Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA 

Min Xu

ORCID

CIÊNCIAVITAE

PROFESSIONAL SITUATION 

Assistant Researcher

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES

1993- PhD in Civil Engineering (Structures), by the Technical University of Construction and Architecture of Kiev, with the thesis "The Three-dimensional Stress-Strain State in Joints".

1986- Graduated in Naval Engineering, by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with the dissertation “Offshore Oil Exploration Platforms”. 

FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC CHARGES

Research Officer, Structure Monitoring Unit, Structures Department, LNEC, since 2006. 

Guest Research, Structure Monitoring Unit, Structures Department, LNEC, 2000 - 2006. 

Postdoctoral scholarship awarded by the Foundation for Science and Technology, Structural Behaviour Unit and Structure Monitoring Unit, Structures Department, 1997-2000. 

Research Trainee, Structural Behaviour Unit, Structures Department, 1997

 

AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST 

Bridges health monitoring and damage detection

Static and dynamic testing of bridges

Structural behaviour modelling and analysis 

Inspection and assessment of bridges

 

DEVELOPED ACTIVITY

Structural health monitoring of bridges and structures: Rainha Santa Isabel Bridge (Coimbra), the New Bridge over the River Sado (Alcácer), the São João Railway Bridge (Oporto), Madeira Airport (Santa Cruz), the 25 de Abril Bridge (Lisbon) and Salah Bey Viaduct (Algeria).

Static and dynamic testing of more than 60 bridges. 

Inspection and assessment of concrete, steel and masonry bridges.

Participation in several research projects.