• 2018.9-Current Research Fellow, Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
• 2017.10-2018.5 Research Officer, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Australia
• 2015.3-2017.9 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Australia
• 2014.3-2017.11 Teaching Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Australia
• 2014.4-2017.7 Administration Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Australia
• 2012.3-2013.6 Computer Lab Assistant, Engineering Office of the Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Research Area

• Modular Construction; Building Information Modeling; Project Management

Research Projects

• Participate in Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project - “Lightweight, durable and self-sustainable modular composite buildings”
• Participate in Australian Research Council Early Career Researcher Award Project (ARC DECRA) - “Free-forming and function-integrated composite structures for future green building construction”
• Participate in publication of “Handbook for the Design of Modular Construction”

Academic Papers（*Corresponding Author）

• Zhang, Z., Qiu, C. and Bai, Y.* (2018). “Static and Cyclic Performances of GFRP Beam-to-column Connections.” 26th International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering. 15-21 July, Paris, France.
• Zhang, Z.*, Bai, Y., He, X.*, Jin, L. (2018). Cyclic performance of bonded sleeve beam-column connections for FRP tubular sections. Composites Part B, 142, 171-182. (SCI)
• Zhang, Z.J., Bai, Y.*, Xiao, X. (2018). Bonded sleeve connections for joining tubular Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer beams and columns: an experimental and numerical study. ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 22(4). (SCI)
• Xiao X.*, Zhang, Z., Bai, Y. (2017). Comparative study of energy dissipation capacity of steel and glass fibre-reinforced polymer frames with bonded sleeve connections. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 32(22), 1665-1679. (SCI)
• Zhang, Z., Wu, C., Nie, X., Bai, Y*., Zhu, L. (2016). Bonded sleeve connections for joining tubular GFRP beam to steel member: Numerical investigation with experimental validation. Composite Structures, 157, 51-61. (SCI)
• Wu, C., Zhang, Z., Bai, Y.* (2016). Connections of tubular GFRP wall studs to steel beams for building construction. Composites Part B, 95, 64-75. (SCI)
• Zhang, Z., Bai, Y.* and Luo, F. (2016). Experimental Investigations on Bonded Sleeve Connections Joining GFRP Beams and Columns. The 24th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials. 6-9 December, Adelaide, Australia.
• Zhang, Z., Wu, C., Bai, Y.* and Sharafi, P. (2015). Bonded Sleeve Connections for Pultruded GFRP Tubular Member in Building Construction. Joint Conference of the 12th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymers for Reinforced Concrete Structures & the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Structures. 14-16 December, Nanjing, China.
• Wu, C.*, Bai, Y. and Zhang, Z. (2015). Mechanical behaviors of pultruded GFRP wall stud to steel beam connections. Joint Conference of the 12th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymers for Reinforced Concrete Structures & the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Structures. 14-16 December, Nanjing, China.

• 2019 International Congress and Conferences on Computational Design and Engineering Best Paper Award
• 2019 Monash University Best PhD Thesis Award
• 2017 Monash University Postgraduate Publication Award
• 2014 Monash University Faculty’s International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
• 2014 Monash Graduate Scholarship
• 2011 Monash University Summer Research Scholarship
• 2010 Monash University Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Honour List