Research Interests
Ultrasonics; Structural Health Monitoring (SHM); Wave Propagation; Sensor and Sensor Network; Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE); Smart Materials and Structures; Advanced Composite Materials
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Prof. Zhongqing Su is the Chair Professor of Intelligent Structures and Systems and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ultrasonics (Elsevier), and he holds the Changjiang Chair Professorship. He is an elected Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV). Since 2023, Prof. Su has been the Vice President of The Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM). His research interests span the area of ultrasonics, structural health monitoring (SHM), wave propagation, sensors and sensor network, nondestructive evaluation, smart materials, and advanced composites.
Prof. Su earned his PhD in 2004 from the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at The University of Sydney, where he also completed his postdoctoral training in 2005–2006 under the support of the competitive “Australian Research Council – Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship” (ARC-APF). He joined PolyU in 2007 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted through the ranks to Chair Professor. He has been the Head of Department since 2021. Apart from his key editorial commitment as the Editor-in-Chief of Ultrasonics, Prof. Su has served as the Associate Editor of nine key international journals in the field, including Journal of Sound and Vibration, Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, and ASME Journal of NDE. He has been a Panel Member of the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) since 2021.
Prof. Su was/is the Chair of a number of top international conferences in his field, including the 7th Asia-Pacific Workshop on SHM (APWSHM 2018, Hong Kong, 2018), the SPIE Conference on Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2023 (Long Beach, the United States, 2023), and the SPIE Conference on Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XVIII (Long Beach, the United States, 2024). He was also the Co-Chair of the SPIE Conference on Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems from 2019 to 2023, and the SPIE Conference on Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems in 2021 and 2022. Prof. Su received the “SHM - Person of the Year Award” in 2012, the “Dragon-Star Innovation Award (1st Place)” from the European Commission in 2015, and twice the “Natural Science Award for Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output” from the Ministry of Education, China. At PolyU, he is a recipient of the “President’s Award for Excellent Performance/Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities”, the “Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance in Research”, and thrice the “Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award”.
