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Hongbo Wang
Hongbo (Melissa) Wang, PhD, PE, leads multiple engineering teams at DeSimone, managing the structural design of complex residential towers and mixed-use, high-rise buildings.
Her experience includes reinforced concrete structures, fast-track projects, and earthquake engineering.
Melissa’s special area of expertise focuses on seismic mitigation strategies and energy dissipation devices such as Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs), viscous dampers, and base isolations. She often applies her research knowledge to developing Tuned Mass Dampers for wind engineering on DeSimone’s most challenging tall building projects.
A licensed engineer, her portfolio includes 99 Hudson in Jersey City, rising 79-stories and 900 feet as the tallest residential building in New Jersey, as well as Winthrop Center in Boston, a 53-story, LEED Platinum- and WELL Gold-certified, mixed-use tower featuring the largest office Passive House in the world, and 220 Central Park South, a luxury residential high-rise in Manhattan.
Melissa currently leads the structural design for 50 Hudson Street, part of a two-tower, Hudson River waterfront project in Jersey City, and 8 Carlisle Street, a 64-story mixed-use tower in Tribeca.
Education:
BS, Civil Engineering– Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology, Heilongjiang, China
MS, Structural and Earthquake Engineering– University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
PhD, Structural and Earthquake Engineering – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
Professional Licenses & Certifications:
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE): California
First Level Registered Structural Engineer: Beijing, China
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