Qing Quan Liang

Dr. Qing Quan (Stephen) Liang is the Founder and President of Australian Association for Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (AASCCS), and a member of Sigma Xi―The Scientific Research Honor Society (USA) with more than 200 Nobel Prize laureates. He is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Liang with his team is known for developing the Performance-Based Design Optimization (PBOD) method for generating optimal bracing systems for the sustainable design of tall building structures and optimal strut-and-tie models for the sustainable design of concrete structures. He with his team is also known for developing efficient fiber element based computational techniques for the nonlinear analysis and design of concrete-filled composite columns incorporating the effects of progressive local buckling.

Dr. Liang has published four books and160 peer-reviewed articles in computational mechanics and structural engineering. More than 90% of his journal articles have been published in reputable Q1 international journals. He has been recognized in the Stanford University-Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists List for 2020-2025 and was ranked 127th globally in Civil Engineering in 2025. His authored textbook titled "Analysis and Design of Steel and Composite Structures" has been adopted by universities in Australia, India, and Egypt.

Dr. Liang is a Review Editor for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (Springer Nature, Q1) and a member of the Editorial Boards of Engineering Structures (Elsevier, Q1), Structural Concrete (Wiley, Q1), Steel and Composite Structures (Techno-Press), Scientific Reports (Springer Nature, Q1), and Scientific Reviews (Springer Nature).

Dr. Liang received the 2004 State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship from Australian Research Council, and five Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Awards from Springer Nature.