Dandan Sun | Properties and Performance | Best Researcher Award
Dr. Dandan Sun | China Railway 15th Bureau Group Corporation Limited | China
Dr. Dandan Sun is a Senior Engineer and Vice-Dean of the Technical Center at China Railway 15th Bureau Group Corporation Limited in Shanghai, specializing in urban underground space development, tunnel engineering, vertical shaft excavation, intelligent construction technologies, and concrete durability. She holds a Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering from Tongji University, including a joint doctoral experience at the University of Melbourne, and a bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University of Technology. Her research focuses on the microstructure and durability of concrete, ion transport and corrosion mechanisms in cementitious materials, and innovative construction technologies for complex underground environments, combining experimental, numerical, and field studies. She has authored numerous influential publications on topics such as sulfate and chloride attack on concrete, bond behavior between steel and concrete, vertical shield tunneling, and offshore construction durability. In addition to her scholarly contributions, she holds over forty invention patents and has contributed to technical standards for high-performance concrete applications. Her work has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards for technological breakthroughs in intelligent construction, slope failure prevention, and sustainable urban underground development, including international acclaim at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions for her intelligent and ecological underground garage design. Through her research, innovation, and leadership, Dandan Sun has significantly advanced civil engineering and sustainable urban infrastructure development.
Featured Publications
Shi, H., Sun, D., & Wu, K. (2016). Development on microstructure and numerical simulation of interfacial transition zone. Journal of The Chinese Ceramic Society, 44(5), 678–685.
Sun, D., Wu, K., Kang, W., et al. (2018). Characterisation of water stability of magnesium phosphate cement blended with steel slag and fly ash. Advances in Cement Research, 32(6), 1–11.
Sun, D., Wu, K., Shi, H., et al. (2018). Effect of interfacial transition zone on the transport of sulfate ions in concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 28–37.
Wu, K., Kang, W., Xu, L., Sun, D., et al. (2018). Damage evolution of blended cement concrete under sodium sulfate attack in relation to ITZ volume content. Construction and Building Materials, 452–465.
Sun, D., Wu, K., Shi, H., et al. (2019). Deformation behaviour of concrete materials under sulfate attack. Construction and Building Materials, 232–241.