CURRICULUM VITAE
Hannah, Wan-Huan ZHOU
Ph.D. M. ASCE. Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Science and Technology
University of Macau
Address: Room E11-3014,
Faculty of Science and Technology
University of Macau, Macau, China
Tel: (853) 8822 4469. Email: hannahzhou@umac.mo
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2008 Ph.D. Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Topic: “Experimental and Theoretical Study on Pullout Resistance of Grouted Soil Nails”
2005 MSc. in Geotechnical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Topic: “Study on the Negative Skin Friction of Single Piles during the Consolidation of Ground”
2002 B.Eng in Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Minor diploma on “High-tech Innovation Management” Chu Kechen Honors College, Zhejiang University
Final Year Thesis: “Study on 1-D Nonlinear Consolidation of Multi-Layered Soil Using DQM”
HONORS AND AWARDS
Oct 2011 2011 R. M. Quigley Award – Honourable Mention for paper published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal in 2010.
Presented by Canadian Geotechnical Society, for paper entitled ”New mixed boundary, true triaxial loading device for testing three-dimensional stress–strain–strength behaviour of geomaterials” by Jian-Hua Yin, Chun-Man Cheng, Md. Kumruzzaman, and Wan- Huan Zhou.
May 2011 Award for Excellent Paper 2011 to Wan-Huan Zhou
Presented by International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) for the following paper published in ASCE. Influence of Grouting Pressure and Overburden Stress on the Interface Resistance of a Soil Nail, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 135, No. 9, 2009, by Jian- Hua Yin and Wan-Huan Zhou.
Nov 2006 P&Ls’ Award to Wan-Huan Zhou
for the best paper in the area of Construction at Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference 2006, Faculty of Construction & Land Use in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Publications
1. Zhou W.H., Yuen K.V. and Tan F. (2014) Estimation of soil-water characteristic curve for granular soils with different initial dry densities, Engineering Geology, DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.06.013. (Publish-Ahead-of-Print) (SCI, IF: 1.403, Rank =6/32, Q1 – Engineering, Geological)
2. Zhou W.H., Zhao L.S. and Li X.B. (2014). A simple analytical solution to one- dimensional consolidation for unsaturated soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. Vol. 38: 794-810. (SCI, IF: 1.055, Rank =15/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 1)
3. Zhou W.H. and Zhao L.S. (2014) One-dimensional consolidation of unsaturated soil subjected to time-dependent loading with various initial and boundary conditions, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE. Vol. 14, No. 2. pp: 291-301. (SCI, IF: 0.814, Times Cited: 1)
4. Hu Ya-Yuan, Zhou W.H. and Cai Yuanqiang (2014) Large strain elastic visco-plastic consolidation analysis of very soft clay layers with vertical drains under preloading. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 51(2), 144-157. (SCI, IF: 0.811, Rank=18/32, Q3 – Engineering, Geological)
5. Zhou W.H., Yuen K.-V., Tan F. (2013). Estimation of Maximum Pullout Shear Stress of Grouted Soil Nails Using Bayesian Probabilistic Approach. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE. 13(5), 659–664. (SCI, IF: 0.814)
6. Hong C.Y., Yin J.H., Pei H.F. and Zhou W.H. (2013) Experimental Study on the Pullout Resistance of Pressure Grouted Soil Nails in the Field, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 50(7): 693-704. (SCI, IF: 0.811, Rank=18/32, Q3 – Engineering, Geological)
7. Zhou Wan-Huan, Chen Ren-Peng, Zhao Lin-Shuang, Xu Zheng-Zhong, Chen Yun-Min. (2012) “A semi-analytical method for the analysis of pile-supported embankments”. J Zhejiang Univ-Sci A (Applied Physics & Engineering), Vol. 13 No.11, 888-894. (SCI, IF: 0.527, Rank=58/90, Q3 – Engineering, Multidisciplinary, Times Cited: 1)
8. Yin J.H., Hong C.Y., and Zhou W.H. (2012). Simplified Analytical Method for Calculating the Maximum Shear Stress of Nail‐Soil Interface. International Journal of
Geomechanics, ASCE, 12(3), 309–317. (SCI, IF: 0.814, Times Cited: 2)
9. Hong C.Y., Yin J.H., Zhou W.H. and Pei H.F. (2012) Analytical Study on Progressive Pullout Behavior of a Soil Nail. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 138(4), pp. 500-507. (SCI, IF: 1.156, Rank=13/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 3)
10. Zhou W.H., Yin J.H. and Hong C.Y. (2011) Finite Element Modelling of Pullout Testing on a Soil Nail in a Pullout Box Under Different Overburden and Grouting Pressures. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 557-567. April 2011. (SCI, IF: 0.811, Rank=18/32, Q3 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 5)
11. Yin J.H., Zhou W.H., Kumruzzaman M. (2011). A Rigid-Flexible Boundary True Triaxial Apparatus for Testing Soils in a Three-Dimensional Stress State. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. Vol. 34 No. 3. pp. 1-8. (SCI, IF: 0.246, Rank=29/32, Q4 – Engineering, Geological)
12. Su L.J., Yin J.H., and Zhou W.H. (2010). Influences of Overburden Pressure and Soil Dilation on Soil Nail Pull-out Resistance. Computers and Geotechnics. 37(4): 555–564. (SCI, IF: 1.224, Rank=10/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 3)
13. Hong C.Y., Yin J.H., Jin W., Wang C., Zhou W.H. and Zhu H.H. (2010).
Comparative Study on the Elongation Measurement of a Soil Nail Using Optical Lower Coherence Interferometry Method and FBG Method. Advances in Structural Engineering. Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 309-319. (SCI, IF: 0.489, Rank=85/122, Q3 – Engineering, Civil, Times Cited: 2)
14. Yin J.H., Cheng C.M., Kumruzzaman M., and Zhou W.H. (2010). New Mixed Boundary, True Triaxial Loading Device for Testing Three-Dimensional Stress-Strain- Strength Behaviour of Geomaterials, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 47(1): 1–15. (SCI, IF: 0.811, Rank=18/32, Q3 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 3)
15. Yin J.H. and Zhou W.H. (2009). Influence of Grouting Pressure and Overburden Stress on the Interface Resistance of a Soil Nail. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE. 135(9): 1198-1208. (SCI, IF: 1.156, Rank=13/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 14)
16. Chen R.P., Zhou W.H., and Chen Y.M. (2009). Influences of Soil Consolidation and Pile Load on the Development of Negative Skin Friction of a Pile. Computers and Geotechnics. 36(8): 1265-1271. (SCI, IF: 1.224, Rank=10/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 6)
17. Zhou W.H. and Yin J.H. (2009). Reply to “Discussion of a simple mathematical model for soil nail and soil interaction analysis” Computers and Geotechnics 35 (2008)
479-488. Computers and Geotechnics. 36(4): 688. (SCI, IF: 1.224, Rank=10/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological)
18. Zhou W.H. and Yin J.H. (2008). A Simple Mathematical Model for Soil Nail and Soil Interaction Analysis. Computers and Geotechnics. 35(3): 479-488. (SCI, IF: 1.224, Rank=10/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 12)
19. Chen R.P., Zhou W.H., Wang H.Z., and Chen Y.M. (2005). One-Dimensional Nonlinear Consolidation of Multi-Layered Soil by Differential Quadrature Method. Computers and Geotechnics. 32(5): 358–369. (SCI, IF: 1.224, Rank=10/32, Q2 – Engineering, Geological, Times Cited: 12)
Conference Papers:
1. Zhou W.H., Li X.B. and Hong C.Y. (2014) Analytical study on the consolidation of soft soil under vacuum preloading combined with fill surcharge, Proceedings of 14th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (14th ICIACMAG) , Kyoto, Japan, 22-25 September,
2014. In press.
2. Zhou W.H. and Xu X. (2014) Unconfined compression strength of unsaturated completely decomposed granite soil with different clay mixing ratios, Proceedings of IS-Cambridge 2014, Cambridge, UK, 1-3 September, 2014, In press.
3. Zhou W.H., Zhao L.S. and Li X.B. (2014) Analytical Study for Geosynthetic Reinforced Embankment on Elastic Foundation, GeoShanghai International Conference 2014, Shanghai, China, May 26-28, 2014. Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics GSP 238, Edited by Jie Han, Anand J. Puppala, Shui-Long Shen, Sadik Oztoprak, Jie Huang, pp. 444-451.
4. Zhou W.H. and Zhao L.S. (2014) Consolidation of Two-Layer System for
Unsaturated Soil with Differential Quadrature Method, Geo-Congress 2014
Technical Papers: Geo-Characterization and Modeling for Sustainability, Proceedings of the 2014 Geo-Congress, held in Atlanta, Georgia, February 23-26,
2014. Edited by Murad Abu-Farsakh and Laureano R. Hoyos, GSP234, pp. 3994-
4003.
5. Zhou W.H., Tan F. and Yuen K.V. (2013). “The Modified Fredlund and Xing Equation For The Soil-Water Characteristic Curve”, Proceedings of the 18th Southeast Asian geotechnical conference cum inaugural AGSSEA conference, 29 –
31 May 2013, Singapore. Advances in Geotechnical Infrastructure, Edited by C. F. Leung, S. H. Goh & R. F. Shen, Published by Research Publishing. Page 979-984.
6. Zhou W.H. and Tu S. (2013). “Vertical Drain Consolidation Of Unsaturated Soils With Different Permeability Coefficients”. Proceedings of the 18th Southeast Asian geotechnical conference cum inaugural AGSSEA conference, 29 – 31 May 2013, Singapore. Advances in Geotechnical Infrastructure, ISBN: 978-981-07-4948-4, Edited by C. F. Leung, S. H. Goh & R. F. Shen. Published by Research Publishing. Page 201-206.
7. Zhou W.H. and Mei G.X. (2012) “Experimental Study on Vacuum Preloading with Combination of Fill Surcharge”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control: Transportation Infrastructure Development and Natural Hazards Mitigation, ICGI 2012, 30 Oct. – 2 Nov. 2012, University of Wollongong, Australia, B. Indraratna, C. Rujikiatkamjorn and J S Vinod (editors). vol. 1: 337-382. doi: 10.3850/978-981-07-3559-3_01-0106
8. Zhou W.H., Zhao L.S., Chen Ren-Peng, Xu Zheng-Zhong, Chen Yun-Min. (2012) “Settlement and Consolidation of Pile-Supported Embankments”. Theories and technologies for high-speed transportation infrastructure, Editors: Chen, R; Yu, X; Bian, X. International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for High-speed Transportation Infrastructure (IS-GeoTrans), Hangzhou, China, October 26 to 28,
2012. pp. 329.
9. Zhou W.H., Tu S. “Unsaturated Consolidation in a Sand Drain oundation by
Differential Quadrature Method”, Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 5,
2012, Pages 52-57, ISSN 1878-5220, 2012 International Conference on Structural
Computation and Geotechnical Mechanics, March 24-25, 2012, Kunming, China.
10. Zhou W.H., Tan F. and Yuen K.V. (2011) “Estimation of Pullout Resistance of
Grouted Soil Nails Using Bayesian Probabilistic Approach.” Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Solutions, Proceedings of the 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong, China, 23–27 May 2011.
11. Zhang M.S., Zhou W.H., Yuen K.V. and Wang S.H. (2011) “Progressive Failure and Collapse of Jointed Rock Mass Using Discrete Element Method.” Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Solutions, Proceedings of the 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong, China, 23–27 May 2011.
12. Yin J.H., Zhou W.H., and Hong C. Y. (2010) Pullout resistance of a soil nail in a completely decomposed granite soil under different overburden stresses and grouting pressures. In: Proceedings of the 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Canadian Permafrost Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 12-16, 2010, pp.862-870.
13. Zhou W.H., Yin J.H., and Hong C.Y. (2010) Effects of Overburden Stress and Grouting Pressure on Soil Nail Pullout Resistance, The Seventeenth Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference (17SEAGC), Taipei, Taiwan, May 10-13, 2010, pp.248-
251.
14. Hong C.Y., Yin J.H., Pei H.F., Xu E.M., and Zhou W.H. (2010) Study on Cement Grout Quality of Model Soil Nails Measured Using Long Gage FBG Sensing Technology, The 17th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference (17SEAGC), Taipei, Taiwan, May 10-13, 2010, pp. 237-240.
15. Zhu H.H., Yin J.H., Jin W., and Zhou W.H. (2008). The Monitoring of Soil Nail Pull-Out Tests by Optical Fiber Sensors. 2nd Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Construction and Land Use, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2008, pp.25-34.
16. Yin J.H., Zhou W.H., Kumruzzaman M., and Cheng C.M. (2008). Rigid Sliding Plate and Flexible Boundary Loading Device for True Triaxial Testing and 3-D True Triaxial Testing Results of Geomaterials. The 25th China National Symposium on Geotechnical Testing. Hangzhou, China. October 24-26, 2008: 43-50.
17. Zhou W.H. and Yin J.H. (2007). Study on the Effect of Soil Dilation and Overburden Pressure on The Soil Nail Pull-out Resistance by Numerical Modelling. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Constitutive Modelling – Development, Implementation, Evaluation, and Application. Hong Kong, Jan 12-13,
2007: 334-341.
18. Yin J.H., Kumruzzaman M., Cheng C.M. and Zhou W.H. (2007) An Innovative True Triaxial Loading Device and Test Results. Proceedings of the 10th National Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Chong Qing, November. 1-4, 2007: 260-264.
19. Yin J.H., Kumruzzaman M., and Zhou W.H. (2007). Advanced and Specialized Laboratory Facilities for Soil Testing – The State of The Art. New Frontiers in Chinese and Japanese Geotechniques. Proceedings of the 3rd Sino-Japan Geotechnical Symposium, Chongqing, China, November 4-7, 2007: 21-29.
20. Zhou W.H., Yin J.H., Zhu H.H. and Hong C.Y. (2007). Study on The Effects of Grouting Pressure and Overburden Pressure on The Pullout Resistance of Soil Nails. The Proceedings of 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 8th joint CGS/IAH- CNC Groundwater Conference Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. October 21-24, 2007: 985-
990.
21. Zhu H.H., Yin J.H., Jin W., and Zhou W.H. (2007). Soil Nail Monitoring Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors During Pullout Tests. The Proceedings of 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 8th joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference Ottawa,
22. Yin J.H., Kumruzzaman M. and Zhou W.H. (2007). Laboratory Facilities for Measuring the Stress-Strain-Strength Behavior of Soils – The State of The Art. In Dong S.L., ed., Proceedings of the Fourth Cross-Strait Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Hangzhou, China, April 24-26 2007, Zhejiang University Press, 187-201.
23. Zhou W.H. and Yin. J.H. (2006). A Simplified Model for A Grouted Soil Nail and
Soil Interaction. Proceedings of 1st Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference 2006
FCLU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Hong Kong, 2006.11.4: 17-24.
24. Su L.J., Yin J.H., Chu L.M. and Zhou W.H. (2006). Physical Modeling of Soil Nail in A Soil Slope Using An Innovative Laboratory Pull-out Box. Proceedings of the
6th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics – ICPMG’06. Vol 1. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, August
4-6, 2006: 571-576.
25. Zhou W.H., Chen R.P., and Chen Y.M. (2006). Development of Negative Skin
Friction of Piles on Soft Ground. Proc. of Int. Conf. Foundation Analysis and Design
– Innovative Methods, GeoShanghai 2006. Shanghai, June 6-8, 2006. Geotechnical
Special Publication (GSP) No. 153, 277-284.
