Dr. Zhuo Tang is a Distinguished Associate Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, and Master’s Supervisor in the School of Civil Engineering at Central South University (CSU). He holds the Hunan Province Furong Program High-Level Talent designation and the title of Teaching Expert of Higher Education Institutions in Hunan Province. He also won First Prize in the 8th National University Young Teachers Teaching Competition. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering Materials, School of Civil Engineering, CSU. He is a core member of the National “2011 Plan” Collaborative Innovation Center for Rail Transit Safety, the Hunan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Advanced Building Materials and Structures, and the CSU Research Center for Typical Waste Governance and Ecological Building Materials. He received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. from Hunan University and his Ph.D. from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and joined CSU in 2021.

His research is dedicated to fundamental theoretical innovation and engineering application in cement-based materials and structures. Centered on advanced low-carbon concrete, it addresses the long-life service and green, low-carbon development of major infrastructure. He has established four research directions:
(1) mechanisms of concrete performance evolution and enhancement under harsh environments;
(2) high-value utilization of solid wastes as construction materials;
(3) ultra-ductile and resilient cement-based material technology;
(4) multi-scale computation and intelligent design of civil engineering materials.

Research Projects and Academic Achievements

• Research Projects: Principal Investigator of more than 10 national, provincial/ministerial, and industry-funded projects. These include NSFC General Program and Young Scientist Fund projects, a sub-project of the National Key R&D Program, and Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation (General and Young) projects. He has also participated in national research programs, including the National Key R&D Program Young Scientist Project.

• Publications: Author of more than 100 academic papers, including 90+ SCI-indexed papers. More than 50 of these are first- or corresponding-author papers, 38 of which appear in JCR Q1 journals. h-index: 38. ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhuo-Tang-2

• Intellectual Property and Standards: Holder of 13 authorized national invention patents and 2 utility model patents. Co-author of 4 standards, including the Standard for High- and Low-Cycle Fatigue Test Methods of Concrete for Ballastless Railway Track (T/CECS 1970—2025).

• Awards and Honors:

• First Prize (Engineering Group), 8th National University Young Teachers Teaching Competition

• First Prize, 13th Hunan Province Young Teachers Teaching Competition for Undergraduate Universities

• Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Team Award

• Second Prize, Science and Technology Award of the China Non-Metallic Minerals Industry Association

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Teaching and Student Supervision

He teaches Civil Engineering Materials and the English-taught course Civil Engineering Materials and the Environment. At the graduate level, he teaches Advanced Building Materials and Physical Chemistry of Building Materials. He is the course leader of Low-Carbon Operation and Maintenance of Infrastructure, a core course of the “Infrastructure Carbon Neutrality” micro-specialty. He has supervised 17 master’s students and 7 international students, and his students have received the National Scholarship for Graduate Students twice.

Academic Services

He serves as a member of the 2nd Youth Editorial Board of the Journal of Central South University (Science and Technology) and as Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Sustainability. He is a peer reviewer for 16 international SCI journals, including Cement and Concrete Composites.

Recruitment

The research group recruits 1 Ph.D. student, 3 Master’s students, and 2 international students each year. Applicants with backgrounds in civil engineering, materials science, or construction materials are warmly welcome, especially those who are principled, diligent, responsible, and passionate about research in civil engineering materials.

Contact: zhuo.tang@csu.edu.cn
Office: Room 301-3, Civil Engineering Building, Railway Campus, Central South University