Oct 6, 2025

Hua Chai successfully defended his doctoral thesis

Today, Hua Chai successfully defended his PhD Dissertation on Tension-Integrated Spanning Structures. Dr. Chai’s work is focused on designing a novel form finding technique in the context of graphic statics for constructing tension-integrated spanning structures.

Primary Advisor: Prof. Masoud Akbarzadeh

PhD committee members: Prof. Juney Lee (Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University), Prof. Márton Hablicsek (Mathematics, Leiden University).

We wish Dr. Chai all the best in his future endeavors!