Current Professional Societies

1. Sectary, International Society of Lifeline and Infrastructure Earthquake Engineering, since 2014

2. Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, since 2009

Research Areas

1. Seismic response of underground structures;

2. Mechanics in tunnel construction;

3. Techniques in geotechnical model tests.

Honors

First Prize, Science and Technology Reward of the Architecture Society of China, 2015

Publications

1. Junke Han, Xu Zhao, Zhenyun Tang, et.al, Study on the bearing capacity of cold-formed steel under different boundary conditions in transmission towers[J] Earthquakes and Structures, 2017, Vol.12(6): 665-672

2. Xu Zhao, Chengming Zhang, Xiuli Du, et.al,The analysis of the seismic response of mountain tunnels under SV waves with different incident directions[J] Journal of Vibration Engineering, 2018, Vol.31(4): 698-706

3. Xu Zhao, Ruohan Li，Lianjin Tao, et.al, Shaking table tests of influences on tunnel seismic response from loosen zone and buffer layers[J] Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 2018, Vol.37(S1): 3310-3319

4. Xu Zhao, Ruohan Li, Lianjin Tao, et.al, Shaking table model tests on tunnels at different depths [A] Proceedings of the 6th The Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, 2018: Oct. 28-31, Ghent, Belgium

Personal statement

Xu ZHAO, associate professor and master supervisor, is in the Institute of Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures of Beijing University of Technology. She got her Ph.D. degree from Tongji University in China and join in Beijing University of technology in 2009. In 2006 to 2007, She visited the Institute of Soil Mechanics and Underground Engineering in Vienna University of Technology, Austria. Her academic interests mainly include: dynamic response and seismic design of underground structures, mechanics in constructing underground structures, especially tunnels; and model testing theories and skills for both dynamic and static type of physical tests. She has gained supports for her research from the National Science foundation of China, the administration of Science and technology of China，the Administration of transportation of China and other affiliations and companies with more than 10 projects. Until now, she has published more than 30 technical papers, of which more than 20 of them are indexed by SCI/EI/ISTP. Besides Researching and in-situ work, she is also a popular teacher among students in her teaching course of Underground Structure Design and Geological Disaster Control by her experiences in both China and Europe, also her skills in model testing. Based on her work in the past 10 years, she is now looking forward in developing theoretical systems in underground static and seismic design and related researching methods.