Karin Yu

Karin Yu

Karin Yu

Student / Programme Doctorate at D-BAUG

ETH Zürich

Inst. f. Baustatik u. Konstruktion

HIL E 37.3

Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5

8093 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Position:

  • ETH AI Center Doctoral Fellow
  • Doctoral Student / Research Assistant, Chair for Concrete Structures and Bridge Design and Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring, Institute of Structural Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich

Education:

  • MSc ETH in Civil Engineering at ETH Zurich (Master's thesis at Columbia University in New York City, USA), Majors in Structural Engineering, and Geotechnical Engineering

Professional Experience: 

  • Since 2022: Research Assistant at ETH Zurich
  • 2019-2020: Internships in structural engineering at Dr. Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG, VSL International Ltd. in Singapore, and dsp Ingenieure + Planer AG

Honours

Year Distinction
2023 Hilti Prize
2022 ETH Medal for Outstanding Master's Thesis
2022 Willi-Studer Prize
2022 1. Heinrich Hatt-Bucher Prize
2019 Excellence Scholarship and Opportunity Programme

Publications

  • Experimental and analytical investigation of the crack behaviour of dapped-end beams
    Jaime Mata Falcón, Karin Yu, Luis Pallarés Rubio and Pedro Miguel Sosa
    Engineering Structures, vol. 322 Part A, pp. 119040, Elsevier, 2024.
  • Grammar-based generation of strut-and-tie models for designing reinforced concrete structures
    Karin Yu, Michael Anton Kraus, Eleni Chatzi and Walter Kaufmann
    Computers & Structures, vol. 305, pp. 107549, Elsevier, 2024.
  • A grammar-based framework for strut-and-tie modelling of reinforced concrete structures
    Karin Yu, Michael Anton Kraus, Eleni Chatzi and Walter Kaufmann
    International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures Symposium (IASS 2024), Zurich, Switzerland Madrid: International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), August 26-30, 2024.
  • A Spatio-Temporal Model for Response and Distributed Wave Load Estimation on Offshore Wind Turbines
    Karin Yu, Konstantinos E. Tatsis, Vasilis K. Dertimanis, Eleni Chatzi and Andrew W. Smyth
    41st IMAC Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, Austin, TX, USA, pp.133-140, Cham: Springer, February 13-16, 2023.
  • Distributed Virtual Sensing via Bayesian Filtering for Wind Energy Structures
    Karin Yu
    Master Thesis, Zurich, ETH Zurich, 2024.