Meini SU is Reader in Structural Engineering and Head of Research at the Department of Civil Engineering and Management, University of Manchester. She is also the Theme lead (Living and Infrastructures) at Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research.

She joined the university in November 2017. Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in Shenzhen University, China. She obtained her Bachelor degree from The University of Hong Kong in the year of 2010, PhD degree from Imperial College London and The University of Hong Kong in the year of 2014.

Her principal research interests, in respect of which she has co-authored one textbook and some 80 papers, lie in the areas of structural testing, numerical modelling and the development of design guidance for FRP strengthened RC structures in marine environment as well as steel and aluminium alloy structures. In particular, through her involvement in the research projects, she has proposed the continuous strength method (CSM) for aluminium alloy structures, a dual-functional intervention method – the impressed current cathodic protection & structural strengthening (ICCP-SS) technique and a green recylcing method for FRP composites.

She is a Chartered engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers. She is an editor of the Technical Specification of Electrochemical Technology for Durability of Concrete Structures and the FIB Model Code 2020. She is also serving as a committee member of ICE Manchester Branch and the Northwest committee of the Concrete Society. 

Research Interests:

• Aluminium alloy structures
• Durability of RC structures
• C-FRCM composite
• Graphene modified construction materials
• FRP recycling methods
• Low carbon concrete

Other awarded research projects:

• Royal Society (UK-NSFC exchange programme), "Resilient and efficient design of transition piece for wind turbine towers by graphene enhanced concrete filled steel tube", £11,950, 2025-2026, PI.
• Innovate UK, "Inciner8-2-Net0: Maximising value of incineration waste and carbon capture for a Net Zero built environment", £1,030,090, 2025-2027, CoI.
• ISCF Transforming Foundation Industry - Small Scale R&D Strand 2, (£240,865), “High-Performance Graphene Enhanced Cement: A Revolutionary Innovation in Low Carbon Manufacturing Process (GR-LCM)”, 10008538, Innovate UK, 2022, Co-I. 
• Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Programme, Innovate UK, ( £25,228 (Stage 1) + £10,930 (Stage 2)), “Graphene Green Concrete: Recycled aggregate concrete reinforced with graphene” I-H-08, Innovate UK, 2021, PI.
• Research, Impact & Collaboration Enrichment (RICE) scheme (GBP £1,400), "Prefabricated Modular Systems for Rapid Urbanization and Post-disaster Housing Settlement in China",  The Confucius Institute, The University of Manchester, 2018, PI. 
• National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (GBP £27, 175), ,"Investigation on the durability of reinforced concrete continuous beams strengthened by ICCP-SS technique", NSFC, China, 2016, PI.
• The State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (GBP £340,000), "Investigation on the smart control and improvement system of costal reinforced concrete structures’ life-cycle behaviours", NSFC, China, 2016, Co-I.
• University Research Grants - Small Project Funding (GBP £4, 724), "Structural behaviour of aluminum alloy beams on circular hollow sections", Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong, China 2015, PI.
• University Research Grants - Small Project Funding (GBP £4, 724), "Experimental investigation of cold-formed ferritic stainless steel tubular T-joints", Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong, China 2015, Co-I.
• University Research Grants – General Research Funding (GBP £48, 760), "Cold-formed steel members of very high steel grades subjected to combined axial load and bending", Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong, China 2015, Co-I.

Undergraduate Level

• MACE 20012 (Design 2)
• MACE 20322 (Steel & Concrete Structures)

Current opportunites for PhD students:

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/development-and-application-of-multi-functional-graphene-modified-cementitious-matrix/?p107111

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/welded-connection-of-aluminium-alloys-for-construction-industry/?p173823 

• British Standard Institution (BSI) B/525/9 - Structural use of aluminium, UK input for Eurocode 1999 Design of aluminium structures.
• Task Group 2.6 and 3.4 of The International Federation for Structural Concrete (FIB)
• SHE Committee of International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM)
• Northwest region committee of Concrete Society.