Ph.D. Students
Zhiwei Gao (BE,ME, Beihang) [gzwce AT ust DOT hk]
Zhiwei Joined my group in Feb. 2009. He received both his bachelor and master degrees with honor from Beihang University (formerly known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics). He is currently working with me on constitutive modeling of anisotropic behavior in granular materials. His research is progressing very well. He has had papers published or accepted by top journals. He has also presented his work in several national and international conferences as well. He is expected to finish his PhD work in 2012.
Ning Guo (BE, Tsinghua) [ceguo AT ust DOT hk]
Ning obtained his Bachelor from Department of Hydraulic Engineering of Tsinghua University in July 2009. He joined my group in Sept 2009. He is working with me towards a PhD on multiscale modeling of granular materials. He has developed a powerful Discrete Element Method. He has beening working with me on a number of interesting problems on granular materials and soil mechanics. He will work on developing a robust computational platform by coupling Discrete Element Method and Finite Element Method and running them on a High-Performance Computing (HPC) facility at HKUST to solve geotechnical problems of practical importance.
Tong Shan (BE, Tsinghua) [tshan At ust DOT hk]
Tong got his Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University and joined my group in Sept 2010. He is working with me on coupled DEM/CFD simulation of soil/water interaction, debris flow being one of the outstanding examples. Tong will devote time to model the phenomenon of debris flow and to investigate in-depth the key mechanisms and mechanics that trigger and control the initiation and development of debris flow.
Jinfeng (Michael) Wei (BE, Shanghai Jiaotong; MSc, HKUST) [wjf AT ust DOT hk]
Michael obtained his bachelor degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2010 and finished a MSc program at HKUST in 2011. He joined my group in Sept 2011 to study towards a MPhil degree on fiber-reinforced soils (FRS). His research will involve both experimental and theoretical studies towards understanding the fundamental mechanics of FRS and the reinforcing and failure mechanisms.
Postdoc Fellows
Dr. Fengtao Liu (PhD, HIT) [celft AT ust DOT hk]
Dr. Fengtao Liu earned his Ph.D. at Harbin Institute of Technology (China) and joined my group in March 2011. He is working with me on computational limit analysis with application to geotechnical engineering. He has developed some advanced techniques using Element-Free Method (EFM) as well as Rigid Finite Element Method (RFEM) to evaluate the collapse load limits for a wide range of geotechnical problems.
Dr. Yuxia Kong (PhD, Beihang) [yxkong AT ust DOT hk]
Dr. Yuxia Kong received her PhD from Beihang University and joined my group in Sept 2011. She is working on constitutive modeling of anisotropic behavior in soils. She endeavours to develop advanced models to reproduce and prdict many complicated soil behavior originated from soil anisotropy during either monotonic or cyclic loadings.
Dr. Guilhem Mollon (PhD, Lyon) [gmollon AT ust DOT hk]
Dr. Guilhem Mollon got his PhD from the University of Lyon (France) in 2010. After doing one year's postdoc at 3SR Lab of the University of Grenoble, he joined my group in Oct 2011. His expertise is in the deterministic and probablistic modeling approaches for geotechnical tunneling problems, as well as Discrete Element Method on characterizing the behavior of granular flow and rock avalanche.
Current and Past Visitors
- Prof Zhenyu Yin (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 2011)
- Prof Yangping Yao (Beihang University, China, 2010, 2011)
- Prof Chunan Tang (Dalian University of Technology, China, 2011)
- Prof Andrei Lyamin (The University of Newcastle, Australia, 2009)
Collaborators
John P. Carter (Uni. of Newcastle, Australia), Kim Tim Chau (PolyU, Hong Kong), Ian F. Collins (Uni. of Newcastle, Australia), Delwyn G. Fredlund (Golder Associate), Kristian Krabbenhoft (Uni. of Newcastle, Australia), Xiang-song Li (HKUST), Andrei V. Lyamin (Uni. of Newcastle, Australia), Dorival Pedroso (Uni. of Queensland, Australia), Mohamod Rouainia (Uni. of Newcastle, UK), Daichao Sheng (Uni. of Newcastle, Australia), Scott W. Sloan (Uni. of Newcastle, Australia), Gang Wang (HKUST), Qiang Yang (Tsinghua Uni., China), Yangping Yao (Beihang Uni., China), Weiyuan Zhou (Tsinghua Uni., China)