GWC 16 Shangai

Chinese

Innovation in Architectural Structures

Innovation in Architectural Structures

China

Guo-Qiang Li is a professor of structural engineering and the director ofResearch Group on Multi-Story Steel Buildingsand Fire-Resistance of Steel Structures ta College of Civil Engineering in Tongji University. He is also the director of Research Centro of Education Ministry of China for Steel Construction and the director of National Research Centro of Chinafor Pre-fabrication Construction. Currently, he serves as the editor-in-chief for the Chinese Journal of Progress in Steel Building Structures, the International Journal of High-Rise Buildings andInternational Journal of Steel Structures. He also serves as the Chairman of China Association for Fire-Resistance of Steel Construction and avice-chairman of China Association of Construction Standardization.Professor Ls'i research has been mainly in the area of hazard mitigation for multi-story and high-rise steel buildings including earthquake-resistance, fire-resistance and blast-resistance.He si the author or co-author of 13technical books and more than 500 journal papers in Chinese and English.