Education
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, present (since 2018)
Ph.D. Student, Wood Science
Hunan University, Changsha, China, 2015
M.A.Sc, Structural Engineering
Hunan University, Changsha, China, 2012
B. Sc., Civil Engineering
Academic / Research Experience
Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China, 2017
Research and Administrative Assistant (Residual Capacity of RC Columns following Earthquake-Induced Fire)
Hunan University, Changsha, China, 2012 – 2015
Research Assistant of the Key Program sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Development of modern bamboo structures)
Academic Distinctions
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2018
Edwin S. H. Leong CSC-UBC PhD Scholarship
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2018
Doctoral Scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC)
Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China, 2016
Graduate students’ Scholarship of Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China, 2016
Freshmen Scholarship of Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China, 2009-2010
First Level Scholarship of Hunan University
Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China, 2008-2009
Second Level Scholarship of Hunan University
Publications
X. Zhang, Y. Xiao, S. K. Kunnath. State of the art and prospect of research on fire resistance behavior of reinforced concrete columns, Journal of Natural Disaster, July 2016, Vol.24(3), 120-131 (Published)
X. Zhang, S. K. Kunnath, Y. Xiao. Experimental study of reinforced concrete columns damaged by fire following an earthquake, The 2017 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Ilsan(Seoul), Korea, 28 August – 1 September, 2017. (Published)
J.H. Wang, X. Zhang, S. K. Kunnath, J. He and Y. Xiao. Post-earthquake fire resistance and residual seismic capacity of reinforced concrete columns subjected to post-earthquake fire. (submitted)
Organization Activities
Group leader of Timber Design Studio, UBC, 2019
Member of Village Bamboo-USC-NJT Summer Program, NJTech & USC, 2017
Member of Village Bamboo-USC-NJT Summer Program, NJTech & USC, 2016
Member of EXTREME-2015 International Colloquium on Extreme Structural Engineering，NJTech & USC, 2015
Member of Village Bamboo-USC-HNU Summer Program, HNU & USC, 2017