Chair Professor (Geotechnical Engineering) Honorary Professor   Ir Professor Chack Fan LEE   BSc (Eng), The University of Hong Kong, China MSc (Eng), The University of Hong Kong, China Ph.D. (Geotechnical Engineering), the University of Western Ontario, Canada SBS, FHKIE, FICE, FEIC, FHKAES, FCAE, HonDSc, JP, PEng, CEng

 

Research Interests

• Landslide hazard mitigation
• Earthquake risk evaluation
• Rock mechanics
• Tunneling
• Water resource management

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Field instrumentation of soil nailed slope for better understanding of load development and economic design of soil nails
• Land development by environmental vacuum preloading technique
• Effects of reservoir level fluctuations on reactivation of large-sized landslides in reservoir areas
• A new in-situ technique for weathered rocks with special application to soil nailing technology
• Transformation of landslips into debris flows

 

Representative Publications

1. Chen, H., Crosta, G.B., and Lee, C.F. (2006). "Erosional effects on runout of fast landslides, debris flows and avalanches: A numerical investigation." Géotechnique, 56(5), 305-322.
2. Li, A., Yue, Q.Z.Q., Tham, L.G., Lee, C.F., and Law, K.T. (2005). "Field-monitored variations of soil moisture and matric suction in a saprolite slope." Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 42(1), 13-23.
3. Yue, Q.Z.Q., Lee, C.F., Law, K.T., and Tham, L.G. (2004). "Automatic monitoring of rotary-percussive drilling for ground characterization - Illustrated by a case example in Hong Kong." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 41, 573-612.
4. Chen, H., Lee, C.F., and Law, K.T. (2004). "Causative mechanisms of rainfall-induced fill slope failures."ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 130(6), 593-602.
5. Zhu, D., Lee, C.F., and Jiang, H.D. (2003). "Generalized framework of limit equilibrium methods for slope stability analysis." Géotechnique, 53(4), 377-395.
6. Sugawara, J., Yue, Q.Z.Q., Tham, L.G., Lee, C.F., and Law K.T. (2003). "Weathered rock characterization using drilling parameters." Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 40(3), 661-66.
7. Sheng, Q., Yue, Q.Z.Q., Lee, C.F., Tham, L.G., and Zhou, H. (2002). "Excavation disturbed zone in permanent shiplock slopes of the Three Gorges Project, China." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 39, 165-184.
8. Chen, H., and Lee, C.F. (2002). "Runout analysis of slurry flows with Bingham model." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 128(12), 1032-1042.
9. Deng, J.H., Lee, C.F., and Ge, X.R. (2001). "Characterization of the disturbed zone in a large rock excavation for the Three Gorges Project." Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 38(1), 95-106.
10. Dai, F.C., and Lee, C.F. (2001). "Terrain-based mapping of landslide susceptibility using a geographical information system: A case study." Canadian Geotechnical Journal,, 38(5), 911-923.