Yu Zhong (yu.zhong@unimelb.edu.au)
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering Department
B204a/11, Level 2, Building 175, Parkville, VIC, 3010

Tentative PhD Thesis
“Thermal and mechanical performance of energy retaining walls: In-situ testing and numerical modelling”
Supervisors: A/Prof. Guillermo Narsilio, Dr. Nikolas Makasis, Dr. Mahdi Misfani
Education
  • PhD student (Infrastructure Engineering, Geotechnical Group), The University of Melbourne, Australia (2019 – present)
  • MEng student (Civil Engineering), The University of Melbourne, Australia (2017 –2018)
  • Semester abroad (Civil Engineering), The University of Manchester, The United Kingdom (2016)
  • BSc (Civil System), The University of Melbourne, Australia (2014 – 2016 )

Employment
  • Tutor – Engineering Site Characterisation subject, The University of Melbourne, Australia (2018, 2019)
  • Tutor – Geotechnical Engineering subject, The University of Melbourne, Australia (2018,2019)
  • Tutor – System Modelling and Design subject, The University of Melbourne, Australia (2019)
  • Research Assistant - Porous Media Research Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia (2017 - 2018)
  • Structural Engineering Summer Intern – Century Chief International Architectural Design, China (2016-2017)

Awards and Scholarships
  • Melbourne Research Scholarships (MRS), The University of Melbourne (2018)
  • Dean’s Honours List, The University of Melbourne (2017)
  • Melbourne Global Scholars Award, The University of Melbourne (2017)
 
Publications - In preparation or submitted
  • Zhong Y., Narsilio G.A., Makasis N., Li Z., Aditya G.R. (2020). Thermal response of energy soldier pile walls., 2nd International Conference on Energy Gotechnics (ICEGT), 20-23 September, California, USA. 
  • Zhong, Y., Narsilio, G. A., Makasis, N., & Scott, C. (2021). Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 100276. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2021.100276
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