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.