Faculty

Dr. Qiushi Chen
Associate Professor
Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University

Office: 320 Lowry Hall
Phone: (864) 656-3330
Email: qiushi@clemson.edu

Education
B.S., Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
M.S., Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (Geomechanics), Northwestern University
Ph.D., Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (Geomechanics), Northwestern University

Research Expertise and Interests

  • Computational geomechanics
  • Discrete element method
  • Finite element method and constitutive modeling
  • Biomass feedstocks modeling
  • In situ characterization and utilization of extraterrestrial regolith
  • Liquefaction assessment and mapping

Professional Experience

  • Clemson University, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
  • Sandia National Laboratories, Postdoc Appointee in Mechanics of Materials
  • California Institute of Technology, Visiting Scholar in Applied Mechanics
  • Northwestern University, Research and Teaching Assistant in Civil Engineering

Professional Registration and Memberships

  • Vice Chair, Computational Geotechnics Technical Committee, ASCE
  • Member, Soil Properties and Modeling Technical Committee, ASCE
  • Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Member, Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI)
  • Member, Geo-Institute
  • Engineering in Training

Current Group Members

  • Feiyang Chen (Postdoc)
  • Zakia Tasnim (Ph.D. student)
  • Jesus Badal (Ph.D. student)
  • Daniel Gaines (M.S. student, co-adviser: Dr. Laura Redmond)


Former Group Members

In Academia

  • Yuan Guo (former postdoc, now a faculty member at Sun Yat-sen University)
  • Quan Sun (former postdoc, now a faculty member at the University of Macau)
  • Chaofeng Wang (Ph.D. graduate, now a faculty member at the University of Florida)
  • Weiwei Zhan (Ph.D. graduate, now a postdoc)
  • Zhengshou Lai (Ph.D. graduate, now a faculty member at Sun Yat-sen University)
  • Mengfen Shen (Ph.D. graduate, now a faculty member at Zhejiang University of Technology)
  • Wenxin Liu (Ph.D. graduate, now a faculty member at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University)

In Industry

  • Yuting Cheng (Ph.D. graduate)
  • Andrew Brownlow (Ph.D. graduate)
  • Guangji Liu (M.S. graduate)

Prospective Students

Prospective MS and PhD students: admission policy and requirements for PhD and MS students can be found at Clemson's graduate school website (http://grad.clemson.edu). If you are interested in research in geotechnical engineering, geomechanics and computational mechanics, please contact Dr. Chen.

Undergradate students: Clemson University offers research experience to undergraduate students through its campus-wide Creative Inquiry (CI) program. [ Link to current CI projects].