Title and Full Name: Prof. Lin-Hai HAN

Contact Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China 100084

Email: lhhan@tsinghua.edu.cn

Phone: +86 1062797007 (o)

Fax: +86 1062773046

Dr. Lin-Hai Han is a tenured Professor of Structural Engineering at Tsinghua University. He is highly regarded internationally for his academic research in steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures, substantially contributing to their engineering practices, standardization and education.

He established the life-cycle-based analytical theory and design methodology for concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures. He is the author/co-author of 265 peer-reviewed international journal papers and sole/lead author of 7 books. He is ranked among the top 5 scientists for Career-Long Impact in the field of Civil Engineering (2024 Stanford/Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Scientists) globally. As the team leader, he was awarded the State Natural Science Award (Second Prize) by the State Council of China (2019). He has chaired scientific/organizing committees for 9 international conferences and delivered plenary/keynote presentations at 37 leading conferences/symposia worldwide.

His research underpinned numerous record-breaking infrastructure projects, including 29 large-scale buildings, bridges, electric power towers, etc.: [1] Beijing CITIC Tower (height: 528m, world’s tallest building located in intensity VIII seismic fortification zones); [2] Chengdu Tianfu International Airport T1&T2 Terminals (national key project and largest airport in Southwest China); [3] Xihoumen Cross-Sea Power Transmission Tower (height: 380m, world’s tallest power transmission tower upon completion); [4] Ganhaizi Mega Bridge (world’s first bridge entirely constructed with trussed CFST girders).

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the National Standard of China GB/T 51446-2021, Technical standard for concrete-filled steel tubular hybrid structures. He led the development of the international standard ISO 16521:2024, Design of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) hybrid structures, the first ever ISO standard on CFST structures. The UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium have adopted it as their respective national standard (BS ISO 16521:2024, DS/ISO 16521:2024, NEN-ISO 16521:2024 and NBN ISO 16521:2025, respectively). His proposed constitutive models of concrete, resistance calculation methods for structural members, and technical detailing for structures were adopted systematically by the above standards.

He founded and chairs the technical subcommittee ISO/TC 71/SC 9, “Steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures”. He was elected a Fellow of IStructE, UK, and is entitled to use the title “Chartered Structural Engineer”. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in the US and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in the UK. He is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of RAEng and a board member of the ICE China Advisory Board. He was elected as an Ordinary Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in 2025.

He is an Advisory Board Member of journals of Thin-Walled Structures and Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction. He is the Associate Editor of China Civil Engineering Journal of China Civil Engineering Society (CCES). He was appointed as the Associate Editor of Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE) and Structures (IStructE). He is a Member of the editorial boards of International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Advances in Structural Engineering, Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Steel and Composite Structures-An International Journal, and International Journal of Advanced Steel Construction.

He teaches Principles of Concrete-filled Steel Tubular and Hybrid Structures, Disasters and Countermeasures, Theory and Practice of Sustainable Engineering, and Introduction to International Standardization of Engineering Technology to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has supervised 46 PhD students, 12 of whom are full professors at universities in China and abroad. He served as Head of Department, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University from 2010 to 2016, and as Associate Dean of the School from 2017 to 2020. He was appointed Vice President of Guangxi University in 2020 and served as President from 2022 to 2025, during which he made significant contributions to the improvement of research and teaching quality. As the team leader, he was awarded the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award (Top Prize) in 2024.

As the first awardee from Chinese mainland, he was awarded the ASCE Region 10 Distinguished Service Medal Award in 2024. He was the winner of the Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation from the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation in 2023. He was awarded the Distinguished Engineer Award from International Scientific Exchange Foundation of China (ISEFC) in 2024. In 2025, he was awarded the ISO Excellence Award, becoming “the first awardee in the area of concrete materials and structures globally”.