Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.

Zhāo Chéng

Senior Geomechanics Software Engineer II, FLAC3D Product Manager

U.S. Minneapolis
Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.

office: +1 (612) 371-4711

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Areas of Expertise

Constitutive Models
Dynamics
Geomechanical
Geotechnical
Liquefaction
Numerical Modeling
Seismics
Software Development

Consulting Services

Civil Engineering

Zhāo Chéng

Senior Geomechanics Software Engineer II, FLAC3D Product Manager

Dr. Chéng is a geomechanics engineer with academic background in numerical modeling and geotechnical engineering, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in California. He has research experience in the coupling of porous media and fluids, liquefaction models, and soil and rock mechanics.

Dr. Chéng has performed many geotechnical projects on seismic-hazard evaluation, earthquake-soil-structure interaction on bridges, tunnels, underground structures, dams, slopes, and highways. He actively participated in the seismic retrofits on several toll bridges in the state of California.

Dr. Chéng has particular experience in numerical modeling for geotechnical projects. He currently is the Software Product Manager for FLAC3D and responsible for the maintenance of constitutive models.

Education

Ph.D. (Civil & Environmental Engineering), 2006
University of California, Davis, California

M. Eng. (Hydraulic Structure Engineering), 2000
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

B. Eng. (Hydraulic Structure Engineering), 1997
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Professional Memberships

American Society of Civil Engineers

Committee Member, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, ASCE

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Deep Foundations Institute

Publications

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Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.