Shen Mengfen

  Shen Mengfen is an associate professor at the College of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, China. She holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University, USA. Her main research directions include: soil liquefaction, ground improvement, intelligent monitoring, risk analysis of geotechnical and geological engineering, and robust optimization design. She has presided over 1 National Natural Science Foundation project and 2 Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, and has published many high-quality SCI papers. She teaches courses such as Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, and Introduction to Intelligent Construction, etc. She has presided over one provincial-level and one university-level education reform project respectively. Her teaching quality is widely praised, and she once won the title of the Most Popular Teacher among International Students at Zhejiang University of Technology.

【Work & Educational Experience】

    2021.12 - Present     Associate Professor, College of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology

    2022.05 - 2024.05    Postdoctoral Fellow, Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group Co., Ltd.

    2018.10 - 2021.12    Lecturer, College of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology

    2014.08 - 2018.08    Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Clemson University, USA (Advisor: Dr. C. Hsein Juang, Funded by the China Scholarship Council, CSC) 

    2011.09 - 2014.04    Master in Geological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology (Advisor: Dr. Xiaohui Tan)

    2007.09 - 2011.06    Bachelor in Exploration Technology and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology (Advisor: Dr. Fusheng Zha)

[Undergraduate Courses] Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Introduction to the Major, etc.

[Graduate Courses] Introduction to Intelligent Construction, Scientific Paper Writing

[Online Courses] Virtual Simulation Experiment of Vacuum Preloading, Engineering Geology (one of the first-class online courses in Zhejiang Province, with one of the English-speaking instructors)

[Educational Achievements]

    2026 Member of the Excellent Postgraduate Supervisor Team of Zhejiang Province

    2026 Recognition of Excellent Teaching Cases for Professional Degree Postgraduates in Zhejiang Province (Grade A, ranked 1st)

    2025 Appointed as Innovation and Entrepreneurship Mentor by the Communist Youth League Zhejiang University of Technology Committee

    2025 Excellence Award in the 6th National College Students' Geotechnical Engineering Competition (ranking 3rd among instructors)

    2025 Gold Award in the 19th Zhejiang Provincial Challenge Cup College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition (ranking 1st among instructors)

    2025 Special Prize for Graduate Education and Teaching Achievements of Zhejiang University of Technology (ranked 6th)

    2024 Excellent Graduate Teaching Case of Zhejiang Province (ranked 2nd)

    2021 Most Popular Teacher among International Students of Zhejiang University of Technology

    2021 Excellent Class Advisor of Zhejiang University of Technology

[Teaching Reform Projects]    

    2025-2027 Participated in the Key Teaching Reform Project of Zhejiang University of Technology - Artificial Intelligence Empowerment Special Project Practice of AI-Driven Intelligent Knowledge Base Empowering Course Teaching - A Case Study on the Construction and Teaching Application of 'Intelligent Knowledge Base' for Soil Mechanics Course (ranked 6th)

    2025-2026 Hosted the 14th Five-Year Plan Second Batch of Graduate Teaching Reform Engineering Education Special Project in Zhejiang Province Exploration and Practice of Training Mode for Outstanding Engineers in 'Intelligent Construction of Underground Engineering'

    2023-2025 Hosted the General Teaching Reform Project of Zhejiang University of Technology New Exploration of Teaching Mode for 'Foundation Engineering' for International Students in Civil Engineering

[Teaching Reform Papers]

    Shen Mengfen, Tao Yuanqin, Sun Honglei, Yu Yang. (2025). Thoughts and Practice on Educating International Students from the Belt and Road Countries in Learning Civil Engineering Courses - A Case Study of Foundation Engineering. Journal of Hohai University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 27(s1), 112-115.

    Tao Yuanqin, Guo Pengyuan, Sun Honglei, Shen Mengfen. (2025). Reform and Exploration of School-Enterprise Joint Training Mode for Professional Degree Postgraduates in Engineering in the New Era - A Case Study of Civil Engineering. Journal of Hohai University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 27(s1), 312-315+320.

    Liu Yazhe (Undergraduate), Shen Mengfen, Ren Lianghao & Ouyang Ruolin. (2025). Experimental Study on Shield Tunnel Segment Model Based on 3D Printing Technology. Urban Construction Theory Research (Electronic Edition), 25, 181-184.2

[Government-Sponsored Projects]

    2024-2026: Presided over the General Exploration Project of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Liquefaction Assessment of Gravelly Soil Sites Considering Compaction and Crushing Effects of Dynamic Compaction Method;

    2021-2023: Presided over the Youth Science Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation, Study on Assessment of Site Liquefaction Potential and Effectiveness of Liquefaction Resistance Engineering Measures Considering Spatial Variability of Strata;

    2020-2022: Presided over the Youth Science Fund Project of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Influence and Assessment of Liquefaction Resistance Foundation Treatment on Soil Liquefaction Potential;

    2017-2020: Participated in the Youth Fund Project of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Plan, Analysis of Accuracy and Influencing Factors of Soil Deformation Measurement Using Optical Fiber Sensing Technology;

    2017-2018: Participated in the project of AIG Insurance Company (USA), Probabilistic Performance-Based Liquefaction Risk Assessment and Mitigation Countermeasure;

    2017-2018: Participated in the project of USGS (USA), Multiscale Random Field-Based Probabilistic Regional Liquefaction Mapping;

    2011-2014: Participated in the National Natural Science Foundation Project, Study on Nonlinear Finite Element Reliability Analysis Method for Expansive Soil Slopes.

[Industry-Sponsored Projects]

    2025-2026: Study on Liquefaction Potential Evaluation Method of Marine Sand Based on CPTU, Project Leader

    2025-2026: Study on Soil Sample Disturbance Evaluation and Its Influence on Parameters - Comprehensive Evaluation of Disturbance of Marine Clay, Sub-project Leader

    2024-2026: Research on Key Technologies of Fully Prefabricated Diaphragm Walls, Sub-project Leader

    2023-2025: Research on Refined Monitoring Methods for Deformation and Leakage of Foundation Pit Enclosure Structures, Project Leader

    2022-2024: Research on Deformation Control Technology of Soft Soil Foundation Pit Based on Subway Protection Standards, Project Leader

    2021-2022: Development and Compilation of Construction Method for Top-Down One Pile One Column, Project Leader

    2020-2022: Research on Environmental Impact and Control Technology of Large-Diameter, Small-Span Shield Tunnels in Water-Rich Strata, Sub-project Leader

[Journal Papers]

•     Duan, W., Wang, C., Chen, Q., Liu, S., Zhao, Z., Shen, M. (2025). Resonance compaction technique for liquefaction mitigation: CPTU liquefaction hazard indices and random field-based evaluation. Acta Geotech, 20, 4957–4976.

•     Gong, X., Wu, J., Zheng, N., Chen, Z., Zhao, X., Jia, L., Shi, W., Shen, M.(2025). Damage state monitoring of buried pipeline based on distributed acoustic sensing technology. Optical Fiber Technology, 93, 104230.

•     Hu, S., Sun, H.,Sun, M., Lou, G.,Shen, M*. Thermal Conductivity Characteristics and Prediction Model of Silty Clay Based on Actively Heated Fiber-Optic FBG Method. Sensors 2025, 25, 5393.

•     沈梦芬, 何溯, 蓝沐林, 鲍丽春, 陈浙徽. (2025). 克里金估计方法在场地液化势评估中的应用[J]. 工程地质学报, 33(3): 1196-1205. doi: 10.13544/j.cnki.jeg.2022-0504.

•     蓝沐林, 沈梦芬, 何溯, 徐全, 陈浙徽, 鲍丽春. (2024). 注浆加固对盾构施工沉降控制成效的概率评估[J]. 城市轨道交通研究,2024,27(12):167-175. DOI:10.16037/j.1007-869x.2024.12.027.

•     Yu, Y., Mao, X., Shen, M.*, 2024. Performance-based design of strip foundation considering the full effect of ground improvement. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 30(8), 758–766.

•     Shen, M., Zhong, W., Zhan, H., & Zhang, X. (2024). A Standard Penetration Test-Based Step-by-Step Inverse Method for the Constitutive Model Parameters of the Numerical Simulation of Braced Excavation. Applied Sciences, 14(14), 5970.

•     Zeng, S.; Yu, M.; Chen, S.; Shen, M.  (2024) An Intelligent Multi-Ring Shield Movement Performance Prediction and Control Method. Applied Sciences, 14, 4223.

•     沈梦芬,鲍丽春,孙宏磊,蔡袁强.基于不同原位试验的土壤液化判别模型保守性评估[J].岩土工程学报,2023,45(S2):1-6.

•     He, Z., Shen, M., Yu, Z., Sun, H., Cai, Y., Yu, M., & Zhang, Q. (2023). Effect of water content on clogging of dredged slurry under vacuum preloading from PIV perspective. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 42(6), 634–646.

•     Sun, H., He, Z., Geng, X., Shen, M.*, Cai, Y., Wu, J., Yang, B., Wang, W. (2021). Formation mechanism of clogging of dredge slurry under vacuum preloading visualized using digital image technology. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 59(7): 1292-1298.

•     Sun, H., Weng, Z., Geng, X., Shen, M.*, Pan, X., Shi, L., Cai, Y. (2021). Experimental study on the effects of particle grading on lime-treated slurry with vacuum preloading, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 40:7, 869-881.

•     Tan, X., Fei, S., Shen, M., Hou, X., Ma, H. (2020). Influence of Spatial Variability on Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties. Geomechanics and Engineering, 23(5), 419-429.

•     Tan, X., Li, P., Shen, M.*, Hu, M., & Hou, X. (2020). Evaluation of the spatial variability characteristics of unsaturated soils in Hefei China. Soils and Foundations (Technical Paper), 60(2), 454-465.

•     Zhang, Y., Shen, M.*, Juang, C. H., & Tan, X. (2020). Fractile-based method for selecting characteristic values for geotechnical design with LRFD. Soils and Foundations (Technical Paper), 60(1), 115-128.

•     Tan, X., Shen, M.*, Juang, C. H. & Zhang, Y. (2020). Modified robust geotechnical design approach based on the sensitivity of reliability index. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics (Short Communication), 60, 103049.

•     Yu Y., Shen, M.*, & Juang C. H. (2019). Assessing initial stiffness models for laterally loaded piles in clay – A robust design perspective. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(10): 04019073.

•     Shen, M., Juang, C. H., Ku, C. S., & Khoshnevisan, Sara (2019). Assessing effect of dynamic compaction on liquefaction potential using statistical methods – a case study. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, 13(4), 341–348.

•     Shen, M., Juang, C. H., & Chen Q. (2019). Mitigation of liquefaction hazard by dynamic compaction - a random field perspective. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 56(12), 1803-1815.

•     Yu, Y., Shen, M., Sun, H., & Shang, Y. (2019). Robust design of siphon drainage method for stabilizing rainfall-induced landslides. Engineering Geology, 249, 186-197.

•     Juang, C. H., Zhang, J., Shen, M., & Hu, J. (2019). Probabilistic methods for unified treatment of geotechnical and geological uncertainties in a geotechnical analysis. Engineering Geology, 249, 148-161.

•     Fan, W., Lv, J., Cao Y., Shen, M., Deng, L. Wei, Y., (2019). Characteristics and block kinematics of a fault-related landslide in the Qinba Mountains, western China. Engineering Geology, 249, 162-171.

•     Shen, M., Khoshnevisan, S., Tan, X., Zhang, Y. & Juang, C. H. (2019). Assessing characteristic value selection methods for design with LRFD – A design robustness perspective. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 56(10), 1475-1485.

•     Shen, M., Martin, J. R., Ku, C. S., & Lu, Y. C. (2018). A case study of the effect of dynamic compaction on liquefaction of reclaimed ground. Engineering Geology, 240, 48-61.

•     Juang, C. H., Shen, M., Wang C., & Chen, Q. (2018). Random field-based regional liquefaction hazard mapping - data inference and model verification using a synthetic digital soil field. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 77, 1273-1286.

•     Wang, C., Chen, Q., Shen, M., & Juang, C. H. (2017). On the spatial variability of CPT-based geotechnical parameters for regional liquefaction evaluation. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 95, 153-166.

•     Shen, M., Chen, Q., Zhang, J., Gong, W., & Juang, C. H. (2016). Predicting liquefaction probability based on shear wave velocity: an update. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 75(3), 1199-1214.

•     Xiao, J., Gong, W., Martin II, J. R., Shen, M., & Luo, Z. (2016). Probabilistic seismic stability analysis of slope at a given site in a specified exposure time. Engineering Geology, 212, 53-62.

•     Song, Z., Shi, B., Juang, H., Shen, M., & Zhu, H. (2016). Soil strain-field and stability analysis of cut slope based on optical fiber measurement. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 76(3), 937-946.

•     Song, Z., Zhang, D., Shi, B., Chen, S., & Shen, M. (2016). Integrated distributed fiber optic sensing technology‐based structural monitoring of the pound lock. Structural Control & Health Monitoring, 1-8.

•     Song, Z., Shi, B., Zhu, H., Shen, M. (2015) Construction monitoring of a lock head base plate using distributed optical fiber sensing technique. Journal of Southeast University, 31(4): 535-40.

•     Tan, X, Wang, X., Hu, X., Shen, M., & Hu, N. (2016). Two methods for predicting reliability index and critical probabilistic slip surface of soil slopes. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 34(5), 1283-1292.

•     Tan, X., Xu, Q., Xin, Z., Xie, Y., & Shen, M. (2014). Reliability analysis and sensitivity analysis of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall infiltration. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 19, 1635-1646.

•     Shen, M., Tan, X., Xin, Z., Xie, Y., & Xu, Q. (2013). Laboratory research of soil water characteristic curve by osmotic method and filter paper method. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 18, 5421-5434.

•     Tan, X., Shen, M., Hou, X., Li, D., & Hu, N. (2013). Response surface method of reliability analysis and its application in slope stability analysis. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 31(4), 1011-1025.

[Invention Patent]

    黄智航（本科生）, 刘亚喆, 沈梦芬, 罗梓玮, 刁弈涛, 刘昕宇, 范润庭. 一种具有微生物注浆功能的干法振冲装置及方法: 浙江省, ZL119877535B[P].

•     罗梓玮（本科生）, 刁弈涛, 沈梦芬, 黄智航, 范润庭, 刘昕宇, 刘亚喆. 一种集夯锤、振冲与加料功能为一体的地基加固设备: 浙江省, ZL119859997B[P].

•     沈梦芬; 娄国潮; 孙宏磊; 潘晓东; 伍婷玉; 徐山琳; 蓝沐林.一种用于模拟盾构开挖和监测隧道与土体变形的可视化装置以及盾构模拟试验方法[P].浙江省:ZL113586070B,2024-11-19.

•     宋占璞,沈梦芬,贾立翔.一种变径定点结构应变传感光缆及其制作方法[P].江苏省:ZL202010843614.1,2024-12-03.

•     伍婷玉, 蒋耀晨, 蔡袁强, 孙宏磊, 潘晓东, 曾玲玲, 史吏, 袁宗浩, 沈梦芬, 潘坤, 王康宇, 徐山琳. 一种重塑土的制样装置及其制样方法: 浙江省, ZL112985934B[P].

•     伍婷玉, 蒋耀晨, 蔡袁强, 孙宏磊, 潘晓东, 曾玲玲, 史吏, 袁宗浩, 沈梦芬, 潘坤, 王康宇, 徐山琳. 一种浅层生物气空腔自动识别与填充设备以及生物气空腔注浆填充的施工方法: 浙江省, ZL114032906B[P].

•     潘晓东, 周廉默, 何自立, 蔡袁强, 孙宏磊, 史吏, 袁宗浩, 沈梦芬, 王康宇, 潘坤. 真空预压过程中观测土颗粒运动的试验系统及试验方法: 浙江省, ZL111537415B[P].

【Academic Part-time Positions】

    Member, Youth Working Committee of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Branch, China Civil Engineering Society

    Director, 4th Council of Engineering Risk and Insurance Research Branch, China Civil Engineering Society

    Member, Geotechnical Engineering Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Mitigation Committee, China Earthquake Society

    Director, Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Monitoring Branch, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering

    Member, Youth Forum of Engineering Risk and Insurance Research Branch, China Civil Engineering Society

【Journal Reviewer】

    《Engineering Geology》, 《Bulletin of Engineering Geology & the Environment》, 《Marine Georesources and Geotechnology》etc.