Mechanics and Structure Engineering
Research Interests
Earthquake Engineering
Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence
Regional Assessment of Seismic Risk and Resilience
High-Performance Computing
Courses
Mechanics of Materials
Finite Element Method
Structural Analysis
Chen, Peng-Yu
- Assistant Professor
- TEL：886-3- 422-7151 # 34104
- FAX：886-3- 425-2960
- E-mail：sam75782008@gmail.com
- Web：https://sites.google.com/view/data-ai-resilience-lab/home
Education
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- M.S. in Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, National Central University
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, National Central University
Experience
- Assistant Professor, National Central University, 2021/8~
- Visiting Project Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2021/8~
- Research Internship, Bentley Systems, 2019/6~2019/9
- Teaching Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2019/4~2021/6
- Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2017/4~2019/3
Journal Papers
- Chen, P. Y., & Fang, Y. W. (2025). Development of Attention-Based Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Networks for Earthquake Prediction in Taiwan. Natural Hazards Review, 26(3), 04025026. [link]
- Chen, P. Y., & Chen, H. X. (2025). Prediction of hysteretic shapes for reinforced concrete columns using conditional generative adversarial networks. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 176, 106244. [link]
- Chen, P. Y., Lee, K. C., & Li, T. L. (2024). Prediction of parameters in the Ibarra–Medina–Krawinkler model for reinforced concrete columns using random forest and active learning. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 185, 108902. [link]
- Peng-Yu Chen, Nikolaos Lesgidis, Anastasios Sextos, and Ertugrul Taciroglu (2023). “A Method for Automated Development of Model and Fragility Inventories of Nonductile Reinforced Concrete Buildings .” Resilient Cities and Structures. [link]
- Chen, P. Y., & Taciroglu, E. (2023). 基於 FEMA P58 法之區域韌性評估: 以美國洛杉磯非韌性鋼筋混凝土構架為例. 結構工程, 38(1), 118-134. [link]
- Wenyang Zhang, Peng-Yu Chen, Jorge G.F. Crempien, Asli Kurtulus, Pedro Arduino, and Ertugrul Taciroglu (2023), “Regional-scale seismic fragility, loss, and resilience assessment using physics-based simulated ground motions: an application to Istanbul.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. (SCIE) [link]
- Wenyang Zhang, Jorge Crempien, Asli Kurtulus, Peng-Yu Chen, Pedro Arduino, and Ertugrul Taciroglu (2023), “A suite of broadband physics-based ground motion simulations for the Istanbul region.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. (SCIE) [link]
- Peng-Yu Chen, and Xingquan Guan. (2022). “A Multi-Source Data-Driven Approach for Evaluating the Seismic Response of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Moment Frames.” Engineering Structures. (SCIE) [link]
- Liao,W., Fei, Y., Ghahari, F., Zhang, W., Chen, P. Y., Kurtulus, A., Yen, C. H., Cheng, Q., Lu, X., Taciroglu, E. (2022). “Influence of Accelerometer Type on Uncertainties in Recorded Ground Motions and Seismic Damage Assessment.” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. (SCIE) [link]
- Cheng, Q., Fei, Y., Lu, X., Liao, W., Zhang, W., Chen, P. Y., Kurtulus, A., Ghahari, F., Vela, V., Taciroglu, E. (2022). “Influence of sensor density on seismic damage assessment: a case study for Istanbul.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. (SCIE) [link]
- Chen, P. Y., Wu, Z., and Taciroglu, E. (2021). “Classification of Soft-Story Buildings Using Deep Learning with Density Features Extracted from 3D Point Clouds.” Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. (SCIE) [link]
- Lee, T. Y., Chung, K. J., and Chen, P. Y. (2014). “Ultimate State of Bridges with Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction under Extreme Earthquakes.” Applied Mechanics and Materials (Vol. 587, pp. 1518-1521). (EI) [link]
Conference Publications
- Chen, P. Y., Zhang, W., Meng, S., and Taciroglu, E. (2022). “Image-based deep-learning models for assisting data-harvesting in regional seismic resilience evaluation.” 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Utah, USA.
- Chen, P. Y., Meng, S., Ghotbi, A., Sextos, A., and Taciroglu, E. (2020). “A Regional Performance-Based Seismic Toolbox for Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Buildings.” 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan. [link]
- Chen, P. Y., Meng, S., and Taciroglu, E. (2019). “Development of a Regional Performance-Based Seismic Toolbox for Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Los Angeles.” PEER 2019 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, U.S.A. [poster]
