About
An engineer who writes software for engineers.
I’m Ming Zeng, a structural engineer based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. My work combines performance-based seismic and wind design of complex buildings with software development for the tools engineers use every day.
- Focus
- Structural engineering software & automation
- Engineering
- Performance-based seismic and wind design
- Based in
- Hong Kong & Shenzhen (UTC+8)
- Working in
- English — email and video calls
- Contact
- ming91915@gmail.com
Engineering background
Complex buildings, analyzed in depth
- Structural analysis, design and design review of complex buildings that go beyond prescriptive code limits
- Career experience on supertall towers from 200 m to 380 m, multi-tower connected structures and transfer structures
- Seismic performance evaluation, and seismic design of a three-tower connected structure in a high-seismic region
- Wind-induced vibration and occupant comfort assessment
- Work alongside international architecture and engineering teams
Software development
Tools built for real engineering work
Before offering development as a service, I built tools to remove repetitive work from my own projects — structural modeling, analysis and reporting.
- AutoEPRAutomated report generation for performance-based design reviews
- AutoWAVEStrong-motion database and ground-motion selection system
- AutoSECTP–M–M interaction and moment–curvature solver for complex sections
- SpectraToolsResponse spectrum generation and comparison
- AutoOSAutomatic pre- and post-processing for OpenSees
- Global indicatorsStructural summary indicators for frequent-earthquake design checks
- Abaqus workflowsPython-scripted simulation of RC walls and members, including pinching behavior
- Parametric developmentRhino/Grasshopper tools, including links to MIDAS API
Credentials
Education & publications
Education
- Master’s degree, Structural EngineeringBeijing University of Technology, 2013
- Bachelor’s degree, Civil EngineeringYangtze University, 2010
Publications & patent
- PERFORM-3D: Basic Operations and Case StudiesBook, China Railway Publishing House, 2013
- Journal papersDamper-based seismic response reduction of steel frame–concrete core structures (2013); thick-slab transfer structure design (Building Structure, 2019)
- Invention patent: strongly confined concrete core wallChina, ZL201310006854.6
Toolbox
Codes, software and languages
Design codes
- ASCE 7
- AISC
- ACI 318
- Eurocodes
- Hong Kong codes
- Chinese GB standards
- Japanese building standards
Analysis software
- ETABS
- SAP2000
- PERFORM-3D
- midas Gen
- OpenSees
- Abaqus
- Rhino & Grasshopper
Programming
- Python
- C# / .NET
- C++ / Qt
- MATLAB
- VBA
- CSI API
- MIDAS API
About the name
About the name
Structure vs Poem comes from this site’s original motto: code and poetry, structure and art. Good structures and good software reward the same things — clarity, economy and nothing unnecessary.
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