Teaching

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Classes at PolyU
  1. 2022~2024, CSE 40403 Geotechnical design, for 150~200 Year 2 or 3 Undergraduate students
  2. Topic 1. Site investigation:Introduction and Geotechnical Properties of Soil (in lab), Natural Soil Deposits and Subsoil Exploration (in field)

    Topic 2. Slope Stability:Factor of safety; Translational sliding failure; LEM-based method of slices; Design of slope stability

    Topic 3. Shallow Foundations:Key points of a foundation design; Ultimate Bearing Capacity (ULS); Settlement (SLS)

    Topic 4. Mat (Raft) Foundations: From combined footings to Mat Foundation; Bearing capacity; Settlement; Compensated foundation

    Topic 5. Pile Foundations: Single pile (Pile loading capacity, Point load capacity, Frictional resistance, Pile load test, Settlement), Pile group (Configuration & group efficiency; Ultimate capacity; Settlement)

    Topic 6. Earth Retaining Structures: Retaining Walls (Lateral earth pressure theories, Stability, Gravity and cantilever walls, Mechanically stabilized retaining walls), Sheet Pile Walls(Cantilever sheet pile walls, Anchored sheet-pile walls, Penetration), Braced Cuts(Pressure envelope, Design of components, Stability and deformation)

  3. 2022~2024, CSE1002 Introduction to AI and Data Analytics for Civil Engineering, for 150~200 Year 2 or 3 Undergraduate students
  4. Topic: AIDA in Geotechnical Engineering

Invited online lectures
  1. 2023~2024, Intelligent monitoring methods for underground structures, summer course of Transportation College, Southeast University, for graduate students
  2. Topic: Application of Al in geotechnical engineering

  3. 2023, PolyU CEE Webinar Series, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), for HKIE members
  4. Topic: Practice of Aartificial Intelligence in Geotechnical Engineering