Menglan Duan (College of Safety and Ocean Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), China)

Menglan Duan is the Dean of the College of Safety and Ocean Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, and a Professor of solid mechanics and ocean engineering. Professor Duan is an astute scholar with international reputation and has published over 400 technical papers including 104 SCI-indexed journal papers. He has covered a wide range of research areas and has conducted over 170 projects related to fixed and mobile platforms, subsea pipelines and risers, subsea production systems in Artic Mechanics and Offshore Engineering, Subsea Engineering, Fatigue and Failures of Materials and Structures, Dynamics of Offshore Engineering Structures, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, and Risk and Reliability in Offshore and Ocean Engineering. His other areas of interest include management and economic analysis of oil/gas projects.