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Dr. Ching S. Chang, P.E.

Professor

 

College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
30 Marston Hall
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
E-mail: chang@ecs.umass.edu
Phone:  (413) 545-5401
Fax:  (413) 545-4525

 

Full Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

  • Finite element analysis and computer application in soil related problems
  • Soil dynamics
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Soil constitutive relationships

Education

B.S.C.E., Chen Kung University, 1969.
M.E., University of South Carolina, 1973.
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1976; P.E.

Professional Experience

  • Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990 - present
  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1982 - 1990
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1979 - 1982
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1977 - 1979

Recent Papers Published

Hicher, P.Y., Dano C. & Chang C. S., “Multi-scale Modelling of the Mechanical Behaviour of Grouted Sand”, Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica, 2008, Vol. 30, No. 1-2, pp. 83-94.

Hicher , P. Y., Chang, C. S. and Dano, C., “Multi-scale Modeling of Grouted Sand Behavior,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Pergamon Press, 2008, Vol. 45, No. 16, pp. 4362 – 4374.

Hicher , P. Y. and Chang, C. S., “An Elastic Model for Partly Saturated Granular Materials,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 2008, Vol. 134, No. 6, pp. 505-513.

Recent Conference Proceedings

Hicher P.Y. & Chang C. S., “A Microstructural Model for Cemented Sand”, the 12th Int. Conf. of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Goa, India, 1-6 Oct. 2008.

Hicher P.Y. & Chang C. S., “Investigating Instability Conditions in Granular Materials with Different Initial Densities by means of a Micro-structural Constitutive Model”, 8th Int. Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials, Lake Louise, Canada, 28-31 May 2008.

Hicher P.Y. & Chang C. S., “A Microstructural Model for Cohesive-frictional Granular Materials”, Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, EM’08, Minneapolis, USA, 18-21 May 2008.

Hicher P.Y. & Chang C. S., “Analysis of Instability in Granular Materials by means of a Micro-structural Constitutive Model”, Second Euro Mediterranean Symposium on Advances in Geomaterials and Structures, AGS’08, Hammamet, Tunisia, 5-7 May 2008.

Hicher P.Y. & Chang C. S., "A Constitutive Model for lunar soil”, Earth and Space 2008, Long Beach, California, 3-5 March 2008.

Recent Research Contracts Funded

Ching S. Chang (PI). Daebon Engineering Company. “Modeling for Large Deformation and Instability in Soil” 9/1/2008 – 8/31/2010 $36,344.

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