Profile
Research
Administrative
Teaching
Home  /   Staff  /   Researcher Profiles  /  Prof. Daichao Sheng

Prof. Daichao Sheng

Work Phone (02) 4921 5746
Fax (02) 4921 6991
Email
Position Professor
School of Engineering
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office EA225, Engineering A

Qualifications

  • PhD, Lulea University of Technology - Sweden, 1994
  • Licentiate in Engineering, Lulea University of Technology - Sweden, 1990
  • Bachelor of Science, Lanzhou University - China, 1986

Research

Research keywords

  • Computational Geomechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

Research expertise

(1) Unsaturated soil mechanics

(2) Computational geomechanics (Numerical analysis, finite element method, etc)

(3) Constitutive modelling and testing of geomaterials

(4) Geo-environmental engineering

Languages

  • Chinese
  • English
  • Swedish

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
090501 Civil Geotechnical Engineering 80
091599 Interdisciplinary Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 15
091499 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy Not Elsewhere Classified 5

Centres and Groups

Centre

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

  • Fellow - Engineers Australia

Editorial Board.

  • Member - Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Member - Computers and Geotechnics (Elesvier)

Awards

Recognition.

2009 RM Guiley Award
Canadian Geotechnical Society (Canada)
This is a prestigious best paper award given by the Canadian Geotechnical Society. The recipient is selected by the 30 members of the editorial board of Canadian Geotechnail Journal through anonymous voting.
2005 Best Paper Award
International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (United States)
Best paper published in International Journal of Geomechanics (2005)
2004 Young Investigator Award
6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (China)
To recognise the outstanding accomplishments of a Young Investigator (under age of 41) through published works in computational mechanics

Invitations

Keynote Lecture at the 12th IACMAG conference (2008)
International Association of Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, India (Keynote Address)
2008
General Report at 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (2010)
UPC, Barcelona, Spain, Spain (Keynote Address)
2010

Administrative

Administrative expertise

(1) Co-Director, Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling (2007-)

(2) Assistant Dean Research Training (2007-2009)

(3) Program Convenor of Civil Engineering (2003-2006)


Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • Geomechanics
  • Stress Analysis

Teaching expertise

(1) Geomechanics

(2) Stress and finite element analysis

(2) Geotechnical engineering