报告题目： Limitations of suction-controlled triaxial tests in the characterization of unsaturated soil behavior 

　　报 告 人： Xiong Zhang （张雄）, Associate Professor, Ph.D, P.E. 

　　          Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

　　          University of Alaska at Fairbanks 

　　报告地点：澳门赌场武汉岩土力学研究所401会议室 

　　报告时间：6月6日上午9:30 

　　报告人简介： 

　　 Xiong Zhang（张雄） 

　　Associate Professor, Ph. D, P.E., 

　　 Civil and Environmental Engineering 

　　University of Alaska at Fairbanks 

　　EDUCATION 

　　?Ph. D in Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU), 2004 

　　?M. S. in Civil Engineering, China Institute of Water Resources &Hydropower Research (IWHR), Beijing, China, 1995 

　　?B. S. in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 1992 

　　PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

　　?July 2011 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). 

　　 ?September 2006 - July 2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UAF. 

　　 ?October 2005 - August 2006: Research Associate IV, Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC), Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

　　 ?September 2004 - October 2005: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, TAMU. 

　　 ?September 2003 - September 2004: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, TAMU. 

　　 ?September 2000 - September 2004: Graduate Research Assistant, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, TAMU. 

　　 ?May 1995 - September 2000: Geotechnical Engineer, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, IWHR, China. 

　　 ?September 1992 - May 1995: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, IWHR, China. 

　　 RESEARCH INTERESTS 

　　?Constitutive Modeling of Unsaturated Soils 

　　?Advanced Testing Techniques for Unsaturated Soils 

　　?Numerical Modeling 

　　?Soil Structure Interaction 

　　?Foundation on Expansive and Collapsible Soils 

　　?Slope Stability and Retaining Walls 

　　?Geotechnical Application in Pavement Engineering 

　　? Frost Heave and Thaw Weakening