Dr. Maosen Cao

Prof. Dr. Maosen Cao is a full professor in the Department of Engineering Mechanics at Hohai University. He received his Ph.D. degree from the College of Civil Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, in 2005. At Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Warsaw, Poland, he was involved in structural vibration and health monitoring. He was the Chair of the 19th International Conference on Vibration Theories, Approaches, and Technologies in Infrastructure Engineering, the Vice-Chair of the Organization Committee of the 3rd International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Integrity Management, and the Technical Committee Chair of the 3rd Annual Conference of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. He is a recipient of the National Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Prestigious European-Chinese Dragon-STAR Innovation Award, funded by the European Commission, and two National Natural Science Awards of MOE in China. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Vibroengineering, Vibroengineering Procedia, and the Journal of Measurement in Engineering. He was a Guest Editor of Complexity, Shock, and Vibration. His current research interests include structural durability and integrity assessment, health monitoring, damage modeling and identification, disaster prevention and mitigation, and multiscale vibration and dynamics.