SHILING PEI, PH.D., P.E.

Shiling Pei Portrait

Adjunct Associate Professor | Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

(303) 273-3932
Curriculum Vitae

Technical Interests

Performance-based engineering; Traditional and innovative wood systems; Large scale dynamic testing; Mechanistic models and non-linear structural dynamics; Earthquake engineering and loss analysis.

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines, 2018 – Present
  • Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines, 2013 – 2018
  • Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University, 2010 – 2013
  • Post Doctoral Research Associate, Colorado State University, 2008 – 2010
  • Instructor, Colorado State University, 2007 – 2007
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, 2004 – 2007
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan Technological University, 2003 – June 2004

Teaching

  • Reliability and Statistical Methods for Engineering Design
  • Design of Steel Structures
  • Timber and Masonry Design
  • Matrix Structural Analysis

Education

  • Ph.D. – Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 2007
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, June 2000.

Awards

  • Humanitarian Engineering Award from Colorado School of Mines CECS Trade Fair, 2017
  • Outstanding Reviewer for ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2014.
  • Raymond C. Reese Research Prize, ASCE, 2012.
  • Outstanding Reviewer for ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2012.
  • EXCEED (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Fellowship, ASCE, 2012.
  • Jack E. Cermak Wind Engineering Scholarship, Colorado State University, 2005.
  • Mao Yi-Sheng Award for outstanding graduating student, Railroad Transportation, Department of China, 2000.
  • TRB Truck and Bus Safety Committee (ANB70) Deborah Freund Paper Award