Advances in Geoengineering along the Belt and Road

Geotechnical challenges of mega projects in Kazakhstan.- Features of the rock massif in the influence zones of tectonic disturbances in the gold deposits of Kyrgyzstan.- Soil-biochar-microbe interactions.- Recent innovations on some coastal structures.- Role of geomechanics in petroleum production in Xinjiang oil fields, China.- Biochar admixture cement-mortars: A novel non-soil application of biochar.- Energy Securities in Malaysia.- Implant structures by press-in engineering: Effectiveness and environmental protection.- Heat and mass transfer in the freezing soils.- Key-block theorem application on discontinuous rock slope instabilities and rock mass description.- Coupling CH4 generation and biological settlement in MSW landfills.- Application of the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis results in design practice.- Imperatives of Coastal Hazard Contingency Planning for East Africa in Support of Marine Transportation Activities of B & R Initiative.- Formulation of the Range of Erosion Control Systems for Geotechnically Challenging BRI Segments.- Investigating microbial effects on permeability reduction for more sustainable ground improvement.

Prof. Hong-Hu Zhu is a Professor of engineering geology and geotechnics and the dean of Institute of Earth Exploration and Sensing at Nanjing University, China. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests lie primarily in fiber optic monitoring and stability evaluation of geohazards. In the past decade, he has coauthored 2 books, 10 patents, and over 80 international journal and conference papers.
Dr. Ankit Garg is currently Associate Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Shantou University, China. He obtained his PhD from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology under Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme and B. Tech from IIT Guwahati (2006-2010). He was a former Assistant Professor at IIT, Guwahati (2015-2017) and part time World Bank Consultant (2016-2017) for monitoring transport infrastructure projects in Assam, India. He was also appointed foreign specialist at Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan. His research focus on development and utilization of sustainable materials (biochar, fiber) including vegetation for geo-environmental applications.  He has been recently awarded prestigious "Telford Premium Prize" from British Civil Engineers Association for publication in Geotechnique letters, ICE, UK. My research group has been also cited by (Refer to Green Infrastructure and Water: An Analysis of Global Research by Caparrós-Martínez et al. 2020) for most number of publications in Web of Science. He is also currently Guest Editor for Special Issues related to IoT and AI in geotechnical engineering in Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Besides, he was awarded Talented Youth Scientist Program, Young Doctor Award from Ministry of Education Guangdong, and International Scientist Exchange Program. Further, he currently presides over National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) YouthProject on "Vegetation for