About Hongtian Xiao’s work
Based at Shandong University of Science and Technology, Hongtian Xiao held a Croucher Visitorship at the University of Hong Kong from February to August 2003.
Biography
Xiao Hongtian graduated from the Mining Department of Shandong Mining College in 1984 and 1987 with a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering and a Master's degree in Mining Engineering. In 1998, he graduated from the Department of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Tsinghua University, majoring in hydraulic structure. His main research interests are numerical methods of rock and soil mechanics. In view of the current situation of numerical methods in geomechanics in China, he led the team to carry out research on the boundary element method of inhomogeneous media, and successively completed and undertaken 3 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 1 provincial and ministerial project, published 2 related academic works, and published more than 60 academic papers in domestic and foreign journals and conferences. In 1995, he won the third prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.