About
Dr Jian Dai is currently an Associate Professor of structural engineering at the Department of Built Environment. His research work mainly lies in computational structural dynamics, with applications to railway systems and very large floating structures.
Positions Held
2020 - date: Associate Professor and Head of Studies for Civil Engineering, Oslo Metropolitan University
2019 - 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2015 - 2019: Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
2013 - 2015: Executive Engineer, KTP Consultants, Singapore
Qualifications
PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2015
BEng, Tongji University, China, 2009
Research Areas
Very large floating structures, train-track dynamics, sloshing inside road/rail tankers, numerical
Professional Societies
Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK
Member, Institution of Engineers, Singapore
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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LITEFLOATCON
LITEFLOATCON aims to build an international and intersectoral partnership for high-quality research development on innovative light-weight high performance concrete (LWHPC) and its application on multi-purpose modular floating structures for coastal space utilisation.
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Net-Zero Future project
Net-Zero Future – An International Alliance to Minimize Built Environment’s Carbon Footprint.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Baniya, Jenish
;
Dai, Jian
; Jiang, Zhiyu; Zhang, Chi
(2025).
Numerical study of soft-connected modular offshore floating photovoltaic array.
Marine Structures.
Vol. 104.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2025.103893
Dai, Jian (2025). Simplified Approach for Train Travel Performance Evaluation Inside Submerged Floating Tunnel Under Wave Excitations. ISOPE - International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Proceedings.
Leventopoulou, Theano;
Dai, Jian
; Jiang, Zhiyu
(2025).
Hydroelastic analysis of interconnected offshore floating photovoltaic floats.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.
Vol. 147.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068495
Jiang, Dongqi; Yi, Jiaqi; Zhou, Junyong;
Dai, Jian
(2025).
Moving vehicle induced hydroelastic response of longish floating infrastructures in various damage conditions.
Ocean Engineering.
Vol. 337.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121823
Bru, Jakob; Seland, Tom Stian;
Dai, Jian
; Jiang, Zhiyu
(2025).
Life cycle cost analysis of an offshore floating photovoltaic concept in the North Sea.
Renewable Energy.
Vol. 249.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.122981
Baniya, Jenish
;
Dai, Jian
; Jiang, Zhiyu; Zhang, Chi;
Keprate, Arvind
(2025).
Effect of Mooring Pretension Force
of a Soft-Connected Floating Photovoltaic
System Under Regular Waves.
Zhao, Xiao Lin; Dai, Jian-Guo; Liu, Siwei; Lim, Soon Heng (Ed.).
Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Floating Solutions: WCFS 2024; 2–4 December; Hong Kong.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4569-5_35
Liu, Xingyu; Shi, Jin;
Dai, Jian
; Wang, Yingjie;
Lu, Chaoru
(2025).
Correspondence Between Alignment Wavelength and Vehicle Response Wavelength of High-Speed Rails.
International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219455426501191
Hosamo, Haidar ; Hosamo, Mohsen; Dai, Jian ; Jiang, Zhiyu (2025). Bridging Data Gaps with Machine Learning for Reliable Monitoring of a Floating Solar Array Under Extreme Marine Environments. ISOPE - International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Proceedings.
Jiang, Zhiyu;
Dai, Jian
; Saettone, Simone; Souto-Iglesias, Antonio
(2024).
Model Tests of a 12 by 18 Floating Solar Array Under Regular Wave Conditions.
OMAE 2024, . (Ed.).
ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering - Volume 7: Ocean Renewable Energy.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2024-1
Leventopoulou, Theano;
Dai, Jian
; Jiang, Zhiyu
(2024).
Hydroelastic analysis of floating photovoltaic floater under regular waves.
2024, OMAE (Ed.).
Proceedings of ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Volume 4: Ocean Space Utilization.. p. 1-9.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2024-1
