Shunde Yin

P. Eng., Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research interests: coupled thermal, hydraulic, mechanical and chemical phenomena


Biography

Dr. Shunde Yin is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Wyoming, USA. He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo, an M.Sc. degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a B.Sc. degree from Shijiazhuang Tiedao University.  He serves on a number of editorial boards of journals such as Petroleum, Mining, and Clean Technologies; he also serves on professional committees for organizations such as the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Yin and his research group’s research focuses on coupled thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, and chemical phenomena as related to infrastructure, carbon neutrality, and renewable energy.

Education

  • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2008
  • M.Sc., Geotechnical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 2003
  • B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Shijiazhuang Railway Institute, 1999
Shunde Yin

Research Interests

Dr. Yin and his research group focus on field monitoring, laboratory testing and numerical modeling of coupled thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, and chemical processes as well as in-situ stress characterization, surveillance and manipulation. Recently, his research interests also include the use of advanced remote sensing technologies (e.g., InSAR, DInSAT, LiDAR, optical imaging and multi-/hyper-spectral scanning sensors) for monitoring geohazards (e.g., landslides in mountainous areas),  detecting, monitoring, and analyzing of the surface subsidence, mapping ground deformation, and use of thermal infrared remote sensing for mapping the surface expressions of geothermal activity as applied to the exploration for new geothermal energy resources.

Research interest:

  • Coupled thermal, hydraulic, mechanical and chemical phenomena

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