About Wancheng Yuan’s work
From May to November 1997, Wancheng Yuan held a Croucher Visitorship at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. At the time, Yuan was based at Tongji University.
Biography
Yuan Wancheng received his Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees in Bridge Engineering from Tongji University. He continued to work in the department upon graduation and promoted to the Head of the department in 1996. He also served as the Executive Deputy Director of the Bridge Professional Committee of the Shanghai Highway and Transportation Society. Yuan Wancheng was engaged in the research of bridge vibration, seismic resistance and safety evaluation, and had made a number of achievements in the theory of seismic reliability of bridges, multi-media coupling effect, fiber reinforced concrete, and new seismic reduction and isolation concepts and devices for bridges. He independently compiled China's first spatial nonlinear seismic response analysis software (NSBAP) for long-span bridges, developed the early nonlinear analysis technology of long-span bridges, and provided reliable support for the seismic design of long-span bridges.