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 Luo, Hao  

Hao Luo, Teaching Assistant


Hao Luo


Contact Information

Hao Luo
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Southern California
Kaprielian Hall, Room 238A
3620 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531

Tel:  (213) 740-6133
Fax: (213) 744-1426
Email: haoluo@usc.edu

 

Research Interest

  • Focusing on the analytical solutions of Seismic Wave Propagation, with interest in Earthquake Engineering, Soil-Structure Interaction, Experimental Technology of Building Structures

Biographical Information

Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering
Advisor: Professor Vincent W. Lee

Education

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, August 2005 - present, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.
  • M.S. in Structural Engineering, with honors, School of Civil Engineering, March 2003, Tianjin University, Tianjin, CHINA, Advisor: Professor Jian-wen Liang
  • B.E. in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, July 1999, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, CHINA

Professional Experience

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Aug. 2005 – present
  • CE546, Structural Mechanics of Composite Materials, Fall 2006;
  • CE478, Timber and Masonry Design, Fall 2006;
  • CE325, Dynamics, Fall 2005 and Spring 2006.
 
Assistant Engineer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Sep. 2003 – July 2005
  • Teaching and research of building structure experimentation. Participated in the following research projects:
  • Deep excavation monitoring of the foundation ditch of Shaoxing International Plaza (including measurement of gradient, underground water level, and settlement) (Nov. 2003);
  • Static destructive experiment of carbon fiber (bar) reinforced wood beam (Sep. 2004);
  • Pseudo-static experiment of full-sized steel tubular joints (Dec. 2004);
  • Static detection of prestressed plate girder of Yangzhuanghe Bridge, Taizhou, Jiangsu (Feb. 2005);
  • Crossarm and shear pin test for poles of a 275kV T/L project (Apr. 2005);
  • Full-sized destructive test of 9-meter-high pole (May 2005);
  • On-site test of underground pipe jacking for a sewage treatment project in Nanhui District, Shanghai (May 30 to June 3, 2005).
 
Assistant Engineer, National Engineering Technique Research Center of Industrial Building Diagnosis and Rehabilitation, Central Research Institute of Building and Construction, MCC (China Metallurgical Construction) Group Corporation, Beijing (Internship), Jul. 2003 – Aug. 2003
  • Design and construction of appraising of structural reliability, adding floor, retrofitting, and reinforcing for aged building.

Publications

  • Anti-Plane (SH) Waves Diffraction by a Semi-Circular Cylindrical Hill Revisited: An Improved Accurate Wave Series Analytic Solution, Vincent W. Lee, Hao Luo, J.W. Liang, Journal of Engineering Mechanics(Scheduled to be published on Oct. 2006), ASCE
  • Scattering of Plane SH Waves by a Circular-Arc Hill with a Circular Tunnel, J.W. Liang, Hao Luo, and Vincent W. Lee, ACTA Seismologica Sinica, 2004; 17(5): 549~563
  • Diffraction of Anti-Plane SH Waves by a Semi-Circular Cylindrical Hill with an Inside Semi-Circular Concentric Tunnel, Vincent W. Lee, Hao Luo, and J.W. Liang, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2004, 3 (2): 249-262
  • A Simplified Analysis of RC Framed Columns under Bilateral Shear Loads, T.C. Wang, Song Wang, and Hao Luo, Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Structural Engineering, Vol.Ⅰ, Changsha, P.R. China, 551-554, 2002 (in Chinese)
  • Comparison of Ratio of Experiment and Theory in Structural Engineering among Various Colleges, Longzhu Chen, Hao Luo, Wuhan University Journal (Humanity Sciences), 2004, 57(4-1): 77-83 (in Chinese)
  • Response of Semi-circular Tunnel to Incident SH-waves, J.W. Liang, Hao Luo, V. W. Lee, (ready to be submitted)
  • M.S. Thesis: “Scattering of Plane SH Waves by a Circular-arc Hill with a Circular Tunnel: An Analytical Solution”, sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50378063); evaluated by the committee and awarded Outstanding, the first-class score in Tianjin University. 

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