Dang Jinqian

Professor Dang Jinqian 
College of Water Resources and Architecture Engineering 
Northwest A & F University 
No.23, Wei Hui Road 
Yangling,Shaanxi, 
P. R. China 
712100 
Tel: +86 29 87082902 
Fax: +86 29 87082901 
Cellphone:+86 134 845 89103 
E-mail: dangjinqian@nwsuaf.edu.cn dangjinqian@163.com 

Education: 
● B.Sc., Agricultural Water Resources Engineering, Northwest University of Agriculture, China, 1986 
● M.Sc., Geotechnical Engineering, Northwest University of Agriculture, China, 1996 

Professional Affiliations: 
● Director, Shaanxi Provincial Society of Rock Mechanics and Shaanxi Provincial Society of Engineering 
● Director, Shaanxi Provincial Society of Soil and Water Conservation 
● Specialist, Bid Evaluation of Key Water Resources Project in Shaanxi Province 
● Member, Shaanxi Provincial Society of Water Resources 
● Member, Shaanxi Provincial Society of Hydropower and Hydro-electricity Engineering 
● Member, Branch Society of Glacier and Frozen Earth in China Society of Geography 

Research Interests: 
● Numerical Simulation theory of Geotechnical Engineering and Its Application 
● Properties and Stability of Geotechnical Engineering 
● Theory of Geotechnical Environment 
● Groundwork and Foundation Engineering 

Teaching: 
● Soil Mechanics (for undergraduates) 
● Foundation Engineering science （for undergraduates） 
● Advanced Soil Mechanics (for graduates) 
● Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (for graduates) 

Programmes: 
More than 20 Programes finished and researches currently in progress coming from national “863”program,national natural science funding program,doctoral station program of Ministry of Education,water resources and hydro-electricity funding program, Natural science funding program of Shaanxi Province , and Social community program, including: 
● Deformation rules of unsaturated loess in a humidifying condition; 
● Research on structural weakness mechanics of unsaturated loess; 
● Research on the characteristics of loess tensile strength; 
● Research on suction changing rules of essential maerials in loess; 
● Research on deformation rules of loess fundation and its disposing measurements; 
●Research on disaster mechanics of loess and its prevention and controlling measurements; 

Representative Publications: 
●“Optimization Design of Gravity Retaining Wall and the Influence Analysis of Different Soil Parameters“, Subgrade Engineering, (1), 2006.1 
●“Tensile Character of Disturbed Loess“, Journal of Xi'an University of Arts and Science (Natural Science Edition), 9(3), 2006.9 
● “The structural strength and shear strength of unsaturated loess“, Yangtze River, 38(1), 2007.1 
● “The Development of Research on Environmental Geotechnology“, Journal of Railway Engineering Society, (3), 2007.3 
● “Study on prediction model to estimate stability of high loess slope considering water content“, Journal of Northwest A & F University (Natural Science Edition), 35(6), 2007.12 
● “Application on Damage Theory in Geotechnology“, Journal of North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power, 28(4), 2007.8 
● "The Experimental Study on the Structural Strength of Unsaturated Loess“, Subgrade Engineering, (4), 2008.8 
● “Experimental Study on Behaviors of Shear Strength for Saturated Saline Soil“, Geotechnical Investigation & Surveying, (11), 2008.11 
● “Characteristics of Humidifying Shear of Saline Soil“, Research of Soil and Water Conservation, 15(6)2008.12 
● “The research of soil-water characteristic curves of saline soil”, Geotechnical Investigation & Surveying, 37(2), 2009.4 
● “Effects of Shear Rate on Mechanical Behavior of Structured Loess“, Chinese Journal of Underground Space and Engineering, 5(3), 2009.6 
● “Experimental Study on the Water Principle Characteristic of Compacted Loess“, Yangtze River, 40(20)2009.10 
● “Experimental Study on the Influence factors to the Collapsility of Remolded Loess“, Yangtze River, 40(21), 2009.11 

Books: 
● Soil Mechanics, China Agricultural Publishing Company, 2006.2 (Subeditor) 
● Foundation Engineering, China Agricultural Publishing Company, 2008.7 (Subeditor)