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Song Wang

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Assistant Professor

Civil, Environmental, and Biomedical Engineering

College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
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Education

PhD in Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology

MS in Civil Engineering, State University of New York

BS in Civil Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology

Song Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Biomedical Engineering at University of Hartford. His research focuses on durability of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials and its application in reinforcing and repairing steel and concrete structures. He is particularly interested in FRP reinforced seawater and sea sand concrete structures, and bio-oriented “green” FRP materials. Dr. Wang has published his research work in highly ranked journals including ACI Materials Journal, Journal of Composites for Construction, as well as national conference presentations including Transportation Research Board (TRB). Before coming to Hartford, Dr. Wang was a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction at Georgia Southern University in 2018 – 2020. He has over three years’ college level teaching experience in structural and construction areas. Dr. Wang holds his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology and M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Shandong University of Science and Technology in China.

  1. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2020). Performance of Concrete-Filled Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tube Stubs Subjected to Sustained Axial Load and Long- Term Seawater Corrosion. ACI Materials Journal, volume 117, issue 5.
  2. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2020). Effects of Accelerated Seawater Corrosion on Hollow-Core FRP-Concrete-Steel Columns under Sustained Axial Load. Journal of Composites for Construction, volume 24, issue 3.
  3. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2019). Durability of hollow-core GFRP-concrete-steel Columns under Severe Weather Conditions. Journal of Composites for Construction, volume 23, issue 1.
  4. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2019). Effects of Hybrid Water Immersion, Environmental Exposures and Axial Load on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete-Filled Epoxy-based Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes. Construction and Building Materials, volume 194, pages 311-321.
  5. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2018). Effects of Combined Environmental Exposures and Axial Load on CFFT. Construction and Building Materials, volume 184, pages 524-535.
  6. Bate, B., Cao, J.*, Zhang, C., Hao, N. and Wang, S (2020). Monitoring Lime and Cement Improvement Using Spectral Induced Polarization and Bender Element Techniques. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2020.06.005.

*Corresponding author

  1. Serrano, S., Camarillo, J., Stansfield, T., Ayala, J., and Wang, S.* (2023). Factors Most Impact College Students’ Sense of Belonging to the School Community. Poster presented at 2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be, Ewing, New Jersey.
  2. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2019). Durability Performance of Epoxy-based and Polyester-based CFFTs Subjected to Harsh Weather Exposure and Axial Load. In: Transportation Research Board, TRB 2019, Washington, D.C., United States. 
  3. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2018). The Influences of Mechanical Load on Concrete-Filled FRP Tube Cylinders Subjected to Environmental Corrosion. In: Taha M. (eds) International Congress on Polymers in Concrete (ICPIC 2018), ICPIC 2018, Springer, Cham. 
  4. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2017). Durability of Polyester-Based GFRP Subjected to Hybrid Environmental and Mechanical Loads. In: Tran-Nguyen HH., Wong H., Ragueneau F., Ha-Minh C. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th Congrès International de Géotechnique - Ouvrages –Structures, CIGOS 2017, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 8. Springer, Singapore.
  5. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2017). Durability of HC-FCS cylinders subjected to hybrid environmental and mechanical loads. 4th International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures (SMAR), September 2017, Zurich, Switzerland.
  6. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2017). Combined Seawater Exposure and Axial Cyclic Load Behavior of Concrete-Filled FRP Tube (CFFT). 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering(WCEE), 09-13 January 2017, Santiago, Chile.
  7. Wang, S. and ElGawady, M.* (2015). Effects of Combined Environmental Exposures and Axial Load on CFFT Columns. 5th International Conference on Construction Materials (ConMat): Performance, Innovations and Structural Implications, 19-21 August 2015, Whistler, BC, Canada.
  8. Abdelkarim, O.I., Gheni, A., Anumolu, S., Wang, S. and ElGawady, M. (2015). Hollow-core FRP-concrete-steel bridge columns under extreme loading (No. cmr 15-008). Missouri. Dept. of Transportation. Organizational Results.
  9. Wang, S., Elgawady, M., Shrestha, P. P., Said, A., and Dhakal, D. (2014). Environmental, mechanical and life-cycle cost analysis of bridge columns.” (No. NUTC R337), Missouri University of Science and Technology, Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety.

*Corresponding author

TEACHING AND RESEARCH GRANTS

  • AISC Faculty-Led Field Trip Grant, AISC, 2023, 2024
  • NASA CTSGC Faculty Research Grant, NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, 2023
  • Dorothy Goodwin Scholarship (Faculty Advisor), UHart, 2023
  • Backward Design Across the Curriculum Grant, UHart, 2023
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Belonging (DEIJB) Grant, UHart, 2022, 2023
  • Teaching and Learning Grant, UHart, 2022
  • CETA Faculty/Student Engagement Research Grant, UHart, 2022
  • Davis Fellows Grant, UHart, 2022
  • Greenberg Junior Faculty Research Grant, UHart, 2022

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

  • ASCE ExCEEd teaching workshop, Colorado State University, August 2023
  • CITI training course, social & behavioral research, online, February 2023
  • AISC workshop, step into an ironworker's boots for a day, Boston, October 2022
  • NSF engineering career workshop, online, May 2022

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Associate member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Professional member of Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)
  • Faculty advisor of ASCE student chapter at UHart

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

  • Volunteered for student admission events (open house, spring visit, scholarship interview, etc.) at UHart, four times in AY 21-22, five times in AY 22-23, and eight times in AY 23-24.
  • Represented Civil Engineering department of UHart for exhibition at STEM Fair Night in Rocky Hill public library, February 2024     

HORNORS AND AWARDS

  • Innovations in Teaching Award, UHart, 2023
  • Third prize in Academy Poster Contest, MST, 2015
  • Excellent Graduate, SDUST, China, 2010
  • National Scholarship, SDUST, China, 2009