Hi, I am Yichuan Zhu of Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Temple University. I currently lead the Computational Geosystems Group that focuses on a variety of problems, including micro- and nano-mechanics of geomaterials, landslide characterization and mitigation, computational geosciences, and probabilistic machine learning and uncertainty quantification in geotechnical engineering.

Our research is inherently interdisciplinary, bridging the fields of Civil Engineering, Geosciences, and Computer Science. If you are interested in discussing research or joining my group, please send me email or check out our openings page for more information and the description of current openings.

Interests
  • Micro- & Nano-Mechanics of Geomaterials
  • Remote Sensing & Applications
  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Risk Assessment/Management
Experience

  • Assistant Professor, 2021-present

    Temple University

  • Post-doc Fellow, 2019-2021

    Kentucky Geological Survey

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2014-2019

    Texas A&M University

Recent News

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[07/2026]: Welcome Liting Zheng as the new Ph.D. student to join CGG team in Fall 2026.

[05/2026]: Xiwen Hao beside her poster Ph.D. student Xiwen Hao delivered a poster presentation titled “Using Multi-Epoch LiDAR and Multi-Sensor Data to Support Transportation Infrastructure Assessment and Maintenance Prioritization” during the NDIA Aerospace Conference at the University of Delaware.

[04/2026]: Allen Melley lectures on PennDOT's Digital Delivery Program Engineering students learned about PennDOT’s Digital Delivery Program in a lecture by Allen Melley of PennDOT. (Photo: Casey Tinney)

[03/2026]: Ph.D. student Xiong Bi delivered a poster presentation titled “Deciphering Landslide Formation and Evolution Processes: A Time-Series Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Based Investigation” during Geo-Congress 2026 Conference.

[01/2026]: Welcome Minghao Ai as the new Ph.D. student to join CGG team.

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