CV

Education:

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang, China, 2012 - 2016
• M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, 2017 - 2019
• Ph.D in Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, 2019 - 2023

Construction Work Experience:

• Project Technician, Quality & Safety Officer (2016/08 - 2017/07)
  • Kindergarten & Elementary School Project, Dingqiao West R22-02-03, Hangzhou, China
  • No.36 Commercial Housing Project, Jingfang FG-02-C2-1, Hangzhou, China
• Intern Construction Technician (2015/08 - 2015/10)
  • No.36 Commercial Housing Project, Jingfang FG-02-C2-1, Hangzhou, China

Professional Certifications:

• FE Civil, E.I.T.
• Qualified Associate Constructors in People’s Republic of China (Division of Zhejiang Province)
• Civil-3D AutoCAD Certification – UVA Transportation Training Academy

Professional Projects:

• UVA Engineering School Faculty Artificial Intelligence Guides Program: Virtual Assistant: Europa - Your APMA Course Advising Companion. (11/2024 - present)
• UVA Center for Applied Mathematics Education Innovation: Creation of a Programming Lab Teaching MATLAB & R and Investigation Its Impacts. (06/2024 - present)
• UVA Engineering School 2024 Dean’s Undergraduate Engineering Summer Fellowship Program: Interactive Learning Modules with Visualization in Multivariable Calculus. (05/2024 - 08/2024)
• UVA Center for Applied Mathematics Research Project: Students’ Cognitions, Approaches and Challenges to Code Core Linear Algebra Concepts. (12/2023 - present)
• UVA Center for Teaching Excellence Thrive Grant Research Project: Enhancing Learning through Interactive Graphical User Interface (09/2023 - present)
• UVA 3 Cavaliers: Compositing Poaceae - Grass Assemblies for Architecture & Construction (05/2021 - 05/2023)

Skills:

• Softwares
  • Structrual analysis: ANSYS, LS-DYNA.
  • Design: AutoCAD, SolidWorks.
• Computer languages
  • MATLAB, Python, R, Visual Basic (National Level Two Certificate), Pascal.

Publications

Saint Venant’s torsion of homogeneous and composite bars by the finite volume method

Chen, H., Gomez, J., & Pindera, M. J. (2020). "Saint Venants Torsion of Homogeneous and Composite Bars by the Finite Volume Method. " Composite Structures. 242, 112128.

Parametric finite-volume method for Saint Venant’s torsion of arbitrarily shaped cross sections

Chen, H., Gomez, J., & Pindera, M. J. (2021). "Parametric finite-volume method for Saint Venants torsion of arbitrarily shaped cross sections. " Composite Structures. 256, 113052.

Exploring Effective Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching Linear Algebra to Engineering Students: A Literature Review

Li, M., & Chen, H. (2024, June). Exploring Effective Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching Linear Algebra to Engineering Students: A Literature Review. In 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.

Talks

23rd International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS23)

September 01, 2020

Live presentation at FEUP - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

7th international Conference on Mechanics of Composites (MECHOMP7)

September 02, 2021

Live presentation at FEUP - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

16th Symposium on Functionally Graded Materials (FGM 2022)

August 08, 2022

Oral presentation at Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant (APMA 3080)

Co-instructor (CE 5340)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (DS 6040)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (CE 3330)

Instructor (APMA 2120)

Instructor (APMA 3150)

Instructor (APMA 3080)

Co-instructor (APMA 2501)

Service and leadership

• Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Member of American Society For Engineering Education (ASEE)