General Chairs

Prof. Dayong Li

China University of Petroleum (East China), China

Biography:

Prof. Li obtained Phd of Geotechncial Enginering at Zhejiang University in 2001. He acted as a professor at Shandong University of Science an technology from 2001 to 2017 and at Fuzhou University from 2017-2021. Up to now, he is a full-time professor at China University of Petroleum (East China). His research fields cover offshore foundation for wind turbine, soil mechanics, buried pipeline, tunneling, excavations and so on. He patented more than 20 items. He has published more than 150 journal papers. He teaches soil mechanics and foundaitons for more than 20 years.

Prof. Yu Zhang

Northeastern University, China

Biography:

Yu Zhang, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He obtained his bachelor's degree from Hohai University in 2007, his doctoral degree from Hohai University in 2012, and his doctoral degree from Université de Lille (France) in 2014. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Deep Engineering and Smart Technology of Liaoning Province at Northeastern University, focusing on solving underground engineering challenges in the field of clean energy development and storage. He has led projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, including general and youth programs, major national project collaborations, provincial natural science foundations, youth programs, and municipal applied basic research projects. He has published over 80 high-level SCI and EI journal papers as the first or corresponding author, with several recognized as ESI highly cited papers, hot papers, and Top Academic Papers of the 5000 Leaders in Chinese Excellent Science and Technology Journals. He holds 18 authorized invention patents, with a single invention patent achieving industrial transformation worth over a million yuan. He has received the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from Qingdao City, two Third Prizes for Scientific and Technological Progress from Shandong Province, and a Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. He has been recognized as a "High-Caliber Scarce Talent (Intellectual Island Program)" by Qingdao City and received the Excellent Young Science and Technology Talent Award in the field of Mining, Petroleum, and Safety Engineering from Chinese universities. Currently, he serves as a member of the Multi-field Coupling Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, a member of the Low Carbon Energy Rock Mechanics and Engineering Professional Committee, a council member of the Shandong Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and an executive editorial board member of the Journal of Petroleum Science Bulletin.