Professor Lin Der Guy: SEAGS 50th Anniversary Lecturer

Lecture Titled: Evaluating the Efficiency of Subsurface Drainage for Large Landslides in Taiwan

Prof. Lin Der Quay

Dr. Lin Der Guy is currently, Professor in the Department of Soil and Water Conservation at the National Chung-Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan. He did his B.S. in Civil Engineering (1979), National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. M. Eng. in Civil Engineering (1981), National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Geotechnical Engineering). Dr. Lin’s Ph D is from AIT under a full scholarship by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan in 1993.

Prof. Lin’s interest in Geotechnical Engineering span over a large number of interesting fields: Ecological Engineering, Numerical Analyses in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil and Water Conservation; Computer-Aided Design in Slope Engineering; Mitigation and Prevention of Sediment-Related Disaster ; Analysis and Design of Ecological Engineering; Mechanics of Plant Root and Stability Analysis of Vegetated Slope; Landslides and Debris Flow.

Prof. Lin is an author of nearly hundred research papers and supervised many Doctoral and Masters students. He is the recipient of a large number of research projects from: Council of Agriculture, National Science Council and Public Construction Commission of the Executive Yuan Taiwan.