Dr. Hongyu Zhou is head of the Sustainable and Adaptive Built Environment (SASE) Group that strives to pursue trans-disciplinary and cross-cutting research for future buildings and communities that are sustainable, energy-efficient and resilient to natural disasters.
He is part of the Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing and his research focuses on

• smart and energy-efficient buildings
• dynamic and responsive building envelopes
• sustainable building materials
• bio-inspired and biomimetic design
• additive construction
• cyber-physical systems infrastructure and security

with an emphasis on using innovative materials, designs and cyber-physical technologies to improve the life-cycle performance of buildings and structures.

Dr. Zhou came to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2019 from the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He has PhD and MSE degrees in Civil Engineering from Arizona State University, Tempe and a BS in Civil Engineering from Tongji University in Shanghai, China.

For more information on TSK and its meetings, please email TSK secretary, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call him at 865-679-9854.