Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate in Geotechnical Engineering
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, Sept. 2021 - Present
  • Thesis: Multiphysics and Multiscale Modeling of Granular Soils Involving Phase Transition and Large Deformation
  • Supervisor: Prof. Jidong Zhao
• M.Eng in Hydraulic Structure Engineering
  • Hohai University, Nanjing, China, Sept. 2018 - Jul. 2021
  • Dissertation: Multiscale Investigation of Crushing behavior of Coarse-Grained Materials
  • Supervisor: Prof. Sihong Liu
• B.Eng in Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering,
  • Hohai University, Nanjing, China, Sept. 2014 - Jul. 2018

Experience

• Visiting Scholar
  • University of California, Berkeley, Oct. 2024 - May 2025
  • Host supervisor: Prof. Kenichi Soga
• Visiting Student
  • University College London, Jul. 2019 - Oct. 2019
  • Host supervisor: Prof. Yi Pik Helen Cheng
• Internship
  • Nanjing Hydaulic Research Institute, Sept. 2017 - Aug. 2018

Awards

• Overseas Research Award, HKUST, 2024
• RedBird Academic Excellence Award, HKUST, 2024
• Research travel grant, HKUST, 2024
• Excellent Master’s Thesis in Major of Hydraulic Engineering of Chinese Higher Education Institutions, 2022
• Excellent Master’s Thesis of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Provincial Degree Committee, 2022
• RedBird PhD Scholarship Program, HKUST, 2021
• Postgraduate Studentship, HKUST, 2021 - 2025
• Excellent Master’s Thesis, HHU, 2021
• Postgraduate “Science and Technology Star”, HHU, 2021
• Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province， 2020
• Excellent Master Thesis Cultivation Program (1 quota each college), HHU, 2019
• National Scholarship for Postgraduates (x2), MOE, 2019 & 2020
• First Class Postgraduate Scholarship (x3), HHU, 2018 & 2019 & 2020
• First Class prize of the “MathorCup” - the 9th College Mathematical Modeling Challenge, 2019
• Second Class prize of “HUWEI Cup”- the 15th China Postgraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 2018
• “Geokon” Scholarship, 2017
• “Zhejiang Reclaim Group” Scholarship, 2015
• Miscellaneous scholarships and awards at HHU, 2014 ~ 2018

(Last update at: Sep 2024)