Lin-Hai Han, Ph.D., FICE, FIStructE, F.ASCE

Professor in Structural Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

President, Guangxi University, China

Chair, ISO/TC 71/SC 9 Steel-Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures


Contact Details:

Department of Civil Engineering

Tsinghua University

Beijing, 100084, China

Tel & Fax: +86 10 62797067

Email: lhhan@tsinghua.edu.cn


Prof. Lin-Hai Han received his B.Eng. degree from Dalian University of Technology in 1989 and his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1993 and was promoted to professor in 1996. He served as the Chair Professor of Structural Engineering at Fuzhou University before joining Tsinghua University in 2005. He served as the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University from 2010 to 2017, and as the Vice Dean of the School of Civil Engineering from 2017 to 2020. He currently serves as the President of Guangxi University, and as a tenured professor at Tsinghua University. He was appointed as the Changjiang Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in 2014. He was granted the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2004.


Prof. Han’s research interests are centered on structural engineering, with a particular focus on high-performance steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures, leading to the establishment of a life-cycle-based theory and design methodology for concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures. He teaches several courses on steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures and their resilience during hazards to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has supervised 46 Ph.D. students since 1999. He is the author/co-author of over 259 international journal papers and is the sole or lead author of 7 books. His publications have received over 18,200 independent citations according to the ISI Web of Science database, and over 20,500 independent citations according to the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) database. One of his books has been independently cited more than 8,300 times, and one of his journal articles has been independently cited more than 1,400 times. He is among the top 4 scientists for Career-Long Impact in the field of Civil Engineering, as recognized by the 2024 Stanford/Elsevier’s World’s Ranking of the Top 2% Scientists.


Prof. Han’s research findings have been extensively applied in large-scale CFST construction projects across various industries, including buildings, highways, railways, and electric power. Notable constructions include the CITIC Tower (height: 528m), the Canton Tower (height: 600m), the Zhoushan Xihoumen Grand Spanning Electricity Transmission Tower (height: 380m), the Jinyanghe Bridge (maximum pier height: 196m), and the Wenchuan Keku Bridge (length: 6,431m). He led the fire safety engineering design of mega CFST columns in Terminals 1 and 2 of Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, one of the largest airports in Western China. The project received the ASCE Greater China Project Excellence and Innovation Award in 2025.


Prof. Han is the Vice President of the China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization (CECS), and a member of the Standards Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) of the People’s Republic of China. He is the editor-in-chief of 9 Chinese design standards including GB/T 51446-2021, T/CECS 625-2024, T/CECS 952-2021, T/CCES 7-2020, T/CECS 785-2020, and T/CECS 663-2020 on CFST structures. From February 2022 to November 2024, Prof. Han served as the Convenor of ISO/TC 71/WG 2, leading the development of the international standard ISO 16521:2024 Design of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) hybrid structures. The UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium have adopted this standard as their respective national standards (BS ISO 16521:2024, DS/ISO 16521:2024, NEN-ISO 16521:2024 and NBN ISO 16521:2025). His research outcomes have been systematically adopted by Design Guide 16H-4/19 of the CIDECT (Comité International pour le Développement et l´Etude de la Construction Tubulaire).


Prof. Han is a member of the editorial boards of leading journals in his field, including Thin-Walled Structures, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Advances in Structural Engineering, Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, Steel and Composite Structures, and International Journal of Advanced Steel Construction. He is the Associate Editor of China Civil Engineering Journal of the China Civil Engineering Society (CCES), Journal of Structural Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE, US) and Structures of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE, UK).


Prof. Han has served as the Chair of Organizing Committees for a number of prominent international conferences. He has been a member of Scientific/Advisory/Steering Committees of over 60 international and national conferences and has delivered plenary/keynote/invited presentations at 42 leading conferences/symposia in structural engineering held across the world. He was appointed as Honorary Visiting Professor at Monash University, Australia (2006-2009); Eminent Research Visitor at University of Western Sydney, Australia (2008-2010); Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship in Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2012); and Distinguished Visiting Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), UK (2013).


Prof. Han is the Founding Chair of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Subcommittee of Steel-Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures (ISO/TC 71/SC 9). He is also a Committee Member of the Chair Advisory Group (CAG) for ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC 71. He acted as the Chairman of the Professional Committee on Structural Engineering, the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM) from 2011 to 2016. Prof. Han was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and entitled to use the title "Chartered Structural Engineer" in 2014. He is also an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Fellow and an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Fellow.


Prof. Han’s exceptional achievements have been recognized by numerous prestigious awards/prizes, including the ASCE Distinguished Service Medal Award – Region 10, and six Awards from the Chinese Government for his contributions to the research and development of steel-concrete composite construction, e.g., as the first author, he was awarded the State Natural Science Award (Second Prize) by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China in 2019, the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (First Prize) by MOE of the People’s Republic of China in 2022. He also received the Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation by the Ho Leng Ho Lee (HLHL) Foundation, Hong Kong, China, in 2023, and the Distinguished Engineer Award by the International Scientific Exchange Foundation of China (ISEFC) in 2024.