Keynote Speakers

Prof. Zhenyu Yin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK, China
Zhenyu Yin, Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Yin received his Bachelor's Degree in Architectural Engineering from Zhejiang University in 1997, and then worked in Zhejiang Jiahua Architectural Design Co., Ltd. for 5 years. He received his Master's Degree and Ph.D. Degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Ecole Centrale Polytechnique de Nantes, France, in 2003 and 2006, respectively (with a joint training program at Tongji University during his Ph.D. period). He was selected as one of the "Oriental Scholars" by Shanghai Municipality in 2011. He is also an associate editor of European Journal of Environment and Civil Engineering (EJECE), Geotechnique Letters, ASCE-IJOM, and an associate editor of Canadian Geotechnical Engineering (Can. Geot. J.), Acta Geotechnica, Transportation Geotechnics, Computers and Geotechnics, GeoRisk, IJNAMG and other journals editorial board; mainly engaged in teaching and research in geotechnics and geotechnical engineering, in recent years, he has published more than 300 SCI papers in international core journals. Prof. Zhenyu Yin's main research interests include: (1) macro and micro properties of soils and constitutive relationships; (2) model testing and numerical analysis of large deformations in geotechnical engineering; (3) application of artificial intelligence in geotechnical engineering.

Prof. Junjie Zheng, Wuhan University, China
Junjie Zheng, PhD in Engineering, is a professor at Wuhan University and a doctoral supervisor. He is also a recipient of the National High-Level Talent Program. Currently, he serves as an executive director of the Foundation and Underground Engineering Branch of the China Architectural Society, an executive director of the Geotechnical and Geoengineering Branch of the China Civil Engineering Society, and sits on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Geoengineering, the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and the journal of Geotechnical Mechanics.

He has engaged in teaching and research in the fields of geotechnical engineering, roadbed engineering, and tunnel engineering for a long time, publishing over 450 papers in domestic and international academic journals, with more than 240 indexed by SCI and EI. He has led eight key and general projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, as well as over 30 provincial and ministerial-level and industry-specific research projects. He has received eight First Prize and five Second Prize awards for scientific and technological advancement at the provincial and ministerial levels. He holds 40 authorized national patents and has seven software copyrights. Additionally, he independently authored one textbook and contributed to another. He has also participated in the development of five national, industry, and local standards.