Highest Degree:
Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
Research expertise:
Ground improvement, Lateral earth pressure, Off-shore geotechnical engineering, Soft-ground tunneling
Courses taught:
Soil mechanics, Soil mechanics laboratory, Foundation engineering, Soil dynamics, MRT soft ground tunneling, Cases of failure in geotechnical engineering
Office:
Room 318, Engineering Building II
Phone:
03-5712121 ext. 54957 or 03-5718636
Email:
ysfang@nycu.edu.tw
Experience
2019/08~now Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil Engineering, NYCU
2006/08~2009/07 Dean, College of Engineering, NCTU
2004/08~2006/07 Associate Dean, College of Engineering, NCTU
2002/08~2004/07 Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, NCTU
1994/08~1996/07 Director, Institute of Civil Engineering, NCTU
1994/08~2019/07 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NCTU
1983/10~1994/7 Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NCTU
2013/03~2015/02 President, Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society (Member Society of ISSMGE)
2011/12~2014/11 Chief Editor, SINO-GEOTCHNICS journal
2006~now Editorial Board Member, Journal of GeoEngineering, TGS
2003~2007 Associate Editor, GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Journal, SEAGS
1998~2000 Editor in Charge, J. of Chinese Inst. of Civil and Hydraulic Engrg.
2007~2013 Chairman, Award committee, Chinese Taipei Tunnelling Assoc.
2023/04 2022 Excellent paper award, J. of GeoEngineering, 17(4): 207-220
2020/04 2019 Excellent paper award, J. of GeoEngineering, 14(3): 141-154
2004/09 Outstanding Teaching Award, National Chiao Tung University
1997/10 Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
1998/09~1998/09 Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle
1985/02~1985/09 Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York