Ming Li

Ming Li is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University. His academic work spans structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, and mechanical reliability analysis, with a focus on computational modeling and finite element methods.

• Key research areas include planetary gear system reliability, hydraulic fracture propagation in heterogeneous rock, and bridge safety assessment techniques.
• His publications emphasize mechanical systems in aerospace, geotechnical slope stability, and advanced computational modeling (PHF-LSM, hierarchical finite element methods).

Recent scholarly activity (2023-2025) reveals trends in wind turbine gear analysis, aviation planetary systems, and data fusion approaches for structural evaluation. Notable collaborations include co-authorship with Shuang Sun, Li Liang, and Xin Li on bridge performance evaluation studies.