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2016August 7-9
1st
The 1st International Symposium on
Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical
Sustainability
August 7-9, 2016, HKUST, Hong Kong
Organized by
Committee of Soil
Dynamics, Chinese
Society for Vibration
Engineering
Chinese Institution of Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering, China Civil
Engineering Society
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WELCOME
The last decades have seen tremendous development of civil infrastructure around the
world. It has become increasingly important to improve the sustainability of geotechnical
systems for harmonious development of man and nature, especially in face of the frequent
occurrences of natural disasters. The theme of the symposium focuses on the challenges and
opportunities in soil dynamics for geotechnical sustainability and resilience. The symposium
will provide an excellent opportunity for researchers and engineers in different areas to meet
and share new ideas, achievements, experiences and lessons through presentations and
discussions. Among those who participate in the symposium are many prominent scholars
from the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Indian, Iran and China. As
HKUST is striving to become a global leader in sustainability education and research, the
campus is just the appropriate venue to host such a timely event.
The symposium consists of two plenary lectures, 11 invited keynote lectures, 19 invited
theme lectures and many other technical presentations on a variety of scientific topics in the
frontiers of soil dynamics and geotechnical sustainability, including: seismic hazard and geo-
risk analysis, seismic reconnaissance and post-earthquake reconstruction of key infrastructure,
ground failure, slope stability, liquefaction of soils, seismic analysis and design of
geotechnical systems, modeling cyclic behavior of soils, soil-structure interaction analysis,
failure mechanism, physical and numerical modeling of localized deformation in
geomaterials, landslide and debris flow dynamics and mitigation, innovative and sustainable
construction technology as well as offshore geotechnics.
We hope you enjoy your stay in Hong Kong.
Gang Wang and Ga Zhang
Chairman of the Organising Committee
SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS
The Symposium is supported by TC203 (Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering) and
TC210 (Dams & Embankments) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), American Society of Civil Engineers Hong Kong
Section, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers Geotechnical Division, Hong Kong Geotechnical
Society, Institution of Civil Engineers Hong Kong Association, and Hong Kong Society of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The financial support from K.C. Wong Education
Foundation, HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study is highly appreciated.
Hong Kong
Geotechnical
Society
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ORGANISATION
Symposium Chairman
Prof. Ga Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
Prof. Gang Wang, HKUST, HKSAR
Secretary General
Dr. Duruo Huang, HKUST, HKSAR
International Advisory Committee
Prof. Brendon Bradley, University of Canterbury, NZ
Prof. Russell Green, Virginia Tech, USA
Prof. Nicholas Sitar, Univ. California, Berkeley, USA
Prof. Zhaohui (Joey) Yang, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
Prof. Chu-Han Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
Organising Committee
Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, IIT Bombay, India
Prof. Yumin Chen, Hohai University, China
Prof. Clarence Choi, HKUST, HKSAR
Prof. Shideah Dashti, University of Colorado, USA
Prof. Lijun Deng, University of Alberta, Canada
Prof. Shijin Feng, Tongji University, China
Dr. Duruo Huang, HKUST, HKSAR (Secretary)
Prof. C. Ledezma, Pontifical Catholic University, Chile
Prof. Run Liu, Tianjin University, China
Prof. Charles W.W. Ng, HKUST, HKSAR
Prof. Tong Qiu, Penn State University, USA
Prof. Armin Stuedlein, Oregon State University, USA
Prof. Gang Wang, HKUST, HKSAR (Chairman)
Prof. Jinting Wang, Tsinghua University, China
Prof. J.P. Wang, HKUST, HKSAR
Prof. Y.H. Wang, HKUST, HKSAR
Prof. Jun Yang, University of Hong Kong, China
Prof. Ga Zhang, Tsinghua University, China (Chairman)
Prof. Limin Zhang, HKUST, HKSAR (Vice-Chairman)
Prof. Jidong Zhao, HKUST, HKSAR
Prof. Chao Zhou, HKUST, HKSAR
Prof. Yuande Zhou, Tsinghua University, China
Prof. Bin Zhu, Zhejiang University, China
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August 8th
, 2016 (Monday), Venue: Lecture Theater D, HKUST
7:40 sharp Bus departure from hotel (Crowne Plaza) to HKUST
8:30 – 8:45
MC: Dr. Duruo Huang
Welcome address by Prof. Gang Wang and Prof. Ga Zhang, Chairman of
Organising Committee,
Prof. Chuhan Zhang, Tsinghua University
Prof. Tim Cheng, Dean of School of Engineering, HKUST
Prof. Hong Lo, Head of Dept. Civil & Environ., HKUST
Prof. Feng Jin, Head of Dept. Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Session Chair: Prof. Gang Wang
8:45 – 9:30
Plenary 1: Prof. Jonathan D. Bray, UC Berkeley, USA
Turning disaster into knowledge
Session Chair: Prof. Nicholas Sitar
9:30-10:00
Keynote 1: Prof. S.P.Gopal Madabhushi, University of Cambridge, UK
Soil liquefaction – recent advances in our understanding
10:00-10:30
Keynote 2: Prof. Feng Jin, Tsinghua University, China
Subsequent development of rock-filled concrete dam
10:30-10:50 Photo-taking, coffee break
Session Chair: Prof. Jonathan Bray
10:50-11:20
Keynote 3: Prof. Limin Zhang, HKUST
Distribution and fate of earthquake-induced landslides near the epicentre of
the Wenchuan earthquake
11:20-11:50
Keynote 4: Prof. Russell A. Green, Virginia Tech, USA
Evaluating risk due to liquefaction: lessons learned from recent earthquakes
and new developments
11:50-12:20 Keynote 5: Prof. Gang Wang, HKUST
Topographic amplification of ground motions: a case study of Hong Kong
12:20-13:30 Photo taking, lunch buffet at UC Bistro
The 1st International Symposium on Soil Dynamics and
Geotechnical Sustainability
August 7-9, 2016, HKUST, Hong Kong
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
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Session Chair: Prof. Ga Zhang
13:30-14:00
Keynote 6: Prof. Charles W.W. Ng, Prof. Clarence Choi, HKUST
Mechanism of interaction between debris flows and barriers: centrifuge
modelling
14:00-14:20 Theme Lecture 1: Prof. Jin-Ting Wang, Tsinghua University, China
Large-scale earthquake simulation for seismic hazard analysis of sites
14:20-14:40
Theme Lecture 2: Prof. Zhaohui Joey Yang, University of Alaska, USA
Bridge pile foundations in laterally spreading ground in cold region:
performance and analyses
Session Chair: Prof. Russell Green
14:40-15:00 Theme Lecture 3: Prof. Jiangu Qian, Tongji University, China
Analysis of traffic-load-induced settlement in soft clay ground
15:00-15:20
Theme Lecture 4: Prof. Shijin Feng, , Tongji University, China
Experimental and numerical study of ground vibrations induced by high
speed train
15:20-15:40
Theme Lecture 5: Prof. Huabei Liu, Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, China
Seismic responses of reinforced soil retaining walls subjected to pulse-type
ground motions
15:40-16:00 Coffee break
Session Chair: Prof. Takaji Kokusho
16:00-16:20 Theme Lecture 6: Prof. S. Thevanayagam, SUNY, Buffalo, USA
A rational CPT-based liquefaction screening method - effect of silt content
16:20-16:40 Theme Lecture 7: Prof. Bin Zhu, Zhejiang University, China
Pile-soil cyclic interaction of offshore wind turbines' foundations
16:40-17:00
Theme Lecture 8: Prof. Jianhong Ye, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Numerical analysis of offshore geotechnics: development and application
Session Chair: Prof. Armin Stuedlein
17:00-17:20 Theme Lecture 9: Prof. Lijun Deng, University of Alberta, Canada
Geotechnical engineering aspect of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake
17:20-17:40
Theme Lecture 10: Prof. Yuande Zhou, Tsinghua University, China
Effects of particle breakage on the movement and deposit characteristics of
rockslides
17:40-18:00
Theme Lecture 11: Prof. Guanlin Ye, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Seismic analysis on soil-foundation-superstructure system considering large
deformation
18:30-21:30 Banquet at G-Restaurant, HKUST (only for those registered for banquet)
21:40 Bus departure from HKUST to hotel (Crowne Plaza)
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August 9th
, 2016 (Tuesday), Venue: Lecture Theater D, HKUST
8:00 sharp Bus departure from hotel (Crowne Plaza) to HKUST
Session Chair: Prof. Gang Wang
8:30-9:15
Plenary 2: Prof. Nicholas Sitar, UC Berkeley, USA
Seismic analysis and design of retaining structures
Session Chair: Prof. Gopal Madabhushi
9:15-9:45
Keynote 7: Prof. Yangping Yao, Beihang University, China
Rate-dependent UH model for soils
9:45-10:15
Keynote 8: Prof. Armin W. Stuedlein, Oregon State University, USA
Sustainable liquefaction mitigation: driven timber displacement piles
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
Session Chair: Prof. Limin Zhang
10:45-11:15
Keynote 9: Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, Indian Institute of Technolog,
Bombay, India
Recent advances in design of combined pile-raft foundation system under
earthquake conditions
11:15-11:45 Keynote 10: Prof. Takaji Kokusho, Chuo University, Japan
Slope failure evaluations in view of energy
11:45-12:15 Keynote 11: Prof. Ga Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
Modeling dynamic progressive failure of soil slopes
12:15-12:45 Lunch outside LT-D
12:45-13:50 Visit HKUST soil lab and Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility
Parallel Sessions
13:50-15:20
Session Chair: Dr. Duruo Huang
Parallel Session I, Lecture Theater D
(10 minute per presentation)
See table below for list of
presentations
Session Chair: Prof. Jianhong Ye
Parallel Session II, Lecture Theater E
(10 minutes per presentation)
See table below for list of
presentations
15:20-15:30 Coffee break
Session Chair: Deepankar Choudhury
15:30-15:50 Theme Lecture 12: Prof. Zhihua Wang, Nanjing Tech University, China
Discussion on soil liquefaction discriminant by introducing flowability index
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Presentations in the parallel sessions (* student presenters)
Parallel Session I. Venue: Lecture Theater D
Time Presenter Affiliation Title
13:50-14:00 Lijun Deng University of
Alberta, Canada
Numerical modeling of lateral
behavior of helical piles
14:00-14:10 Fangyue Luo* Tsinghua
University, China
Slope failure mechanism under
drawdown conditions
14:10-14:20 Xiao Wei* The University of
Hong Kong
The effects of particle shape and
initial static shear stress on
liquefaction resistance of silty sands
14:20-14:30 Yiying Zhao* Tsinghua
University, China
Effect of rough bedrock surface on
deformation and failure of soil slopes
15:50-16:10
Theme Lecture 13: Prof. Gang Wang, Chongqing University, China
Modelling spiky acceleration responses of sand deposits using a large post-
liquefaction constitutive model
16:10-16:30 Theme Lecture 14: Prof. Yumin Chen, Hohai University, China
Electricity resistance: a new index of saturation for desaturated sand
Session Chair: Prof. Yangping Yao
16:30-16:45
Theme Lecture 15: Ir Dr Eric H. Y. Sze, Geotechnical Engineering Office,
HKSAR
Determination of dynamic soil properties in Hong Kong
16:45-17:00
Theme Lecture 16: Ir Raymond C.H. Koo, Geotechnical Engineering Office,
HKSAR
Design earthquake ground motions using stochastic simulations of the
seismological model
17:00-17:15
Theme Lecture 17: Dr. Wenqi Du, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
A site-amplification model for bedrock GMPEs of Singapore
17:15-17:30
Theme Lecture 18: Prof. Fardin Jafarzadeh, Sharif University of Technology,
Iran
Effective parameters in slope-buried pipeling interaction under dynamic
condition
17:30-17:45
Theme Lecture 19: Dr. Duruo Huang, HKUST
Energy-compatible and spectrum-compatible synthetic motions for seismic
slope displacement analyses
17:45-18:00
Closing remarks (Prof. Ga Zhang, Prof. Gang Wang)
Presentation of the “Best Student Paper Award”
Announcement of the 2nd ISSDGS
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14:30-14:40 Jiangtao Wei* HKUST DEM simulation of sand behaviors
under multi-directional loading
14:40-14:50 Zibo Du* Tongji University,
China
Cyclic degradation and non-
coaxiality of saturated clay subjected
to cyclic principal stress rotation
14:50-15:00 Teng Wang * Tsinghua
University, China
Reinforcement effect of chemical
grouting material on nail-reinforced
slope
15:00-15:10 Siyuan Zheng*
South China
University of
Technology, China
Comparative analysis of seismic
response of conventional and
column-free subway station
15:10-15:20 Guangsi Chen Tianjin University,
China
Upper bound solutions of vertical and
horizontal bearing capacity of a new
type bucket foundation in sand
Parallel Session II. Venue: Lecture Theater E
Time Presenter Affiliation Title
13:50-14:00
Dr. Silvana
Montoya-
Noguera
City University of
Hong Kong
Analysis of the effect of soil-structure
interaction on liquefaction resistance
14:00-14:10 Cuiwei Fu* City University of
Hong Kong
Probabilistic liquefaction severity
assessment
14:10-14:20 Yaliang
Wang*
Tsinghua
University, China
Effect study of cyclic loading on
behavior of soil slopes using
centrifuge model test
14:20-14:30 Jie Ren* Zhejiang
University, China
Numerical studies of wave-induced
liquefaction of seabed around a single
pile
14:30-14:40 Jiahao Zhang* Tsinghua
University, China
Centrifuge model tests of
heterogeneous slopes under rapid
drawdown condition
14:40-14:50 Wei Zhou* Nanjing Tech
University, China
Large-scale shaking table test on the
energy dissipation of the retaining
wall backfilled with EPS composite
soil
14:50-15:00 Huawen Li* Shanghai Jiaotong
University, China
Cyclic behavior of an unsaturated
embankment filling soil
15:00-15:10 Zibo Zuo
Shanghai
Construction
Group Co. Ltd.,
China
Application of 3D laser scanning and
printing in geotechnical construction
15:10-15:20 Shaozeng
Guo*
Tianjin University,
China Partial full-flow penetrometer
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INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERS
Plenary & Keynote Lectures
Jonathan D. Bray is the Faculty Chair
in Earthquake Engineering Excellence
at the University of California,
Berkeley. He earned engineering
degrees from West Point, Stanford,
and Berkeley. Dr. Bray is a registered
professional civil engineer and has
served as a consultant on several
important engineering projects and peer review
panels.
Dr. Bray has authored more than 300 research
publications on topics that include liquefaction and
its effects on structures, seismic performance of earth
structures, earthquake ground motions, and
earthquake fault rupture propagation. He leads the
Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance
(GEER) Association.
Dr. Bray is a member of the US National
Academy of Engineering and has received several
honors, including the Peck Award, Joyner Lecture,
Huber Research Prize, Packard Foundation
Fellowship, and NSF Presidential Young Investigator
Award.
Professor Nicholas Sitar received
BASc in Geological Engineering
from the University of Windsor, in
1973, MS in Hydrogeology, in 1975,
and Ph.D. in Geotechnical
Engineering, in 1979, both from
Stanford University. He taught in the
Geological Engineering Program at
UBC from 1979 to 1981 and joined the faculty in
Geotechnical Engineering at the University of
California at Berkeley in 1981. Most recently, he
served as the Director of the University of California
Earthquake Engineering Research Center from 2002
to 2008.
His professional and research interests include
engineering geology, geotechnical earthquake
engineering, rock mechanics, groundwater modeling,
groundwater remediation and the application of
numerical and stochastic methods to engineering
analysis. He is the author and co-author of over 170
publications in geotechnical engineering, engineering
geology, groundwater and groundwater remediation.
His particular interests in geotechnical earthquake
engineering include seismic slope stability, seismic
response of retaining structures and mechanically
stabilized walls, and the performance of improved
ground. In engineering geology he has concentrated
on the influence of the depositional environment on
the properties of coarse sediments, debris flow
initiation, and modeling of jointed rock masses.
His awards include the Huber Research Prize
from ASCE in 1993, the Presidential Young
Investigator Award from NSF in 1984, the Douglas
R. Piteau Award from AEG in 1986, the James M.
Robbins Excellence-in-Teaching Award from the
Pacific District of Chi Epsilon in 1998, Chancellor’s
Professorship from UC Berkeley 1998-2001, and the
endowed Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Chair
in Civil and Environmental Engineering since 2009.
Most recently, he presented the Korean Geotechnical
Society Award Lecture in 2012, the Hilf Memorial
Lecture at the University of Colorado in 2012, as
well as keynote lectures at the ASCE Geo-Congress
in 2012 and Chilean Geotechnical Society Congress
in 2014. He was the Canadian Geotechnical Society
Cross-Canada Lecturer in the Spring of 2015.
Dr. Gopal Madabhushi is a
Professor of Civil Engineering at the
University of Cambridge, UK and
the Director of the Schofield Centre.
He has over 25 years of experience
in the area of Soil Dynamics and
Earthquake Engineering. His
expertise extends from dynamic centrifuge modelling
to the time domain finite element analyses of
earthquake engineering problems. He has an active
interest in the areas of soil liquefaction, soil-structure
interaction and liquefaction resistant measures and
their performances. He has an active interest in the
biomechanics of hip replacement surgeries. He has
acted as an expert consultant to the industry on many
geotechnical and earthquake engineering problems
e.g. Mott MacDonald, Royal Haskonig and Ramboll-
Whitby, UK. He has an active interest in post-
earthquake reconnaissance work and has led
engineering teams from UK to 921 Ji-Ji earthquake
of 1999 in Taiwan, the Bhuj earthquake of 2001 in
India and many other missions. He served as the
Chairman of Earthquake Engineering Field
Investigation Team (EEFIT) that runs under the
auspicious of Institute of Structural Engineers,
London. He was awarded the TK Hsieh award in
2005, 2010 and 2013 by the Institution of Civil
Engineers, UK, the BGA medal in 2010 given by
British Geotechnical Association, the Shamsher
Prakash Research Award in 2006, Medical
Innovations Award in 2007 the IGS-AIMIL Biennial
award in 2008 and the Bill Curtin Medal in October
2009 by the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, for
his contributions in the area of Soil Dynamics,
Tsunami’s and Earthquake Engineering. He has 103
Journal Publications and 240+ papers in International
conferences and workshops to date. He has authored
a very successful book on the Design of Pile
Foundations in Liquefiable Soils (Imperial College
Press) and Geotechnical Chapters in the book on
Designing to Eurocode 8 (Taylor & Francis). His
new book on Centrifuge Modelling for Civil
Engineers is currently being published by Spon
Press/Taylor and Francis publishing group.
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Dr. Yangping Yao is the Chief
Scientist of National Basic Research
Program of China (973 Program), the
Chair Professor of Geotechnical
Engineering at the School of
Transportation Science and
Engineering and the director of Beihang Library,
Beihang University, Beijing. His primary areas of
research include: constitutive modeling and strength
theory of geomaterials, numerical methods in
geomechanics, and highway and airport engineering
and etc. He has established a unique advanced unified
hardening (UH) model for soils with his group.
Recently, the UH model has been extended to
consider influences of some external factors
(temperature, time and suction), complicated
characteristics (anisotropy, structural and small-strain
properties) and complicated loading paths (cyclic
loading and various drainage conditions, namely
asymptotic states). He has published 7 scholar books
and more than 150 journal papers in the area,
including soil's elastoplastic theory, constitutive
modelling and engineering application of advanced
constitutive models into airport construction and dam
analysis. He also serves as the Director of Technical
Committee for Constitutive Relationships and
Strength Theories of CSSMGE (Chinese Society of
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering). He is
the editorial board member for 7 journals.
Prof. Feng Jin is a Yangtze River
Scholars Distinguished Professor
and the head of Department of
Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua
University. Since he established the
cooperation with Professor Xuehui
An in concrete technology in late
1990s and invented Rock-Filled
Concrete (RFC) together in 2003, he has moved his
academic interests into the field of concrete
technology although he has went on working in the
field of static and dynamic analysis for dams and
other infrastructures. He published more than 300
technical papers. More than 50 among them were
published in journals in English. Prof. Jin developed
an innovative mass concrete technology, named RFC
in last decade. More than 90 engineering projects
employed this technology. Dozen of RFC dams were
built in China. The height of dam completed reaches
70m and a RFC gravity dam of 90m high was poured
RFC in 2016. Some standards and codes for RFC
technology in China was or will be issued, including
SL678-2014,NB***-2016 and DL/T***-201*. An
ICOLD (International commission on large dams)
bulletin “on Rock-Filled Concrete dam” is prepared
by an expert group coordinated by him from ICOLD
technical committee on Cemented Material Dams. In
2009, 2010 and 2013, Prof. JIN was awarded Second
Class Prizes of The State Scientific and
Technological Progress Award three times due to his
achievements on RCC arch dams, RCC gravity dams
and seismic evaluation of high concrete dams. He
was also awarded “Zhang Guangdou Prize for Young
Scientist” and “Talent Prize for Science and
Technology, Ministry of Water Resources, CHINA”.
Dr. Russell A. Green is a Professor
of Civil Engineering at Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA, in the
Geotechnical Engineering Program
area. He was previously on the
faculty at the University of Michigan
and held visiting faculty positions at
Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan and the University of
Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. The primary
focus of Russell’s research is in the areas of
engineering seismology, geotechnical earthquake
engineering, and soil and site improvement. He has
participated in and lead post-earthquake
investigations in the US, Iceland, Haiti, Japan, and
New Zealand. Russell’s most recent research has
been in the area of liquefaction evaluation and hazard
mapping and he has been heavily involved in the
rebuilding efforts in Christchurch, New Zealand,
following the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake
sequence. Russell received his bachelor’s degree in
civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in 1992, his master’s degree from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994,
and his PhD in 2001 from Virginia Tech. Russell is a
registered professional engineer in Virginia. Also,
Russell is the recipient of the 2016 ASCE Norman
Medal, among other awards for research and
teaching.
Professor Charles W.W. Ng is an
Associate Vice-President for Research
and Graduate Studies and a Chair
Professor in the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering at the
Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology. He obtained PhD degree
from the University of Bristol in 1993. After carrying
out a period of post-doctoral research at the
University of Cambridge between 1993 and 1995, he
returned to Hong Kong and joined HKUST as
Assistant Professor in 1995 and rose through the
ranks to become Chair Professor in 2011.
Professor Ng was elected an Overseas Fellow
from the Churchill College, Cambridge University, in
2005 and was elected Changjiang Chair Professor in
Geotechnical Engineering in 2010. He is Fellow of
the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE), the
American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), and
the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Professor Ng is the President of Hong Kong
Geotechnical Society and he has served the Board of
International Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) from 2010 to
2013. Currently he chairs the board-level Awards
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Committee and is the Editor-in-Chief of the ISSMGE
Bulletin since 2013.
Professor Ng is an Associate Editor of the
Canadian Geotechnical Journal and has served in
many other editorial boards. Professor Ng has solely
supervised and graduated 27 Ph.D and 35 M.Phil
students. He has published some 220 SCI journal
articles (most of them published in Géotechnique,
Géotechnique Letters, Canadian Geotechnical
Journal, Journal of Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Computers
and Geotechnics) and delivered about 50 keynotes,
general reports and state-of-the-art reports in 5
continents worldwide. He is the main author of two
reference books (i) Soil-structure Engineering of
Deep Foundations, Excavations and Tunnels and (ii)
Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and
Engineering.
Dr. Limin Zhang is Professor of
Geotechnical Engineering and
Director of Geotechnical Centrifuge
Facility at the Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology. His
research areas include slopes and
embankment dams, geotechnical risk
assessment, pile foundations,
multiphase flows and centrifuge modeling. He
received Mao Yi-Sheng Soil Mechanics and
Geoetchnical Engineering Award and the Overseas
Young Investigator Award from the National Natural
Science Foundation of China. Dr. Zhang is Past Chair
of Geotechnical Safety Network (GEOSNet), Vice
Chair of the International Press-In Association, Past
President of the ASCE Hong Kong Section, Editor-
in-Chief of International Journal Georisk, Associate
Editor of ASCE’s Journal of Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering, and editorial board
member of six other journals. He has published over
190 international journal papers.
Dr. Gang Wang is an Associate
Professor in the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering at
the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology. He
graduated with B.Eng. M.Eng. from
Tsinghua University in 1997, 2000,
respectively, and PhD in civil engineering from the
University of California, Berkeley in 2005. Before
joining HKUST in 2008, he worked as a consulting
engineer at Geomatrix Consultants, California. Dr
Wang’s research interests include geotechnical
earthquake engineering, soil dynamics and numerical
modeling, and published around 40 papers in top
international journals. He is President of ASCE Hong
Kong Section (2015-2016), Invited Council Member
of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics (CSTAM), Secretary of TC210 (Dams &
Embankments) and member of TC203 (Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering) of the International Society
for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
(ISSMGE). He also served as Secretary of Hong
Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
(2014-2016). He was awarded Li Foundation
Heritage Prize in 2010 for his outstanding research
contribution in earthquake engineering and geo-
hazard mitigation.
Takaji Kokusho is Professor
Emeritus at Chuo University, Tokyo,
Japan, since 2015. He served as
Professor in Civil & Environmental
Engineering Department, Faculty of
Science and Engineering, Chuo
University since 1996, Director of
Siting Technology Department, Central Research
Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) since
1989, Head of Geotechnical Engineering Section,
CRIEPI since 1983. He obtained PhD. from the
University of Tokyo, in 1982. MS Degree from Duke
University (USA) in 1975, and MS Degree from the
University of Tokyo, japan, in 1969. His specialties
include: dynamic soil properties and their evaluation,
dynamic response of ground, liquefaction of
sand/gravelly fines-containing sands, earthquake-
induced slope failure, He served as President of
Kanto-Chapter, Japanese Geotechnical Society
(2011-2014); Chairman of Organizing Committee,
IS-Tokyo 2009 and Chairman of TC4 (Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering), ISSMGE (2005-2009),
and Vice-President of Japanese Geotechnical Society
(2002-2003). He received research paper Award from
Japanese Geotechnical Society and Japan Society for
Civil Engineers. He is the author of books
“Fundamentals of earthquake geo-dynamics”
(Kashima-Publishing Co., Tokyo 2014), “Soil
liquefaction-A keyword for interpreting earthquake
damage” (Sankaido-Publishing Co., Tokyo, 2005),
and “Performance-Based Design in Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering - from Case History to
Practice” (CRC Press, 2009), and more than 100
reviewed English Journal/Conference papers.
Professor Deepankar Choudhury
is a Professor at the Department of
Civil Engineering at Indian Institute
of Technology Bombay, IIT
Bombay in Mumbai, India, and
Adjunct Professor at the Academy
of Scientific and Innovative
Research, New Delhi, India. He is an Alexander von
Humboldt fellow of Germany, JSPS fellow of Japan,
TWAS-VS fellow of Italy, BOYSCAST fellow of
India, fellow of the Indian Geotechnical Society, and
fellow of the Indian Society for Earthquake
Technology. He is an internationally known
academic and researcher with expertise in
geotechnical earthquake engineering, foundation
engineering, computational geomechanics, and
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dynamic soil–structure interaction. He served as
Visiting Professor at TU Darmstadt Germany,
Visiting Fellow at Kagoshima University Japan, UC
Berkeley USA, University of Wollongong Australia,
NUS Singapore. He is recipient of several
international awards like ASCE Best journal paper,
ASCE Outstanding reviewer, Excellent regional
contributor of IACMAG, Shamsher Prakash
Research Award etc. He serves as editorial board
member of various reputable journals, including
ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics,
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Indian Geotechnical
Journal, and INAE Letters etc. He is secretary of the
technical committee TC 207 on Soil–Structure
Interaction and Retaining Walls, former secretary of
TC 212 on Deep Foundations, and a member of TC
203 on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering of the
International Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), and a member
of International Building Code (IBC) 1803 on
Foundations of USA. A globetrotter, he has given
several keynote, plenary, and invited lectures across
the world, published several papers in reputable
journals, supervised many doctoral and masters
students, and been involved in various national and
international projects of importance and practical
significance.
Armin Stuedlein is an Associate
Professor at Oregon State
University in the School of Civil
and Construction Engineering. He
joined the faculty in 2009 following
a career in consulting and earning
his doctorate at the University of
Washington. His research has been published in over
60 technical publications and focuses on the
performance of ground improvement methods,
reinforced soils, and soil-structure interaction
assessed using full-scale tests and numerical and
statistical simulations. Among other honors, Armin
has been awarded the 2013 DFI Young Professor
Award and the 2015 Associate Editor of the Year
Award for the Journal of Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Dr. Ga Zhang is Professor of
Geotechnical Engineering at the
Department of Hydraulic
Engineering, Tsinghua University.
His research areas include
constitutive model of geomaterials,
progressive failure theory, soil-
structure interaction analysis, and geohazard and
geotechnical safety evaluation. He received
Outstanding Young Investigator Award of IACMAG,
First Prize of Technological Invention Award of
government of China, National Top-notch Young
Professional of China, ASCE 2015 Outstanding
Reviewer. He is the Youth committee chair and
member of Technical committee of Soil dynamics of
China Society for Vibration Engineering, Mmember
of Institution of Geoenvironmental Engineering of
China Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering.
He has published over 100 journal papers and
authorized over 10 invention patents.
Invited Theme Lectures
Jin-Ting Wang, Professor at the Department of
Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University. He
received his Ph.D. degree from China Institute of
Water resources and Hydropower Research in 2001
and then worked as a post doctoral researcher at
Tsinghua University. In 2003, he joined Tsinghua
University as an Assistant Professor. In 2008, he was
a visitor at the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of California
at Berkeley. His areas of research focus on seismic
response analysis and safety evaluation of concrete
dams. He has published more than 120 papers in the
peer-reviewed journals. His rewards include two
State Science and Technology Progress Awards,
National Award for Youth in Science and
Technology, etc.
Zhaohui (Joey) Yang is Professor of Civil
Engineering at the College of Engineering, the
University of Alaska Anchorage. He is currently
Department Chair, and Director of Geotechnical and
Frozen Ground Engineering Research Laboratory.
Prof. Yang received his Ph.D. degree from the
University of California, Davis. His expertise lies in
geotechnical earthquake engineering and frozen
ground engineering. He has been active in conducting
research on deep foundation engineering, particularly
cold regions-related issues and impact of warm
and/or thawing permafrost on the built infrastructure,
with financial sponsorship from US Dept. of Energy,
Dept. of Transportation, US Geological Survey, State
of Alaska Dept. of Transportation, and other private
entities. He has four patents pending, authored or co-
authored more than 80 refereed papers, including 40
peer-reviewed journal articles, and published more
than 20 technical reports.
Dr. Jiangu Qian is a professor and the deputy head
of Department of Geotechnical Engineering at Tongji
University, China. He graduated from Chang’an
University, China in 1996. After that, he was a
postgraduate student and completed his PhD in
Geotechnical Engineering at Tongji University,
China in 2003. He was employed as a research
associate at the University of Hong Kong in 2005 and
as a visiting scholar at the University of South
California, USA in 2008-2009. Dr. Qian is currently
a vice president of the Youth Scholar Work
Committee of CISMGE (Chinese Institution of Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering) and also a
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member of ISSMGE TC202-Transportation
Geotechnics.
Dr. Shijin Feng is a Professor in the Department of
Geotechnical Engineering at Tongji University and
the Associate Head of the Institute of Foundation
Engineering. He obtained PhD degree in
Geotechnical Engineering in 2005 from Zhejiang
University. He took up a lectureship at Tongji
University in 2005 and he was also a Visiting Scholar
at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2010.
His current research focuses on soil dynamics,
earthquake engineering, geoenvironmental
engineering and deep foundation. He has published
over 100 peer reviewed papers and received some
awards of which notable are: "Changjiang Young
Scholar" by Ministry of Education, The Young Chief
Scientist of the National Basic Research Program of
China and the Royal Society-Newton Advanced
Fellowship.
Dr. Huabei Liu graduated in Hydraulic Engineering
from Hohai University in 1996. He obtained a Ph.D.
in Civil Engineering at Columbia University in 2003.
From 2003 to 2007 he was a lecturer and then
associate professor of geotechnical engineering at
Tsinghua University in China, and from 2007 to 2013
he was an assistant professor at the City University of
New York in USA, where he was granted tenure in
2013. In fall 2013 he joined Huazhong University of
Science and Technology as a full professor of
geotechnical engineering, where he specialises in
reinforced soil structures, underground structures,
and constitutive modeling, with a focus on the
behavior under dynamic loading.
Prof. Sabanayagam Thevanayagam is currently a
Professor at University at Buffalo, State University of
New York, USA. He completed his BS degree at
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and his MS and
PhD at Purdue University, USA. Worked in the
geotechnical consulting industry in California for
four year before returning to Academia. Current
research areas include liquefaction of silty soils, soil
remediation, and large scale laminar box shake table
testing and simulation of earthquake geotechnical
systems.
Dr. Zhu Bin got his PhD in City University of Hong
Kong in 2005 and acted as a visiting scholar in
Oxford University from 2009-2010. Now he is a
professor and the deputy director of the Geotechnical
Engineering Institute in Zhejiang University. His
research emphasis is the offshore geotechnical
engineering, in particular foundations of offshore
wind turbines. He has published 95 papers, among
which there are 30 papers indexed by SCI. His
several design approaches have been accepted by
Chinese codes.
Dr Jianhong Ye presently is working at Institute of
Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences. In 2012, Dr Ye got his PhD degree of
Offshore Geotechnics from University of Dundee
(UK) under the support EPSRC and ORS Award. His
research interests include: Offshore Geotechnics,
Seabed Liquefaction, Fluid-Structures-Seabed
Interaction (FSSI) and Computational Geomechanics.
His main contribution is the development of an
integrated numerical model FSSI-CAS 2D/3D which
can evaluate the dynamics of offshore structures and
the stability of seabed foundation under ocean wave
and seismic loading. Dr Ye has published over 20
papers in international journals. In recent 4 years, his
publication has been cited over 300 times (Google
Scholar).
Dr Lijun Deng joined in the University of Alberta,
Canada, in January 2013. Prior to this appointment,
he worked as a geotechnical engineer in Perth,
Australia, and graduated with a PhD degree from the
University of California, Davis, in 2012. At the U
Alberta, his current research interests are: 1) soil-
foundation interaction; 2) pile foundations in cold
regions; 3) ground improvement. He has a few
research grants funded by the Natural Science and
Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Dr. Yuande Zhou holds a position of Associate
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China. Prior to joining Tsinghua
University in 2010, he worked as a Postdoc Fellow at
The University of Hong Kong. Dr. Zhou earned his
Bachelor and PhD degrees from Tsinghua University
in 1999 and 2004, respectively. Dr. Zhou’s research
lies in computational geomechanics. He is interested
in solving problems that involve fracture and failure
of continuum, particle breakage and comminution,
etc, using various computational methods such as
finite element method, meshless methods, and
discrete element methods. His recent research effort
is to use statistic approaches and multi-scale models
to address the mobilization mechanism of failure
localization in geomaterials.
Dr. Guanlin Ye is Professor in the Department of
Civil Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Prof. Ye received his BE from Shanghai Jiao Tong
University in 1998, Master degree from Tongji
University in 2001, and PhD from Gifu University in
2014. Before he joined SJTU in 2007, he has been
worked in Geo-Research Institute in Japan for 3 years
as a researcher. His research topics were mainly on
three aspects: soil mechanics (laboratory testing and
constitutive modelling), numerical analysis on
geotechnical engineering (static and dynamic), and
shield tunnelling. He is trying to link the theoretical
research to the engineering practices. His research
has been supported by NSFC, Shanghai Government
and various contractors and service companies.
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Dr. Zhihua Wang is Professor in Nanjing Tech
University, National Registered Civil Engineer
(Geotechnical), Member of Committee of Soil
Dynamics, Chinese Society for Vibration
Engineering and Member of Earthquake Disaster
Reduction professional Committee, Chinese
Seismological Society. His research field is soil
mechanics and Earthquake Engineering. Current
research is mainly focused on the soil liquefaction.
Dr. Gang Wang is working as a professor in School
of Civil Engineering at Chongqing University, China.
He has ever worked as a senior engineer and deputy
chief engineer in the Yalong River Hydropower
Development Company (2005-2014). His research
interests cover constitutive modelling of soils,
geotechnical earthquake engineering, dam
engineering, numerical methods in geotechnical
engineering, etc.
Dr. Yumin Chen is an Associate Professor in
College of Civil and Transportation Engineering,
Hohai University, China. He graduated from Hohai
University in 2007 and received his Ph.D. degree. He
was a visiting scholar at Purdue University from July
2013 to July 2014, and had a short time visiting at the
University of Tokyo in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
His research interests include flow deformation
induced by liquefied sand, liquefaction mitigation of
desaturation method, numerical simulation of
geotechnical engineering. He is currently serving as
the vice director of Institute of Engineering Safety
and Disaster Prevention, Hohai University.
Ir Dr Eric Sze graduated from the University of
Hong Kong with his Bachelor Degree in Civil
Engineering and PhD Degree in Geotechnical
Engineering. He was awarded the Fugro’s Prize
commending his PhD research on cyclic liquefaction
of soil. He joined the Geotechnical Engineering
Office of the Hong Kong Government in year 2010,
and is now the Geotechnical Engineer of the
Standards and Testing Division. At present, he is in
charge of technical development work pertaining to
slope and earthquake engineering.
Ir Raymond Koo is a Geotechnical Engineer of the
Geotechnical Engineering Office of the Civil
Engineering and Development Department. He has a
variety of work experience in geotechnical
engineering projects in Hong Kong. He was
particularly developed his seismic skills in
earthquake hazard related projects, e.g. the GEO
seismic microzonation project in Hong Kong. He
also actively participated in earthquake conferences
and research with the local universities and the other
organizations, such as Earthquake Administration of
Guangdong Province, EFFIT, etc.
Dr. Wenqi Du is currently a research fellow in
Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang
Technological University in Singapore. Dr. Du
received his PhD degree in geotechnical engineering
from the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology in 2013, and his B.S. degree from
Tsinghua University in 2009. His research interest
includes ground motion characterization, site
response analysis, seismic slope stability and seismic
risk assessment, etc. He participated in developing
the ICRM-CAT software in 2015. The software
includes a comprehensive Singapore earthquake risk
assessment model, which can provide probabilistic
and scenario-based standard risk metrics at location
and portfolio level.
Prof. Fardin Jafarzadeh is an associate professor
and Head of Advanced Geotechnical Laboratory in
Civil Engineering Department of Sharif University of
Technology, since 1995. This university is ranked as
one of the top universities in Iran and East Asia. He
has served as Vice President of Iranian Geotechnical
Society for two terms from 2008 to 2014. His main
interested research areas are: Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering, Physical Modeling,
Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, Laboratory & In Situ
Testing and Embankment Dams Design and
Monitoring. Dr. Jafarzadeh has supervised more than
80 MSc. and PhD. students and published many
technical papers in related journals and presented in
international conferences.
Dr. Clarence Choi completed his PhD at the Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology in 2013.
He subsequently joined Golder Associates Ltd. in
Hong Kong as a geotechnical consultant, and
returned to the HKUST as a Research Assistant
Professor in 2015. Upon his return he was
concurrently appointed a junior fellow of the HKUST
Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study. His
research focuses on subaerial and subaqueous
landslide flow interaction with structures.
Dr. Duruo Huang graduated with B.E. from
Tsinghua University (2008). She subsequently joined
the world-leading oil service company Schlumger as
geophysics field engineer. After 3 years of
professional service, she continued her Ph.D study at
the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, and obtained Ph.D. from HKUST in
2016. Her research focuses on ground motion
simulation, soil-structure interaction and ocean
geotechnics. She has published 30 peer reviewed
papers, including 16 in SCI international journals.
She was awarded “Liu Huixian Earthquake
Engineering Scholarship Award” in 2014 for her
innovative research in earthquake ground motions.