Prof. Shahria Alam from the University of British Columbia (UBC) visited the Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University on December 11, 2017. He gave a comprehensive presentation titled “Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) based self-centering structures for mitigating seismic hazards”. The presentation provided an overview of recent advances through extensive research, carried out in the Applied Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures (ALAMS) at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus in the past eight years towards the development of smart structural components and systems. This talk also presented applications and design of SMAs including the reinforcement and repair of structural elements, prestress applications, and the development of kernel components for seismic devices such as dampers and isolators.

After the presentation, Prof. Shahria Alam had further discussions with the audiences about the applications of SMA in engineering practice. Finally, we took a group photo.