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Search DetailsRen Dawei
| Faculty of Engineering Civil Engineering Laboratory of International Infrastructure Management (Endowed Chairs) | Postdoctoral Fellow |
Career
■ CareerCareerEducational Background
- Oct. 2021 - Dec. 2024, The University of Tokyo, The Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Doctoral Course, Japan
- Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2021, Dalian University of Technology, School of Infrastructure Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Master of engineering, China
- Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2018, Northeastern University (China), School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering, Bachelor, China
Research activity information
■ Awards- Oct. 2025, ICDCS 2025 (Eighth International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures), 3rd Best Paper Award
Dawei Ren;Kohei Nagai
- Observation and mesoscale simulation of moisture transport at the steel-mortar interface
Kodai Ueda; Dawei Ren; Keitai Iwama; Kohei Nagai
Cement and Concrete Composites, Jan. 2027
English, Scientific journal - Investigating of both facilitating and hindering effects of macroscopic cracks on moisture transport in concrete
Dawei Ren; Yi Gao; Minghong Qiu; Haoyu Wang; Kohei Nagai; Jie Luo
Case Studies in Construction Materials, Jul. 2026
English, Scientific journal - Flexural cracking evolution and localized failure mechanisms of reinforced UHPC beams: 3D RBSM-based mesoscale modeling
Minghong Qiu; Jie Luo; Ren Dawei; Kohei Nagai
Engineering Failure Analysis, Mar. 2026
English, Scientific journal - 3D RBSM Conduit Model for Simulating Moisture Transport in Compressively Damaged Concrete
Dawei Ren; Kohei Nagai
ICDCS 2025, Oct. 2025, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
English, International conference proceedings - Integrated mechanical-conduit modeling approach for RBSM Investigation of moisture transport in cracked concrete: Tensile fracture and rebar pull-out effects
Dawei Ren; Yi Gao; Jiaxu Yao; Shingo Asamoto; Jie Luo; Kohei Nagai
Structures, Oct. 2025, [Lead author]
English, Scientific journal - Mesoscopic simulation of interface and loop connections of precast concrete structures by 3D RBSM
Jiaxu Yao; Jie Luo; Dawei Ren; Kohei Nagai
Structures, Dec. 2024
English, Scientific journal - RBSM investigation of the effects of cracking and ITZ on moisture transport in reinforced concrete by integrating mechanical and conduit models
Dawei Ren; Dheeraj Waghmare; Punyawut JIRADILOK; Dawei Ren
Construction and Building Materials, Aug. 2024
English, Scientific journal - Meso-scale simulation of moisture transport in concrete during wet-dry cycles using 3D RBSM conduit model with variable diffusion model
Dawei Ren; Punyawut Jiradilok; Dheeraj Waghmare; Kohei Nagai
Cement and Concrete Composites, May 2024
English, Scientific journal - Simulation of moisture variations in concrete during prolonged alternate wetting and drying cycles using 3D discrete network model
Dheeraj Waghmare; Dawei Ren; Punyawut JIRADILOK; Kohei Nagai
Case Studies in Construction Materials, Dec. 2023
English, Scientific journal - New Family of Explicit Structure-Dependent Integration Algorithms with Controllable Numerical Dispersion
YU TANG; Dawei Ren; Hui Qin; Chao Luo
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Mar. 2021
English, Scientific journal
- Observation and analysis of moisture transport at the interface between concrete and rebar.
Kodai Ueda; Dawei Ren; Kohei Nagai
5th Asian Concrete Federation Symposium, Nov. 2025 - 3D RBSM Conduit Model for Simulating Moisture Transport in Compressively Damaged Concrete
Dawei Ren
The 8th International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, 15 Oct. 2025, Oral presentation - Meso-scale simulation of moisture transfer in concrete using 3D RBSM conduit model
Dawei Ren
The 3rd ZHITU Symposium on Advances in Civil Engineering, 20 Aug. 2023, Oral presentation
■ Research Themes
- Development of a mesoscale discrete model for moisture transport in cracked UHPC integrating the 3D RBSM mechanical model and conduit model
General Research Grants
Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2027
Minghong Qiu; Dawei Ren
THE KAJIMA FOUNDATION, General Research Grants, Hokkaido University, Coinvestigator - Deterioration Prediction and Visualization of Concrete Drainage Pipes and its Application to Road Cave-in Prevention Using GIS
Support Program for Urban Studies
Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2027
Dawei Ren; Jie Luo; Kohei NAGAI
The Obayashi Foundation, 研究助成, Hokkaido University, Principal investigator - 3D microstructural analysis of coupled mass transport for assessing rebar corrosion risk considering cracking
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Jul. 2025 - Mar. 2027
REN DAWEI
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, 25K23468
