About

I work on computational design and mechanics of structures: finding efficient forms and checking them with finite-element analysis and seismic design. Concrete shells are my current test case, and embodied carbon is one of the design variables. My code is open and tested.

My bachelor thesis at Southwest Petroleum University in Chengdu was the full hand design of a four-storey reinforced concrete frame for a seismic site in Sichuan, to the Chinese codes. I now run two open research projects that build on it: ShellBench, which follows how thin-shell floors change the seismic design and embodied carbon of whole RC buildings, and ShellForm, which measures the carbon cost of making form-found concrete shells earthquake-resistant.

Before this I spent two and a half years as a project engineer in precision manufacturing, running quality control, durability testing and root-cause analysis. That work taught me to trust a result only after it has been checked against something independent, and it is why every project on this site states its benchmark and what it does not show.

Since 2024 I have also worked as an independent research collaborator with a PhD researcher at Hohai University, on BIM, nano-modified asphalt, durability modelling and life-cycle assessment.

I studied in China on a full Chinese Government Scholarship and have lived and worked there since 2019. Outside work I train in Muay Thai and MMA, and read on psychology and decision-making.