Basic information
Name: Zhao Guochen
Gender: Male
Education: Doctor
Title: Associate Professor
Email: zgc011@126.com
Study and Work Experience
l From May 2023 to present, Associate professor, Doctoral supervisor, Hubei (Wuhan) Institute of Explosion and Blasting Technology, Jianghan University
l From May 2022 to April 2023, Lecturer, Master's supervisor, Hubei (Wuhan) Institute of Explosion and Blasting Technology, Jianghan University
l April 2019 - April 2022, Lecturer, Master's supervisor, Department of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai)
l September 2014 - January 2019, Ph.D. in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering and Protective Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
l Co-phd, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2017 - September 2018
Major research directions
(1) Fundamental theory of earthquakes and faults, numerical simulation and model tests
(2) Seismic resistance of tunnel engineering structures
(3) Numerical simulation and risk analysis of blasting demolition
(4) Relevant applications of artificial intelligence algorithms in the field of civil engineering
Major research work (projects)
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, 52378517, Study on the system disaster mechanism and failure mode of cross-fault tunnels in strong earthquake-prone areas, 2024/01-2027/12, Principal Investigator
2. Sub-project of Special Project of National Key Research and Development Program, Test method for fine-grained physical model of tunnel structure and Surrounding rock under active fault action, 2023/04-2026/03, Principal Investigator
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, 52178471, Theory and Method for Vector Seismic Hazard Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants under Overdesign baseline Earthquakes, 2022/01-2025/12, Participant
4. Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation General Project, 2023AFB9345, Research on Reliability Method of Multi-load Joint Failure Mode for Underwater Metro Tunnels in Wuhan City, 2023/07-2025/06, principal Investigator
5. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project, 51908169, Study on displacement design spectrum based on wavelet multi-resolution analysis method, 2020/01-2022/12, Principal Investigator
6. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, 51678208, Theory, Method and Application of Ground Motion Classification based on Bioinformatics Principles, 2017/01-2020/12, participant
7. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, 51178152, Research on a New Generation Seismic Design Spectrum Theory System and Its Key Issues, 2012/01-2015/12, Participant
Representative works
1. Zhao G, Gardoni P, Xu L, Xie L. Seismic probabilistic capacity models and fragility estimates for the transversal lining section of circular tunnels. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2023, 27(5): 1281-1301.
2. Zhao G, Xu L, Lin S, Lai Q, Zhu X, Xie L. An Easy-To-Update Pulse-Like Ground Motion Identification Method Based on Siamese Convolutional Neural Networks. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2023: 1-19.
3. Zhu J, Zhao G, Xu L, Li S. Probabilistic Seismic Demand Models of Circular Tunnels Subjected to Horizontal Ground Motions Based on 2D Dynamic Analyses. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2023: 1-22.
4. Lin S, Ashlock J C, Zhao G, Lai Q, Xu L, Zhai C. Genetic-simulated annealing optimization for surface wave inversion of shear-wave velocity profiles of geotechnical sites. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 160: 105525.
5. Zhao G, Xu L, Zhu X, Lin S, Xie L. Spectrum-matched ground motion selection method based on Siamese Convolutional Neural Networks. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2022, 163: 107515.
6. Zhao G, Gardoni P, Xu L, Shu F, Xie L. Probabilistic seismic demand models for circular tunnels subjected to transversal seismic load. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2022, 125, 104527.
7. Liu Q, Sun L, Zhu X, Xu L, Zhao G. Chloride transport in the reinforced concrete column under the marine environment: Distinguish the atmospheric, tidal-splash and submerged zones. Structures, 2022, 39: 365-377.
8. Zhu X, Jiang K, Liu Q, Tang L, Xu L, Zhao G, Gong C. An analytical method for the thermo-mechanics coupling study of thin-walled spherical shell structure. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2021, 1-22.
9. Wu P, Zhu X, Xu L, Peng W, Zhao, G. Effect of stray current coupled with chloride concentration and temperature on the corrosion resistance of a steel passivation film. Electrochemistry Communications, 2020, 118, 106793.
10. Zhao G, Xu L, Gardoni P, Xie L. A new method of deriving the acceleration and displacement design spectra of pulse-like ground motions based on the wavelet multi-resolution analysis. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2019, 119: 1-10.
Honors and Awards:
1. Outstanding Communist Party Member of Wuhan Education System in 2024
2. Huixian Earthquake Engineering Excellent Academic Conference Paper Award 2023
3. Chutian Scholar of Hubei Province's Chutian Talent Program 2023
4. Honorary title of Outstanding Young Talent of Wuhan Talent Program in 2022
5. The title of Outstanding Ideological and Political Worker of Harbin Institute of Technology in 2019-2020
6. Liu Huixian Earthquake Engineering Scholarship for 2016
7. 2016 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Innovation Scholarship
8. Nomination Award for the Eighth Top Ten Outstanding Graduate Students of Harbin Institute of Technology
Admission Information:
Recruiting master's and doctoral students in civil and hydraulic engineering, artificial intelligence and chemical engineering, with a focus on artificial intelligence in civil engineering, intelligent blasting, model testing in civil engineering, and interdisciplinary research in civil and chemical engineering. The research group includes many experts and scholars who have worked at Harbin Institute of Technology, Dalian University of Technology and the Institute of Engineering Mechanics of China Earthquake Administration, and maintains close ties with many institutions such as Tongji University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University and Beijing University of Technology to jointly cultivate master's students.
