On June 29, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held the 14th “Cloud Report” and invited Dr. Jeff Wang from City University of Hong Kong, to present a report named “15 years’ advances in DEM modeling of granular soils”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu, School of Civil Engineering. Prof. Mingjing Jiang, Vice dean of School of Civil Engineering, attended the report and delivered a welcome speech.
In the report, Dr. Jeff Wang first explained the background of research. Then he introduced the basic DEM modeling, and mainly explained the Micro-CT-based DEM modeling. The audience at the meeting had a deeper understanding of the DEM modeling of granular soils. After the report, Dr. Jeff Wang and the audience conducted an online discussion on related issues and took a group photo.
This “Cloud Report” attracted a total of 185 teachers and students from Tianjin University and other universities. They all responded enthusiastically to the report.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Dr. Jeff Wang:
Dr. Wang is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Wang is internationally well known for his works within the field of X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) characterization and discrete element method (DEM) modeling of the micromechanics of granular soils. Dr. Wang's work has been awarded the prestigious international prizes including 2011 Geotechnical Research Medal (UK Institution of Civil Engineers) and 2010 Higher Education Institutions Outstanding Research Award - Natural Science Award (the Ministry of Education of China). He has delivered a number of keynote and invited lectures in reputable international and domestic conferences, workshops and seminars. Dr. Wang currently serves as the editorial board member of “Soils and Foundations” (The Japanese Geotechnical Society). So far Dr. Wang has published over 70 SCI journal papers and has a Google Scholar Citation of 1,564 and H-index of 21.
(Corresponding：Yipeng Zhang)
