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
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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ConStruct
The ConStruct project aims to develop a cross-continental alliance for high-quality education at the master’s level in transport infrastructure engineering.
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InfraGuard
The primary objective is to solidify the developed framework for response analysis of critical sea-crossing transport infrastructure and assessment of traffic/vehicle performance, elevate the technology readiness level (TRL), and pave the road toward commercialization.
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Light-Weight High Performance Concrete for Modular Floating Structures (LITEFLOATCON)
The project aims to build an international and intersectoral partnership for high-quality research development on innovative light-weight high performance concrete (LWHPC) and its application.
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Net-Zero Future project
Net-Zero Future – An International Alliance to Minimize Built Environment’s Carbon Footprint.
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SuSOcean
The Norway-Korea Partnership on Smart, Sustainable, and Scaleable Ocean Structures (SuSOcean) project aims to develop a cross-continental alliance for high-quality education at the master’s level in ocean civil engineering.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
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
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.
https://onepetro.org/ISOPEIOPEC/proceedings-abstra
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
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
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
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
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
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.
https://onepetro.org/ISOPEIOPEC/proceedings-abstra
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/10.1115/OMAE2024-124497
Song, Yang;
Dai, Jian
; Lau, Albert
(2024).
Analysis of railway vehicle-track interaction performance in submerged floating tunnel subjected to wave excitations.
Ocean Engineering.
Vol. 303.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117760
