• Department of Concrete and Construction Management
• Concrete Industry Management

• PHD, Purdue University (2004)
• MS, University of Science and Technology Beijing (1992)
• BS, University of Science and Technology Beijing (1989)

Dr. Zhifu Yang received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 2004, where his dissertation was titled “Assessing Cumulative Damage in Concrete and Quantifying its Influence on Life Cycle Performance of Concrete Structures".

Dr. Yang has been a professor with the CIM Program at MTSU since 2005. He lives in Murfreesboro with his wife, daughter and son.