Professor Daichao Sheng
Qualifications
BSc (Lanzhou), MSc, Lic Eng (Luleå), Dr Eng (Luleå), FIEAust
Education
- 1994
Doctor of Engineering (teknisk doktor), Luleå University, Sweden
- 1990
Licentiate in Engineering (teknisk licentiate), Luleå University, Sweden
- 1986
BSc, Lanzhou University, China
Awards
- 2011
Keynote Lecturer, VII Brazilian Conference Unsaturated Soils (Pirenopolis, Brazil)
- 2010
General Reporter, 5th International Conference Unsaturated Soils (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009
Quigley Award, Canadian Geotechnical Society
- 2009
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 2008
Keynote Lecturer, 12th IACMAG Conference (Goa, India)
- 2005
Best paper award, 11th IACMAG Conference (Turin, Italy)
- 2004
Young Investigator Award, World Congress on Computational Mechanics (Beijing).
- 1996
Stora Pris (First Prize), the Nordic Hydrological Society (NHF)
Employment
- 2007
Co-Director, Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling
- 2007
Professor, University of Newcastle
- 2006
Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
- 2004
Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
- 2000
Australian Research Fellow, Australian Research Council, 2000-2004
- 1997
Research Associate, University of Newcastle
- 1994
Research Fellow (Forskäre), Luleå University, Sweden
Editorial Boards of International Journals
- 2008
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Associate Editor
- 2006
Computers and Geotechnics, Editorial Board, Elsevier
Research Interests
- Unsaturated soil mechanics
- Computational geomechanics
- Soil behaviour and constitutive modelling of geomaterials
- Large deformation geomechanics
- Contact mechanics in geotechnical analysis
- Geoenvironmental engineering
- Probabilistic analysis
- Interpretation of cone penetration tests