Autor: Feng Jiang

YI Ping : Dr Ping Yi holds a B.S. degree in engineering mechanics from Hunan University, China, a M.S. degree and a Ph.D. degree in mechanics from Dalian University of Technology, China. She was a visiting scholar at Rutgers University, U.S., for one year. Currently a professor of Dalian University of Technology where she has taught engineering mechanics since 2000. Professional interests include optimization and reliability analysis in structural engineering and geotechnical engineering. Presently Dr. Yi has authored or co-authored more than sixty research papers and six books. Among the papers, 18 of them are published in the SCI international journals.LIU Jun : Jun Liu is a professor of geotechnical engineering in Dalian University of Technology, China. He got his M. S. in mechanics and his Ph. D. in hydraulic structure engineering from Dalian University of Technology. He teaches engineering mechanics since 2008. His area of expertise is structural dynamics, test methods and numerical methods in geotechnical engineering.JIANG Feng : Feng Jiang received his B.S. in 1983, M.S. in 1986 from Dalian University of Technology, China. Since then, he has been working in the department of civil engineering at this university and serves as a professor from 1997. He teachers engineering mechanics and finite elements.