Lianyang Zhang
Civil Engineering 207D
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Dr. Lianyang Zhang holds the Delbert R. Lewis Distinguished Professorship and is the Director of the SMART (Sustainable Materials and Recycling Technologies) Laboratory in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Arizona. His areas of expertise include rock characterization, ground control, deep foundations, waste recycling and utilization, sustainable and green construction materials, and eco-friendly dust control. Dr. Zhang has authored two books, co-edited three books, and published more than 200 peer-reviewed technical papers in international journals and conferences, and ranked in top 0.3% of scholars in the field of Geological & Geomatics Engineering based on career-long impact in 2021. He is an Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, a Managing Editor of Underground Space, and sits on the Editorial Board of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering and two other international journals. He is an ASCE Fellow, chairs the ASCE Rock Mechanics Committee, and serves on the ASCE Geoenvironmental Committee and the Board of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics. Dr. Zhang holds a BS in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Shanghai JiaoTong University, an MS in Geotechnical Engineering from Tongji University, and an MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from MIT.
Degrees
- PhD Geotechnical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MS Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- M. Geotechnical Engineering
- Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- BS Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests
Teaching
Soil mechanics; rock mechanics; foundation engineering; earth retaining structures; ground improvement; geoenvironmental engineering; and geotechnical earthquake Eegineering
Research
Rock mechanics and rock engineering; mine ground control; pile foundations; geotechnical earthquake engineering; sustainable geotechnics and geoenvironmental engineering; waste recycling and utilization; sustainable and green construction materials; and eco-friendly dust control.
Courses
Soil Mechanics
CE 343 (Spring 2020)
Foundation Engineering
CE 440 (Fall 2024)
CE 440 (Fall 2023)
CE 440 (Fall 2021)
CE 440 (Fall 2020)
CE 440 (Fall 2019)
CE 440 (Fall 2018)
CE 440 (Fall 2017)
CE 440 (Spring 2017)
CE 440 (Spring 2016)
CE 540 (Fall 2024)
CE 540 (Fall 2023)
CE 540 (Fall 2021)
CE 540 (Fall 2020)
CE 540 (Fall 2019)
CE 540 (Fall 2018)
CE 540 (Fall 2017)
CE 540 (Spring 2017)
CE 540 (Spring 2016)
Earth Struc Geotech Engr
CE 441 (Spring 2023)
CE 441 (Spring 2020)
CE 441 (Spring 2019)
CE 441 (Fall 2017)
CE 441 (Fall 2016)
CE 541 (Spring 2023)
CE 541 (Spring 2020)
CE 541 (Spring 2019)
CE 541 (Fall 2017)
CE 541 (Fall 2016)
Ground Improvement
CE 442 (Spring 2024)
CE 442 (Spring 2023)
CE 442 (Spring 2022)
CE 442 (Spring 2021)
CE 442 (Spring 2018)
CE 442 (Spring 2016)
CE 542 (Spring 2024)
CE 542 (Spring 2023)
CE 542 (Spring 2021)
CE 542 (Spring 2018)
CE 542 (Spring 2016)
Geoenvironmental Engring
CE 445 (Fall 2018)
CE 445 (Spring 2017)
CE 545 (Fall 2020)
CE 545 (Fall 2018)
CE 545 (Spring 2017)
Geotech Earthquake Engr
CE 446 (Fall 2021)
CE 446 (Fall 2019)
CE 546 (Fall 2021)
CE 546 (Fall 2019)
Research Topics
CE 596A (Spring 2023)
CE 596A (Fall 2020)
CE 596A (Fall 2016)
EM 596A (Fall 2016)
Independent Study
CE 599 (Fall 2023)
CE 599 (Spring 2023)
CE 599 (Fall 2021)
CE 599 (Spring 2021)
CE 599 (Spring 2020)
CE 599 (Fall 2019)
CE 599 (Spring 2019)
CE 599 (Fall 2018)
CE 599 (Spring 2018)
CE 599 (Fall 2017)
CE 599 (Spring 2016)
Research
CE 900 (Fall 2022)
CE 900 (Fall 2017)
Dissertation
CE 920 (Fall 2024)
CE 920 (Spring 2024)
CE 920 (Fall 2023)
CE 920 (Spring 2023)
CE 920 (Fall 2022)
CE 920 (Spring 2022)
CE 920 (Fall 2021)
CE 920 (Spring 2021)
CE 920 (Fall 2020)
CE 920 (Spring 2020)
CE 920 (Fall 2019)
CE 920 (Spring 2019)
CE 920 (Fall 2018)
CE 920 (Spring 2018)
CE 920 (Fall 2017)
CE 920 (Spring 2017)
CE 920 (Fall 2016)
CE 920 (Spring 2016)
Licensure & Certification
- Professional Engineer (PE), Massachusetts (2000)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Li, Z., & Zhang, L. (2016). Fly ash-based geopolymer with kappa-carrageenan biopolymer. In Biopolymers and Biotech Admixtures for Eco-Efficient Construction Materials(pp 173-192).
- Ahmari, S., & Zhang, L. (2014). The properties and durability of alkali-activated masonry units. In Handbook of Alkali-activated Cements, Mortars and Concretes(pp 643--660). Woodhead Publishing.
- Ahmari, S., & Zhang, L. (2014). The properties and durability of mine tailings-based geopolymeric masonry blocks. In Eco-efficient Masonry Bricks and Blocks: Design, Properties and Durability(p. 289). Woodhead Publishing.
Journals/Publications
- Amin Soltanianfard, M., Desai, C. S., Zhang, L., Hosseinali, M., Toufigh, V., & Ghaemian, M. (2023). Experimental Investigation and Constitutive Modeling of Rock-Like Specimens' Interface with the Effect of Roughness Based on 3D Printing. International Journal of Geomechanics, 04023283.
- Chen, H., Hu, J., & Zhang, L. (2023). Three-Dimensional Analyses of Long-Term Settlement of Storage Tanks Supported by a Large Piled-Raft Foundation System. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 05023007.
- Chen, H., Zhu, H., & Zhang, L. (2024). Semi???analytical solution for ultimate bearing capacity of smooth and rough circular foundations on rock considering three???dimensional strength. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.
- Korouzhdeh, T., Eskandari-Naddaf, H., Shadnia, R., & Zhang, L. (2024). A comparative study between Gray Wolf and particle swarm algorithms use for optimization of cost in composite beam. Soft Computing, 1-23.
- Nikvar-Hassani, A., Batchler, T., & Zhang, L. (2024). Full-Scale Demonstration and Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Geopolymer/Biopolymer Cementitious Material Developed for Pumpable Roof Supports in Underground Mines. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 1-12.
- Nikvar-Hassani, A., Chen, H., Motameni, S., Visnansky, C., Lovelady, M., Cutruzzula, S. E., & Zhang, L. (2024). Using cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) waste in production of concrete: An experimental study. Construction and Building Materials, 411, 134261.
- Chen, H., & Zhang, L. (2023). Reply to Discussion on "A Machine Learning-Based Method for Predicting End-Bearing Capacity of Rock-Socketed Shafts" [Rock Mech Rock Eng 55, 1743-1757]. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 1-3.
- Chen, H., Nikvar-Hassani, A., Ormsby, S., Ramey, D., & Zhang, L. (2023). Mechanical and microstructural investigations on the low-reactive copper mine tailing-based geopolymer activated by phosphoric acid. Construction and Building Materials, 393, 132030.
- Chen, H., Zhu, H., & Zhang, L. (2023). Rock Slope Stability Analysis Incorporating the Effects of Intermediate Principal Stress. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 1-19.
- Xu, Q., Xie, J., Zhang, L., He, X., Lu, L., & Li, Y. (2023). Failure analysis of progressive instability and deformation law of excavation face in sand cobble stratum under cutting disturbance by shield cutter. Engineering Failure Analysis, 154, 107711.
- Zhao, Y., Liu, J., Zhang, C., Zhang, H., Liao, J., Zhu, S., & Zhang, L. (2023). Mechanical behavior of sandstone during post-peak cyclic loading and unloading under hydromechanical coupling. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 33(8), 927-947.
- Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Tang, W., Li, Y., Lin, H., Wang, Y., & Zhang, L. (2023). Creep behavior of layered salt rock under triaxial loading and unloading cycles. Applied Rheology, 33(1), 20230103.
- Zhao, Y., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., & Lin, H. (2023). Editorial: Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical (THM) Coupling Behaviour of Fractured Rock Masses. Geofluids, 2023, 1-4. doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9764934
- Chen, H., & Zhang, L. (2022). A machine learning-based method for predicting end-bearing capacity of rock-socketed shafts. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(3), 1743-1757.
- Chen, H., Zhu, H., & Zhang, L. (2022). A Three-Dimensional (3D) Semi-analytical Solution for the Ultimate End-Bearing Capacity of Rock-Socketed Shafts. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(2), 611-627.
Proceedings Publications
- Nikvar-Hassani, A. .., & Zhang, L. (2023, 2023). A novel hybrid cementitious material for pumpable roof supports: From laboratory-scale investigation to full-scale production. In 42nd International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, July 25 - 27, 2023, Canosburg, PA, 9.
- Zhang, L. (2023, 2023). Utilization of mine wastes as road construction material through geopolymerization. In IRF R2T Conference & Exhibition, November 14 - 17, 2023, Phoenix, AZ,, 12.
- Zhang, L., & Chen, H. (2023, 2023). A Simple App for Rapid and Refined Analysis of Open Pit Rock Slope Stability. In SME MINEXCHANGE 2023 Annual Conference & Expo, February 26 - March 1, 2023, Denver, CO, 6.
- Amjad, U. (2022, 2022). Real-time structural health monitoring of concrete using the non-linear ultrasonic SPC-I technique. In Proceedings of ASME 2022 49th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation: QNDE2022, Paper-98407.
- Deng, J. (2022, 2022). Effect of pulse shape and duration on induced pillar rockbursts. In RaSiM10: Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines, Paper-2203.
- Chen, H., Zhu, H., & Zhang, L. (2020, 2020). A Strain Softening/Hardening Constitutive Model for Rock Based on Newly Modified GZZ Criterion. In 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
- Nikvar-Hassani, A., & Zhang, L. (2020, 2020). Development of a New Geopolymer Based Cementitious Material for Pumpable Roof Supports in Underground Mining. In Geo-Congress 2020: Engineering, Monitoring, and Management of Geotechnical Infrastructure, 325-334.
- Manjarrez, L., & Zhang, L. (2019, November). Using DEM to study the behavior of granular soils under cyclic shear loading. In Geotechnical Engineering in the XXI Century: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges, Proceedings of XVI Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI PCSMGE), 611-619.
- An, M., Zhang, F., Zhang, L., & Yang, F. (2018, May). Effects of normal stress and clay content on the frictional properties of reservoir rocks under fully saturated conditions. In Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 228-239.
- Hu, J., & Zhang, L. (2018, May). Prediction of long-term settlements of foundations supporting high and heavy storage tanks based on short-term field measurements. In Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Advances in Soil Dynamics and Foundation Engineering, 654-661.
- Hu, J., Wu, X., & Zhang, L. (2018, May). Reevaluation of soil compression properties for an aluminum refinery plant. In Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Fundamentals of Soil Behaviors, 354-361.
- Wang, X., Zhu, H., & Zhang, L. (2018, October). A three-dimensional damage-softening statistical constitutive model for rock based on GZZ criterion. In 10th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium and The ISRM International Symposium for 2018, 10.
- Yin, Z., Zhang, F., Chen, Z., Zhang, L., & Maxwell, S. (2018, Number). Geomechanical modeling of fault reactivation and induced seismicity by the flowback of hydraulic fracturing fluid. In CouFrac - International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, 4.
- Zhang, F., Yin, Z., Chen, Z., Maxwell, S., Zhang, L., & Wu, Y. (2018, August). Fault reactivation and induced seismicity during multi-stage hydraulic fracturing: field microseismic analysis and geomechanical modeling. In International Conference on Applied Energy, 6.
- An, M., Zhang, F., & Zhang, L. (2017, August). Experimental investigation of frictional healing and frictional creep behavior of typical reservoir rocks in China. In The Chinese Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CCTAM-2017), 14.
Awards
- Researcher of the Year, College of Engineering
- University of Arizona, Spring 2024
- Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Project of the Year Award
- Slag Cement Association, Winter 2023
- World’s Top 2% Scientist
- Stanford University, Spring 2023
- Stanford University, Spring 2022
- Stanford University, Spring 2021
- Stanford University, Spring 2020
- ASCE Fellow
- ASCE, Fall 2019