 September 2008)

     K.C. Wong foundation lecture II, Zhejiang University (25 September 2006)

     K.C. Wong foundation lecture I, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (22 September 2006)

     Semi-plenary lecture, EPMESC X, Sanya, Hainan, China (21 August 2006)

     Keynote lecture, National Symposium on Structural Dynamics 2005, Haikou, China (19 December 2005)

 

Some of Dr. Yuen’s major publications are (citation counts are according to Web of Science Core Collection for journal papers and Scopus for book):

Cited 400+ times:

Model selection using response measurements: Bayesian probabilistic approach

Beck JL, Yuen KV

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS-ASCE Volume: 130 Issue: 2 Pages: 192-203 Published: FEB 2004

This paper is one the top 16 cited papers (among the 3000+ papers published in the last 30 years) in ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. It has been cited in various research areas, including those far from civil engineering.

 

Cited 400+ times:

Bayesian methods for structural dynamics and civil engineering
Yuen KV
John Wiley and Sons Published: APRIL 2010

 

Cited 100+ times:

Bayesian spectral density approach for modal updating using ambient data
Katafygiotis LS, Yuen KV
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Volume: 30 Issue: 8 Pages: 1103-1123 Published: AUG 2001
Efficient model updating and health monitoring methodology using incomplete modal data without mode matching
Yuen, KV; Beck, JL; Katafygiotis, LS
STRUCTURAL CONTROL & HEALTH MONITORING Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 91-107 DOI: 10.1002/stc.144 Published: JAN-FEB 2006
Recent developments of Bayesian model class selection and applications in civil engineering
Yuen, Ka-Veng
STRUCTURAL SAFETY Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Special Issue: SI Pages: 338-346 DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2010.03.011 Published: 2010
Bayesian Methods for Updating Dynamic Models
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Kuok, Sin-Chi#
APPLIED MECHANICS REVIEWS Volume: 64 Issue: 1 Article Number: 010802 Published: JAN 2011
 Overview of Environment Perception for Intelligent Vehicles
Zhu, H; Yuen, KV; Mihaylova, L; Leung, H
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Volume: 18 Issue: 10 Pages: 2584-2601  DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2017.2658662   Published: OCT 2017
Cited 90+ times:
Ambient interference in long-term monitoring of buildings
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Kuok, Sin-Chi#
ENGINEERING STRUCTURES Volume:32 Issue: 8 Pages: 2379-2386 Published: AUG 2010

Cited 80+ times:

Two-stage structural health monitoring approach for phase I benchmark studies
Yuen KV, Au SK, Beck JL
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS-ASCE Volume: 130 Issue: 1 Pages: 16-33 Published: JAN 2004
Structural health monitoring via measured Ritz vectors utilizing artificial neural networks
Lam HF, Yuen KV, Beck JL
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 232-241 Published: MAY 2006
Reliability analysis of soil-water characteristics curve and its application to slope stability analysis
Chiu, C. F.; Yan, W. M.; Yuen, Ka-Veng
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Volume: 5 Issue: 83-91 Pages: 2012

Cited 70+ times:

Substructure identification and health monitoring using noisy response measurements only
Yuen, KV; Katafygiotis, LS
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 280-291 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2006.00435.x Published: MAY 2006 
Real-Time System Identification: An Algorithm for Simultaneous Model Class Selection and Parametric Identification
Yuen, KV; Mu, HQ#
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Volume: 30 Issue: 10 Pages: 785-801 DOI: 10.1111/mice.12146 Published: OCT 2015

On the complexity of artificial neural networks for smart structures monitoring

Yuen KV, Lam HF
ENGINEERING STRUCTURES Volume: 28 Issue: 7 Pages: 977-984 Published: JUN 2006
Cited 60+ times:
Bayesian time-domain approach for modal updating using ambient data
Yuen KV; Katafygiotis LS
PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Pages: 219-231 Published: JUL 2001

Structural health monitoring of Canton Tower using Bayesian framework
Kuok, Sin-Chi#; Yuen, Ka-Veng
SMART STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Volume: 10 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 375-391 Published: OCT-NOV 2012

Efficient Bayesian sensor placement algorithm for structural identification: a general approach for multi-type sensory systems
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Kuok, Sin-Chi
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Volume: 44 Issue: 5 Pages: 757-774 Published: APR 25 2015
Bayesian Probabilistic Approach for the Correlations of Compression Index for Marine Clays
Yan, W. M.; Yuen, Ka-Veng; Yoon, Gil Lim
JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Volume: 135 Issue: 12 Pages: 1932-1940 Published: Dec 2009

Cited 50-59 times:

Probabilistic approach for modal identification using non-stationary noisy response measurements only

Yuen KV, Beck JL, Katafygiotis LS

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Pages: 1007-1023 Published: APR 2002
Spectral density estimation of stochastic vector processes
Yuen, KV; Katafygiotis, LS; Beck, JL
PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS Volume: 17 Issue: 3 Pages: 265-272 Article Number: PII S0266-8920(02)00011-5 DOI: 10.1016/S0266-8920(02)00011-5 Published: JUL 2002
Optimal sensor placement methodology for identification with unmeasured excitation
Yuen KV, Katafygiotis LS, Papadimitriou C, Mickleborough NC
JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME Volume: 123 Issue: 4 Pages: 677-686 Published: DEC 2001 

Unified probabilistic approach for model updating and damage detection
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Beck, James L.; Katafygiotis, Lambros S.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME Volume: 73 Issue: 4 Pages: 555-564 Published: JUL 2006

Novel Outlier-Resistant Extended Kalman Filter for Robust Online Structural Identification
Mu, He-Qing; Yuen, Ka-Veng
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS Volume: 141 Issue: 1 Article Number: UNSP 04014100 Published: JAN 2015

Cited 40-49 times:

Peak Ground Acceleration Estimation by Linear and Nonlinear Models with Reduced Order Monte Carlo Simulation
Yuen, KV; Mu, HQ#
COMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Pages: 30-47 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2009.00648.x Published: JAN 2011
Energy harvesting from high-rise buildings by a piezoelectric coupled cantilever with a proof mass
Xie, X. D.; Wu, N.; Yuen, K. V.; et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE Volume: 72 Pages: 98-106 Published: NOV 2013
Reliability-based robust control for uncertain dynamical systems using feedback of incomplete noisy response measurements
Yuen KV, Beck JL
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Pages: 751-770 Published: APR 25 2003
Updating properties of nonlinear dynamical systems with uncertain input
Yuen KV; Beck JL
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS-ASCE Volume: 129 Issue: 1 Pages: 9-20 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2003)129:1(9) Published: JAN 2003

Estimation of soil-water characteristic curve and relative permeability for granular soils with different initial dry densities

Zhou WH; Yuen KV; Tan F

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Volume: 179  Pages: 1-9 Published: SEP 4 2014

Vibration-based damage detection for structural connections using incomplete modal data by Bayesian approach and model reduction techniqueYin, T; Jiang, QH; Yuen, KVENGINEERING STRUCTURES  Volume: 132 Pages: 260-277 DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.11.035  Published: FEB 1 2017

Bayesian modal updating using complete input and incomplete response noisy measurements
Yuen KV; Katafygiotis LS
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS-ASCE Volume: 128 Issue: 3 Pages: 340-350 Published: MAR 2002
A novel probabilistic method for robust parametric identification and outlier detection
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Mu, He-Qing#
PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS Volume: 30 Pages: 48-59 Published: OCT 2012

Updating large models for mechanical systems using incomplete modal measurement
Yuen, Ka-Veng

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Volume: 28 Special Issue: SI Pages: 297-308 Published: APR 2012

Cited 30-39 times:

Model updating using noisy response measurements without knowledge of the input spectrum
Yuen, KV; Katafygiotis, LS
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Volume: 34 Issue: 2 Pages: 167-187 Published: FEB 2005
Prediction of daily averaged PM10 concentrations by statistical time-varying model
Hoi, K. I.#; Yuen, K. V.; Mok, K. M.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT Volume: 43 Issue: 16 Pages: 2579-2581 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.020 Published: MAY 2009
Estimation of water retention curve of granular soils from particle-size distribution – a Bayesian probabilistic approach
Chiu, C. F.; Yan, W. M.; Yuen, Ka-Veng
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL Volume: 49 Issue: 9 Pages: 1024-1035 Published: SEP 2012
Estimation of Maximum Pullout Shear Stress of Grouted Soil Nails Using Bayesian Probabilistic Approach
Zhou, WH; Yuen, KV; Tan, F
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMECHANICS  Volume: 13 Issue: 5 Pages: 659-664 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000259  Published: OCT 1 2013
Selection of noise parameters for Kalman filter
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Hoi, Ka-In#; Mok, Kai-Meng
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING VIBRATION Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 49-56 Published: MAR 2007

Yuen, KV; Kuok, SC
Online updating and uncertainty quantification using nonstationary output-only measurement MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING   Volume: 66-67  Pages: 62-77  DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.05.019  Published: JAN 2016

An efficient simulation method for reliability analysis of linear dynamical systems using simple additive rules of probability
Yuen, KV; Katafygiotis, LS
PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 109-114 DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2004.07.003 Published: JAN 2005

Online estimation of noise parameters for Kalman filter
Yuen, Ka-Veng; Liang, Peng-Fei; Kuok, Sin-Chi
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS Volume: 47 Issue: 3 Pages: 361-381 Published: AUG 10 2013

Other archival papers:

Kuok, S.C.# and Yuen, K.-V. (2012)
Structural Health Monitoring of Canton Tower Using Bayesian Framework
Smart Structures and Systems, 10(4-5): 375-391.

Kuok, S.C.#, Ng, I.T., Yuen, K.-V. (2015)
Study of the Attenuation Relationship for the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake
Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 14(1), 1-11.

A study on the Ting Kau Bridge of Hong Kong:
Kuok, S.C.#, and Yuen, K.-V. (2016)
Investigation of Modal Identification and Modal Identifiability of a Cable-stayed Bridge with Bayesian Framework
Smart Structures and Systems (Techno Press), 17(3), 445-470.