1. Director, Dean, China Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan Univ., Changsha, 410082, China; and Professor, Sonny Astani Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (corresponding author).
2. Research Assistant, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan Univ., Changsha, 410082, China; and Intern Engineer, Advanced Bamboo and Timber Technologies, Ltd., Changsha, China.