We are privileged to be hosting the 3rd Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium (YRGS2011) at the National Taiwan University and the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering in Taiwan. The objective of the symposium is to provide a forum for young experts from research and practicing engineering communities working in structural engineering and construction to present their latest development, to exchange the information, to discuss the current problems and address the future challenges in structural engineering. The symposium is also aiming to establish a collaborative network for researchers and engineers in structural engineering within Asia-Pacific area.
The 1st Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium was held in Kunsan, Korea on 27-28 February 2009. The 2nd symposium was held in Hangzhou, China on 27-28, March 2010. The 3rd symposium, organized by the National Taiwan University and the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, will be held in the city of Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan.
On behalf of the Organizing Committees of YRGS2011, we cordially invite you to attend this symposium. At the same time, we are indebted to all authors for their contributions in the field of structural engineering.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Kuo-Chun Chang National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Keh-Chyuan Tsai National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Liang-Jenq Leu National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Shyh-Jiann Hwang National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Chi-Chang Lin National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Guo-Qiang LI Tongji University, China
Jie Li Tongji University
Weiliang Jin Zhejiang University, China
Jin-Guang Teng Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Cheo-Ho Lee Seoul National University, Korea
Chia-Ming Uang University of California, San Diego, USA
Tamon Ueda Hokkaido University, Japan

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Chairs:
Chung-Che Chou, Hsiao-Hui Hung
Members:
Chunwei Zhang Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Jianbing Chen Tongji University, China
Jian-Guo Dai Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Yuxi Zhao Zhejiang University, China
Hwa Kian Chai Tobishima Corporation Research Institute of Technology, Japan
Yoshikazu Kobayashi Nihon University, Japan
Jeongyun Do Kunsan National University, Korea
Dookie Kim Kunsan National University, Korea
Yew-Chin Koay VicRoads, Australia
Yu-Chen Ou National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Shin-Tai Song National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Shih –Yu Chu National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Yi-Hsuan Tu National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Chiun-Lin Wu National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan
Yuan-Tao Weng National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chung-Che Chou
Ying-Chuan Chen
Hsiao-Hui Hung
Yi Chen
Pham Dinh
Shan-Jie Huan