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
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Visiting/Research Assistant Professor, HKUST
Major national & international honours
Young Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
Grand Prize of Science and Technology Innovation Award, Hainan Geophysical Society
First Class of Natural Science Award, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide, Stanford University
Huang Wenxi - Chen Zongji Geomechanics Youth Award, Technical Committee of Geomechanics, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
State Natural Science Award, State Council of the People’s Republic of China
Excellent Young Scientist, NSFC
Bright Spark Lecture Award, Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils, ISSMGE
Scholarly paper awards
High Impact Paper Award, Science China Technological Sciences
Top Cited Article Award, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Top Cited Article Award, Vadose Zone Journal
Excellent Science and Technology Academic Paper Award, Shenzhen Association for Science and Technology
Keynote Paper Award, The 2nd International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment
Professional service & editorial reviewer awards
Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics
Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics
Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics
Top Reviewer Award, Computers and Geotechnics
PolyU Internal Awards and Honors
Tsui Tack Kong Young Scholar in Civil Engineering, Endowed Young Scholars Scheme
Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding, Faculty of Construction and Environment
Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Young Researchers, Faculty of Construction and Environment
In education and training
AECOM Prize for Best FYP (1st Runner-Up), received by Baokang Wang (final-year undergraduate student), HKIE Geotechnical Division
Fugro Prize (2nd Runner-Up), received by Zhiqi Zhan (PhD student), HKIE Geotechnical Division
Best Presentation Award, received by Chang Guo (PhD student), The Greater Bay Area Geotechnical Engineering Young Scholars Forum
LPM Contractors Scholarship, received by Weizhong Cai (final-year undergraduate student), Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Ringo Yu Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Geotechnical Studies, received by She-qiang Cui (PhD student) from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Best Presentation Award, received by Bao-lin Dai (PhD student), The 6th Young Scholars Forum on Problematic Soil and Engineering
LPM Contractors Scholarship, received by Chun-wah Lui (final-year undergraduate student), Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Outstanding Graduate Student, received by She-qiang Cui (PhD student), International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals
Editorial leadership in prestigious journals
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Vadose Zone Journal
Journal of Changsha University of Science & Technology
Biogeotechnics
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Committees in professional societies
Academic committee of the World Transport Convention (WTC), Highway Engineering Division, Geotechnical Engineering Discipline
Underground Concrete Technical Committee of the Asian Concrete Federation
Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils (TC 106) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
Technical Committee on Tropical Residual Soils (TC 107) of the ISSMGE
Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (Hong Kong)
Technical Committee on Transportation Geotechnics (TC 202) of the ISSMGE
Technical Committee on Laboratory Testing (TC 101) of the ISSMGE
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