Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Engineering
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University
Joint Faculty, National Wind Institute, Texas Tech University
Joint Appointee, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
Email: Yimin.Lu@ttu.edu
Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Geosystems), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2022
M.S., Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2021
M.S., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2021
B.Eng., Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, China, 2015
Granular mechanics and rheology
Coastal resilience
AI for Science
Multiphase flow
Coupled processes
05/2023, George F. Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award
11/2022, Best Poster Award, ASCE GI – Georgia Tech Poster Symposium
10/2022, CEE Future Faculty Fellowship, Georgia Tech
05/2021, Paul W. Mayne Outstanding Geosystems Graduate Student Award
11/2014, China National Scholarship
11/2012, China National Scholarship
Committee: Granular Materials Committee (ASCE-EMI), Computational Mechanics Committee (ASCE-EMI), Computational Geotechnics Committee (ASCE-GI), Soil Properties & Modeling Committee (ASCE-GI)
Member: ASCE Geo-Institute, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)
Reviewer: Acta Geotechnica, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Scientific Reports, Physics of Fluids, Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, Deep Underground Science and Engineering, Géotechnique Letters, Biosystems Engineering, etc.