Yingqi Shi

Level-headed and driven engineering professional with a strong focus on gaining hands-on experience in research, project management, and technical problem-solving. Enthusiastic about collaborating with teams to deliver innovative solutions while maintaining flexibility in high-pressure environments and tight deadlines. Skilled at leveraging interpersonal communication, teamwork, and analytical thinking to consistently deliver high-quality service and reliable results. Motivated to take on new challenges and contribute to the success of engineering projects through a solutions-oriented approach.

• 2023.05-2023.09 Epoxy Resin and Polyurethane in Geopolymer

Working as a research assistance in a research group.

Highlights:

- Adding polyurethane to cured epoxy polymers (EP) increases their elongation at break, improving the toughness of epoxy-modified geopolymers (EMG).

- Increasing the content of poly(methyl ethylene) rubber (PMER) in the EP emulsion reduces the -OH content, which limits the formation of Si-O-C bonds.

- An EMG specimen toughened with 10 wt% EP emulsion containing 60 wt% PMER can achieve a 28-day flexural strength of 5.7 MPa, which is 2.6 times higher than a pure metakaolin-based geopolymer specimen.

• 2022.09-2023.05 Biochar Water Retention Research

My graduation personal project. I studied the effect of biochar content to the water retention capacity of soil, in both dry and wet environment.

Highlights:

- The addition of biochar amendment will increase the water retention capacity of soil in both dry and wet conditions

- Water retention capacity of soil in dry condition is much better than it is in wet condition

- The biochar amendment is more effective when improving the water retention capacity of soil in dry condition.

• 2021.11-2022.04 Lake District Field Surveying

As team leader I led a 3D mapping of a hill in the lake District, I was responsible for GPS positioning and total station operation and data export for the mapping.

• 2021.11-2022.04 Patterdale Hall Bridge and Road Design

The Purpose of the project was to provide a design and construction scheme for a traffic-able road and a budgeted bridge for Patterdale Hall in the UK, for which I was responsible for the design of the road surface, the drainage system and the CAD modeling of the entire bridge.

• Music
• Badminton

Gonghui,G., Feng,Chen., Yingqi,Shi., Fang,Xu., Tao,Ma.(2023). Understanding the role of epoxy resin and polyurethanein toughening metakaolin-based geopolymer matrix. Case Studies in Construction Materials. ELSEVIER.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e02919