Soft Computing in Civil Engineering (SCCE) - Editorial Board

Associate Professor Qing Quan (Stephen) Liang is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in the College of Engineering and Science. He obtained his PhD from Victoria University of Technology in 2002 and his ME from the University of Wollongong in 1998. He has been appointed Guest Professor at Changsha University of Science and Technology, Central South University and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology in China.

Previously, he was a Lecturer in Structural Design, Associate Head and Program Coordinator at the University of Southern Queensland and an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate at the University of New South Wales and University of Western Sydney.

His research focuses on developing efficient computational methods and computer simulation technologies for the optimal structural design and nonlinear inelastic analysis of steel-concrete composite structures, steel structures and concrete structures.

He has published some 85 books, book chapters, special issues, journal articles, and refereed conference papers. He is the sole author of the research book entitled Performance-Based Optimization of Structures: Theory and Applications and of the textbook entitled Analysis and Design of Steel and Composite Structures published by Taylor and Francis Group, and the co-author of the research book entitled Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns. More than 80% of his journal articles were published in SCImago Journal Rank Q1 international journals.

He is the Founder and President of Australian Association for Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (AASCCS). He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and had served on the ASCE Technical Committees on Optimal Structural Design and on Composite Construction. He received the ASCE 2005 State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award from ASCE. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of eight international journals, including Steel and Composite Structures ― An International Journal.