Vai Pan IU姚偉彬
Professor
ASCE Fellow

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D in Civil Engineering with specialization in Structural Mechanics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (1986)
  • M.Sc. in Structural Engineering, University of Southampton, United Kingdom (1981)
  • College Diploma in Civil Engineering with Distinction, Hong Kong Baptist College, Hong Kong (1979)

Working Experience

  • Visiting Scholar, Cambridge University (February – July, 2010)
  • Rector, University of Macau (1999-2008)
  • Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (1997-1999)
  • Associate Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (1994-1997)
  • Coordinator for Civil Engineering Programme, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (1990-1994)
  • Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (2000- )
  • Associate Professor/Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (1989-2000)
  • Lecturer, Polytechnic College, University of East Asia (1988-1989)
  • Research Officer, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Hong Kong (1987-1988)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary (1986-1987)
  • Demonstrator, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong (1982-1985)

Award and Honor

1981 R S Jenkins Prize, University of Southampton (Awarded for best performance in structural mechanics)
2009 Medal of Distinguish Service awarded by Macao SAR Government

 

Teaching

B.Sc. Courses

  1. Mechanics I (CIVL110)
  2. Mechanics II (CIVL213)
  3. Strength of Materials I (CIVL215)
  4. Strength of Materials II (CIVL220)
  5. Structures I (CIVL314)
  6. Structures II (CIVL316)
  7. Structures III (CIVL413)
  8. Steel Structures (CIVL427)

M.Sc. Courses

  1. Finite Element Method (IMSC003)
  2. Structural Analysis and Finite Elements (IMSC012)
  3. Plates and Shells (IMSC011)

Research

Research Interests

  • Structural Mechanics
  • Finite Element Methods
  • Nonlinear Vibrations
  • Computational Techniques

Recent Research Projects (Since 2002 – present)

  • “Shear Effects on Welded and Bolted Steel Members”, 2003-2005, PI
  • “Investigation on the application of EPC method to some nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems”, 2006-2009, Co-PI
  • “Investigation on stochastic finite element analysis of structures with element decomposition method”, 2006-2009, Co-PI
  • “Numerical analysis of inelastic local web buckling capacity of coped steel I-beam”, 2009-2011, Co-PI
  • “Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Material Plates and Shells”, 2009-2012, PI

Selected Publications

Book/Chapter Contributions (Since 2002 – present)

  • V. P. Iu, L. N. Lamas, Y. . Li and K. M. Mok (eds), Computational Methods in Engineering and Science, Balkema, 2003. (ISBN 90-5809-567-3)
  • J. W. Lu, A. Y. T. Leung, V. P. Iu and K. M. Mok (eds), Proceedings of ISCM-II/EPMESC XII AIP, 2010. (ISBN 978-0-7354-0778-7)

Journal Papers (Since 2002 – present)

  1. G. K. Er, S. S. Guo, V. P. Iu, “Probabilistic solutions of stochastic oscillators with even nonlinearity in displacement”, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 134, 054501-1-054501-3, 2012.
  2. H. T. Zhu, G. K. Er, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou “PDF Solution of non-linear systems driven by Poisson pulses with non-Gaussian distributed amplitude”, International Journal of Computational Methods, 9(1), 1240018-1-1240017-10, 2012.
  3. Q. Li and V. P. Iu, “Three-Dimensional Free Vibration of Functionally Graded Material Plates on Different Boundary Conditions”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 18, 597-601, 2011.
  4. G. K. Er and V. P. Iu, “Subspace Method for Analyzing Large-Scale Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamic Systems with Polynomial Type of Nonlinearity”, International Journal of Computational Methods, 9(1), 1240017-1-1240017-10, 2012.
  5. H. T. Zhu, G. K. Er and V. P. Iu, “Responses of Nonlinear Oscillators Excited by Nonzero-Mean Parametric Poisson Impulses on Displacement”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 138(5), 450-457, 2012.
  6. G. K. Er and V. P. Iu, “The approximate solutions of FPK equations in high dimensions for some nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems” (with G. K. Er), Communications in Computational Physics, 10(5), 1241-1256, 2011.
  7. G. K. Er and V. P. Iu, “Analysis of some large-scale nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems with subspace-EPC method” (with G. K. Er), Science China : Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 54(9), 1631–1637, 2011
  8. H. T. Zhu, G. K. Er, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “Probabilistic solution of nonlinear oscillators excited by combined Gaussian and Poisson white noises”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 300, 2900-2909, 2011.
  9. G. K. Er, H. T. Zhu, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “PDF Solution to Nonlinear Ship Roll Motion Excited by External Poisson White Noise”, Science China : Technological Sciences, 54(5), 1121–1125, 2011.
  10. H. T. Zhu, G. K. Er, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “Nonzero mean PDF solution of nonlinear oscillators under external Gaussian white noise”, Nonlinear Dyn., 62: 743–750, 2010.
  11. H. T. Zhu, G. K. Er, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “Probability Density Function Solution of Nonlinear Oscillators Subjected to Multiplicative  Poisson Pulse Excitation on Velocity” , Journal of Applied Mechanics 77(3), 2010.
  12. G. K. Er, H. T. Zhu, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “EPC procedure for PDF solution of non-linear oscillators excited by Poisson white noise”, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 44, 304-110, 2009.
  13. Q. Li, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou “Three-dimensional vibration analysis of functionally graded material plates in thermal environment”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 324, 733-740, 2009.
  14. H. T. Zhu, C. H. Michael Yam, Angus C. C. Lam and V. P. Iu, “The shear lag effects on welded steel single angle tension members”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 65, 1171-1186, 2009.
  15. G. K. Er, H. T. Zhu, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “PDF Solution of Nonlinear Oscillators Subject to Multiplicative Poisson Pulse Excitation on Displacement”, Nonlinear Dyn. 55, 337-348, 2009.
  16. G. K. Er, H. T. Zhu, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “Probabilistic Solution of Nonlinear Oscillators under External and Parametric Poisson Impulses, AIAA Journal, 46(11), 2839-2847, 2008.
  17. Q. Li, V. P. Iu and K. P. Kou, “Three-dimensional vibration analysis of functionally graded material sandwich plates, Journal of Sound and vibration, 311, 498-515, 2008.
  18. C. H. Michael Yam, Y. C. Chong, Angus C. C. Lam and V. P. Iu, “An investigation of the block shear strength of coped beams with a welded clip angles connection . Part II: Numerical study”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 63, 116-134, 2007.
  19. C. H. Michael Yam, Y. C. Chong, Angus C. C. Lam and V. P. Iu, “An investigation of the block shear strength of coped beams with a welded clip angles connection . Part I: Experimental study”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 63, 96-115, 2007.
  20. C. H. Yam, C. C. Lam, V. P. Iu and J. J. R. Cheng, “The Local Web Buckling Strength of Coped Steel I-Beams”, Journal of Structural Engineering, 129(1), 3-11, 2003.
  21. N. Sheng, C. H. Yam and V. P. Iu, “Analytical Investigation and the Design of the Compressive Strength of Steel Gusset Plate Connections”, Journal of Construction Steel Research, 58, 11, 1473-1493, 2002.
  22. C. H. Michael Yam, V. P. Iu and J. J. Roger Cheng “Behavior and Design of Gusset Plate Connections in Compression”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 58/5-8, 1143-1159, 2002.

Conference Papers (Since 2002 – present)

  1. “Free Vibration of Functionally Graded Materials with Crack by a BEM”, 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference. Graz, July 2012
  2. “Shear Correction Factor for FGM Plates Based on Thickness Shear Vibration”, 20th Annual Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering. Beijing, July 2012
  3. Three-dimensional Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Material Plates using Beam Functions and Chebyshev Polynomials”, 20th International Annual Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering. Beijing, July 2012
  4. “Probabilistic Solution of the Stochastic Oscillators with Nonzero Mean Response”, IUTAM 23th International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Beijing, August 2012
  5. “Responses of Nonlinear Coupled Pitch-Roll Ship Motion under Poisson Impulses”, Third International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM III)/Second Symposium on Computational Structural Engineering (CSE II), Taipei, Taiwan, December, 2011.
  6. “Finite Element Study of Inelastic Local Web Buckling Capacity of Coped Steel I-Beam”, The 5th Cross-strait Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering , Hong Kong,  July, 2011.
  7. “A dynamic analysis of the Ruins of St. Paul’s, Macau”, 1st International Conference on Structures & Architecture (ICSA2010), Guimaraes, Portugal,  July, 2010.
  8. Finite element method for the probabilistic solution of nonlinear stochastic dynamic oscillators with Poisson excitation, 6th Computational Stochastic Mechanics Conference, Rhodes Island, Greece, June, 2010.
  9. “A New Method for the Probabilistic Solutions of Large-Scale Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamic Systems”, IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics and Control, Hangzhou, China, May, 2010.
  10. “PDF Solution to nonlinear ship roll motion excited by external Poisson white noise”, The Third International Conference on Dynamics, Vibration and Control, Hangzhou, China, May 2010.
  11. “Subspace method for analyzing large-scale nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems with polynomial type of nonlinearity”, International Conference on Computational Methods,  Zhangjiajie, China, November, 2010.
  12. “Stochastic Plane Stress analysis with Elementary Stiffness Matrix Decomposition Method”, The 3rd Chinese Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Zhengzhou, China, August, 2009.
  13. “Analysis of Thermal FGM Plates with Finite Element Method”. The 3rd Chinese Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Zhengzhou, China, August, 2009.
  14. “Three-Dimensional Buckling Analysis of Rectangular Plates with In-Plane Compressive Loads”, The Second International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II) in conjunction with The Twelfth International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESCXII), Hong Kong and Macau, November/December, 2009.
  15. “Three-Dimensional Free Vibration of Functionally Graded Material Plates on Different Boundary Conditions”, The Second International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II) in conjunction with The Twelfth International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESCXII), Hong Kong and Macau, November/December, 2009.
  16. “Non-zero mean PDF solution of nonlinear oscillators due to Poisson white noise”, The Second International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II) in conjunction with The Twelfth International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESCXII), Hong Kong and Macau, November/December, 2009.
  17. “Thermal Analysis of Thin Plates Using the Finite Element Method”, The Second International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II) in conjunction with The Twelfth International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESCXII), Hong Kong and Macau, November/December, 2009.
  18. “Stochastic plane stress analysis with elementary stiffness matrix decomposition method, The Second International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II) in conjunction with The Twelfth International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESCXII), Hong Kong and Macau, November/December, 2009.
  19. “Analysis of Stochastic Space Frames with Elementary Stiffness Matrix Decomposition Method”, The Second International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II) in conjunction with The Twelfth International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESCXII), Hong Kong and Macau, November/December, 2009.
  20. “Analysis of Stochastic Plane Frames with Elementary Stiffness Matrix Decomposition Method”, The 3rd Asia-Pacific International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering, Nanjing, China, October, 2009.
  21. “PDF Solutions of Nonlinear Oscillators under Poisson Impulse with Non-Gaussian Amplitude”, The 3rd Asia-Pacific International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering, Nanjing, China, October, 2009.
  22. “Thermal Analysis of FGM Plates Using the Finite Element Method”. The 3rd Asia-Pacific International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering, Nanjing, China,  October, 2009
  23. “General procedure of formulating the governing equations for analyzing outrigger-braced structures”, 7th International Conference on Tall Buildings, pp589-595, Hong Kong, China,  October 2009.
  24. “PDF solutions of the stochastic oscillators with hysteretic force”, Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Mechanics (RANM 2009), Kuala Lumpur, August , 2009.
  25. “PDF solution to hardening hysteretic systems excited by Gaussian white noise”, The 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2009), Osaka, Japan, September, 2009.
  26. “PDF solution to nonlinear oscillators excited by Gaussian and Poisson white noises”, Proceedings of the 22th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (22th ICTAM), Adelaide, Australia, August , 2008.
  27. “Approximate Solution to the Kolmogorov–Feller Equation”, the Third International Conference on Scientific Computing and Partial Differential Equations, Hong Kong, December, 2008.
  28. “EPC Method for Nonlinear Oscillators Excited by External Poisson White Noise”, Proceedings of 18th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Blacksburg, USA, June, 2007.
  29. “PDF Solution of Nonlinear Stochastic Oscillators Excited by Poisson Pulse with EPC Method”, Proceedings of International Symposium on Computational Mechanics ISCM2007 (Computational Mechanics, Tsinghua University Press and Springer, 2007), 1264-1272, Beijing, China, August 2007.
  30. “Two-dimensional equations for vibration of piezoelectric plates by using Chebyshev polynomial expansions”, Proceeding of 10th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-10), Volume 2 : Analytical and Computational Methods, 175-180, Bangkok, 2006
  31. “Three-Dimensional Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Material Rectangular Plates by Chebyshev Polynomials”, Proceedings of EPMESC X (Computational Methods in Engineering and Science EPMESC X, Tsinghua University Press & Springer-Verlag, 2006), Sanya, China, August, 2006.
  32. “Three-dimensional vibration analysis of crystal plates via Ritz method”, III European Conference on Computational Mechanics – Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Lisbon, June 2006
  33. “Experimental Study of Shear Lag Effects on Welded Steel Tension Members”, International Symposium on Innovation & Sustainability of Structures in Civil Engineering-Including Seismic Engineering, Nanjing, China, November 2005.
  34. “Analytical Study of the Shear Lag Effects on Welded Steel Tension Members”, Proceeings of the Third International Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM’04),  Seoul, September 2004.
  35. “Experimental Investigation of Block Shear of Coped Beams with Welded Clip Anlges Connectons”, Proceedings of CSCE2004 Annual Conference, Saskatoon, Canada, June 2004.
  36. “Procedure for non-stationary PDF solution of nonlinear stochastic oscillators”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science, Macau, November 2003.

Services

Professional Services (Since 2002 – present)

  • President of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (2006-2008)
  • Vice-President of the International Association of University Presidents (2005-2011)
  • Second Vice-President of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (2004-2006)
  • Treasurer of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (2000-2004)
  • Board Member of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (1999– Present)
  • Board Member of International Institute for Software Technology, United Nations University (1999-2008)
  • Vice-President, International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanics
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Computational Methods
  • Board Member of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, China
  • Member of Expert Committee of Application of Engineering and Science for Lunar Orbiting Exploration, China
  • Member of China National Committee for Terms in Science and Technologies, China
  • Member of Advisory Committee of Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  • Advisor of International Research Center of Medicinal Administration, Beijing University, China
  • Reviewer, Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Reviewer, Thin-Walled Structures
  • Reviewer, Composites Part B : Engineering
  • Reviewer, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
  • Reviewer, Journal of Zhejiang University – Science A
  • External Reviewer, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong

University Services (Since 2002 – present)

  • Chairman of University Senate (1999-2008)
  • Chairman of Research Committee (1999-2008)
  • Chairman of Pedagogic Committee (1999-2008)
  • Member of Academic Council of Faculty of Science and Technology (since 1989)
  • Member of University Senate (2008-2010)

Community Services (Since 2002 – present)

  • Member of Science and Technology Council of Macao SAR Government (2001-2008, 2009- present)
  • Member of Education Committee of Macao SAR Government (1999-2008)
  • Member of Human Resources Development Committee of Macao SAR Government
  • President of General Assembly of Institute of European Studies of Macau (2004-2008)
  • President of Association of Affiliated School of University of Macau (2004-2008)
  • Honorary President of Association for Promotion of Science and Technology of Macau
  • Honorary Advisor of Chinese Education Association of Macau
  • Member of Advisory Board of the Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau

Professional Affiliations

  • Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (since 2009)
  • Member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (since 1993)

Contact Details

Faculty of Science and Technology
University of Macau, E11
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa,
Macau, China

Room: E11-3025
Telephone: (853) 8822-9119
Fax: (853) 8822-2426
Email: vaipaniu