Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Colorado – Denver
Address: 1200 Larimer Street, North Classroom 2004A, Denver, Colorado 80204
Email: shengzhe.2.wang@ucdenver.edu
Phone: (609) 865-6881
Visit Shengzhe’s Research Website
Research Interests: Extreme waves, floating structures, CFD, renewable energy, shell structures, impact engineering, geomechanics, climate adaptation
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Shengzhe (Jackson) Wang is an Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering within the Department of Civil Engineering at CU Denver. His research targets the interaction between water and the built environment to foster innovative solutions for climate change adaptation. Dr. Wang’s work span architecture, structural, mechanical, and ocean engineering disciplines to explore the interaction between extreme hydrodynamic events (e.g., breaking waves) with coastal and floating structures, architecture-inspired solutions to urban resilience (including structural art), and the geometric mechanics of thin-shell structures across different scales/fields of application. His methodologies include advanced numerical simulations (mesh-based and Lagrangian), geometric design and optimization, mechanical analyses, as well as human behavioral research. Dr. Wang holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in structural engineering from the University of Auckland, a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in geotechnical engineering from the University of Sydney, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in structural engineering from Princeton University.
Education:
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ), granted 2022
MPhil in Civil Engineering from University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia), granted 2017
BEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand), granted 2013