Faculty Profile

CUI Kai

Professor

The Director of Dean's Office (SWJTU)

The Director of China Russia Frozen Soil Research Center

The Distinguished Young Scholars of Sichuan Province

The Secretary General of Curriculum Construction Research Committee (EICSHEA)

The Executive Director of Sichuan Science and Technology Youth Federation

The Director of Higher Education Management Branch (CAHE)

The Director of engineering geology and geotechnical branch (CHTS)

Email: cuikai@swjtu.cn

Office: The Dean's Office of Southwest Jiaotong University

Links: CV 

BIO

Education

 B.S., Shandong Jianzhu University, Architectural engineering  (1998–2002)

 M.A., Université Paris-Est, Soil Mechanics and Environmental Engineering Mechanics (2002–2003)

 M.A., Ecole Centrale Paris, Soil Mechanics (2003–2004)

 PhD, AgroParisTech, Soil mechanics (2004–2008)

Employment

   Academic Appointments

                  Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2008–2016)

                  Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2016–Now)

   Administrative Appointments

                  Vice Dean, School of civil engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University (2015–2016)

 Deputy-Dean of Graduate School, Graduate School of Southwest Jiaotong University (2016–2018)

 Director of Dean's Office,  Academic Affairs Office of Southwest Jiaotong University (2018–Now)

Research Interests

Unsaturated soil mechanics, Soil dynamics, Frozen Soil Mechanics, Application of artificial intelligence in soil mechanics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years

(1) Han,,Xiangyu,Cui,,Kai,Xiao,,Qinghua,Zhao,,Wei,Congming,,& Li.(2022).Determining the fracture properties of pervious concrete specimens with various micro-structures and geometries.THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS,117.

(2) Yang,,Shangchuan,Ci,,Wei,Leshchinsky,,Ben,Cui,,Kai,Zhang,,& Fei.(2021).Scale effects on the ultimate bearing capacity of rectangular footings placed on slopes.COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS,137.

(3) Han,,Xiangyu,Chen,,Yi,Xiao,,Qinghua,Cui,,Kai,Chen,,Qiaofeng,Li,,Congming,Qiu,,& Zemin.(2021).Determination of concrete strength and toughness from notched 3 PB specimens of same depth but various span-depth ratios.ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS,245.

(4) Yang,,Shangchuan,Ci,,Wei,Leshchinsky,,Ben,Cui,,Kai,Zhang,,& Fei.(2021).Scale effects on the ultimate bearing capacity of rectangular footings placed on slopes.COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS,137.

(5) Han,,Xiangyu,Xiao,,Qinghua,Cui,,Kai,Hu,,Xiaozhi,Chen,,Qiaofeng,Li,,Congming,Qiu,,& Zemin.(2021).Predicting the fracture behavior of concrete using artificial intelligence approaches and closed-form solution.THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS,112.

(6) Yang,,Shangchuan,Gao,,Yufeng,Leshchinsky,,Ben,Cui,,Kai,Zhang,,& Fei.(2020).Internal stability analysis of reinforced convex highway embankments considering seismic loading.GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES,48(3),221-229.

(7) Yang,,Shangchuan,Gao,,Yufeng,Cui,,Kai,Zhang,,Fei,Wu,,& Di.(2020).Three-dimensional internal stability analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced earth structures considering seismic loading.SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING,130.

(8) Qin,,Xiaotong, Cui,,Kai, Meng,,Fanyu(2020). Temporal and Spatial Variation of Permeability Coefficient of Seasonal Frozen Soil in Western Sichuan[J]. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University,  55(06): 1272-1279.

(9) Cui,,Kai,Jing,,& Xiang.(2019).Research on prediction model of geotechnical parameters based on BP neural network.NEURAL COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS,31(12),8205-8215.

(10) Cui,,Kai,Sheng,,& Hang.(2019).Effects of granular shape on shear modulus and damping ratio of gravel.EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH JOURNAL,23(1),87-91.

(11) Cui,,Kai,Fan,,& Shupeng.(2019).Indoor direct shear and uniaxial compression testing of polymer-modified silt.CLUSTER COMPUTING-THE JOURNAL OF NETWORKS SOFTWARE TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS,22(3),5447-5455.

(12) Sun,,Lijuan, Cui,,Kai, Yang,,Tao, et al(2019). Calculation Method of Trailing Edge Failure Sureface of Retrogressive Landslide[J]. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University,  54(03): 516-525.

          (13) Cui,,Kai, Qin,,Xiaotong.(2019). Effect of Coarse Particle Content on the Compression Characteristics for Chuanxi Mixed Soil[J]. China Journal of Highway and Transport,  32(02): 59-66.

          (14) Cui,,Kai, Sui,,Lei.(2019). Effect of Coarse Grain Content on Shear Strength of Mixed Soil in Western Sichuan[J]. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University,  54(04): 778-785.

          (15) Cui,,Kai, Qin,,Xiaotong, Jing,,Xiang.(2019). Multifactor Time-varying Model for the Prediction of Subgrade High-slope Deformation in Areas with Seasonally Frozen Soil[J]. Journal of Harbin Engineering University,  40(06): 1109-1114.

(16) Cui,,Kai, Jing,,Xiang.(2019). Effect of Coarse Grain Content on the Dynamic Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Mixed Soil Under Seismic Load in Western Sichuan[J]. China Journal of Highway and Transport,  32(12): 123-131.

(17) Cui,,Kai,Qin,,& Xiaotong.(2018).Virtual reality research of the dynamic characteristics of soft soil under metro vibration loads based on BP neural networks.NEURAL COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS,29(5),1233-1242.

(18) Cui,,Kai,Zhao,,Ting,& Ting.(2017).Unsaturated dynamic constitutive model under cyclic loading.CLUSTER COMPUTING-THE JOURNAL OF NETWORKS SOFTWARE TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS,20(4),2869-2879.

          (19) Cui,,Kai,Lin,,Weikang.(2017). Research on Soil-water Characteristic Curve of Unsaturated Mixed-soil in Western Sichuan[J]. China Journal of Highway and Transport, 30(09): 44-50.

          (20) Cui,,Kai, Yang,,Wenheng.(2017). Prediction Soft Soil Settling Using a Combination Method[J]. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 52(05): 926-934.

          (21) Cui,,Kai, Li,,Yongkui.(2017). Study on Constitutive Model of Unsaturated Chuanxi Talus Mixed Soil Under Cyclic Loading[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 38(08): 2157-2166. 

Selected Awards and Honors

  The Teaching Achievement Prize in Sichuan province (2018)

  The National Science and Technology Award of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and engineering （2020）

  The Teaching Achievement Prize of Southwest Jiaotong University (2021)

Professional Activities

   Post-doctor in CERMES, Paris Tech ENPC(France)(2008)

   (Associate) professor, School of civil engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University (2008–2012)

   Associate Dean, School of civil engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University (2012–2015)

   Vice Dean, School of civil engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University (2015–2016)

   Deputy-Dean of Graduate School, Graduate School of Southwest Jiaotong University (2016–2018)

   Director of Dean's Office,  Academic Affairs Office of Southwest Jiaotong University (2018–Now)

RESEARCH

Current Research

  Unsaturated soil mechanics

  Soil dynamics

  Frozen soil mechanics

  Application of artificial intelligence in soil mechanics

Research Group

  The team of “China-Russia Frozen Soil Research Center”

  The team of “Constitutive theory of special rock and soil in mountainous area” 

  The team of “National Engineering Research Center for Geological Disaster Prevention  technology in land transportation”

TEACHING

Primary Teaching areas

Soil mechanics

Civil engineering test

Scientific Writing

Current Courses

Soil mechanics

Advanced soil mechanics

Unsaturated soil mechanics

Civil engineering test and measurement technology

Introduction to scientific research methods and thesis writin。

PROJECT

Dr. Cui has hosted and participated in more than 10 projects of national, provincial and ministerial level. He hosted 3 projects supported by National  Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 project National Key Research and Development Program of China, 1 project  supported by Ministry of Education for Returned Students.

Graduate Guidance

Among the graduate students under the guidance, 13 students won the national scholarship, 11 students won the top-level award,18 students won the the first-class scholarship, 9 students won the title of excellent graduate student, 2 students won the title of excellent graduate student model,  2 students won the title of excellent graduates in Sichuan Province, 1 person won the title of Yanghua New Talent, 1 person won the title of excellent student cadre, 1 person was recommended to participate in the Tang Lixin Scholarship.