Dr Xue Zhang BENG, MENG, PhD

Personal Statement

Xue Zhang is currently a Senior Lecturer in Geomechanics at the University of Liverpool. He completed his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Newcastle (AU) in October 2014. Subsequently, Dr. Zhang assumed the role of Research Associate at the Australia Research Council Centre for Geotechnical Science and Engineering (CGSE) within the University of Newcastle (AU). Following this position, he embarked on a Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual fellowship at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) based at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (ES). In 2018, Dr. Zhang joined the University of Liverpool as a Lecturer and was promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer in 2022.

Available PhD opportunities:

Fully funded PhD scholarships are now available for both local and overseas student from my research group. Please contact me for more information if you are interested.

- Liverpool-CSC scholarship
(for Chinese students):
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/fees-and-funding/scholarships-and-awards/the-university-of-liverpool-and-china-scholarship-council-awards/

- Commonwealth PhD scholarship
(for students from Bangladesh, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, and Zambia):
https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships/commonwealth-phd-scholarships-for-least-developed-countries-and-fragile-states/

Prizes or Honours

• John Carter Award (International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 2017)
• Australian Geomechanics Society (New South Wales) Research Award (Australian Geomechanics Society at New South Wales, 2013)
• Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Postgraduate Research Award (University of Newcastle, Australia, 2012)

Funded Fellowships