Born in 1977; Distinguished professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU); Member of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA). 

Work experience: 

2022.12- ：        Distinguished professor, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, SJTU 

2015.7-2022.12: Professor, Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (sponsored by DNV for the first five years) 

2011.9-2015.6：Researcher, Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS), NTNU 

2008.3-2011.8：Post-doctor fellow, CeSOS, NTNU 

Education: 

2003.8-2008.2：PhD, Marine Technology, NTNU 

2000.9-2003.3：MSc, Design and Manufacturing of Naval Architecture and Ocean Structure, SJTU 

1996.9-2000.6：Bachelor, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, SJTU 

My detailed CV can be found here.Full CV - Zhen Gao - June 2023.pdf

● Offshore renewable energy 

● Integrated load and response analysis for offshore wind turbines 

● Safety assessment of marine operations 

● Numerical simulations and real-time forecasting of ocean waves 

● Stochastic dynamics of marine structures

Please contact Prof. Zhen Gao via email ( zhengaosjtu@sjtu.edu.cn ) for the recruitment of postdocs, PhD candidates and master students.

Member of academic associations:

● ISSC (International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress)

        ■ Specialist Committee V.4 Offshore Renewable Energy (2009-2012: committee member; 2012-2015, 2015-2018: committee chair)

        ■ Technical Committee II.1 Quasi-Static Response (2018-2022: committee member; 2022-2025: committee chair)

● EMB (European Marine Board), Working Group on Marine Renewable Energy (2021-2023: member)

● ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) (2014- : member)

Member of editorial board for international journals:

● Marine Structures (2015- : editorial board member; 2018- : associate editor)

● Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (2017- : associate editor)

● Journal of Ship Mechanics (2015- : editorial board member)

● Journal of Marine Science and Application (2016- : editorial board member)

● Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation (2022- : editorial board member)

Member of technical committee for international conferences:

● OMAE (International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering), Structures, Safety and Reliability Symposium (2011- : technical committee member)

● Honouring Symposium for Prof. Torgeir Moan at OMAE2017 Conference (with Prof. Carlos Guedes Soares as co-organizer)

● WESC (Wind Energy Science Conference) (2019- : technical committee member)

● RENEW (International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, Lisbon, Portugal) (2014- : technical committee member)

● CORE (International Conference on Offshore Renewable Energy, Glasgow, UK) (2013-2019: technical committee member)

Research projects at NTNU:

● RCN (Research Council of Norway) projects (coordination): InteDiag-WTCP, INTPART TechNOII

● RCN projects or research centres (participation): SFF CeSOS, SFF AMOS, FME NOWITECH, FME NORTHWIND, SFI MOVE, SFI BLUES

● EU projects (participation): MARINA Platform, MARE-WINT, EWEM

● Industry projects (participation): EMULF, EMULF2

ResearchGate personal website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhen-Gao-22

Google Scholar personal website: https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=R1CAvAkAAAAJ&hl=en

By 2023.01, published in total 240 papers, including 145 journal papers and 95 conference papers. Google Scholar citation 6588, H-Index 47.

List of the papers, mainly between 2018 and 2022.

Doctoral thesis:

● Gao, Z. (2008). Stochastic Response Analysis of Mooring Systems with Emphasis on Frequency-domain Analysis of Fatigue due to Wide-band Response Processes. Doctoral Thesis, Department of Marine Technology, NTNU.

Book chapters:

● Gao, Z., Bingham, H.B., Nicholls-Lee, R., Adam, F., Karmakar, D., Karr, D.G., Catipovic, I., Colicchio, G., Sheng, W.A., Liu, P.F., Takaoka, Y., Slätte, J., Shin, H.K., Mavrakos, S.A., Jhan, Y.T. & Ren, H.R. (2015). Report of Specialist Committee V.4 Offshore Renewable Energy. In: Guedes Soares, C. & Garbatov, Y. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2015), 2: 669-722, September 7-10, Cascais, Portugal.

● Gao, Z., Bingham, H.B., Ingram, D., Kolios, A., Karmakar, D., Utsunomiya, T., Catipovic, I., Colicchio, G., Rodrigues, J.M., Adam, F., Karr, D.G., Fang, C., Shin, H.K., Slätte, J., Ji, C.Y., Sheng, W.A., Liu, P.F., Stoev, L. (2018). Report of Specialist Committee V.4 Offshore Renewable Energy. In: Kaminski, M.L. & Rigo, P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC2018), 2: 193-277, September 9-14, Liege, Belgium and Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Journal papers:

● Christakos, K., Gao, Z., Furevik, B.R., Björkqvist, J.-V. & Aarnes, O.J. (2022) In-situ Coastal Observations of Wave Homogeneity and Coherence. Applied Ocean Research, 129: 103390.

● Cao, Q., Bachynski-Polic, E.E., Gao, Z., Xiao, L.F., Cheng, Z.S. & Liu, M.Y. (2022). Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Wind Field Effects on the Dynamic Responses of the 10MW SPIC Floating Wind Turbine Concept. Ocean Engineering, 261: 112151.

● Mehlan, F.C., Nejad, A.R. & Gao, Z. (2022). Digital Twin-based Virtual Sensor for Online Fatigue Damage Monitoring in Offshore Wind Turbine Drivetrains. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 144 (6): 060901.

● Zhao, S.J., Meng, X., Gao, Z. & Li, H.J. (2022). Numerical Modeling of Nonstationary Hydrodynamic Forces and Induced Motions of a Coupled Offshore Floating Installation System. Ocean Engineering, 246 (1): 110618.

● Dong, X.C., Gao, Z., Li, D.M. & Shi, H.D. (2021). Experimental and Numerical Study of a Two-body Heaving Wave Energy Converter with Different Power Take-off Models. Ocean Engineering, 220: 108454.

Wu, M.N. & Gao, Z. (2021). Methodology for Developing a Response-based Correction Factor (Alpha-factor) for Allowable Sea State Assessment of Marine Operations Considering Weather Forecast Uncertainty. Marine Structures, 79: 103050.

● Cho, S.P., Choi, M.J., Gao, Z. & Moan, T. (2021). Fault Detection and Diagnosis of a Blade Pitch System of a Spar-type Floating Wind Turbine Based on Kalman Filters and Artificial Neural Networks. Renewable Energy, 169: 1-13.

● Touzon, I., Nava, V., Gao, Z. & Petuya, V. (2021). Frequency-domain Modelling of a Coupled System of Floating Structure and Mooring Lines – An Application to a Wave Energy Converter. Ocean Engineering, 220: 108498.

● Wu, M.N., Stefanakos, C. & Gao, Z. (2021). Multi-step-ahead Forecasting of Wave Conditions Based on Physics-based Machine Learning Models for Marine Operations. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8 (12): 992.

● Xu, K., Larsen, K., Shao, Y.L., Zhang, M., Gao, Z. & Moan, T. (2021). Design and Comparative Analysis of Alternative Mooring Systems for Floating Wind Turbines in Shallow Water with Emphasis on Ultimate Limit State Design. Ocean Engineering: 108377.

● Moan, T., Gao, Z., Bachynski, E.E. & Nejad, A.R. (2020). Recent Advances in Integrated Response Analysis of Floating Wind Turbines in a Reliability Perspective. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 142 (5): 052002.

● Jiang, Z.Y., Yttervik, R., Gao, Z. & Sandvik, P.C. (2020). Design, Modelling and Analysis of a Large Floating Dock for Spar Floating Wind Turbine Installation. Marine Structures, 72: 102781.

● Li, L., Gao, Z. & Yuan, Z.M. (2019). On the Sensitivity and Uncertainty of Wave Energy Conversion with An Artificial Neural-Network-Based Controller. Ocean Engineering, 183: 282-293.

● Verma, A.S., Vedvik, N.P. & Gao, Z. (2019). A Comprehensive Numerical Investigation of Impact Behaviour of an Offshore Wind Turbine Blade due to Impact/Contact during Installation, Ocean Engineering, 172: 127-145.

● Zhao, Y.N., Cheng, Z.S., Gao, Z., Sandvik, P.C. & Moan, Y. (2019). Numerical Study on the Feasibility of Offshore Single Blade Installation by Floating Crane Vessels. Marine Structures, 64: 442-462.

● Verma, A.S., Jiang, Z.Y., Vedvik, N.P., Gao, Z. & Ren, Z.R. (2019). Impact Assessment of a Wind Turbine Blade Root during an Offshore Mating Process. Engineering Structures, 180: 205-222.

● Cheng, Z.S., Gao, Z. & Moan, T. (2018). Wave Load Effect Analysis of a Floating Bridge in a Fjord Considering Inhomogeneous Wave Conditions. Engineering Structures, 163: 197-214.

● Cho, S.P., Gao, Z. & Moan, T. (2018). Model-based Fault Detection, Fault Isolation and Fault-tolerant Control of a Blade Pitch System in Floating Wind Turbines. Renewable Energy, 120: 306-321.

● Luan, C.Y., Gao, Z. & Moan, T. (2018). Comparative Analysis of Numerically Simulated and Experimentally Measured Motions and Sectional Forces and Moments in a Floating Wind Turbine Hull Structure Subjected to Combined Wind and Wave Loads. Engineering Structures, 177: 210-233.

● Guo, X.X., Yang, J.M., Gao, Z., Moan, T. & Lu, H.N. (2018). The Surface Wave Effects on the Performance and the Loading of a Tidal Turbine. Ocean Engineering, 156: 120-134.

● Ghane, M., Nejad, A.R., Blanke, M., Gao, Z. & Moan, T. (2018). Condition Monitoring of Spar-type Floating Wind Turbine Drivetrain Using Statistical Fault Diagnosis. Wind Energy, 21 (7): 575-589.

● Ren, Z.R., Jiang, Z.Y., Skjetne, R. & Gao, Z. (2018). Active Tugger Line Force Control for Single Blade Installation. Wind Energy, 21: 1344-1358.

Teaching at NTNU:

● PhD course: Stochastic Methods Applied in Nonlinear Analysis of Marine Structures

● MSc course: Design of Ocean Structures

● MSc course: Integrated Dynamic Analysis of Wind Turbines

Teaching at SJTU:

● Graduate course: Stochastic Methods and its Applications in Ocean Engineering

2022: Chang Jiang Chair Scholar of the Ministry of Education, China 

2022: High-level Oversea Talents Program in Shanghai

2017: OMAE Conference Appreciation Award

2015: ISSC 2015 Award

2008: ExxonMobil Research Prize for one of the two best doctoral theses in applied research among 268 doctoral graduates at NTNU

2001: 'Three-A' Model Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2001

2000: Shanghai Excellent Graduate