ABSTRACT: The design philosophy and methodology of civil engineering structures have been constantly evolving, from the early strength-based to more recent performance-based design and the current intensively researched emerging resilience-based design. Because failure of civil engineering structures often leads to catastrophic consequences, the primary focus of all these design methods is the safety of structures while considering other aspects such as performance and resilience. With the economic growth, population increase and urbanization, as well as global warming and the depletion of natural resources, to meet the societal need for sustainable development, the construction of civil engineering structures also needs to consider sustainability, durability and smart lifecycle management besides safety, performance and resilience. This talk discusses the necessity, challenge and opportunity for the development of the next generation design of sustainable, durable, multi-hazard resistant, resilient and smart civil engineering structures, i.e., ‘SDuMuRS’. Critical reviews and discussions on each of these aspects are presented. Research directions are suggested accordingly for achieving these goals for the design of next generation civil engineering structures.

BIO: Hong Hao is a professor in Earthquake Engineering Research and Test Center in Guangzhou University, China and a John Curtin Distinguished professor in Curtin University, Australia and an Australian Laureate Fellow. His research interests are structural dynamics and its applications to structure protections against earthquake, blast and impact loads, as well as structural condition monitoring. Prof. Hong Hao is one of the most highly cited researchers in civil and structural engineering. His research results have been included in textbooks, design codes and have been applied to many construction projects around the world. He has been named multiple times as the annual Australian research field leader in civil and structural engineering, and ranked at the 12th in Civil Engineering in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” published by Stanford University in 2022. Prof. Hong Hao received BS degree from Tianjin University in China, and MSc and PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He was the president of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society from 2010 to 2013, and currently is the president of International Association of Protective Structures. He is a distinguished fellow of International Association of Protective Structures, fellow of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, fellow of Institution of Engineers Australia, American Society of Civil Engineers and International Association of Engineering Asset Management. Prof. Hao has received over 50 research awards, including Nishino Medal in 2022, Charles Bubb Medal in 2019 and John de Laeter research leadership award in 2018.