Title

Degree

Ph.D

Position

Discipline

Geotechnical Engineering

Education and Professional Experience

Education：

Ph.D University of Wisconsin – Madison,   Wisconsin, USA
  2014.06 – 2018.08
  M.S. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
  2012.09 – 2014.06
  Maîtrise. Lille University of Science and Technology, Lille, France
  2011.09 – 2012.06
  B.S. Lille University of Science and Technology, Lille, France
  2010.03 – 2011.07
  B.S. Hohai University, Nanjing, China
  2007.09 – 2012.06 

Professional Experience：

2022.12-Present Key Laboratory of   Ministry of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering,   Postdoctoral Fellow
  2020.05-Present Jiangsu University, Lecturer
  2017.06-2018.08 ASCE, GI-GSO representative
  2017.02-2017.12 University of Wisconsin – Madison, Teaching Assistant
  2014.06-2018.08 University of Wisconsin – Madison, Research Assistant
  2013.06-2014.06 Northwestern University, Research Assistant

Social Academic Post and Honor

Members   and Certificates

International   Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering - Member

American   Society of Civil Engineers - Associate Member

Registered   E.I.T in the State of California (No. EIT 160032)

Resilient   Disaster Reduction and Emergency Professional Committee of the Chinese   Geophysical Society – Member

Reviewer for Journal Papers

Waste   Management, Géotechnique Letters, Environmental Reviews, Marine Georesources   & Geotechnology, Transportation Geotechnics, Journal of Rock Mechanics   and Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering,   Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Environmental Science   and Pollution Research, Environment, Development and Sustainability,   Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering,   Journal of Engineering and Applied Science

Main Courses

Environmental Geotechnics, Foundation   Engineering, Ground Improvement, Engineering Geology and Soil Mechanics,   Surveying in Civil Engineering

Scientific Research Field

●    Clay Minerals in Barriers Application

●    Soft Soil/dredge Sediment Reinforcement   Techniques

●    Reutilization of Industrial and Agricultural   Waste in Civil Engineering Applications

Projects

·           Evolution of Expansion Mechanisms of   Phosphogypsum-Solidified Sludge Soil Under Leaching Environment, Jiangsu   Provincial Department of Science and Technology, 2024.09-2026.09, Principal investigator (PI).

·           Hydraulic Properties and Mechanism of   Attapulgite-Modified Bentonite Liners, Key Laboratory of Clay Minerals of   Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of   Sciences, 2024.09-2026.09, PI.

·           Membrane Behaviors in Bentonite Barriers   Improved with Attapulgite, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,   2024.07-2026.7, PI.

·           Development of an Intelligent Sensing and   Monitoring System for Engineering Barrier Safety, Enterprise Collaborative   Project, 2024.09-2024.12, PI

·           Hydro-mechanical behaviors of geopolymer   amended soft clay in aggressive solutions, Jiangsu Province,   2021.9-2023.9, PI.

·           Effect of Anion Species on Polymer Bentonite   Composite Geosynthetic Clay liner, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education   for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, 2021.07-2023.07, PI.

Main Papers and Patents

1.       Xu, G., Wu, F., Geng,   W^C. 2024. Optimizing Optimizing Straw in   Rheology and Compression-Permeability of Cemented Dredged Slurry. Marine   Georesources & Geotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1064119X.2024.2366516

2.       Gao, Y., Liu, Y., Geng,   W., Zhang, F. 2024. Seismic-induced surficial failure of cohesive slopes   using three-dimensional limit analysis: a case study of the Wangjiayan   landslide in Beichuan, China. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering   Vibration, 23(3), 537-545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-024-2255-7

3.       Deng, S., Xu, G., Geng,   W., Wu, D., Song, W. 2024. Experimental study on dredge slurry treatment with   straw as horizontal drains by vacuum preloading. Marine Georesources   & Geotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1064119X.2023.2292766

4.         Wu,   Y., Chen, Y., Geng, W., Xu, X., Lai, Y. 2024. A frequency-dependent uniform   discretization scheme for simulating fluctuating wind field based on a frequency-wavenumber spectrum. Journal of Wind   Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 244, 105628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2023.105628

5.         Zhou,   Y., Zhang, Y., Geng, W^C., He, J., Gao, Y. 2023. Evaluation   of liquefaction resistance for single and multi-phase SICP-treated sandy soil   using shaking table test. Acta Geotechnica, 18, 6007–6025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-023-02008-x

6.       Zhang, H., Luo, F., Geng,   W., Zhao, H., Wu, Y. 2023. An efficient method for reliability analysis of   high-speed railway tunnel convergence in spatially variable soil based on a   deep convolutional neural network. ASCE's International Journal of Geomechanics,   23(11), https://doi.org/10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-8644

7.       Li, B., Shi, H.,   Rong, K., Geng, W., Wu, Y. 2023. Fatigue life analysis of offshore   wind turbine under the combined wind and wave loadings considering   full-directional wind inflow. Ocean Engineering, 281(1), 114719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114719

8.       Liu, L., Gao, Y., Geng,   W., Song, J., Zhou, Y., Li, C. 2023. Comparison of jack bean and soybean   crude ureases on surface stabilization of desert sand by enzyme-induced   carbonate precipitation. Geoderma, 435, 116504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116504

9.         Wu,   Y., Yin, Z., Zhang, H., Geng, W^C. 2023. Prediction   of nonlinear seismic response of underground structures in single- and   multi-layered soil profiles using a deep gated recurrent network. Soil   Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 168:107852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2023.107852

10.     Geng,   W.,   Kumah, D., Yin, J., Ahmed, S., Xiao, J. 2023. Yielding behavior of a natural   soft clay considering stress history subjected to K₀   consolidation. International Journal of Civil Engineering, 21,   149-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-022-00737-w

11.     Wu,   Y., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Geng, W^C., Guo, P. 2023. An   updated spectral representation method coupled with generalized probability   density evolution method in assessing the seismic reliability of tunnels. Soil   Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 166:107755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2022.107755

12.     Xu,   G., Han, Q., Geng, W^C., Yin, J.,   Liu, L. 2023. Evaluation of Fiber Reinforcement on the Strength Behaviors of   Dredging Slurry Cemented at High Water Content. Soils and Foundations, 63(1),   101264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2022.101264

13.     Liu,   Y., Gao, Y., He, J., Zhou, Y, Geng, W^C. 2023. An experimental   investigation of wind erosion resistance of desert sand cemented by   soybean-urease induced carbonate precipitation. Geoderma, 429(1),   116231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116231

14.     Geng,   W., Salihoglu, H.,   Likos, W.J., Benson, C.H. 2022. Index Tests for Geosynthetic Clay Liners   Containing Bentonite-Polymer Composites. Environmental Geotechnics, 11(2),   112-1232. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.22.00072

15.     Geng,   W., Liu, M., Gadikota,   G., Likos, W.J., Benson, C.H. 2022. Morphological Controls on Flow   Conductivity and Viscosity of Bentonite-Polymer Composite. Environmental   Geotechnics, 11(2), 136-144. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.21.00125

16.     Geng,   W.,   Han, W., Yin, J., Lu, Z. 2022. Salinity Effects on the Strength and   Morphological indices of Soft Marine Clay. Scientific Reports, 12(1),   17563. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22627-w

17.     Geng,   W., Yin, J., Bian, Z.,   Liu, L., Xu, G. 2022. Fiber Efficiency on the Flow Behaviors and   Compressibility-Permeability of Fiber-Reinforced Cemented Waste Slurry. Journal   of Materials in Civil Engineering, 34(12), 04022347. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004516

18.   Geng, W., Zhou, W., Liu, J.   2022. Behavior   of compacted collapsible soil after adding calcium chloride. 4th   International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG): Advances in   Transportation Geotechnics IV, 164, 387-399.

19.   Yin, J.,   Lu, Z., Geng,   W^C., Han, W., Hudu, A. 2022. Effect   of Porewater Salinity on Compression Behaviors and Hydraulic Conductivity of   Soft Marine Clay. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 40(7), 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1080/1064119X.2021.1941451

20.     Geng,   W.,   Liu, H., Yin, J., Du, Y., Kumah, D. 2021. Evaluation of Compression   Behaviors of Marine Clay Reinforced with Waste Shredded Tires. Advances   in Civil Engineering, 7780338. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/7780338

21.   Yin, J.,   Zhang, K., Geng,   W^C., Gaamon, A., Xiao, J.   2021. Effect of Initial Water Content on Undrained Shear Strength of K₀   Consolidated Clay. Soils and Foundations, 61(5), 1453-1463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2021.08.010

22.   Yin, J., Tang, Y.,   Geng, W^C., Xu. G. 2021. Coupled   effects of initial water content and swelling history on compression   behaviors of bentonite. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the   Environment, 80(6), 4929-4941. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02229-y

23.     Song, M., Xu,   G., Yin, J., Geng, W.,   Zhou,   Z., Qiu, C. 2021. Effect   of Turbulent Fluctuation on Settling Behavior of Dredged Slurry in Sheared   Condition. KSCE Journal   of Civil Engineering.   021, 25(4), 1252-1261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-021-1136-0

24.     Wang, Q., Chen, J.,   Liu, J., Yu, M., Geng, W., Wang, P., Wu, Z. 2020. Relationships   between shear strength parameters and microstructure of alkaline-contaminated   red clay. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(27),   33848-33862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09637-9

25.   Geng, W., Likos, W.J. and   Benson, C.H. 2016, Viscosity of Polymer-Modified Bentonite as a Hydraulic   Performance Index. ASCE Sustainable Geoenvironmental Systems, 498-507.

Email

geng@ujs.edu.cn

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BV_0H4oAAAAJ&hl=en