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Han-Lin Wang
Professor
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Han-Lin Wang is a professor in College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University. He obtained Bachelor
and PhD degrees from Zhejiang University. Before joining Hunan University, he studied or worked in
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, University of Macau, Cardiff University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University. In 2021, he was awarded the Distinguished Young Scholar (Overseas) from the National
Natural Science Foundation of China. His research focuses on transportation geotechnics, with 11
publications in Géotechnique, ASCE-Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering and
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. His relevant investigations have been adopted in several practical
engineering projects, including several tunnelling projects in Changsha and Shenzhen, substructure
maintenance for TGV high-speed railway lines in France. He is currently a Corresponding Member of
TC202 (Transportation Geotechnics) in International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering (ISSMGE). He was also elected as the secretary of the Task Force 6 “Climatic effects on
geomaterial behaviour related to mechanics of unsaturated transportation foundations” for TC202. He
serves as the Editorial Member or Editor of Special issues in several journals, including Transportation
Geotechnics, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, etc. In May 2023, he delivered a Keynote
Speech in The 4th National Conference on Transportation Geotechnics in Lanzhou, China.
