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Prof. ZHOU Chao (周超)

Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engineering
Tsui Tack Kong Young Scholar in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Phone: +852 2766 6071
Email: c.zhou@polyu.edu.hk
Address: ZS918, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Employments

07/2023 – present
PolyU

Associate Professor

12/2018 – 06/2023
PolyU

Assistant Professor

09/2014 – 11/2018
HKUST

Visiting/Research Assistant Professor, HKUST

Awards and Honors

Major national & international honours

2026

Young Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering

2026

Grand Prize of Science and Technology Innovation Award, Hainan Geophysical Society

2025

First Class of Natural Science Award, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering

2025

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide, Stanford University

2023

Huang Wenxi - Chen Zongji Geomechanics Youth Award, Technical Committee of Geomechanics, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

2020

State Natural Science Award, State Council of the People’s Republic of China

2020

Excellent Young Scientist, NSFC

2018

Bright Spark Lecture Award, Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils, ISSMGE

Scholarly paper awards

2025

High Impact Paper Award, Science China Technological Sciences

2025

Top Cited Article Award, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

2024

Top Cited Article Award, Vadose Zone Journal

2024

Excellent Science and Technology Academic Paper Award, Shenzhen Association for Science and Technology

2012

Keynote Paper Award, The 2nd International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment

Professional service & editorial reviewer awards

2025

Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics

2025

Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A 

2023

Outstanding Reviewer Award, Canadian Geotechnical Journal

2023

Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics

2022

Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics

2021

Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics

PolyU Internal Awards and Honors

2021-2026

Tsui Tack Kong Young Scholar in Civil Engineering, Endowed Young Scholars Scheme

2022

Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding, Faculty of Construction and Environment

2021

Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Young Researchers, Faculty of Construction and Environment

In education and training

2026

AECOM Prize for Best FYP (1st Runner-Up), received by Baokang Wang (final-year undergraduate student), HKIE Geotechnical Division

2026

Fugro Prize (2nd Runner-Up), received by Zhiqi Zhan (PhD student), HKIE Geotechnical Division

2025

Best Presentation Award, received by Chang Guo (PhD student), The Greater Bay Area Geotechnical Engineering Young Scholars Forum

2024

LPM Contractors Scholarship, received by Weizhong Cai (final-year undergraduate student), Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

2024

Ringo Yu Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Geotechnical Studies, received by She-qiang Cui (PhD student) from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

2024

Best Presentation Award, received by Bao-lin Dai (PhD student), The 6th Young Scholars Forum on Problematic Soil and Engineering

2021

LPM Contractors Scholarship, received by Chun-wah Lui (final-year undergraduate student), Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

2020

Outstanding Graduate Student, received by She-qiang Cui (PhD student), International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals

Scholarly Activities and Community Service

Editorial leadership in prestigious journals

Since 8/2024
Associate Editor

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Since 7/2022
Associate Editor

Vadose Zone Journal

Since 10/2025
Editorial board member

Journal of Changsha University of Science & Technology

Since 2/2023
Editorial board member

Biogeotechnics

7/2020-8/2024
Editorial board member

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Committees in professional societies

12/2023-10/2026
Vice-chairmen

Academic committee of the World Transport Convention (WTC), Highway Engineering Division, Geotechnical Engineering Discipline

Since 3/2023
Committee member

Underground Concrete Technical Committee of the Asian Concrete Federation

Since 1/2023
Committee member

Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils (TC 106) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)

Since 1/2023
Committee member

Technical Committee on Tropical Residual Soils (TC 107) of the ISSMGE

Since 1/2022
Co-opt Member

Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (Hong Kong)

Since 1/2021
Committee member

Technical Committee on Transportation Geotechnics (TC 202) of the ISSMGE

Since 7/2020
Committee member

Technical Committee on Laboratory Testing (TC 101) of the ISSMGE

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