Lijun Deng, PhD, PEng, Associate Professor
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Last mod.:January 2024

Lijun Deng, PhD, PEng

Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering

6-261 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering
University of Alberta
Phone: 780 492 6210

Deng


EDUCATION


PhD, Civil & Environ Engineering, 2012, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
MSc, Geotechnical Engineering, 2006, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
BSc, Hydraulic & Hydropower Engineering, 2003, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor, 2019 - , University of Alberta
Assistant Professor, 2013- 2019, University of Alberta

Geotechnical Engineer, 2012-2013, Advanced Geomechanics Pty Ltd, (now Fugro), Perth, WA, Australia
Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow, August - November, 2019, University of Western Australia

AWARD and RECOGNITION
Outstanding Reviewer, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2023
Gledden Fellowship, awarded by the University of Western Australia, 2019
Editor's Choice, paper Lanyi-Bennett and Deng (2019, Canadian Geotechnical Journal)
Editor's Choice, paper Guo and Deng (2018, Canadian Geotechnical Journal)
Frontrunner F5000, Yu and Deng (2007 CJGE) recognized as top articles from outstanding S&T journals of China, ISTIC
Fugro West Fellowship for excellent graduates in geotechnical engineering,UC Davis, 2011.

Best Oral Presentation Award, UC Davis Geotech Roundtable Seminar, 2011.
Best Poster Award, UC Davis Geotech Roundtable Seminar, 2011.
Liu Huixian Earthquake Engineering Award, Huixian Earthquake Engineering Foundation (China) and the US-China Earthquake Engineering Foundation (USA), 2010.
Travel Grant to the 9th US and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake in Toronto, Canada, EERI, 2010.
Fugro West Fellowship for excellent graduates in geotechnical engineering,  UC Davis, 2009.

SERVICES

Chair, CGS Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, 2023 - 2024
Executive committee member and Vice Chair, CGS Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, 2018-2022
Member, CGS Heritage Committee, 2017 -
President, Association of Chinese Canadian Professors, 2020 - 2022
Scheme Committee member: NRC - Canadian Construction Materials Centre, 2017 - present
Subject Matter Expert, Board of Examiners, APEGA, 2018 - present
Member of Scholarships and Fellowships Selection Committee, NSERC, 2019 - 2022
Excecutive Board Member, Geotechnical Society of Edmonton (GSE), 2013 -2017

EDITORSHIP

Associate Editor, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2023 - present
Editorial board member: Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2018 - 2023
Editorial board member: Intl J Geotech Eng, 2013 - 2018

AFFILIATION
Member, Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)
Member, Geotechnical Society of Edmonton (GSE)
Associate member, USUCGER
Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
PEng: Alberta