近日，美国联邦公路总署首席工程师W. Phillip
Yen博士应福州大学土木工程学院和可持续与创新桥梁福建省高校工程研究中心的邀请，对我院进行了访问。访问期间，双方就明年三月份召开有关无伸缩缝桥梁
的国际workshop交换了意见，对双方在其他方面的合作进行了深入的探讨，10月18日上午还为我院师生作了主题为“Best Practices
Regarding Performance of Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)
Connections in Bridges Subjected To Multi-Hazard and Extreme
Events”的学术讲座。
参加此次讲座的有福州大学土木工程学院和可持续与创新桥梁福建省高校工程研究中心的教师与研究生，其中包括7位到我院进行合作研究，来自意大利的罗马三大、摩德纳大学和圣马力诺的圣马力诺大学的硕士生。
报告会上，陈宝春院长首先介绍了W. Phillip Yen博士的基本情况并致欢迎辞。W. Phillip
Yen博士以他丰富的经验和渊博的专业知识给全体听众上了精彩的一课。在主题讲座中，他幽默风趣的叙述方式，妙语连珠的发言，在简单的话语中向我们展示了
美国联邦道路总署近年来应对多灾害联合作用下以及极端情况的桥梁节点快速施工领域取得的一系列成果。
陈宝春教授致欢迎辞
W. Phillip Yen工程师精彩演讲
Bruno教授提问
W. Phillip Yen工程师认真解答
讲座结束
颜教授简介
Dr.
Yen is the Principal Bridge Engineer in Structural Dynamics of Office
of Bridge Technology. He is responsible to enhance and implement bridge
technology in extreme events related to structural dynamics, and has the
technical responsibility to conduct the earthquake engineering research
in the highway constructions. He is currently directing managing three
FHWA major Seismic Research Projects with the total amount more than $15
Million. Dr. Yen has published many technical papers in the area of
modal identification of bridges structures, non-destructive evaluation
and testing, seismic design, shake-table test of bridge columns and
bridge vibration tests, cable stress assessment of cable–stayed bridges.
Dr. Yen is serving as the president of the International Bridge Seismic
Engineering Association. He currently serves as the US side Chair of
the US-Japan and US-Italy, as the US side Executive Chair of US-China
Bridge Eng. Workshops and other international Bridge Engineering Annual
Workshops. He is a registered Professional Engineer of Virginia State.
Dr. Yen received many outstanding awards from the agency. He was
nominated by the Federal Highway Administration to receive the award of
the top U.S. Seismic Engineers of the 20th century. He recently received
the distinguished alumni award from National Taipei Science and
Technology University and a high level Superior Achievement Award from
Federal Highway Administrator of United States Department of
Transportation in October 2009.