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Johnny Ho

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Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland

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Dr Johnny Ho joined School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland (UQ) in Sep 2013 as a Senior Lecturer. Before joining UQ, Dr Ho has been working in both Hong Kong and Brisbane offices of Arup from 2003 to 2007 on some large-scale infrastructure projects such as The Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong and Ipswich Motorway Upgrade (Wacol to Darra) in Queensland, Australia. In Sep 2007, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor.

Dr Ho published over 100 SCI papers and obtained over 7,000 citations on Google scholar.  Dr Ho has also obtained grants domestically in ARC Discovery Projects, Linkage Projects and is one of the members of the Advance Timber for Australia’s Future Built Environment.

Dr Ho’s research interests are on scientific study on dilatancy of High-flowability and -performance concrete due to poly-carboxylate based superplasticizers and its application to concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) and FRP-confined concrete structures. He has developed discrete element modelling of binary packing of 2D discs and 3D spheres using Python and Swift coding. This model, combined with the rheological model of superplasticized concrete, will contribute a more scientific concrete mix design method for low-carbon-footprint, low cost and high-performance concrete (HPC) based on wet packing modelling of particles in the fresh concrete with incorporation of multi-sized fillers. Dr Ho also researched into Timber-concrete composite structures, particularly in the application of timber-core-concrete confined steel columns.  Lately, Dr Ho’s research focus has been on applying technologies on the structural analysis, experimental simulation and AI-enhanced parallel computing modelling of particle packing in concrete. A preliminary version of iStruct2D has been developed, which is a drag and drop version of structural analysis software developed mainly for undergraduate students’ learning. A mixed reality virtual experimental platform for structural engineering education and research is undergoing through the use of Apple Vision Pro.

More information

https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/8052
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oEcyzx0AAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55805351400
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/?mode=Nextgen&path=%2Fwos%2Fauthor%2Frecord%2FHHS-0847-2022&IsProductCode=Yes&Init=Yes&DestApp=UA&Func=Frame&action=transfer&SrcApp=CR&SID=EUW1ED0F87qpqs4B7IiFMsJrZO6fv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcmho/

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