Dr. Yi-Lung Mo, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

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• Areas of expertise

  • Development of smart sensors and structures for vibration control and damage detection.
  • Seismic shear of hollow reinforced concrete bridge piers.
  • Development of innovative structural systems for seismic resistant design.
  • Application of nanoscale technology to concrete structures.
  • Application of artificial intelligence to concrete structures.

• Awards

  • Best Paper Award in 2015, International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 2016
  • Civil and Environmental Faculty Achievement Award, (In recognition of teaching, research, service and dedication as exceptional), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 2011.
  • Research Excellence Award, (In recognition as one of the top 5 researchers in the research area of concrete structures), National Science Council, Taiwan, 1993 and 1994.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Award, (In recognition as the outstanding international researcher in a specific research area), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1995.
  • Distinguished Research Award, (In recognition as the top researcher in the research area of concrete structures), National Science Council, Taiwan, 1999.
  • Research Creativity Award, (In recognition for the most creative research project, completed by an undergraduate student and his/her supervisor), National Science Council, Taiwan, 2000.
  • Best Paper Award, Award co-recipient of best paper titled Structural Health Monitoring of a Concrete Column subjected to Shake Table Excitations Using Smart Aggregates, American Society of Civil Engineers, Earth and Space Conference, Long Beach, CA, March 3-5, 2008.
  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 2007
  • Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 1997

  More in CV below and faculty website above.

• Publications

  • Kong, Q., R. H. Robert, P. Silva, and Y.L. Mo (2016), Cyclic Crack Monitoring of a Reinforced Concrete Column under Simulated Pseudo-dynamic Loading using Piezoceramic based Smart Aggregates, Applied Sciences, November, 6, 341, doi:10.3390/app6110341.
  • Yan, J., F. Qin, Z. Cao, Feng Fan and Y. L. Mo (2016). Mechanism of coupled instability of single-layer reticulated domes, Engineering Structures, 114, May, pp. 158-170, doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.02.005.
  • Ho, S.C.M., L. Ren, E. Labib, A. Kapadia, Y.L. Mo, H. Li, and G. Song, (2015). Inference of bond slip in prestressed tendons in concrete bridge girders, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 22:289-300, DOI:10.1002/stc.1669, February.
  • Zhao, X., R. Wang, H. Gu, G. Song and Y.L. Mo, (2014). Innovative Data Fusion Enabled Structural Health Monitoring Approach, Mathematical Problems in Engineering. Volume 2014, Article ID 369540, 11 pages.
  • Kong, Q., S. Hou, Q. Ji, Y.L. Mo and G. Song, (2013). Very early age concrete hydration characterization monitoring using piezoceramic based smart aggregates, Smart Materials and Structures, 22, 085025.
  • Hsu, T.T.C. and Mo, Y.L., (2010), Unified Theory of Concrete Structures, John Wiley & Sons.
  • Abdeldjelil Belarbi, Mo, Y.L., Ayoub, A. (2009), Thomas T.C. Hsu Symposium: Shear and Torsion in Concrete Structures, ACI Special Publication SP-265, American Concrete Institute, Farmington, MI, March.
  • Shi, C. and Mo, Y.L. (Editors), (2007), High Performance Construction Materials, World Scientific.
  • Mo, Y. L., (2005), "Reinforced Concrete Structures," Handbook of Vibration and Shock, Edited by C. de Silva, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton / Ann Arbor /London / Tokyo.
  • Issa, M. and Mo, Y.L., (Editors), (2003). Large-Scale Structural Testing, ACI Special Publication, American Concrete Institute, Farmington, MI, March.
  • Mo, Y. L., (2002), "Reinforced Concrete Structures," Chapter 13, Handbook of Earthquake Engineering, Edited by W. F. Chen and C. Scawthorn, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton / Ann Arbor /London / Tokyo.
  • Mo, Y. L., (1994), Dynamic Behavior of Concrete Structures, Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam / London / New York / Tokyo, 424pp.

  More publications in CV below and faculty web page above.

• Patents

  • “Self-Heating Concrete Using Carbon Nanofiber Paper”, application no. PCT/US2011/044655, nonprovisional patent in US with G. Song and C. Chang.
  • “Pounding Tune Mass Damper with Viscoelastic Material”, application no. US2012/0103739 A1, nonprovisional patent in US with G. Song, L. Li and M. Singla.
  • “Piezoceramic-based smart aggregate for unified performance monitoring of concrete structures”, application no. 11/825370, nonprovisional patent in US with G. Song and H. Gu.
  • “Precast Joints in Plastic Hinge Regions of Seismic Bridge Columns,” Patent No. 166895, Taiwan, China, with T.F. Wang, Patent period from November 1, 2002 to January 18, 2021.
  • “Precast Segment Joints in Seismic Bridge Columns,” Patent No. 168513, Taiwan, China, with T.F. Wang, Patent period from November 21, 2002 to January 9, 2021.

• Grants and Funded Research

  • TxDOT funding in two grants: $623,595 to redesign the way steel reinforcing bars – or rebar – are positioned inside concrete bridge caps, and an additional $616,995 to determine how best to connect the bridge column with the embedded drilled shaft. (2016)

   

• Curriculum Vitae

  • Yi-Lung Mo CV

• Contact information