Ming Wang

       Ph.D.

About Me

 

Research Interests

Risk Management and Insurance, Catastrophe Modeling, Fire and Structures, Sensor Technology.

Education

Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA. 2006

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University,  China, 2000

Experience

2008 to Present, Associate Professor,

Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of Education. Beijing Normal University.

 

2006 to 2008, Sr. Catastrophe Risk Modeler,

Risk Management Solutions, Inc. USA

 

2000 to 2006, Graduate Research Assistant,

A. James Clark Engineering School, University of Maryland, USA

 

Mailing address:

 

Academy of Disaster Deduction and Emergency Management

Beijing Normal University

#19 XinJieKouWai Ave. ShengDi Building , Room 381

Beijing, China, 100875

                 Office: (86)-010-58800181

                 Fax: (86)-010-58800219

                 Email: wangming@ires.cn

 

M. Wang, P.C. Chang, and J.G. Quintiere, “Scaled Compartment Fires for Structural Fire Testing,” Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 18, August 2008

J. Perricon, M. Wang, J. Quintiere, “Scale Modeling of the Transient Response of Insulated Structural Frames Exposed to Fire, Fire Technology, Volume 44, Number 2 / June, 2008

 

Publications

Research Projects

2001-2003, Remotely Powered Arrays of Active Strain-Gauge Wall Sensors  (US NSF)

2003-2006, Scale Modeling of Structural Damage Caused by Fire   (US NSF)

2005, Rehabilitation of McDade Road Bridge by Geopolymer Wrapping   (US FHA)

2005-2006, Smart Sensing of Bridge Deformation (US NSF)

 

 

Industry Projects

2006-2008, Account Fire Model (AFM), Risk Management Solutions, Inc.

2008, Update of RMS North America Severe Convective Storms Model, Risk Management Solutions, Inc.

 

 

M. Wang, P.C. Chang, J.G. Quintiere and A. Marshall, “Scale modeling of the 96th floor of World Trade Center Tower 1,ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Volume 21, Issue 6, pp. 414-421, 2006

Y. Wang, L. Parada, M. Wang, A. Singhal, “An Enhanced Two-Zone Fire Model for Risk Analysis,” Interflam, Interscience Communication, London, UK, September 2007

J. Perricon, J. Quintiere, M. Wang, “Scale Modeling of the Transient Response of Insulated Structural Frames Exposed to Fire Interflam, Interscience Communication, London, UK, September 2007

M. Wang, P.C. Chang, J.G. Quintiere, and A. Marshall, “Investigation of World Trade Center Tower 1 Collapse based on 1/20-scale Model,” International Congress Fire Safety in Tall Buildings, Santander, Spain, 2006

M. Wang, P.C. Chang and J.G. Quintiere, “Scale Modeling of Insulated Steel Frame Structural Testing in Fire,” Proceeding of the Fourth International Workshop Structures in Fire, Aveiro, Portugal, 2006

P. C. Chang and M. Wang, “Carbon Geopolymer Sensor,” Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2006

P. C. Chang, M. Wang, and Ron Eguchi, “Smart Sensing of Bridge Deformation,” Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-2’2005), November 2005, Shenzhen, China

M. Wang, P. C. Chang &. R. Newcomb, “Power scavenging from highway bridge vibration,” Proceeding of the First International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-1’2003), November 13-15, 2003, Tokyo, Japan

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