Areas of Focus
- Saturated/Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
- Engineering Properties of Soils under Extreme Climate Conditions
- Ecological Regulation Measures and Mechanisms
- Atmosphere-Vegetation-Soil Interaction and Environmental Disaster Effects
Work Experience
- 2017.09-2018.09 - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Visiting Scholar
- 2018.10-2021.01 - Nanjing University - Assistant Researcher
- 2021.02-present - Nanjing University - Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-2014 Bachelor: Hohai University
- 2014-2017 PhD: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Supervisor: Prof. Charles W. W. Ng)
- Selected as Young Talent by the China Association for Science and Technology (2022)
- Jiangsu Province 'Double Innovation Doctor' (2019)
Publications
- Measurement of water content at bare soil surface with infrared thermal imaging technology, Cheng, Q., Tang, C. S.*, Lin, Z. Z., Shi, B., 2022
- Water infiltration in a cracked soil considering effect of drying-wetting cycles, Cheng, Q., Tang, C. S.*, Xu, D., Zeng, H., Shi, B., 2021
- Effects of microstructure on desiccation cracking of a compacted soil, Cheng, Q., Tang, C. S.*, Zeng, H., Zhu, C., An, N., Shi, B., 2020
- Effects of soil structure on thermal softening of yield stress, Cheng, Q., Zhou, C.*, Ng, C. W. W., Tang, C. S., 2020
- Thermal effects on yielding and wetting-induced collapse of recompacted and intact loess, Ng, C. W. W., Cheng, Q.*, Zhou, C., 2018
Awards
- 2022 Ministry of Education Natural Science First Prize (Ranked 3rd)
- 2023 4th National University Young Teachers Geological Course Teaching Competition Special Prize
- 2022 International Society for Environmental Geotechnics 'Hsai-Yang Fang Best Paper Award'
- 2023 Nanjing University 'Education Integration Award'
