Linbing Wang
Professor

301-N Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)
Program Area : Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering
Professional Registration : P.E., Georgia
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)
Program Area : Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering
Professional Registration : P.E., Georgia
Area of Interest
- Smart and sustainable technologies, energy harvesting, IoT sensing network and health monitoring, innovative infrastructure assessment and predictive data analytics;
Material genome for multifunctional materials, multiple-scale characterization, modeling and simulation;
Pavement testing and mechanistic pavement design, transportation infrastructure preservation and risk management;
Application of remote sensing and imaging techniques, and digital twins technology.
- B.S. (1984) Hohai University, Hydraulic Engineering
- M.S. (1991) Tongji University, Geotechnical Engineering
- M.S. (1995) Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering
- Ph.D. (1998) Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering
- Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Institute, ASCE
- Dean Fellowship, 2007, Virginia Tech
- Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award, 1998, Georgia Tech
- CEE 2804 : Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
- CEE 3684 : CEE Materials
- CEE 4634 : Infrastructure Condition Assessment
- CEE 4664 : Pavement Design
- CEE 5674 : Advanced Pavement Design
- CEE 5834 : Asphalt and Pavement Modeling
- (SPRING 2018) Smart and Green Infrastructure
- (SPRING 2018) Sensing and Deep Learning
- CEE 5984: (Fall 2018) Safety of Interdependent Infrastructure
- Nanomechanics for Structural Materials, Exploratory Advanced Research, USDOT
- Energy Harvesting from Public Roadways, Exploratory Advanced Research, USDOT
- USDOT Regional UTC Baseline Support for Integrated Traffic and Health Monitoring for Transportation Infrastructure Management
- Collaborative Research: MEMONET: Understanding Memory in Neuronal Networks through a Brain-inspired Spin-based Artificial Intelligence, National Science Foundation
- Development and Implementation of Digital Specimen and Digital Tester Technique for Infrastructure Materials, National Science Foundation
- Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Damage Characterization for Penetration into Concrete Target, Department of Defense
- Digital Mix Design for Performance Optimization of Asphalt Concrete, National Science Foundation
- A Portable Imaging System for Aggregate Characterization, Virginia Transportation Research Council
- Application of LADAR in the Analysis of Aggregate Characteristics, National Cooperative Research Program
- Unified Approach for Multiscale Characterization, Modeling and Simulation of Stone-based Infrastructure Materials, National Science Foundation
- Wang W, Wang L, Miao Y, Cheng C, Chen S.(2020). A survey on the influence of intense rainfall induced by climate warming on operation safety and service life of urban asphalt pavement. Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience. Vol. Article No.4.
- Li, Y., & Wang, L. (2020). Computer-Aided Procedure for Analysis of Effect of Gradation and Compaction Temperature in Asphalt Mix Design by Using DEM. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 146(2), 1–8.
- Chu, C., Yang, H., & Wang, L. (2019). Design of a pavement scanning system based on structured light of interference fringe. Measurement, 145, 410-418.
- Meng, L., Wang, L., Xiong, H., Wang,H., & Guo X. (2019). An investigation in the influence of helical structure on bend loss of pavement optical fiber sensor. Optik, 183, 189-199.
- Tong, X., Yang, H., Wang, L., & Miao, Y. (2019). The development and field evaluation of an iot system of low-power vibration for bridge health monitoring. Sensors (Switzerland), 19(5).
- Ye, Z., Xiong, H., & Wang, L. (2019). Collecting comprehensive traffic information using pavement vibration monitoring data. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. Vol.35, No.2, pp134-149.
- Hou, Y., Wang, X., Sun, W., & Wang, L. (2018). A multiscale DEM-FEM approach to investigate the tire–pavement friction. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 19(5), 399-406.
- Sun, W., Xue, W., Zhang, Y., & Wang, L. (2018). Framework for determining material genome of granular materials: material characterization and numerical simulation at multiple spatial scales. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 11(2), 195-204.
- Xiong, H., & Wang, L. (2016). Piezoelectric energy harvester for public roadway: On-site installation and evaluation. Applied Energy, Vol.174, pp. 101-107.
- Book: Mechanics of Asphalt, Microstructure and Micromechanics, 2010, McGraw-Hill
- L.B. Wang, X. Wang, L. Mohammad, and C. Abadie (2004). A Unified Method to Quantify Aggregate Shape Angularity and Texture Using Fourier Analysis, ASCE Journal of Construction Materials, Vol.17, No.5, pp498-504.
- L.B. Wang, J.Y. Park and Y.R. Fu (2007). Representation of Real Particles for DEM Simulation using X-ray Tomography. Journal of Construction and Building Materials, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 338-348.
- Y.R. Fu, L.B. Wang, M. Tumay and Qingbin Li(2008). Quantification and Simulation of Particle Kinematics and Local Strains in Granular Materials Using X-ray Tomography Imaging and Discrete Element Method. Vol. 134, No. 2, pp 143-154.