Jin-Guang TENG

BEng, PhD, FHKIE, FIIFC

Associate Vice President&

Dean, Faculty of Construction and Land Use

Chair Professor of Structural Engineering
 

Faculty of Construction and Land Use

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong , China

Tel: (852)2766 6012

Fax: (852)2766 1354

E-mail: cejgteng@polyu.edu.hk

Professor Jin-Guang TENG received his BEng from Zhejiang University in 1983 and his PhD from the University of Sydney in 1990, and was a Senior Lecturer at James Cook University of North Queensland in Australia before coming to Hong Kong in 1994.

His research interests include the application of FRP composites in civil engineering, steel structures, shell structures, and structural mechanics. He is the author/co-author of over 320 papers and book chapters, including some 120 SCI journal papers, over 30 other refereed journal papers, and over 150 conference papers. In addition, he is the lead author of the book “ FRP-Strengthened RC Structures ” published by John Wiley and Sons in 2002 and the lead editor of the book “ Buckling of Thin Metal Shells ” published by Spon Press in 2004. In addition to a large number of publications, Professor Teng is the inventor of the steel-concrete composite shell roof system (the Comshell roof) and the FRP-steel-concrete double-skin tubular column, and has played a major role in the development of the National Standard of China for the Structural Use of FRP Composites in Construction, which is now nearing completion. Recent recognitions of his research contributions include
(1) President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research and Scholarly Activities from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
(2) Best paper award (honourable mention) from the Journal of Composites for Construction of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE);
(3) CICE 2004 best paper award from the International Institute for FRP in Construction;
(4) Howard Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK;
(5) Harting Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics, USA;
(6) Distinguished Young Scholar Award from the National Science Fund of China;
(7) First Grade Natural Science Prize from the Ministry of Education of China;
(8) Bronze Medal from the 15th China National Invention Expo, Beijing, September, 2005; and
(9) State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006.`

Professor Teng served as the founding President of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) from 2003 to 2006. The aim of the Institute is to advance the understanding and the application of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in the civil infrastructure, in the service of the engineering profession and society.

Professor Teng is the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Advances in Structural Engineering, and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE. He is also a member of the editorial boards of the following 4 international journals: Journal of Composites for Construction, ASCE; Construction and Building Materials; Steel and Composite Structures; and Advanced Steel Construction. In addition, he is a Special Editor of Progress in Steel Building Structures and a member of the editorial committee of Spatial Structures published in the Chinese mainland.  Professor Teng served as a member of the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 2001-2006. He has also been a referee for national research funding schemes in China, UK, Australia, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Israel and for over 20 international journals.

Professor Teng has been the vice-Chairman/Co-Chairman of the First (December 1996), Second (December 1999) and Third (December 2002) International Conferences on Advances in Steel Structures. He was also the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering held in December 2001 in Hong Kong, and a Co-Chairman of the International Symposium on Bond Behaviour of FRP in Structures held in December 2005 in Hong Kong. He has been a member of the Scientific/Advisory Committees of some 60 international and national conferences, and has been invited to give keynote/invited presentations at nearly 40 conferences and symposia. Some of the international conferences at which he has delivered or will deliver keynote lectures are:

(1)

Ninth and Tenth International Conferences and Exhibitions on Structural Faults & Repair, July 2001 and July 2003 respectively, London;

(2)

Second International Conference on Advanced Polymer Composites for Structural Applications in Construction, ACIC 2004, University of Surrey, UK, April 2004;

(3)

4th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 2004; and

(4)

Second International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia, December 2004.

(5)

Ninth International Symposium on Structural Engineering for Young Experts (ISSEYE-9), 18-21 August 2006, Fuzhou and Xiamen, China.

(6)

Third International Conference on Advanced Polymer Composites for Structural Applications in Construction, ACIC 2007, University of Bath, UK, 2-4 April 2007.

(7)

2nd International fib Congress, 5-8 June 2006, Naples, Italy.

(8)

Eleventh International Conference and Exhibition on Structural Faults & Repair, June 2006, Edinburgh, UK.

(9)

Third International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2007), 10-12 September 2007, Cape Town, South Africa.

(10)

Fifth International Conference on Thin-walled Structures, 18-20 June 2008, Brisbane, Australia.

Professor Teng has taught a wide range of subjects since 1991, both within and outside the structural engineering area. At The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he has taught Structural Analysis I, Tall Building Structures, and parts of Computational Structural Mechanics and Engineering Mathematics & Analysis. He was the Award Co-ordinator for both the MSc Programme in Civil Engineering and the MSc Programme in Structural Engineering for many years. For his contributions to teaching, he received the Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement in Teaching from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2003.