Shong Wai Lew

I completed my Bachelor studies in Malaysia, the country where I was born and brought up in. After completing my degree, I worked as a graduate civil engineer doing reinforced concrete and structural steel design for a consulting firm in a few residential and commercial projects. Subsequently, I did my Masters and continued with my PhD in 2017 looking at the seismic response of bridge structures in New Zealand as part of the country’s lifeline infrastructure system.


Research Title:
​​Historic seismic performance of the bridge stock in New Zealand.

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​Project Summary:
The focus of the research is on finding out the historic seismic performance of the bridge stock in New Zealand and developing analytical model of an instrumented bridge for performing modal response analysis and nonlinear time history analysis. As investigation of the seismic performance of the bridge stock in New Zealand has not been performed before, my research will be important in helping engineers and relevant authorities in understanding the ​​seismic performance of bridges that have been built based on different seismic standards in New Zealand. The findings of the research will also help to inform future assessment methods, design, and analytical modelling of the bridge stock in New Zealand.