Y.J. SHANG  Ph.D.,Professor of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology
Research field: hydrogeology and engineering geology 

Education

• Ph.D. degree in 1997 from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• M.S. degree in 1994 from Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing
• B.S. degree in 1991 from Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Work Experiences

• Jan. 2006-present: Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• Oct.2013-2018: Technology aid to Xinjiang, professor, Department of Mining Engineering and Geology, Xinjiang Institute of Engineering. 
• Mar 2007~Dec 2009: visiting scholar, Dept. of Energy and Environment, Seoul National University 
• Jan. 2001 – Dec. 2005: Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
• April 2001 - Dec. 2001: Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
• June 2000 - Aug.2000: Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
• Nov.1998 - March 1999: Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• July 1998 - Sept. 1998: Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Aug.1997 - Nov.2000: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Professional Activities

• 2024-present: Member of Editorial Board, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 
• 2010 - present: Member of Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Engineering Geology 
• 2010 - present: Member of Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering 
• 2002 - present: Member of IAEG (International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment)
• 2002 - present: Member of ISRM (International Society for Rock Mechanics)
• 2021 - present: council member, Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering
• 2023 - present: Vice Chairman, Xinjiang Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Engineering Geomechanics Branch of the Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering 
• 2023 - present: Honor Adviser, IIUS (International Institute of Utility Specialists) 

International Academic Cooperation and Exchange

• Oct 25-27,2023 International conference on climate change and disaster risk,Islambad, Pakistan  
• Sept 21-25,2023 14^th IAEG Congress, Chengdu, China 
• Aug 5-10,2012: 34^th IGC, Brisban, Australia 
• Oct.2011: 12^th ISRM, Beijing, China 
• Sept.5-10, 2010: 11^th IAEG Congress, Auckland, New Zealand 
• July 9-13, 2007: 11^th ISRM, Lisboon, Portugal(oral presentation: Discontinuity distraction in granites and its effects on rock mass classification)
• Sept. 2006: 10th IAEG Congress, Nottingham, UK (registered as delegate with one full paper)
• May 22-25, 2005: Geoline 2005, Lyon, France (Oral Presentation:  Engineering geological zonation in Tibet)
• May 18-20, 2005: Eurock 2005, Brno, Czech Republic (Oral Presentation: Weak rock properties contributing to TBM jamming accidents in China)
• May 17-21, 2004: International Symposium of Asian Rock Mechanics (SinoRock 2004), Yichang, China (Oral presentation: Debris formation due to weathering, avalanching and rock falling, landsliding in SE Tibet)
• Aug. 19-29, 2004: The 32^nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy (Oral presentation: Landslides in SE Tibet).
• Nov. 15-16, 2004: International Workshop on Underground Storage of Oil and Gas in Rock Caverns, Beijing, China (Oral Presentation: Comparison of rock mass quality indices for selection of underground crude oil storage).
• Nov. 12-Dec.2, 2004: The 3^rd Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Kyoto, Japan (Oral presentation: Analysis of one TBM jamming accident in tunneling for water diversion and supply project in China).
• Aug. 4-9, 2003: The 12^th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Singapore (Oral presentation: Variation of shearing strength of undisturbed CDG in Hong Kong).
• Nov. 18-20, 2003: International Symposium on Fusion Technology, Seoul, Korea (participated)
• Sept. 16-20, 2002: The 9^th Congress of IAEG (the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment). Durban, South Africa (Oral presentation: Sophisticated identification of clay mineral contents in weathered igneous soils).
• May 8-10, 2000: Symposium of slope hazards and their prevention, Hong Kong, China (participated with published paper).
• July 2003~Dec.2005: Co-operation with CMC, Italy, on engineering geological consultancy for the TBM tunneling in Zhangjiu River, Kunming, China
• Jan. 2003-Dec. 2004: Co-operation with Prof. Park H.D., Seoul National University, on microstructure and mechanical properties of weathered rocks and their significance to the preservation of stone buildings and cultural relics. Research supported by NSFC (China) and KOSEF (Korea). 

TBM tunnelling, Geohazards, Soft Rock and Hard Soil

1. Dec.2020, The Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress, by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
2. Nov.2019, The Second Prize of Natural Science Progress Award, by Chinese Association of Rock Mechanics and Engineering
3. Sept. 2018, Excelent teacher at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UCAS, CAS.
4. Sept. 2014 The First Prize of Science and Technology Progress, by Chinese Association of Rock Mechanics and Engineering
5. Sept. 2009 The Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress, By the Chinese Government (Name list: No.9)
6. Sept.2006: “Richard-Wolters Prize”, awarded by International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG)
7. Aug.2005: The Science and Technology Prize to Excellent Young Scientist on Tibetan Plateau, awarded by the Chinese Tibetan Plateau Association
8. Aug.2004: The Golden Prize for Excellent Young Scientists, awarded by CSRME (Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering)
9. Dec. 2003: Golden Hammer Prize for Excellent Young Geologists, awarded by Geological Society of China
10. Oct. 2001: Award for Excellent Software-making Contribution to Science and Technology Progress in China, Grade II of PLA.
11. Nov. 2000: Award for excellent contribution to Science and Technology progress in China, Grade II of PLA.
12. Oct. 1997: President Award for Excellent Post-graduate Students of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Published books

1. Shang YJ, Gao Q, Liu XJ, Jin WJ. Study on failure characteristics of Yecheng aeolian soil slope under low-frequency rainstorm. Wuhan: China University of Geosciences Press,2020.
2. Shang YJ, Liu XJ, Li K, Meng H. Geological hazard susceptibility and risk assessment of the domestic section of the China Pakistan Highway. Wuhan: China University of Geosciences Press,2020.
3. Yanjun Shang, Zhifa Yang, Yuan Guangxiang, et al.Distribution and development of geohazards in the Sichuan-Tibet Highway at the North of the Yarlu-Tsang Pu Grand Canyon. Beijing: Chinese Railway Press, 2009.
4. Yang Zhifa，Shang YanJun，Zhang Luqing, et al.Geohazards in the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and engineering measurements. Beijing: Science Press, 2006.

Published papers

1. YJ Shang and M Hasan(2021). Analysis of Rockslide and Engineering Slide via Integration between Rock Mechanical and Geophysical Parameters. 2021 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 861,022013.
2. Shang YJ, Yang CG, Jin WJ, Chen YW, Hasan M, Wang Y, Li k, Lin DM, Zhou M. (2021). Application of Integrated Geophysical Methods for Site Suitability of Research Infrastructures (RIs) in China. Applied Sciences. 11(18), 8666.
3. Shang Yanjun, Li Lihui, He Wantong, Zhang Luqing, Li Tianbin, Yang Zhifa(2017). Back analysis of long-term stability of a 92 m span ancient quarrying cavern. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 9(2):350-363.
4. Shang Yanjun, Hyun Chang-Uk, Park Hyeong-Dong, Yang Zhifa, Yuan Guangxiang(2017). The 102 Landslide: human-slope interaction in SE Tibet over a 20-year period. Environmental Earth Sciences, 76:47.
5. Yanjun Shang, Zhifa Yang, Wantong He, et al.(2016). Mining induced collapse in 1997 and seismic records at Changyu, SE China. Episodes, 39(4):582-589.
6. Shang YJ, Liu JQ，Liu DA，Zhang LQ, Xia YQ, Lei TZ(2015). Observation of explosion pits and test results of ejecta above a rock avalanche triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China. Geomorphology，231:162-168.
7. Shang YanJun, Park Hyeong-Dong, Yang ZhiFa, Chen SiGuang & Lin DaMing (2014). Deposition rate and interaction of human-riverine from height increase and permanent function of an 1179ys weir in Southeast China. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 57(2): 323-336.
8. Shang YanJun, Li Shihui, Li Kun, Song Jun, Sun Yuanchun(2013). The Deformation Rate Ratio Criterion(DRRC):from empirical hypothesis to decision verification. In: Wu & Qi (eds). Global View of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 2013 Talor & Francies Group, London, 675-683.
9. Yanjun Shang, Hyeong-Dong Park, Yongyue Shi, Guangxiang Yuan and Yuanchun Sun (2010). Some large values of in-situ stress and related engineering geological problems in China. Geosciences Journal, 14:135-153.
10. Yanjun Shang, Hyeong-Dong Park, Guangxiang Yuan, Yuanchun Sun, Qian Gao (2008). From in situ stress and discontinuities to the strength of granites: comparison and case study. Geoscience Journal, 12(4):361-372.
11. Yanjun Shang, Hyeong-Dong Park, Zhifa Yang (2006). Flexible design of a rock slope abutment at the Wuqiangxi Hydroelectric Power Station. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 65(3): 281-288.
12. Yanjun Shang, Zhifa Yang ZF, Lihui Li, Sijing Wang & Siguang Chen (2006). Scientific and engineering highlights of an 1171-year-old weir in Eastern China. Agricultural Water Management, 81(3):371-380.
13. Yanjun Shang, Heong-Dong Park, Zhifa Yang (2005). Engineering geological zonation using interaction matrix of geological factors: An example from one section of Sichuan-Tibet Highway. Geosciences Journal 9(4)：297-406.
14. Yanjun Shang, Hyeong-Dong Park, Zhifa Yang, Jie Yang (2005). Distribution of distinctive landslides adjacent to northern side of the Yarlu Tsangpo Grand Canyon in Tibet, China. Environmental Geology 48(6):721-741.
15. Yanjun Shang, Hyeong-Dong Park, Zhifa Yang Luqing Zhang (2004). Debris formation due to weathering, avalanching and rock falling, landsliding in SE Tibet. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 41(3): 528-529.
16. Yanjun Shang, Jihong Xue, Sijing Wang, Zhifa Yang, Yongxin Qu (2004). A case history of Tunnel Boring Machine jamming in an inter-layer shear zone at the Yellow River Diversion Project in China. Engineering Geology, 71:199-211.
17. Yanjun Shang, Zhifa Yang, Lihui Li, Da’an Liu, Qiulin Liao (2003). A super-large landslide in Tibet in 2000: background, occurrence, disaster, and origin. Geomorphology, 54:225-243.
18. Yanjun Shang, Sijing Wang, Zhifa Yang, Kunshu Zhou, and Lihui Li (2003). The cultural relics distribution characteristics along the canal line and appraisal of its influence by the Middle Route Project for Water Transfer from South to North China. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 9(1): 403-420.
19. Yanjun Shang, Yue Zhongqi, Zhifa Yang, Yangchun Wang, Da’an Liu (2003). Addressing severe slope failure hazards along Sichuan-Tibet Highway in Southwestern China. Episodes, 26(2):94-104.
20. Yanjun Shang, Zhongqi Yue, Bangdong Xia, Heming Lin, Guohe Li (2002). A tectonic escape model for the formation of sedimentary basins in the Yangzhou Block of the Lower Yangtze Region, Eastern China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Vol 20/2: 105-118.
21. Yanjun Shang, Jungang Cai, Weidong Hao, Xiangyang Wu, Shihui Li (2002). Intelligent Back Analysis of Displacements for tunneling in China. Tunneling and Underground Space Technology 17(4):381-389.
22. Yanjun Shang, Sijing Wang, Guangcheng Li, Zhifa Yang (2000). Retrospective case example using a comprehensive suitability index (CSI) for siting the Shisan-Ling power station, China. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 37(5):839-853.
23. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Gulraiz Akhter, et al. (2019). Delineation of contaminated aquifers using integrated geophysical methods in Northeast Punjab, Pakistan. Environ Monit Assess, 192:12.
24. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Weijun Jin, et al. (2019). Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability Using Integrated Geophysical Approach in Weathered Terrains of South China. Open Geosciences, 11:1129–1150.
25. Muhammad Hasan, Shang Yanjun, Jin Weijun, et al. (2019). Investigation of fractured rock aquifer in South China using electrical resistivity tomography and self-potential methods. J. Mt. Sci.,16(4): 850-869.
26. Muhammad Hasan,YanjunShang, Gulraiz Akhter, et al. (2019). Application of VES and ERT for delineation of fresh-saline interface in alluvial aquifers of Lower Bari Doab, Pakistan. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 164: 200-213.
27. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Weijun Jin, et al. (2019). Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability Using Integrated Geophysical Approach in Weathered Terrains of South China.Open Geosciences, 11(1): 1129-1150.
28. Kun Li, Yanjun Shang, Wantong He,et al. (2019). An engineering site suitability index (ESSI) for the evaluation of geological situations based on a multi-factor interaction matrix. Bull Eng Geol Environ, 78(1):569–577.
29. Siyu Wei, Yanjun Shang and Yanyan Li (2019). Application of Acoustic Emission to Estimation of Strata Denudation: A Case Study from the Ordos Basin, China. Sustainability, 11(3), 861.
30. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Weijun Jin, et al. (2020). An engineering site investigation using non invasive geophysical approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79:265.
31. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Weijun Jin, et al. (2020). Estimation of hydraulic parameters in a hard rock aquifer using  integrated surface geoelectrical method and pumping test data in southeast Guangdong, China. Geosciences Journal, Vol.24.
32. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Weijun Jin, et al. (2020). Geophysical investigation of a weathered terrain for groundwater exploitation: a case study from Huidong County, China. Exploration Geophysics, Vol.51.
33. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Weijun Jin, et al. (2020). Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Coastal Areas of Pakistan for Sustainable Water Quality Management using Joint Geophysical and Geochemical Approach: A Case Study. Sustainability. Volume 12, page 9730.
34. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang, Weijun Jin, et al. (2020). Geophysical Assessment of Seawater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers of Bela Plain, Pakistan. Water, 12, 3408.
35. Peng Yang, Yanjun Shang, Yanyan Li, Kun Li (2022). An engineering geological suitability comprehensive evaluation index (EGSCEI) for large-scale infrastructure site selection. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 55(4).
36. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang (2022). Hard-rock investigation using a non-invasive geophysical approach. Journal of Applied Geophysics,206:104808.
37. Hasan M, Shang Y, Meng H, Yi X, Shao P. (2022). A novel approach to determine rock mechanical parameters using non-invasive geophysical methods. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 160:105260.
38. Hasan M, Shang Y, Jin W, Akhter G. (2022). Site suitability for engineering-infrastructures (EIs) development and groundwater exploitation using integrated geophysical approach in Guangdong, China. Bulletin of Engineering geology and the Environment, 81(1): 7.
39. Hasan M, Shang Y, Shao P, Yi X, Meng H. (2022). Evaluation of Engineering Rock Mass Quality via Integration Between Geophysical and Rock Mechanical Parameters. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55: 2183-2203.
40. Hasan M, Shang Y. (2022). Geophysical evaluation of geological model uncertainty for infrastructure design and groundwater assessments. Engineering Geology, 299(7): 106560.
41. Hasan M*, Shang Y*, Yi X, Shao P, Meng H. (2022). Determination of rock mass integrity coefficient (Kv) using a non-invasive geophysical approach. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15(6).
42. Hasan M*, Shang Y*, Shao P, Yi X, Meng H. (2022). Geophysical Research on Rock Mass Quality Evaluation for Infrastructure Design. Earth and Space Science. 9(1).
43. Muhammad Hasan, Yanjun Shang & Qingsen Meng (2023). Evaluation of rock mass units using a non？invasive geophysical approach. Scientific Reports, 13:14493.
44. Muhammad Hasan，Yanjun Shang (2023). Investigating the groundwater resources of weathered bedrock using an integrated geophysical approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, 82(9).
45. Muhammad Hasan，Yanjun Shang，Xuetao Yi，Peng Shao，He Meng (2023). Determination of rock quality designation (RQD) using a novel geophysical approach: a case study. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment.