School of
Science and Engineering

Science and Engineering

ZhiQiang Chen (he/him)

ZhiQiang Chen
Professor
Science and Engineering

Contact Info
chenzhiq@umkc.edu
816-235-1279
350F Flarsheim Hall
SIR-DIGIT Lab
Civil Engineering

About

Dr. ZhiQiang Chen joined the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2010. He received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2009, with a cross-discipline training in engineering mechanics and artificial intelligence.  Dr. Chen currently teaches undergraduate courses in Structural Engineering and directs graduate and doctoral students in both Civil Engineering and Electric and Computing Engineering.

Degrees
  • Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2008
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2004
Areas of interest
  • Remote Sensing
  • Robotic Vision
  • Engineering Resilience Quantification
  • Multi-hazard Infrastructure Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Soil-structure Interaction;