Dr Hongyu Qin

Dr. Hongyu Qin earned his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Zhengzhou University in 1999, Master in Geotechnical Engineering at Hohai University in 2002 and PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at Griffith University in 2010. After 3 years as a Lecturer at Griffith University, he joined Flinders University in 2015. He leads the teaching and research in Geotechnical Engineering and serves as the Discipline Lead of Civil Engineering for CSE Engineering Honours Masters Thesis and Projects. His research interests principally focus on investigating the behaviour and mechanical properties of geomaterials and their application in predicting the performance of foundations and underground construction projects. He collaborates and interacts closely with industry. His research has been used in the design of foundation systems. The algorithms and solutions that he developed have been licensed to industry partners in the development of an Engineering Calculator APP, which has greatly sped up the calculation tasks and provided more accurate estimation in the performance-based design framework. Testing of the APP in the market shows that the governing bodies are accepting the APP as a form of compliance to the codes.