可持续高耐损土木结构；
  基建结构性态监测与管控；
  绿色桥梁新质发展与韧性提升；
  工程结构智能感知与调控。

·       Girder bridge resonance and impact characteristic analysis and monitoring in vertical direction under suspended monorail train. The SLDRCE Independent Research Fund of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. SLDRCE19-B-33, PI, 2019-).

·       Dynamic stability and vibration characteristic analysis and monitoring for traveling vehicle-rail--girder bridge coupled vibration. The SLDRCE Independent Research Fund of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. SLDRCE14-B-24, PI, 2015-2018).

·       PZT active sensing based damage diagnosis for reinforced concrete beam. The SLDRCE Independent Research Fund of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. SLDRCE09-B-15, PI, 2009-2014).

·       Bridge monitoring system design and condition assessment theory. The Rising-Star Program of the Bridge performance assessment method based on forced vibration tests. The Rising-Star Tracking Program of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 09QH1402300, PI, 2009-2011).

·       Research on key theoretical problems of wavelet based random vibration analysis for engineering structures. New Century Talent Support Program of Ministry of Education ofChina(Grant No. NCET070623, PI, 2007-2010).

·       Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 06QA14051, PI, 2006-2009).

·       Dynamical response analysis and structural condition assessment techniques for novel bridges. 863 Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2006AA11Z109, PI, 2006-2009).

·       Wavelet based modal analysis and feature extraction technique for bridge health monitoring. Natural National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50508027, PI, 2005-2008).

·       The key issues for the design of structural health monitoring based bridge life-cycle maintenance and management system. Cultivation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project from the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20041207001, Co-I, 2004-2007).

·       Intelligent health monitoring for large-scale engineering structures. Major International (Regional) Joint Research Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50420120133, Co-I).

·       The preliminary design of the structural health monitoring system for Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge. Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge Construction Commanding Department.

·       Wind-resistant safety assessment of the MD3600 tower crane during the construction of the cable pylons of the Sutong Bridge. Third Nanjing Bridge Construction Commanding Department.

·       The development of Bridge health monitoring system for oversea long span bridge. Donghai Bridge Construction Commanding Department.

·       Spatial mechanical property analyses of box-girder with central slot for Tsing Lung Bridge.

·       Influence line extraction from bridge load trial data for Kap Shui Man Bridge:

·       Ambient vibration monitoring and signal processing of the cable-supported bridges during Typhoon York for Lantau Fixed Crossing (Kap Shui Man Bridge, Tsing Ma Bridge and Ting Kau Bridge).

Load trial tests for Canal road flyover and Gascoigne road flyover.

·   Md Mahathe Hasan Toha, Sun, Z., Chuhan Fan, Jianglin Xu (2026). “Impact spectra for eccentrically prestressed beam of bending-stretching effect under moving load,” Resilient Cities and Structures, 5, 144–150 2026. un). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcns.2026.04.004

·  Sun, Z. (2025). “Moving-load impact of classic hinged-hinged slab beam and demarcation to gravity stretching retention effect,” Frontiers of Structural & Civil Engineering, 19, 556–566 2025. 

·  Sun, Z., Sun, L. M., and Xia, Y. (2023). “Multi-harmonic forced vibration and resonance of simple beams to moving vehicles,” Frontiers of Structural & Civil Engineering, 17(7): 981-993.  DOI: 10.1007/s11709- 023-0979-5.

·  Sun, Z. (2022). “Frequency comb free vibration behavior of a single-span plate pumped by low-speed moving inertial loads,” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 22(07): 2250032. DOI: 10.1142/S0219455422500328.

·       Ge, Y. J., Xu, D., Sun, L.M., and Sun, Z. (2022). “Introduction: recent structures and research in China,” Structural Engineering International, 30(2):163. DOI: 10.1080/ 10168664.2022.2043044

·       Lu, Q., Sun, Z., and Zhang, W. (2020). “Nonlinear parametric vibration with different orders of small parameters for stayed cables,” Engineering Structures, 224: 111198. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020. 111198.

·       Yamaguchi, T., Sun, Z. and Palermo, A. (2020). “Introduction: special issue on recent research and structures in New Zealand,” Structural Engineering International, 30(2):163. DOI: 10.1080/ 10168664.2020.1739874.

·       Sun, Z. (2018), “Normal mode splitting in a moving-particles-pumped mechanical oscillator: Clamped-hinged homogeneous beam,” Scientific Reports, 8:9803, 2018. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27989-8.

·       Sun, Z. (2016), “Moving-inertial-loads-induced dynamic instability analysis for slender beams considering parametric resonances,” Journal of Vib. & Acoust.-ASME, 138(1):011014. DOI: 10.1115/1.4031518.

·       Ding, W. and Sun, Z. (2014) “Wavelet-based response computation for base-isolated structure under seismic excitation,” Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 2, 163-169. DOI: 10.4236/jamp. 2014.25020.

·       Mo, Y.L., Nie, J.G., Sigrist, V. & Sun, Z. (2014) “Special column on Shear Failure Test and Analysis of Concrete Structures,” Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 8, 323–324. DOI: 10.1007/s11709-014-0288-0.

·       Guo, Z. G. and Sun, Z. (2013), “Modal analysis for Euler-Bernoulli beam with multiply open cracks based on perturbation method,” Journal of Shock and Impact, 32(10): 1-6+30 (in Chinese).

·       Guo, Z. G. and Sun, Z. (2011), “Spectral element modeling based structure piezoelectric impedance computation and damage identification,” Frontiers of Civil and Architectural Engineering in China, 5(4), 458-464.

·       Chen, H., Sun, Z., and Sun, L. M. (2011), “Active mass damper control for cable stayed bridge under construction: an experimental study,” Structural Engineering and Mechanics: an International Journal, 38(2), 141-156.

·       Yu, G., Sun, Z., and Sun, L. M. (2011), “Application of vulnerability analysis in structural capacity assessment and enhancement,” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series), 18(3), 131-138.

·       Sun, Z., Hou, W. (2010), “Output-only wavelet based structural modal identification and its time frequency resolution analysis,” Journal of Vibration and Shock, 29(8), 198-203 (in Chinese).

·       Sun, Z., Hou,W. and Chang, C.C. (2009), “Structural system identification under random excitation based on asymptotic wavelet analysis,” Engineering Mechanics, 26(6), 199-205 (in Chinese).

·       Min, Z., Sun, L.M., Sun, Z., and Dan, D.H., (2009), “Structural modal parameter identification using wavelet transform and singular value decomposition under ambient excitation,” Journal of Vibration Engineering, 22(2), 142-149 (in Chinese).

·       Sun, Z., Hou, N. and Xiang, H.F. (2009), “Safety and serviceability assessment for high-rise tower crane under turbulent winds,” Frontiers of Civil and Architectural Engineering in China, 3(1), 18-24.

·       Li, Z., and Sun, Z. (2008), “Load carrying capacity assessment of prestressed concrete beam bridge based on structural forced vibration response,” Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 25(3), 172-176 (in Chinese).

·       Min, Z., Sun, Z., and Sun, L.M., (2008), “Structural damage assessment based on spatial analysis of wavelet packet signature” Journal of Vibration and Shock, 27(11), 1-5 (in Chinese).

·       Sun, R.J., Sun, L.M. and Sun, Z., (2007), “An integrated FBG sensing system for health monitoring of large-scale bridge structures,” Journal of Tongji University, 36(2), 149-154 (in Chinese).

·       Jin, T., Sun, Z., and Sun, L.M. (2007), “Modeling of acoustic emission due to crack growth with finite element method and time-frequency analysis of the signal,” Journal of Vibration, Measurement & Diagnosis, 27(4), 288-291 (in Chinese).

·       Sun, Z. and Chang, C.C. (2007), “Vibration based structural health monitoring: wavelet packet transform based solution,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering: Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design & Performance, 3(4), 313-323.

·       Sun, R.J., Sun, L.M., Sun, Z., Dan, D.H., and Liu, X.H. (2007), “Design research of fiber Bragg grating accelerometer,” Acta Photonica Sinica, 36(1), 63-67 (in Chinese).

·       Chen, H., Sun, Z., and Sun, L.M. (2006), “Experimental study on active control of a two-storey frame under seismic excitation using two AMDs,” Journal of Vibration and Shock, 25(S), 745~747 (in Chinese).

·       Hou, W., Sun, Z., and Sun, L.M. (2006), “Wavelet based modal identification for a cable pylon of a cable-stayed bridge under construction,” Journal of Vibration and Shock, 25(S), 960~962 (in Chinese).

·       Sun, Z. and Chang, C.C. (2006), “Covariance-driven wavelet technique for structural damage assessment,” Smart Structures and System, 2(2), 17-31.

·       Chang, C.C. and Sun, Z. (2005) “Structural damage localization using spatial wavelet packet signature,” Smart Structures and System, 1(1), 29-46.

·       Sun, Z. and Chang, C.C. (2004) “A statistical wavelet-based method for structural health monitoring,” Journal of Struct. Engrg., ASCE, 130(7), 1055-1062.

·       Sun, Z. and Chang, C.C. (2003) "Structural degradation monitoring using covariance-based wavelet packet signature," Structural Health Monitoring, 2(4), 309-326.

Sun, Z. and Chang, C.C. (2002) "Structural damage assessment based on wavelet packet transform," Journal of Struct. Engrg., ASCE, 128(10), 1354-1361.