ARC Future Fellow, FIEAust, CPEng, NER

Professor Wensu Chen is Director of Centre for Infrastructural Monitoring and Protection (CIMP) and an ARC Future Fellow in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University. He is a leading researcher in structural engineering and infrastructural protection, with focus on developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure against multi-hazards (natural and man-made hazards); novel structures and materials; FRP-based structures; structural assessment and strengthening; prefabricated modular structures. He serves as Associate Editor of International Journal of Protective Structures, Editorial Board member of International Journal of Impact Engineering (Q1 Journal), Construction and Building Materials (Q1), Fellow of Engineers Australia, Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), Committee member of Structures Panel WA Division. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Tianjin University, and then worked as a design engineer in industry for three years. After that, he obtained his Master's degree from the University of Melbourne and PhD in structural engineering from the University of Western Australia.

Professor Chen was awarded ARC Future Fellowship in 2021 and ARC DECRA Fellowship in 2016. He has been Chief Investigator for multiple ARC grants, CRC projects (iMOVE and SmartCrete) and Innovation Connection project, as well as engages with industry and government bodies (e.g., DEMIRS WA Government, AusIndustry, Main Road WA, Engineers Australia Cyclone Taskforce, Engineers Australia Building Safety Taskforce, etc). He serves as grant assessor for Australian Research Council, UKRI, Czech Science Foundation, Croatian Science Foundation, Chilean National Fund, NSW Space Research Network and United Arab Emirates.

We are seeking highly motivated PhD students to join our research centre (CIMP). Full PhD scholarships are currently available. For futher information, please contact Professor Chen via wensu.chen@curtin.edu.au . 

Research/consultancy/testing opportunities are welcomed. Please see various equipment available in our centre. 

ARC Grants
•    ARC Linkage Project, "Basalt FRP rockbolt for rock reinforcement in underground infrastructures", 2026-2029
•    ARC Linkage Project, "Cementitious photocatalytic coating: a solution to noxious vehicle emission", 2025-2028

•    ARC LIEF Project, "2D electromagnetic Hopkinson apparatus for multi-axial dynamic testing", 2025-2026    

•    ARC Linkage Project, "Assessment of structural integrity and deterioration of masonry walls", 2023-2027
•    ARC Discovery Project, "Development of novel metaconcrete to resist impulsive loads", 2022-2026
•    ARC Future Fellowship, ”Multi-hazard resilient hybrid modular structures”, 2021-2026
•    ARC DECRA Fellowship, "Development of sandwich structures to mitigate blast and impact loading", 2016-2020
•    ARC Linkage Project, "Blast resistance capacity of basalt fibre strengthened structures", 2015-2019
 
Research Awards
•    Researcher of the Year 2025 Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University
•    ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar, 2025
•    Nishino Prize, 18th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction (EASEC-18), Thailand, 2024
•    KCPT Paper Award, 14th International Conference on Shock & Impact Loads on Structures, Singapore, 2023
•    Best Review Paper Award of the Year 2023, Engineering Structures
•    Curtin Award for Research Excellence - Planet (Senior researcher category), Curtin University, 2023
•    Mid-Career Researcher Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, 2022
•    Curtin Research Team Award for Research Excellence, Curtin University, 2020
•    WA Premier’s Science Award (Woodside ECR Scientist of the Year), Finalist, 2018
•    WA Premier’s Science Award (Woodside ECR Scientist of the Year), Finalist, 2017
•    Curtin Early-Career Researcher of the Year Award, Curtin University, 2017
•    10+ journal papers listed as ESI Hot-Cited and Most-Cited articles or Featured Paper Awards in journals