Gang WANG [ Download CV -- updated Jan. 2020]
個人簡介 (Chinese Biography)
王剛博士現為香港科技大學土木及環境工程學系教授、博士生導師，2018年度“茅以升土力學及岩土工程青年獎”及 NSFC海外及港澳學者合作基金（原國家海外傑青）獲得者。他於1997年、2000年獲得清華大學水利水電工程系學士、碩士學位，於2005年在美國加州大學伯克利分校獲得博士學位，2008年起在香港科技大學任教。主要從事岩土地震工程、土動力學、計算岩土力學等方向的研究，在主流SCI期刊發表論文60餘篇，出版英文專著1部。現任Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Advances in Structural Engineering, CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics 四個國際期刊的副主編，為近50個國際期刊審稿人；現任香港力學學會副理事長、中國力學學會特邀理事、美國加州註冊土木工程師、國際土力學及岩土工程學會(ISSMGE)岩土地震專業委員會TC203委員、曾任美國土木工程師學會香港分會會長。其他榮譽包括首屆“國家優秀自費留學生獎”、美國李氏基金會“傑出成就獎”、2018年香港科大工學院教學最高榮譽 “傑出教學獎”、及“王寛誠教育基金會訪問學者”、Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering和Engineering Geology等國際期刊的“優秀評審人”稱號。獲得NSFC/RGC聯合資助項目及多項香港研究資助局面上項目支持，是“十三五”科技專項任務負責人；指導博士生、博士後10多人，其中3人入選國家“青年千人”。
English Biography
Dr. Gang Wang is Full Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His major research interests are geotechnical earthquake engineering, soil dynamics and computational geomechanics. He obtained B.Eng. and M. Eng. from Department of Hydraulic Engineering at Tsinghua University in 1997 and 2000, respectively, and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 2005. He is presently Vice President of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM), Invited Council Member of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM), member of TC203 Technical Committee for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). He was the former President of ASCE Hong Kong Section. He published more than 60 research papers in reputable SCI journals, and presently is the Associate Editor of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (SDEE), Advances in Structural Engineering, CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, and Journal of Micromecanics and Molecular Physics (JMMP). He was awarded Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2004), Li Foundation Heritage Prize (2010), HKUST School of Engineering Distinguished Teaching Award (2018, the highest honor in teaching), Mao Yisheng Youth Award in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2018, the highest honor for young researcher by Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering), NSFC Outstanding Oversees Chinese Scholar Award (2018), Outstanding Reviewer Award from Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Geology. Three of his supervised Ph.D. students and Postdoc are enlisted into "National Thousand Youth Talents Program".
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. (Dec. 2005)
Supervisor: Prof. Nicholas Sitar
M.Eng. in Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, P.R. China (Jul. 2000)
Supervisor: Prof. Feng Jin
B.Eng. in Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, P.R. China (Jul. 1997)
REGISTRATION
Registered Professional Engineer, California, U.S.A. License No. C73350.
EXPERIENCE
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, July 2020 – Present.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, July 2014 – June 2020.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Sept. 2008 – June 2014.
Geotechnical Engineer, Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland, CA, Feb. 2007 – Sept. 2008 (now becomes a part of AMEC)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Aug. 2000 – Dec. 2005
Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics Group, Northwestern University, Evanston, Dec. 2003 – Jan. 2004
Research Assistant, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, National Key Laboratory of High Dams and Large Structures, Tsinghua University, Sept. 1997 – Jun. 2000
HONORS AND AWARDS
Teaching Excellence Award, Civil Infrastructural Engineering and Management (CIEM) MSc program, 2020.
Mao Yisheng Youth Award in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,The highest award by Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering for researchers under age of 45) 茅以升土力學及岩土工程青年獎 (中國岩土工程界最高水平，最具權威和最有影響力的獎項) [News Report]
School of Engineering Distinguished Teaching Award, HKUST, 2017-2018 (one awardee each year, top teaching award by School of Engineering) (香港科技大學工學院傑出教學獎) [link to SENG annoucement] [FaceBook Story]
NSFC Joint Research Award for Overseas Chinese Scholars and Scholars in Hong Kong and Macau 2018 (a.k.a. Outstanding Oversees Chinese Scholar Award), Award No. 51828902 (國家自然科學基金海外及港澳學者合作研究基金，原國家傑出青年科學基金B類）
K.C. Wong Education Foundation Academic Exchange Award, 2018 （王寛誠教育基金會訪問學者）
Publons Peer Review Award 2018 for top 1% of reviewers in Engineering.
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, 2014, 2017
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Engineering Geology, Elsevier, 2017
President of ASCE Hong Kong Section (2015-16).
Received Letter of Honorable Mention as Faculty Advisor of ASCE International Student Group from ASCE Headquarter, 2012, 2013 (two times).
One of 28 faculty honored as “The Teachers I Like”(香港科技大学我最喜爱的老师), nominated by the outstanding students of 2011-2012, HKUST.
Li Foundation Heritage Prize for “Excellence in Creativity” (李氏基金杰出成就奖), 2010 Award citation: “The US$40,000 prize is given in recognition of your outstanding and distinguished research contributions in the field of earthquake engineering and geo-hazard mitigation. ” [link to Li Foundation] [media report]
Travel Award, Real-Time Multi-Directional Seismic Testing Workshop, ATLASS Lab, Lehigh University, June 19, 2006
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (国家优秀自费留学生奖学金), China Scholarship Council, Ministry of Education, P.R. China, 2004 [awardees list] [media report]
Jane Lewis Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2000 - 2001
Excellent Master’s Thesis, Tsinghua University, 2000
Guanghua Award (1st Prize, 2nd Prize), Tsinghua University, 1998, 1999
Graduate Student Leadership, Tsinghua University, 1998, 1999
University Award for Excellence in Engineering Practice, Tsinghua University, 1998
Zhang Guangdou First Prize Award, Tsinghua University, 1996
Second Place in 3rd Structure Design Competition, Tsinghua University, 1996
University Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Tsinghua University, 1994, 1995
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Associate Editor, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (SCI)
Associate Editor, Advances in Structural Engineering (SCI)
Associate Editor, CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (SCI)
Associate Editor, Journal of Micromecanics and Molecular Physics (JMMP)
Vice President, Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM), Apr. 2018 –
Past President, ASCE Hong Kong Section, President (Nov. 2015 - 2016), Vice President (Nov. 2014- Nov. 2015), Treasurer (Nov. 2012 - Nov. 2014), Director (Nov. 2009 - Nov. 2012).
Invited Council Member, China Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM), Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2020.
Member, Technical Committee on the Code of Practice for Foundations, Buildings Department, The Government of Hong Kong SAR (Dec 2017-31 Dec 2020).
Secretary General, Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM), Mar. 2014 – Apr. 2015
Secretary of Technical Committee TC210 Dams and Embankments of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), 2010 – 2018.
Member of Technical Committee TC 203 Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), 2014 – present.
Member of Technical Committee TC206 Interactive Geotechnical Design of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), 2010 – 2014
Faculty Advisor, ASCE International Student Group HKUSTCE , Feb. 2010 - present
Editorial Board Member, Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering (co-published by Higher Education Press and Springer), 2012-2014
Guest Editor for special issue “Recent development of earthquake engineering and soil dynamics for large-scale infrastructure” in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, Seismological Society of America (SSA)
Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
Life Member, U.C. Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Society
INVITED PROFESSIONAL REVIEW
[International Journals (40+)]
Geotechnical Engineering
(1) Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE; (2) Canadian Geotechnical Journal; (3) Soils and Foundations; (4) Engineering Geology; (5) International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences; (6) Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Elsevier; (7) Journal of Mountain Science, Springer; (8) Georisk, Taylor and Francis; (9) Acta Geotechnica; (10) Computer and Geotechnics; (11) Indian Geotechnical Journal; (12) Landslides; (13) Marine Georesources & Geotechnology
Earthquake Engineering
(14) Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Wiley; (15) Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; (16) Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier; (17) Earthquake Spectra; (18) Journal of Earthquake Engineering; (19) Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration; (20) Earthquakes and Structures;
Structural Engineering and Mechanics
(21) Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE; (22) Particuology; (23) Advances in Structural Engineering; (24) Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering; (25) Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Techno Press; (26) Korean Journal of Civil Engineering; (27) Structural Safety, Elsevier; (28) Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Transactions; (29) Cities, Elsevier; (30) Applied Ocean Research, Elsevier
Mechanics and Mathematics
(31) Science China G: Physics Mechanics and Astronomy; (32) Science China: Technological Sciences, Springer; (33) Journal of Engineering; (34) Applied Mathematics Letters, Elsevier; (35) Archive of Mechanics, Polish Academy of Sciences; (36) European Journal of Mechanics; (37) Scientific World Journal; (38) Mathematical Problems in Engineering; (39) Journal of Applied Mathematics, Hindawi Publishing;
[International Conferences]
10th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials, May 28-30, 2014, Hong Kong;
10th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Anchorage, Alaska, July 2014
2nd International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM2014), July 13-16, 2014, University of Liverpool, UK.
13th International Conference on Fracture, June 16-21, 2013, Beijing
Bologna Symposium, 2013
4th International Symposium on Geotechnical Risk and Safety (ISGSR 2013), Hong Kong, Dec. 4-6, 2013
Eighth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2006, San Francisco
The 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) 1-6 October, 2008, Goa, India
Australian Earthquake Engineering Society annual conference, 18-20 November 2011
[Other Invited Technical Review]
Technical Review for Centrifuge Model Tests and Numerical Analysis in the Seismic Retrofit of BART Offshore Tube Project. Bay Area Rapid Transit, California, 2008.
Reviewer for patent application at HKUST Technology Transfer Center, 2011
Technical Review for Hong Kong CEDD Geotechnical Engineering Office Technical Reports
Book Review for Taylor and Francis