About Ming Gu’s work
Ming Gu held a Croucher Visitorship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University from May to June 1998. At the time, Gu was based at Tongji University.
Biography
Ming Gu studies how large structures respond to wind. His work ranges from long-span bridges to railway stations, sports venues and some of Shanghai’s tallest buildings. He contributed to research on wind resistance at the Shantou Bay Bridge and on wind-induced vibration at Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Jin Mao Tower. Other projects took him to Shanghai South Railway Station, the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center and the expansion of Beijing Airport.
Gu graduated in mechanical engineering from Wuhan Institute of Water Transport Engineering, now Wuhan University of Technology, in 1982. He earned his master’s degree and doctorate at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1985 and 1988. He joined Tongji University in 1990 and became a professor in 1993. Alongside his work on individual structures, Gu participated in international research collaborations with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and with Tohoku University and Fujita in Japan. His projects have received support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.