Chao Sun, Ph.D., P.E.
Mike N. Dooley Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3240M Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-8511
Fax: 225-578-4945
Email: csun@lsu.edu
Educational Background
Ph.D., 2013, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, Emphasis on Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration Control and Data Acquisition
M.S., 2009, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Emphasis on Digital Image Based Constitutive Modeling and Damage Mechanics of Concrete
B.S., 2006, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, Major in Civil Engineering and Minor in Business Administration
Employment History
August 2021 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
August 2015 - July 2021, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
January 2014 - August 2015, Senior Structural Engineer, INTECSEA Inc., WorleyParsons Group
October 2013 - July 2015, Postdoctoral Researcher (part time), Rice University
Research Interests
- Dynamics, Sensing and Adaptive Control;
- Multi-hazards Mitigation for Coastal and Offshore Structures;
- Hydrodynamics, Fluid Structure Interaction between Ocean Waves and Structures;
- Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Modeling of Nonlinear Vibrations;
- Vibration Based System Identification and Damage Detection;
- Energy Harvesting from Ambient Vibrations and Ocean Waves;
- Other Dynamics related areas.
