Jang, Shinae

Shinae Jang

Professor in Residence, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Email shinae.jang@uconn.edu
Phone 860-486-0540
Mailing Address Civil and Environmental Engineering 261 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3037 Storrs, CT 06269-3037
Campus Storrs
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Brief Bio

Dr. Shinae Jang is a Professor in Residence of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut (UConn). She also previously served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research interests include wireless smart structures, structural health monitoring, and engineering education. Dr. Jang has taught courses like Statics, Structural Analysis, and Structural Health Monitoring at UConn. 
Dr. Jang has received recognition for her work in engineering education, including the Distinguished Engineering Educator Award from the UConn School of Engineering in 2021. She is a faculty advisor for the ASCE UConn Chapter and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Connecticut.

  • Structural Dynamics and Experimental Dynamics
  • System Identification
  • Structural Health Monitoring Algorithms
  • Long-term Bridge Health Monitoring
  • Wireless Smart Sensor Technology
  • Finite Element Modeling and Model Updating
  • Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • RFID-based Crack Sensors
  • Applied Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Geomatics and Spatial Measurement
  • Basic and Advanced Structural Analysis
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Structural Vibrations
  • Senior Capstone Projects
  • Structural Health Monitoring and Sensors
  • Bhandari, P., Jang, S., Malla, R.M., Han, S. (2024). “ANN-based bridge support fixity quantification using thermal response data from real-time wireless sensing.” Sensors 2024, 24(16), 5350, ; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24165350 PDF
  • Fils, P. Jang, S., Ren, D., Wang, J., Han, S., and Malla, R. (2022). “Full-scale bridge expansion joint monitoring using a real-time wireless network.” Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, 9(4): 359-371.
  • Fils, P, Jang, S., Sherpa, R. (2021). “Field implementation of low-cost RFID-based crack monitoring using machine learning.” Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, 8(3): 257-278. Techno Press (techno-press.org)
  • Eskew, E. L. and Jang, S. (2019). “Remaining capacity estimation for buildings after an explosion using the adaptive alternate path analysis.” Advances in Structural Engineering 1-12. PDF (published online.)
  • Bruciati, B., Jang, S., Fils, P. (2019). “RFID-Based crack detection of ultra high-performance concrete retrofitted beams.” Sensors 2019, 19, 1573; doi:10.3390/s19071573. PDF (published online)
  • Martinez-Castro, R.E., Jang, S., Kim, J., and Wentworth, A. (2019). “Experimental evaluation of a low-cost RFID-based sensor to crack propagation.” Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ASCE, 32 (2); 04019003. PDF
  • Martinez-Castro, R.E., Jang, S., Nicholas, J., Bansal, R. (2017) “Experimental assessment of an RFID-based crack sensor for steel structures.” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 26, Num. 8. PDF. (published online).
  • Jin, C., Jang, S., Sun, X. (2016) “An integrated real-time structural damage detection method based on extended Kalman filter and dynamic statistical process control,” Advances in Structural engineering, doi: 10.1177/1369433216658484, PDF (published online).
  • Eskew, E., Jang, S. (2016) “Remaining stiffness estimation of buildings using incomplete measurements”, Structural Control and Health Monitoring. PDF (published online).
  • Jin, C., Jang, S., Sun, X., Li, J., Christenson, R. (2016) “Damage detection of a full-scale highway bridge under severe temperature changes using state-space-aided machine learning”, Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 6: 545-560. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13349-016-0173-8
  • Jang, S., Dahal, S. (2015) “Full-scale application of Stochastic DLV method for highway bridge health monitoring”, Advances in Structural Engineering.
  • Quinones, M.M., Montejo, L., Jang, S. (2015). “Experimental and numerical evaluation of wavelet based damage detection methodologies.” Int. J. Adv. Struct. Eng. 7 (1), 69-80.
  • Eskew, E., Jang, S. (2014). “Damage Assessment of a Building subjected to a Terrorist Attack.” Advances in Structural Engineering 17(11)1963-1704.
  • Jang, S., Dahal, S. , Li, J. (2013). “Rapid full-scale expansion joint monitoring using wireless hybrid sensor.” Smart Structures and Systems, 12 (3-4) 415-426.
  • Li, J., Jang, S., Tang, J., (2012). “Design of Biomorph Piezoelectric Energy Harvester for Railway Monitoring.” Journal of Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing, 32(6): 661-668.
  • Jang, S., Sim, S.H., Jo, H., Spencer, B.F., Jr. (2012). “Full-scale Experimental Validation of Decentralized Damage Identification Using Wireless Smart Sensors.” Smart Materials and Structures, 21, 115019.
  • Jang, S., Li, J., Spencer, B.F., Jr. (2013). “Corrosion Estimation of a Historic Truss Bridge using Model Updating.” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering 18(7): 678-689.
  • Jang, J., Spencer, B.F., Jr., Sim, S.H. (2012). “A Decentralized Receptance-based Damage Detection Strategy for Wireless Smart Sensors.” Smart Materials and Structures, 21, 055017.
  • Jang, S., Spencer, B.F., Jr., Rice, J.A., Wang, Z. (2011). “Structural Monitoring of a Historic Truss Bridge using a Wireless Sensor Network.” Advances in Structural Engineering 14(1): 93-101.
  • Rice, J.A., Mechitov, K., Sim, S.H., Nagayama, T., Jang, S., Kim, R., Spencer, B.F., Jr., Agha, G., and Fujino, Y. (2010). “Flexible Smart Sensor Framework for Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring.” Journal of Smart Structures and Systems, 6(5): 423-438.
  • Jang, S., Jo, H., Cho, S., Mechitov, K., Rice, J.A., Sim, S.H., Jung, H.J., Yun, C.B., Spencer, B.F., Jr., and Agha, G. (2010). “Structural Health Monitoring of a Cable-stayed Bridge using Smart Sensor Technology: Deployment and Evaluation.” Journal of Smart Structures and Systems, 6(5): 439-460.
  • Cho, S., Jo, H., Jang, S., Park, J., Jung, H.J., Yun, C.B., Spencer, B.F., Jr., Seo, J.W. (2010). “Structural Health Monitoring of a Cable-stayed Bridge using Smart Sensor Technology: Data Analysis.” Journal of Smart Structures and Systems, 6(5): 461-480.
  • Sim, S.H., Jang, S., Spencer, B.F., Jr. and Song, J. (2008). “Reliability-based Evaluation of the Performance of the DLV method.” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 23: 489-495.