Civil Engineering Project

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Liguang Cai

Liguang (Lee) Cai

Phone: 334-***-**** (cell)

Email: ****@**.*******.***

Address: *** ****** ****** *****, ******, Mississippi, 38655

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

• Proficient in static and dynamic finite element analysis

• Multi-disciplined engineer in structural analysis, mechanical test&analysis,blasting

• Extensive filed experience in blasting vibration &damage

monitoring/investigation/mitigation

• Chinese certified Associate Constructor

EDUCATION

• PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 05/2013

Dissertation title: "Bio-inspired and nanoenhanced composite materials for improving

impact resistance of steel plates"

• MS, Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China 05/2009

Thesis title: “Experimental evaluation of blasting cumulative damage on small interval

tunnel”

• BE, Civil Engineering, Henan university of science and technology, Luoyang, China

07/2006

Thesis title: “Construction proposal for a school building”

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

08/2009~ Present Research Assistant in structural engineering

University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

• Project 1: Vane structure for protecting railcars tank under high speed impact

• Performed ballistic limit tests for the uncoated steel plates at different impact obliquities

• Studied the vane structure for improving impact resistance of steel plate numerically

using ANSYS AUTODYN

• Project 2: Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) enhanced polymers

for sealing the holes in steel plate generated by high speed impact

• Performed the tensile tests for three polymers with different percentage POSS

• Evaluated the self sealing behavior of polymers experimentally and numerically

• Investigated the effect of layering system on ballistic resistance of coated plate

• Studied the effect of polymer on alleviating the shock wave in the liquid filled tank with

ANSYS AUTODYN

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• Dissertation project: Nacre like composites for improving impact resistance of steel

plates

• Developed and experimentally evaluated nacre like composites

• Obtained the ballistic limit values of polyurea and nacre-like composite coated TC-128

steel plates experimentally and numerically using ANSYS AUTODYN

• Applied high-efficiency particle model with Fortran

09/2006~ 05/2009 Graduate Research Assistant in civil engineering

Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China

• Chinese challenge cup project: Soft soil foundation compaction by blasting method

• Studied the soft soil foundation treatment by blasting method using ANSYS

LSDYNA

• Industry project: Blasting vibration monitoring for Da-Mao Moutain small interval tunnel

• Developed a steel frames to fix the velocity transducers on the tunnel wall

• Recorded the tunnel wall vibration due to rock blasting operation with blasting

vibration monitor

• Calculated the largest single segment of explosive volume

• Optimized the blasting design parameters to mitigate the blasting vibration

• Thesis project: Blasting cumulative damage on small interval tunnel

• Laboratory-tested the cumulative damage of rock under multiple impacts

• Measured the blasting cumulate damage of tunnel wall using acoustic apparatus

• Established the relations between blasting cumulative damage and blasting

vibration velocity

09/2002~ 07/2006 Undergraduate student in civil engineering

Henan University of science and technology, Luoyang, china

• Undergraduate thesis design

• Prepared the engineering drawing of building with AutoCAD

• Developed a design proposal including safety design for different part of

building, consideration of alternative designs, and formal written and oral

presentation. of building

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi – Teaching Assistant – Graded the

course assignments: Continuum mechanics, structural analysis, concrete design and

mechanics of materials

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

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• Proficient in ANSYS AUTODYN, FORTRAN AutoCAD, ANSYS LS-DYNA

• Familiar with ABAQUS, Matlab

• Instrument skill with Instron, DMA, nanoindentationt,AFM, SPHB, SEM

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Second Prize of Fellowship at Henan university of science and technology,

2005 ~ 2006.

• Third Prize of Fellowship at Henan university of science and technology,

2003 ~2005.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

• Cai, L., Al-Ostaz, A., Fowler, M. C., Cheng, A.H.-D., Li, X. Vane structure

for protection of TC-128 steel plate against high power impact (submit soon)

• Cai, L., Al-Ostaz, A., Li, X., Cheng, A.H.-D., Fowler, M. C. Experimental

and numerical study of self-sealing behavior of nano-enhanced Hydrogenated Nitrile

Butadiene Rubber( HNBR) under high speed impact (in preparation)

• Meng, F., Lin, C., Cai, L., Li, B. Cumulative damage evaluation of clip rock

in small-distance tunnels caused by blasting excavation and its application. Rock and

Soil Mechanics. 2011,5:1491-1495.

• Lin, C., Cai, L., Jiang, L. Study on cumulative damage of share rock in small

interval tunnel blasting. Acta Armamentarii. 2009, 30:228-232.

• Cai, L., Lin, C., Jiang, L. Discussion of mining method of FuDing black

Basalt and improved Method. Nonferrous Metals (Mining section). 2008, 5:6~9.

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