Prof. Changyu Ou is the Chair Professor in Department of Civil and Construction Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.He serves as the Chair of the ATC6 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical EngCng, Dean of the college of engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, chief editor of Journal of GeoEngineering, (TGS). His research fields include soil behavior, constitutive model, soil improvement and deep excavation problems and he has published more than 200 journal and conference papers on these subjects. Prof. Ou received Outstanding Research Award from National Science Council in Taiwan in the years of 1996, 1998 and 2000. He has edited a monograph book, Deep Excavation: Theory and Practice. Beyond his academic career, Prof. Ou has worked closely with industrial builders, engaging in many laC excavation projects, gaining valuable practical experience in analysis and design.Prof. RenpengChen is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Hunan University. He works as the Dean of the college of civil engineering at Hunan University. His research interests and expertise includes characterization of pavement and railroad geomaterials, i.e., subgrade soils and foundation soils, soft soil improvement using piles, offshore pile foundation, and TBM tunneling technologies. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers about his research projects. Prof. Chen is the associate editor-in-chief of China Journal of Highway and Transport, and the editorial board member of 5 Journals. He is a member of Committee of Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering (TC307), Asian Regional Technical Committee of Urban Geotechnics, of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and vice chair of 3 technical committees of Soft Soil Engineering, Soil Constitutive Relationship and Strength Theory, Transportation Geotechnics, of Chinese Institute of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Prof. Chen received Best Paper Awards of 2013ISEV, 2015 Outstanding Journal Paper Awards of Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities-ASCE, China Youth Science and Technology Award (200 persons every two years in China). He also received National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and was elected as the Leading Researcher of Ten Thousand Talent Program in China (2016).Prof. Gang Zheng is a Professor at Department of Civil Engineering at Tianjin University. He is the Dean of School of Civil Engineering at Tianjin University. He is the vice president of the Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CISMGE), the member of TC204, ISSMGE (Technical Committee of Underground Construction in Soft Ground) Prof. Zheng’s research and practical experiences are mainly focused on deep excavation, ground improvement, pile foundations, and shield tunneling. Prof. Zheng has co-authored one technical book, edited one ASCE Geotechnical Special Publications, and published more than 210 peer-reviewed journal papers and about 30 conference papers. Prof. Zheng works as a member of the editorial boards for three major national journals in civil and geotechnical engineering and one international journal. Prof. Zheng received the 2013 R.M. Quigley Award by the Canadian Geotechnical Society for the best paper in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal in 2012. He also received the Award of Young Geotechnical Expert of Mao Yisheng Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 2010. He has won the second prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress Award in China, the first prize of Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Ministry of Education and the second prize of Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Tianjin Municipal Government.
