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Stephen AU-YEUNG (Hong Kong; 2015)

MPhil thesis: Flume investigation of run-up mechanisms of granular and water surge flows impacting a rigid barrier

Dr Thayanan BOONYARAK (Thailand; 2013)

PhD thesis: Three-dimensional interaction of multiple crossing tunnels: centrifuge and numerical modeling thesis

Dr. Qipeng CAI (Mainland China; 2011)

PhD thesis: Centrifuge, analytical and numerical modeling of normal fault propagation in uncemented and cemented soils

Anthony CHAN (Hong Kong; 2017)

FYP thesis: Physical modelling of bi-disperse glass bead flows interacting with a slit structure (Mitigating debris flow risks for a sustainable Hong Kong)

Current position: Management Trainee (Hysan Development Company Ltd.)

Chung Yie CHAN (Hong Kong; 2004)

MPhil thesis: Centrifuge modelling of behaviour of piles in consolidating ground

Fai CHAN (Hong Kong; 2005)

MPhil thesis: Termination criteria for and behaviour of jacked piles in completely decomposed granite

Sze Ho CHAN (Hong Kong; 2006)

MPhil thesis: Negative skin friction on piles in consolidating ground

Yam Ming CHAN (Hong Kong; 2008)

MPhil thesis: Centrifuge and three dimensional numerical modelling of CDG filled slopes reinforced with different nail inclinations

Li’ang CHEN (Mainland China; 2016)

MPhil thesis: Effects of twin-tunnel excavation on existing horseshoe shaped tunnel

Long CHEN (Mainland China)
Dr Rui CHEN (Mainland China; 2007)

PhD thesis title: Experimental study and constitutive modelling of stress-dependent coupled hydraulic hysteresis and mechanical behaviour of an unsaturated soil

Current position: Associate Professor (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen)

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Dr Xunwen CHEN (Mainland China; 2017)

Thesis title: Effects of Plant-Microbes Interaction on Geotechnical Properties of Landfill Topsoils

Current position: Post-doctoral fellow (HKUST)

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Yonghui CHEN (Mainland China)
Dr Bruce Zhong Kui CHEN (Mainland China; 2016)

PhD thesis title: Gas breakthrough and emission in unsaturated landfill final cover with consideration of cracks

Current position: Post-doctoral fellow (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen)

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Dr Helen Yi Pik CHENG (Hong Kong; 1999)

MPhil thesis: Soil-structure interaction of spread-base integral bridge abutments

PhD thesis: Micromechanical investigation of soil plasticity (Cambridge)

Current position: Senior Lecturer, University College London

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Dr Qing CHENG (Mainland China; 2017)

Thesis title: Volumetric behaviour of intact and recompacted loess under thermo-hydro-mechanical loading

Current position: post-doctoral fellow (HKUST)

Contact phone number: +852 5489 7543

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Ir Dr Johnny Chi Yin CHEUK (Hong Kong; 2001)

MPhil thesis: Investigations of soil nails in loose fill slopes

Ph.D. thesis: Soil-Pipeline Interaction at the Seabed

Current position: Aecom Geotechnical (HK)

William Wang Cheung (Hong Kong; 2016)

MPhil thesis: Flume and discrete element investigation of the influence of rigid barrier deflector angle on dry granular overflow mechanisms

Dr Abraham Chung-Fai Chiu (Hong Kong; 2001)

Thesis title: Behaviour of unsaturated loosely compacted weathered materials

Current position: Professor, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

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Dr Clarence Edward CHOI (Canada; 2013)Thesis title: Flume and discrete element investigation of granular flow mechanisms and interaction with baffles

Current position: Assistant Professor (HKU)

King Hei CHUNG (Hong Kong; 2004)

MPhil thesis: Three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical studies of multiple tunnel interaction

Dr Jason Lim COO (Philippines; 2016)

Thesis title: Water infiltration into a three-layer landfill cover system using recycled concrete and nanomaterials

Current position: Post-doctoral fellow (HKUST)

Contact phone number: +852-62151271

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Dr Yifei CUI (Mainland China; graduated in 2016 from the University of Alberta)

PhD Thesis title: Solid and fluid coupling in discrete element method

Current position: Post-doctoral fellow (HKUST)

Dr Zhen-Dong Cui (Mainland China; Post-doc at HKUST from 2008 to 2009)

Current position: Dean (Dean of Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology)

Hongguo DIAO (Mainland China)
Yu DIAO (Mainland China; Postdoc)
Xuanming DING (Mainland China)
Dr Song FENG (Mainland China; 2016)

Thesis title: Theoretic study of coupled water-gas-heat flow in unsaturated soils considering the effect of vegetation and methane oxidation

Kin Yew Fong (Malaysia; 2017)

M.Phil thesis: Multiple tunnel interaction: circular versus horse-shoe shaped tunnels in clay

Wai Tong FUNG (Hong Kong; 2001)

MPhil thesis: Experimental study and centrifuge modeling of loose fill slope

Dr Ankit GARG (India; 2015)

PhD thesis title: Effects of vegetation types and characteristics on induced soil suction

Current position: Associate Professor, Shantou University (China)

Research interests: Application of sustainable materials in Green infrastructure

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Contact phone: +86-15007542863

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Energy and Environment group at Shantou University

Biwei GONG (Mainland China)
M. W. Gui
  Dr Anthony GUNAWAN (Indonesia; 2017)

Thesis title: Ultimate and serviceability limit states of floating energy pile in sand

Current position: Geotechnical Consultant

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Dr Yi Hong (Mainland China; 2012)

PhD thesis: Ground deformation and base instability of deep excavation in soft clay subjected to hydraulic uplift

Mr SK Belal HOSSEN (Bangladesh; 2015)

MPhil thesis title: Stress Dependent Water Retention Curve and Volumetric Behavior of Intact and Re-compacted Loess

Current position: Assistant Resident Engineer (Geotechnical), Ove Arup and Partners (Hong Kong)

Yujing HOU (Mainland China)
Dr Liwen HU (Mainland China; 2010)

PhD thesis: Consolidation behaviour of soft soil subjected to on-land and underwater vacuum preloading

Yuedong HU (Mainland China)
Dr Raejee KAEWSONG (Thailand; 2017)

Current position: Lecturer at Walailak University (Thailand)

Dr Viroon KAMCHOOM (Thailand; 2015)

Thesis title: Effects of root geometry and transpiration on slope stability : centrifuge and numerical modelling

Current position: Lecturer (King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand)

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Dr Gangqiang KONG (Mainland China; visiting scholar at HKUST from 2014-2015)

Current position: Professor (Hohai University, China)

Contact phone number: +86-25-8378-6834

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Dr Raymond Chi Hung KOO (Hong Kong; 2017)

Current position: Geotechnical Engineer (Geotechnical Engineering Office of the Civil Engineering and Development Department, Hong Kong)

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Chun Hon LAI (Hong Kong; 2004)

MPhil thesis: Experimental study of stress-dependent soil-water characteristics and their applications on numerical analysis of slope stability

Jacky Shun Yin LAI (Hong Kong; 2017)

MSc thesis: Effect of size ratio of granular flow on barrier (Mitigating debris flow risks for a sustainable Hong Kong)

Current position: Geotechnical Engineering Graduate (Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited)

Contact number: +852 9082 5311

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Sze Yue LAM (Hong Kong; 2006)

MPhil thesis: Effects of axial load, shielding and shape on negative skin friction on piles

Dr. Raymond Pak Hei LAW (Hong Kong; 2015)

Thesis title: Computational Study of Granular Debris Flow Impact on Rigid Barriers and Baffles

C. J. LEE
Nang Lap LEE (Hong Kong; 2007)

MPhil thesis: Analytical, centrifuge and numerical modelling of underwater vacuum consolidation of soft clay

Shung Kee LEE (Hong Kong; 2001)

MPhil thesis: Effects of weathering on geological and geotechnical properties of granite and tuff in Hong Kong

Gordon Tsz Kit LEE (Hong Kong; 2003)

MPhil thesis: Three-dimensional numerical studies of “NATM” tunnelling in stiff clay

Dr Guohui LEI (Mainland China; 2001)

Thesis title: Behaviour of excavated rectangular piles (barrettes) in granitic saprolites

Contact phone number: +86-13851922201

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Anthony Kwan LEUNG (Hong Kong; 2011)

PhD thesis: Field and laboratory studies of a saprolitic hillslope subjected to seasonal variations

Dr Ho Yee LEUNG (Hong Kong)

PhD thesis: The anisotropic small strain stiffness of completely decomposed tuff and its effects on deformations associated with excavations

Guowei LI (Mainland China)
Jonathan Hiu-Ming LI (Hong Kong; 2000)

MPhil thesis: Side shear resistance of large diameter bored piles in geomaterials

Dr Qing LI (Mainland China; 2013)

Thesis title: Long-term settlement mechanisms of shield tunnels in Shanghai soft clay

Current position: Senior Engineer (ARCPLUS group, and Shanghai Underground space engineering design and research institute, China)

Kelly LIM
Sue Gin LIM (2012)

MPhil thesis: Three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical modelling the effects of construction sequences on perpendicularly crossing tunnels

Sandar LIN
Dr Hongwei LIU (Mainland China; 2017)
Jian LIU (Visiting scholar)
Jian-kun LIU (Mainland China)
Hu Lv (Mainland China)
Dr Yaru LV (Mainland China)

Thesis title: Bearing capacity and deformation mechanism of XCC piled raft

Research interests: research interests: pile foundations and dynamic behavior of soil

Current position: post-doctoral fellow (HKUST)

Contact phone numbers: +86 13770539157, +852 52278475

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Dr Shaokun MA (Mainland China)

Current positions: Professor (Guangxi University, China); Visiting Professor (University of Newcastle, Australia)

Contact phone: (+86)13471031572

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Dr Qingyi MU (Mainland China; 2016)
Sean Wan Lung NG (Hong Kong; 2002)

MPhil thesis: Effects of construction on the performance of large excavated piles supported by bentonite

Dr Junjun NI (Mainland China; 2017)

Thesis title: effects of planting spacing and mixed plant types on root characteristics and induced soil suction

Current position: post-doctoral fellow (HKUST)

Contact phone number: + 852 9142 2037

WeChat: nijunjun007

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Chung Nga NIP (Hong Kong; 2000)

MPhil thesis: Analysis of laterally loaded large-diameter bored piles in Hong Kong

Dr. Derrick Yat Bond PANG (Hong Kong; 2014)

PhD thesis: Load distributions and settlement performances of foundation systems with large diameter bored piles

Yue Wai PANG (Hong Kong; 1999)

MPhil thesis: Investigation on soil-water characteristics and their applications on stability of unsaturated soil slopes

Dr Siyuan PENG (Mainland China; 2012)

PhD thesis: Influence of stress relief due to deep excavation on capacity of pile foundations

Yang PING (Mainland China)
Dr Hamed SADEGHI (Iran; 2016)

Thesis title: A micro-structural study on hydro-mechanical behaviour of loess

Jie SHEN (Mainland China)
Chao SHI (Mainland China; 2015)

MPhil thesis: Centrifuge modelling of floating energy piles in saturated sand and clay

Dr Jiangwei SHI (Mainland China; 2015)

PhD thesis: Investigation of three-dimensional tunnel responses due to basement excavation

Liangyu SHI (Mainland China; 2004)

MPhil thesis: Influence of artificial weak cementation on loose silty sand behavior

Dr Dongri SONG (Mainland China; 2016)

Thesis title: Mechanisms of debris flow impact on rigid and flexible barriers

Current position: Associate Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Dr Mukhtiar Ali SOOMRO (Pakistan, 2013)

Thesis title: Effects of advancing twin tunnels on pile group

Current position: Assistant Professor (Quaid-e-Awam University of Science and Technology, Pakistan)

Dr Andy Yuchen SU (Mainland China; 2017)

Thesis title: Cushion Mechanisms of Coarse Granular and Foam Materials subjected to Successive Boulder Impacts

Hua-sheng SUN (Mainland China)
Yuen Fong SUN (Hong Kong; 1999)

MPhil thesis: Small strain behavior of decomposed granite in relation to deep excavations in Hong Kong

Danise Ka Wa TANG (Hong Kong; 2001)

MPhil thesis title: Numerical studies of multiple NATM tunnel interaction in soft ground

Current position: Director, Geotech Engineering Ltd.

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Rafa Tasnim (Bangladesh; 2018)

MPhil Thesis: Impact of climatic changes on vegetation and induced suction in soil slopes

Man Kit TSE (Hong Kong; 2007)

MPhil thesis: Centrifuge and three dimensional numerical modelling of CDG filled slopes reinforced with different nail inclinations

Yin Man TSE (Hong Kong; 2008)

MPhil thesis: Laboratory and field studies of drying-wetting effects on shear strength, SDSWCC and permeability of an unsaturated saprolite

Bin WANG (Mainland China; 2000)

MPhil thesis: Stress effects on soil-water characteristics of unsaturated expansive soils

Ran WANG (Mainland China; 2016)

MPhil thesis: Effects of the existing tunnel shape on three-dimensional crossing tunnels interaction in sand: centrifuge and numerical modelling

Shuhua WANG (Mainland China; 2016)

MPhil thesis title: Cyclic thermal strain behaviors of saturated sand and clay

Current position: Investment Analyst (Fosun Hani Securities, Hong Kong)

Contact phone number: +852 5643 1984

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Dr Yu WANG (Mainland China; 2000)

MPhil thesis: The characteristics of granitic saprolites at small strains

Mr David Jiaqi WEI (Mainland China; 2017)

MPhil thesis title: Response of a floating pile to adjacent single and double multi-propped excavations in sand

Current position: Geotechnical engineer (Shanghai)

Dr Kwong Soon WONG (2012)

Thesis title: Passive failure and deformation mechanisms due to tunnelling in sand and clay

Current position: Senior Lecturer (Curtin University, Malaysia)

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Ming Hoi WONG (Hong Kong; 2004)

MPhil thesis: Investigation of capacity, interactions and failure criteria of jacked pile groups in sand by centrifuge modelling

Dr James Tsz Fung WONG (Hong Kong; 2017)

Thesis title: The effects of biochar on bacterial communities and geotechnical properties of landfill cover soils

Current position: post-doctoral fellow, HKUST

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  Eric Kai Xiang WOON (Malaysia; 2013)

MPhil thesis: Field and laboratory investigations of Bermuda grass induced suction and distribution

Current position: Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Meso Solutions (Sydney)

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Anny Mengyao XIE (Mainland China; 2016)

Thesis title: Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide Using GGBS Amended Soil – Capacity, Regeneration and Mechanisms

Current position: R&D at Acoustic Metamaterials Group Ltd, Hong Kong

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Guangming XU (Mainland China)
Dr Jie XU (Mainland China; 2011)

PhD thesis: Experimental study of effects of suction history and wetting-drying on small strain stiffness of an unsaturated soil

Dr Ryan Wai Man YAN (Hong Kong; 1999, 2003)

MPhil thesis: Three-dimensional modelling of diaphragm wall installation

PhD thesis: Experimental study and constitutive modelling of re-compacted completely decomposed granite

Current position: Senior lecturer, University of Auckland

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Terence Lap Yan Yau (Hong Kong; 2000)

MPhil thesis: Capacity and failure criteria of bored piles in soils and rocks

Kevin YEUNG (Hong Kong; 2017)

FYP thesis: Influence of particle volume ratio in bi-disperse granular flow interacting with slit-structures (Mitigating debris flow risks for a sustainable Hong Kong)

Current position: Geotechnical Engineering Graduate (GEO, CEDD, Hong Kong)

Ruiwang YU (Mainland China; 2015)

MPhil thesis: Centrifuge modelling of hydrological and mechanical effects of vegetation on slope stability

Ho Mei YUNG (Hong Kong; 2007)

MPhil thesis: Governing parameters for stress-dependent soil-water characteristics, conjunctive flow and slope stability

See Yuen YUNG (Hong Kong; 2004)

MPhil thesis: Determination of shear wave velocity and anisotropic shear modulus of an unsaturated soil

Dr Liangtong ZHAN (Mainland China; 2003)

PhD thesis: Field and laboratory study of an unsaturated expansive soil associated with rain-induced slope instability

Hua ZHANG (Mainland China)
Dr Min ZHANG (Mainland China; 2006)

PhD thesis: Centrifuge modelling of potentially liquefiable loose fill slopes with and without soil nails

Yu-ting ZHANG (Mainland China)
Dr Chao ZHOU (Mainland China; 2014)

Thesis title: Experimental study and constitutive modelling of cyclic behaviour at small strains of unsaturated soils at various temperatures

Current position: Research Assistant Professor (HKUST)

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Dr Gordon Gongdan ZHOU (Mainland China; 2010)

Thesis title: The Mechanisms of Debris Flow

Current positions:

(i) Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

(ii) Deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Earth Surface Process, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

(iii) Director of the National Dongchuan Debris Flow Observation and Research Station

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Xiaowen ZHOU (Mainland China)
Dr Robin Zhengbing ZHOU (Mainland China; 2008)

Thesis title: Centrifuge and three-dimensional numerical modelling of steep CDG slopes reinforced with different sizes of nail heads

Current position: Principal Engineer (Tunnels and Geotechnics) at Arcadis, Hong Kong

Contact phone number: +852 2911 2583

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Dr Hong ZHU (Mainland China)

PhD thesis: Probabilistic evaluation and field testing of the stability and erodibility of vegetated slopes