Dr. Hongyang Cheng specializes in multi-scale modeling of soils and Bayesian uncertainty quantification for geotechnical applications. His research bridges physics-based and data-driven approaches to advance soil mechanics, focusing on granular material behaviors—from quasistatic to free-flowing—and quantifying parameter uncertainties across particle to macro scales. Dr. Cheng serves as an editorial board member for Soils and Foundations, a nominated member of the Technical Committee 105 “Geomechanics: Micro to Macro”, and co-leads Working Group 1 of the COST Action ON-DEM.

Dr. Cheng supervises 3 postdocs/research engineers (2 completed), 7 PhD students (1 completed), and 8 MSc students (4 completed). As a collaborator and mentor, he actively engages with industry partners and advocates for Open Science. His research contributes to multi-scale risk assessment and optimization methods for geotechnical structures under extreme loading conditions. Click here to explore his recent NWO- and EU-funded projects on earthquakes and submarine landslides.

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