Dr. Pengda Li (PhD Supervisor) currently holds the position of Associate Professor at the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University. He obtained his master's degree with distinction from the University of Sheffield (UK) in 2012 and went on to complete his Ph.D. at the City University of Hong Kong from 2013-2017. Prior to his role at Shenzhen University, Dr. Pengda Li served as a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the CityU. Dr. Li's research interests encompass a wide spectrum of topics in Materials and Structural Engineering, including concrete damage evolution, constitutive relationships of concrete under complex stress paths, composite structures, improving the durability of coastal concrete structures, and computational simulations of concrete materials and structures. Currently, Dr. Li has undertaken over ten research projects, including National Natural Science Foundation and provincial-level research projects, and has published more than fifty academic papers with an H-index of 18 on Google Scholar. In addition to this, Dr. Li possesses several years of practical experience in the construction industry, offering a wealth of theoretical and practical expertise.