Editorial Information

Education

1995: Ph.D. from Xi’an University of Technology

1987: Master degree from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

1982: Bachelor degree from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

Work Experience

1999–current: Professor at Beihang University

1987–1999: Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

1997–1999: JSPS Research Fellow at Nagoya Institute of Technology (Japan)

1982–1984: Teaching Assistant at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

Research Interests

Constitutive Theory for Soils

Numerical Modelling of Soils

Transportation Geotechnics

Major Publications

[1] Yao Y P, Hou W, Zhou A N. UH model: three-dimensional unified hardening model for overconsolidated clays. Géotechnique, 2009, 59(5): 451-469.

[2] Yao Y P, Sun D A, Matsuoka H. A unified constitutive model for both clay and sand with hardening parameter independent on stress path. Computers and Geotechnics, 2008, 35(2): 210-222.

[3] Yao Y P, Ruan Y Z, Chen J, Geng Y, Zhang X, Liu B Y, Zong X P, Yu G Z. Research on a real-time monitoring platform for compaction of high embankment in airport engineering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2018, 144(1): 04017096.

[4] Yao Y P, Zhou A N. Non-isothermal unified hardening model: a thermo-elasto-plastic model for clays. Géotechnique, 2013, 63(15): 1328-1345.

[5] Yao Y P, Kong L M, Zhou A N, Yin J H. Time-dependent unified hardening model: three-dimensional elastoviscoplastic constitutive model for clays. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2015, 141(6): 04014162.

Honors and Social Service

Honors

1. First Prize of Nature and Science Award of the Ministry of Education of China, 2016

2. First Prize of Nature and Science Award of the Ministry of Education of China, 2020

3. First Prize of Best Paper Award of the China Civil Engineering Society, 2020

4. Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019

5. Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Major Prize of Mao Yi-Sheng Science and Technology Award, 2020

Service

1. Dean of Shijia College of Beihang University

2. Editorial Board Member, Computers and Geotechnics

3. Editorial Board Member , Acta Geotechnica

4. Editorial Board Member, Transportation Geotechnics

Yangping Yao（Professor）