Lan Lin
Associate Professor
Concordia University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Lin’s research is in the field of structural engineering, and focuses on the improvement of the design and performance of buildings, bridges and infrastructure systems under dynamic loads including earthquake and blast loads. In addition to her research expertise, she has extensive practical experience in the design of buildings and bridges. She has received two teaching excellence awards from Concordia University, i.e., the President’s Teaching Excellent Award in 2014, and the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award in 2015.
Research Interest
• Seismic performance of buildings and bridges • Performance-based earthquake engineering • Development of seismic fragility curves for buildings and bridges • Development of improved intensity measures for probabilistic seismic demand analysis • Seismic risk assessment using HAZUS-MH • Characterization of seismic ground motion