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Career Summary
Qualifications
- PhD, Lulea University of Technology - Sweden, 21/04/1994
- Bachelor of Science, Lanzhou University - China, 31/07/1986
- Licentiate in Engineering, Lulea University of Technology - Sweden, 20/04/1990
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 |
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
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- Indicates that the researcher may be seeking students for this project.A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$345,000
A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$300,000
A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$193,600
Subsidence due to CSG extraction$11,896
Mechanics of unsaturated soils and its applications$360,000
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$14,400,000
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$500,000
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000
An effective stress approach to mine backfill$150,000
Pile and penetrometer analysis using computational contact mechanics$600,000
Unsaturated soil mechanics and risk assessment for mine waste management$330,000
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical & Materials Modelling$524,282
Two-scale modelling of geomaterials$80,640
Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for penetration problems in geomechanics$15,900
7th World Congress on Computational Mecanics 16-22 July 2006$2,400
FRICTION AND CONTACT IN SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION AT LARGE DEFORMATION$350,000
11th International Conference of Intl Assoc of Computer Methods & Advances in Geomechanics/The 2nd Intl Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, 19-29 June 2005$2,400
Probabilistic finite element method in geotechnical engineering$12,256
Finite element algorithms for large deformation analysis of coupled displacemnet and pore pressure problems$9,427
Visit of Dr D A Sun 29/02/04 to 10/05/04$4,938
The 7th Int Symp on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, 25-27 Aug 2004, Canada$2,500
Static and dynamic analysis of saturated and unsaturated soils.$503,000
Visit of Prof Kurt D Eigenbrod, from 15 March 2003 to 17 March 2003$6,717
The Second Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Osaka, Japan 9-13 November 2003$2,500
Constitutive modelling of expansive soils$9,609
The Third International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Brazil 10-14 March, 2002$2,500
Finite Element Algorithms for Competitive Contaminant Transport in Soils$5,000
Fully coupled finite element algorithms for expansive unsaturated soils with automatic time stepping and error control$375,090
9th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Wuhan, China, 2-7 November 1997$1,478
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 30 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $19,801,133 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2013 (4 grants)
A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$345,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Professor Nasser Khalili, Professor David Williams, Conjoint Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara, Associate Professor David Airey, Associate Professor Itai Einav, Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Dr Samuel Stanier, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Dr Dorival Pedroso, Dr Alexander Scheuermann, Dr Ha Bui | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $345,000 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1200139 | ||
A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$300,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Professor Nasser Khalili, Professor David Williams, Conjoint Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara, Associate Professor David Airey, Associate Professor Itai Einav, Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Dr Samuel Stanier, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Dr Dorival Pedroso, Dr Alexander Scheuermann, Dr Ha Bui | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $300,000 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1200460 | ||
A National Facility for In situ Testing of Soft Soils$193,600
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Professor Nasser Khalili, Professor David Williams, Conjoint Associate Professor Richard Merifield, Associate Professor Jayantha Kodikara, Associate Professor David Airey, Associate Professor Itai Einav, Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Dr Samuel Stanier, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Dr Dorival Pedroso, Dr Alexander Scheuermann, Dr Ha Bui | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $193,600 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1300956 | ||
Subsidence due to CSG extraction$11,896
Funding Body: Trade and Investment NSW
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng, Doctor Jubert Pineda | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineer Project | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $11,896 | 2013 | 2014 |
| GNo:G1300873 | ||
2012 (1 grants)
Mechanics of unsaturated soils and its applications$360,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $360,000 | 2012 | 2014 |
| GNo:G1100191 | ||
2011 (4 grants)
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$14,400,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Dr Richard Merifield, Mr Harry Poulos, Mr D Griffiths, Doctor Shanyong Wang | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| ARC Centres of Excellence | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $14,400,000 | 2011 | 2017 |
| GNo:G0900169 | ||
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$500,000
Funding Body: NSW Office for Science & Medical Research
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Dr Richard Merifield | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Science Leveraging Fund | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $500,000 | 2011 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0900187 | ||
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000
Funding Body: Coffey Geotechnics
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Dr Richard Merifield, Mr Harry Poulos, Mr D Griffiths | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| CoE Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $350,000 | 2011 | 2017 |
| GNo:G1200004 | ||
ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering$350,000
Funding Body: Douglas Partners
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Mark Cassidy, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor John Carter, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Buddhima Indraratna, Professor David White, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft, Professor Andrei Lyamin, Professor Christophe Gaudin, Dr Richard Merifield, Mr Harry Poulos, Mr D Griffiths | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| CoE Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $350,000 | 2011 | 2017 |
| GNo:G1200005 | ||
2009 (1 grants)
An effective stress approach to mine backfill$150,000
Funding Body: Australian Centre for Geomechanics in WA
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Andries Fourie, Mr Matthew Helinski, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Scott Sloan | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Fellowship | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $150,000 | 2009 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0189771 | ||
2008 (2 grants)
Pile and penetrometer analysis using computational contact mechanics$600,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $600,000 | 2008 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0187534 | ||
Unsaturated soil mechanics and risk assessment for mine waste management$330,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor John Carter | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $330,000 | 2008 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0187531 | ||
2006 (4 grants)
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical & Materials Modelling$524,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Irina Belova, Professor John Carter, Professor Graeme Murch, Professor Daichao Sheng, Professor Stephen Fityus, Professor Andrei Lyamin, Associate Professor Andrew Abbo, Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Priority Research Centre | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $524,282 | 2006 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0186948 | ||
Two-scale modelling of geomaterials$80,640
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage International Fellowship | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $80,640 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0185348 | ||
Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for penetration problems in geomechanics$15,900
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,900 | 2006 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0186689 | ||
7th World Congress on Computational Mecanics 16-22 July 2006$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186626 | ||
2005 (2 grants)
FRICTION AND CONTACT IN SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION AT LARGE DEFORMATION$350,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $350,000 | 2005 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0184353 | ||
11th International Conference of Intl Assoc of Computer Methods & Advances in Geomechanics/The 2nd Intl Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, 19-29 June 2005$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185401 | ||
2004 (4 grants)
Probabilistic finite element method in geotechnical engineering$12,256
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng, Associate Professor David Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $12,256 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183485 | ||
Finite element algorithms for large deformation analysis of coupled displacemnet and pore pressure problems$9,427
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $9,427 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183403 | ||
Visit of Dr D A Sun 29/02/04 to 10/05/04$4,938
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Visitor Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $4,938 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183829 | ||
The 7th Int Symp on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, 25-27 Aug 2004, Canada$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184430 | ||
2003 (3 grants)
Static and dynamic analysis of saturated and unsaturated soils.$503,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Scott Sloan, Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $503,000 | 2003 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0182084 | ||
Visit of Prof Kurt D Eigenbrod, from 15 March 2003 to 17 March 2003$6,717
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Visitor Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $6,717 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0182746 | ||
The Second Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Osaka, Japan 9-13 November 2003$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0182793 | ||
2002 (2 grants)
Constitutive modelling of expansive soils$9,609
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $9,609 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0181325 | ||
The Third International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Brazil 10-14 March, 2002$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0181711 | ||
2001 (1 grants)
Finite Element Algorithms for Competitive Contaminant Transport in Soils$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $5,000 | 2001 | 2001 |
| GNo:G0179960 | ||
2000 (1 grants)
Fully coupled finite element algorithms for expansive unsaturated soils with automatic time stepping and error control$375,090
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Australian Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $375,090 | 2000 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0178580 | ||
1997 (1 grants)
9th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Wuhan, China, 2-7 November 1997$1,478
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daichao Sheng | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,478 | 1997 | 1997 |
| GNo:G0179565 | ||
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Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 5 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 1.88 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2017 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Co-Supervisor | Application of Combined Distinct-Finite Element Method in Mining Engineering |
| 2012 | 2016 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Numerical and Experimental Study of Particle Flow in Soils |
| 2011 | 2015 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Experimental and Theoretical Study of Reconstituted Soils |
| 2010 | 2014 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Co-Supervisor | DFEM and its Applications to Large Deformation Problems in Geomechanics |
| 2008 | 2012 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Applications of Large Deformation Finite Element Method to Geotechnical Problems with Contact |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Large Deformation Analysis in Geomechanics using Adaptive Finite Element Methods |
| 2011 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Constitutive Modelling of Hydromechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Soils |
| 2006 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Numerical Algorithms for Large Deformation Problems in Geomechanics |
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Professor Daichao Sheng
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 5746 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 4921 6991 |
| Daichao.Sheng@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Head of Discipline School of Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment |
| Focus Area | Civil Engineering |
| Office | EA225, Engineering A, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/daichao-sheng |
