Associate Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)   Ir Dr. Albert T. YEUNG   BSc (Eng) (First Class Honours), The University of Hong Kong, China MS, the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. PhD, the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. FHKIE, FICE, FASCE, RPE (Civil, Environmental & Geotechnical), CEng, PE (Texas)   Office:      HW 6-08 Phone:     +852 28598018 Fax:         +852 25595337 E-mail:     yeungat@hku.hk Homepage:   http://web.hku.hk/~yeungat/

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 2001 Engineering Design and Communication
• CIVL 2006 Soil Mechanics
• CIVL 3005 Earthwork Engineering
• CIVL 3008 Foundation Engineering
• CIVL 3023 Inter-disciplinary Design Project
• CIVL 6027 Foundation Engineering
• CIVL 6077 Ground Investigation and Soil Testing
• GEOS 7016 Soil Mechanics
• GEOS 8101 Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Design

Research Interests

• Foundation engineering
• Geoenvironmental engineering
• Ground modification and soil behaviour
• Behaviour of ganular materials
• Construction induced vibration
• Applications of electrokinetics in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Application of grid-based tactile pressure sensors in geotechnical modeling of soil nails and pile groups
• Laboratory study on the feasibility of using the foundation system as a heat exchanger for the water-cooled air conditioning system
• Field study of ground vibration induced by percussion piling
• Land development by environmental vacuum preloading technique
• Independent review of use of non-destructive testing in quality control in soil nailing works

Representative Publications

1. Au, S.K.A., Yeung, A.T., Soga, K., and Cheng, Y.M. (2007). "Effects of subsurface cavity expansion in clays." Géotechnique, 57(10), 821-830.
2. Yeung, A.T., Cheng. Y.M., Tham, L.G., Au, A.S.K., So, S.T.C., and Choi, Y.K. (2007). "Field evaluation of a glass-fiber soil reinforcement system." Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, 21(1), 26-34.
3. Au, A.S.K., Yeung, A.T., and Soga, K. (2006). "Pressure-controlled cavity expansion in clay." Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 43(7), 714-725.
4. Yeung, A.T. (2006). "Reappraisal of university-level engineering education." Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice , ASCE, 132(2), 103-111.
5. Yeung, A.T., Mok, K.Y., Tham, L.G., Lee, P.K.K., and Pei, G. (2006). "Use of inert C&D materials for seawall foundation: A field-scale pilot test." Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 47(4), 375-393.
6. Yeung, A.T. (2006). "Fundamental aspects of prolonged electrokinetic flows in kaolinites." Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal, 1(1), 13-25.
7. Yeung, A.T. (2006). "Contaminant extractability by electrokinetics." Environmental Engineering Science, 23(1), 202-224.
8. Yeung, A.T., and Hsu C. (2005). "Electrokinetic remediation of cadmium-contaminated clay." Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 131(2), 298-304.
9. Yeung, A.T., Chung, M., Corapcioglu, M.Y., and Stallard, W.M. (1997). "Impoundment liner repair by electrophoresis of clay." Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(10), 993-1001. (Awarded the 1999 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers.)
10. Yeung, A.T., and Mitchell, J.K. (1993). "Coupled fluid, electrical, and chemical flows in soil." Géotechnique, 43(1), 121-134.

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