Tong Qiu

Tong Qiu, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, received his B.S. degree in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 2000 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering with a focus in geotechnical engineering from UCLA in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Before joining the faculty and serving as Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at The University of Utah in 2024, he was a faculty member at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Qiu was an associate editor for the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, and the International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, from 2014 to 2023. He was an elected board member of the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research. Dr. Qiu received the Excellent Paper Award from the International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, and the Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Dr. Qiu’s research interests include theoretical, experimental, and numerical investigations at the laboratory and field scales, as well as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to various civil engineering problems. Dr. Qiu has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, including in leading journals in the geotechnical, infrastructure, and transportation fields.