Dr. Yan-Gang Zhao received his Ph.D. in engineering from Nagoya University of Technology in 1996 and was awarded the National Special Expert in 2011, Foreign Academician of Japanese Academy of Engineering and Beijing Strategic Scientist in 2019. He has served as assistant researcher at the Institute of Engineering Mechanics of China Earthquake Administration, assistant professor and Associate professor at Nagoya University of Technology, and Professor at Kanagawa University and Beijing University of Technology.Dr. Chengshun Xu received her B.E. degree in water conservancy and hydropower construction engineering from North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Henan, China, in 2000, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geotechnical engineering from Dalian University of Technology, China, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Since 2006, Dr. Xu has been working in Faculty of Architecture, Civil And Transportation Engineering, Beijing University of Technology as an Professor.Dr. Fengjuan Chen received her B.E. degree in Theoterical and Applied Mechanics from JiLin University, JiLin, China, in 2009, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Lorraine University, France, in 2012 and 2017, respectively. Since May. 2021, Dr. Chen has been working in Faculty of Architecture, Civil And Transportation Engineering, Beijing University of Technology as an Assistant Professor.Dr. Zilan Zhong received his B.E. degree in Civil Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2009, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from The State University of New York at Buffalo, United States, in 2015. Since July. 2015, Dr. Zhong has been working in Faculty of Architecture, Civil And Transportation Engineering, Beijing University of Technology as an Associate Professor.Dr. Huiquan Miao received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2011 and 2018, respectively. From 2018 to 2019, Dr. Miao conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oklahoma and Colorado State University in the United States. From 2019 to 2020, Dr. Miao worked as a research assistant at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. From 2020 to 2023, Dr. Miao worked as an assistant professor in tenure-track at Beijing University of Technology. Since 2023, Dr. Miao has been an associate professor.Dr. Bu Zhang received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Road, Bridge, and River-Crossing Engineering (Geotechnical and Tunneling Engineering) from Chang’an University, Xi’an, China, in 2013 and 2016, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2019. Since 2021, Dr. Zhang has been in Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Transportation Engineering, Beijing University of Technology as a postdoc researcher and Assistant Professor.
