Chao Sun, Ph.D., P.E.
Mike N. Dooley Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3240M Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Louisiana State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-8511
Fax: 225-578-4945
Email: csun@lsu.edu
Educational Background
Ph.D., 2013, Rice ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Houston, Texas, USA, Emphasis on Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration Control and Data Acquisition
M.S., 2009, Tongji ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Shanghai, China, Emphasis on Digital Image Based Constitutive Modeling and Damage Mechanics of Concrete
B.S., 2006, Shanghai Jiaotong ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Shanghai, China, Major in Civil Engineering and Minor in Business Administration
Employment History
August 2021 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
August 2015 - July 2021, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
January 2014 - August 2015, Senior Structural Engineer, INTECSEA Inc., WorleyParsons Group
October 2013 - July 2015, Postdoctoral Researcher (part time), Rice ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Research Interests
- Dynamics, Sensing and Adaptive Control;
- Multi-hazards Mitigation for Coastal and Offshore Structures;
- Hydrodynamics, Fluid Structure Interaction between Ocean Waves and Structures;
- Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Modeling of Nonlinear Vibrations;
- Vibration Based System Identification and Damage Detection;
- Energy Harvesting from Ambient Vibrations and Ocean Waves;
- Other Dynamics related areas.
