About
Hello there! I'm Bozhou Zhuang [CV], a Ph.D. researcher at Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California. I am a recipient of multiple fellowships, including the Viterbi/Graduate School Fellowship ($38,000), Professor Teh-Fu Yen and Dr. Shia-Ping Siao Yen Fellowship in Civil and Environmental Engineering ($19,000) and Das Family Travel Award ($1,000). Prior to joining USC, I received my Master's degree in Civil Engineering from Tongji University, China. My research interests lie in multidiscipline fields of civil and electrical engineering, specifically on the spent nuclear fuels (SNFs) dry storage systems and structures, ultrasonic testing and signal processing, machine learning, steel & composite structures, bridge engineering. I am an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) in California.
Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, United States, Aug. 2021-present
Dissertation Topic: Non-destructive Evaluation on Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Structure Using Acoustic Sensing
Faculty Advisor: Bora Gencturk, Ph.D., P.E.
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, United States, Aug. 2021-May 2023
GPA: 3.82/4.00, general track, mainly focusing on signal processing, optimization and machine learning
M.Eng, Architectural and Civil Engineering,Tongji University, China, Sep. 2017-Jun. 2020
Graduated with Outstanding Master Dissertations awarded by China Highway and Transportation Society and Tongji University
B.Eng, Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, China, Sep. 2013-Jun. 2017
Graduated with Outstanding College Graduates of China Civil Engineering Society (CCES)
Selected Awards & Honors
2022 Professor Teh-Fu Yen and Dr. Shia-Ping Siao Yen Fellowship ($19,000)
2022 Das Family Travel Award ($1,000)
2021 USC Viterbi/Graduate School Fellowship ($38,000)
2021 Outstanding Master Dissertation by China Highway and Transportation Society
2020 Shanghai Outstanding Graduates
2014/2015/2016/2019 National Fellowship ($6,770)
2019 Best Presenter Award in the 32nd KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering
2018 Best Presentation Award in the 5th Joint Workshop on Building / Civil Engineering between Tongji & Tokyo Tech
2018/2019 Outstanding Student of Tongji University
2018 First Prize in 2018 World University Students’ Bridge Design Competition (team captain, $3,100)
Journal Reviewer
Journal of Cleaner Production
Frontiers in Materials
Cleaner Materials
Professional Licenses
Engineer-in-Training (EIT), California
Memberships
Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
Student Member, American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Member, China Highway and Transportation Society
Hobbies
I started learning the violin from seven years old.
For sports, I enjoy swimming, tennis and table tennis!