Position：Professor
Address：Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
Postal
Code：100084
Tel：86-10- 6279-4874
Fax：86-10- 6277-3576
E-mail：yangq@tsinghua.edu.cn
Educational Background
BA: Sep.1981 – July.1986, Hydraulic Structural Engineering, Tsinghua University
MA: Sep.1986 – Dec. 1988, Hydraulic Structural Engineering, Tsinghua University
PhD: Sep.1992 – Jun.1996, Civil Engineering, Innsbruck University, Austria
Work Experience
2001-: Professor at Dept. of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing;
2007-2023 Chief Scientist of State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering in Tsinghua University;
Teaching Courses
1. Design of Hydraulic Structures
2. Numerical Methods for Geotechnical and structural Engineering
3. Experimental Stress Analysis
Research Interests
1. Stability and reinforcement analysis of high arch dams, slopes, tunnels;
2. Reinforcement theory of geotechnical structures and its
3. Damage mechanics of jointed rock masses and its thermodynamic basis;
Research Projects
2010-2013, Stability and its control of high arch dams, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
Professional Service
2019-2023 Vice President of International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
2012-2020 Vice President of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering，CSRME
2014-2024 Chair of the Committee of Numerical and Physical Modeling of CSRME
2015-2020 Associate editor of International Journal of Geomechanics
2012- Editorial board member of International Journal of Damage Mechanics
2014- Associate editor of Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering
Honors and Awards
Excellent Contributions (Regional), International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG)，2008.
Chandra S. Desai Medal, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 2014.
Outstanding Contributions Medal, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 2022.
Academic Achievement
Deformation reinforcement theory and its application in dam engineering;
Thermodynamic basis of rock-like materials
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