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Research Interests

  • Fundamental thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils and soil-structure interfaces, such as small strain stiffness, cyclic behaviour, thermal and suction effects

  • Constitutive modelling of soils and interfaces

  • Climate change adaptation of slopes and pavements

  • Energy geostructures

Awards and Honors

  • Top Cited Article Award 2022-2023, Vadose Zone Journal, 2024

  • Huang Wenxi - Chen Zongji Geomechanics Youth Award, Technical Committee of Geomechanics, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2023

  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2023

  • Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding, Faculty of Construction and Environment, PolyU, 2022

  • Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics, 2022

  • Tsui Tack Kong Young Scholar in Civil Engineering, Endowed Young Scholars Scheme of PolyU, 2021-2026

  • Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics, 2021

  • Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Young Researchers, Faculty of Construction and Environment, PolyU, 2021

  • State Natural Science Award (only 44 for all disciplines in China), State Council of the People’s Republic of China, 2020

  • Excellent Young Scientist (only 25 for all disciplines in Hong Kong and Macau), NSFC, 2020

  • Bright Spark Lecture Award, technical committee on unsaturated soils, ISSMGE, 2018

  • Keynote Paper Award, the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Malaysia, 2012

 

Externally Funded Research Projects

  • PI: Anisotropic hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated and structured loess, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).   

  • PI: Unsaturated soils and problematic soils, funded by the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 優秀青年科學基金(港澳). 

  • PI: Three-dimensional thermo-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils and interfaces with reference to energy piles, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).   

  • PI: Dissociation-induced deformation and instability of methane hydrate-bearing soils with various micro-structures, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

  • PI: Hydro-mechanical behaviour of fine-grained soil contaminated by liquid hydrocarbon, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

  • PI: Anisotropic stiffness of unsaturated soil under cyclic thermo-hydro-mechanical loads with principal stress rotations, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

  • PI: Cyclic thermo-mechanical behaviour of clay and sand with reference to energy piles, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

  • PI: Experimental study and constitutive modelling of monotonic and cyclic behaviour of unsaturated loess at different temperatures, funded by the Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

  • Co-I: Centrifuge modelling of the fatigue behaviour of an SCR in the touchdown zone under combined three-dimensional motions, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC). 

  • Co-I: Center for slope safety, funded by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

  • Co-I: Performance of unsaturated earthen embankments subject to climate change: centrifuge and numerical modelling, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

  • Co-I: Performance of floating energy piled foundations in clay subjected to thermal cycles: three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical modelling, funded by the General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC).

  • Co-I: Investigation and development of vegetated landfill cover using construction waste, funded by the General Programme of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

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