

Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr. Shui-Long Shen
Shantou University
China
Biography
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2019- present: Dean, Distinguished Professor (College of Engineering), Shantou University, Guangdong, China
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2003-2019: Dean (Department of Civil Engineering), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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2001-2003: Post-Doctoral Researcher (Water and Soil Research Section), National Institute for Environmental Studies: Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Prof. Dr. Shen, is the Chair Professor & Dean of the College of Engineering, Shantou University. Non-EU Fellow, European Academy of Sciences; Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Prof. Dr. Shui-Long Shen received his BSc. and MPhil from Tongji University in 1986 and in 1989. He obtained his Ph.D. from Saga University, Japan, in 1998. His work experiences include Saga University, Japan (lecturer 1998 to 2001). Post-Doctoral Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (2001 to 2003). Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) (Professor, 2003-2018; Department Head of DCE-SJTU 2010-2018). Dr. Shen’s research interests focus on the urban underground infrastructural system, smart maintenance of urban underground facilities, and flooding hazards prevention and mitigation by use of intelligent approaches. Dr. Shen published more than 460 technical papers in Journals and International conferences. Dr. Shen’s H-Index in Google Scholar is 94, in Scopus is 86, in Web of Science is 84. Editor-in-chief: Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities, Springer Nature; Editorial board member: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Geotextiles and Geomembranes (Associate Editor), Computers and Geotechnics, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (TUST); Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, Acta Geotecnicae; Marine Georesources and Geotechnology.
Education
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1986: B.Sc. degree in Underground Space Technology
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1989: M.Phil. degree in structural engineering from Tongji University
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1998: Ph.D. degree in geotechnical engineering from Saga University, Japan
Invited positions and distinctions
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Adjunct Professor (School of Engineering): RMIT University: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Adjunct Professor (Department of Civil and Construction Engineering): Swinburne University of Technology: Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Research and Publication
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Prof. Shen’s research interests focus on the urban underground infrastructural system, smart maintenance of urban underground facilities. He published/edited six books, of which three conference proceedings published by ASCE. Dr. Shen published more than 394 technical papers in Journals and International conferences, in which over 240 papers were published in International Journals with total citation over 15000 times (google). Dr. Shen’s H-Index in Google Scholar is 69, in SCOPUS is 66, in Web of Science is 61.