Dr Wu is Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Technology, Sydney. Since Dr Wu obtained his PhD from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore in 2002, he has developed recognized and diverse research on blast-induced ground vibrations, structural response to blast loading, mitigation of blast effects on structures, blast resistance of ultra-high performance concrete, rock blasting and traffic barrier response to vehicle impact. Prof .Wu was also the Chair of the Australian Chapter of the International Association of Protective Structures (http://iapsaustralia.org/) from 2013 to 2017).

Dr Wu has served on a number of international conference committees and chairmanship, undertaken guest editorships. So far, he is the editors of four conference proceedings, two ASCE special issues and two IJPS special issues, author or co-authors of more than 200 referred international journal papers in blast and impact areas. Dr Wu is also an associate editor of ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities and an editorial board member of International Journal of Protective Structures.

Dr Wu is currently looking for bright and hardworking postgraduates, and high profile research associates. A number of scholarships are available and applications from the current Honours and coursework Master students at UTS are particularly encouraged.