Basic Information
Name:   Heng-hui FAN
Gender:  Male
Degree:  Ph.D.
Professional Qualification:Professor
University: College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering,
Northwest A&F University
Phone:  +86-29-87082884(Office)    +86-13572555506(Mobile)
Fax:  +86-29-87082884
Email:  yt07@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Address:  No.23#, Weihui Road, Yangling, Shaan Xi, China
Postcode:  712100

Education
1. Sept., 2006- Sept., 2009
Postdoctoral Research in State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China; (Supervisor: Prof. Ling-wei KONG, Major: Geotechnical Engineering).
Thesis for Postdoctoral Research: Study on Dispersive Mechanism and Application Technology of Dispersive Clay in the Northen China
2. Sept., 2002- Jun, 2006
Ph.D in Research Centre of Soil and Water Conservation & Eco-environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Education Ministry, China (Supervisor: Prof. Pu-te WU, Major: soil science).
Thesis for Doctoral Degree: Study on Soil-stabilizing Mechanism and Molding Technique of MBER Soil Stabilizer
3. Sept., 2000- Jun, 2002
Master Candidate in College of Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China. (Supervisor: Prof. Qing-rui, CHANG, Major: Soil science).
4. Sept., 1992- Jul, 1996
Undergraduate in Department of the Soil Chemistry, Northwest University of Agriculture, China. (Major: Soil science).

Research Experiences
1. Study on the evolution law of crack in impervious body with dispersive soil based on the soil-water-electrolyte coupling action (from the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 51379177)), Principal Investigator, 2014-2017.
2. Study on the dispersive mechanism of soil under the reaction of clay-water-electrolyte system (from the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 50979094)), Principal Investigator, 2010-2012.
3. Research and development on the construction technique of soil stabilizer and hydraulic structure (from the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (No.2006BAD09B01)), Principal Investigator, 2006-2010.
4. Study on the properties of the stabilized soil with the fiber and soil stabilizer (from the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (No.2006BAD11B03)), Principal Investigator, 2006-2010.
5. Study on the dispersive mechanism of dispersive clay(from Northwest A & F University “Excellent Youth Intelligent Fund Program” ), Principal Investigator, 2008-2010.
6. Research on the physical-chemical and dispersive characteristics of soil in the Banduo Dam (from the Northwest Investigation Design and Research Institute, State Power Corporation), Co-Principal Investigator, 2005-2006.
7. Participated: Study on the dispersive soil of Xi-jiao and San-ping Reservoirs’ clay core (from the Northwest Investigation Design and Research Institute, State Power Corporation), Participant, 2001-2002.
8. Participated: Study on the engineering properties of the saline soil in the Nangan Canal. (from the Gansu Water Conservancy and Hydropower Design and Research Institute), Participant, 1998-2000.

Skills
1. Extensive knowledge of soil chemistry;
2. Practiced skill of soil test;

Work Experience
1. Sept., 1999 - present, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University.
2. Oct, 2010 - Oct, 2011, Visiting Scholar, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University, USA.
3. Jul, 1997 - Sept., 1999, Engineer, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Northwest Hydro-technical Research Institute, the Ministry of Water Resources.

Professional Affiliations
1. Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
2. Member, Chinese Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering.
3. Member, Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering.

Interested Fields
1. Fundamentals of soil behavior.
2. Problematic soils, such as dispersive soil, saline soil, loess soil, et al.
3. Soil improvement and stabilization.
4. Geoenvironmental Engineering.

Honors and Awards
1. The 8th Shaanxi Youth Science and Technology Award, Dec, 2010.
2. The Shaanxi Tenth Natural Science Excellent Thesis (the third grade), The People’s Government of Shaaxi Province, Sept., 2008.
3. The Shaaxi Fourth Water Conservancy Excellent Thesis (The first grade), Shaanxi Province Department of Water Resources and Shaanxi Province Society of Hydraulic Engineering, Oct., 2007.
4. The Shaaxi Water Conservancy Excellent Thesis in 2004 (The second grade), Shaanxi Province Department of Water Resources and Shaanxi Province Society of Hydraulic Engineering, Dec., 2004.

Patents
[1] FAN Heng-hui, GAO Jian-en, LOU Zong-ke, et al. The preparation and application of based-cement soil stabilizer, Application No.：200910023202.7.
[2] FAN Heng-hui, GAO Jian-en, LOU Zong-ke, et al. The construction and curing method of the plastic construction technique of the stabilized soil with soil stabilizer, Application No.：200910022884.X.
[3] FAN Heng-hui, GAO Jian-en, WU Pu-te, et al. The construction method of  sluice facilities with soil stabilizer, Application No.：200810018159.0.
[4] FAN Heng-hui, LOU Zong-ke, GAO Jian-en, et al. The construction method of the anti-seepage canal with the soil stabilizer, Application No.：200810236449.2.

Selected Publications
[1] Henghui Fan, Lingwei Kong. Empirical equation for evaluating the dispersivity of cohesive soil [J]. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2013,50(7): 989-994.(SCI/EI)
[2] FAN Heng-hui, KONG Ling-wei, GUO Min-xia, et al. Dispersivity and impermeability of dam soil in Wenjiagou Reservoir [J]. Chinese journal of geotechnical engineering, 2009, 31(3): 458-463.(EI: 20091612040664)
[3] FAN Heng-hui, WU Pu-te, LI Peng, et al. Study on identification of dispersive clay soils [J]. Chinese journal of geotechnical engineering.2005, 27(11):1310- 1316. (EI: 2005509589900)
[4] FAN Heng-hui, GAO Ming-xia, LI Peng, et al. Study on the dispersive clay of the core wall of a dam [J]. Chinese journal of geotechnical engineering.2003, 25 (5):615- 618.
[5] FAN Heng-hui, GAO Ming-xia, LI Peng, et al. Experimental study on clay dispersibility [J]. Journal of Chang’an University (Natural Science Edition). 2007, 27(2):76-80. (EI: 20072210628248)
[6] FAN Heng-hui, WU Pu-te,GAO Jian-en, et al. Principal factors in unconfined compression strength of the solidified soil for the catchment area[J]. Transactions of the ASCE .2006, 22(9):11-15. (EI: 20064610240720)
[7] FAN Heng-hui,GAO Jian-en,WU Pu-te, et al. Comparison of different construction techniques for the catchment area with the soil stabilizer. [J].Transactions of the ASCE.2006, 22(10):73-77. (EI:20070310362447)
[8] FAN Heng-hui, GAO Ming-xia,GAO Jian-en. Discussion on dispersivity of high-sodic saline soil[J]. Journal of Northwest A & F University(Natural Science Edition).2005,33(7): 77-81.
[9] FAN Heng-hui, LI Peng, JU Juan-li, et al. Discussion on Dispersive Soil and Methods of Identification [J]. Journal of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering.2004, 2(2): 34-38,59.
[10] FAN Heng-hui, GAO Jian-en, WU Pu-te. Prospect of researches on soil stabilizer [J]. Journal of Northwest A & F University(Natural Science Edition). 2006.34(2): 141-146.
[11] FAN Heng-hui, KONG Ling-wei, LI Hong-liang, et al. Study on the dispersive identification and treatment with lime of dam soil in Majiushu’s reservoir[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2010, 31(1): (Accepted).
[12] FAN Heng-hui, WU Pu-te, GAO Jian’en, et al. Microstructure characteristics of the stabilized soil with based-cement soil stabilizer[J]. Journal of Building Materials. (Accepted) .
[13] FAN Heng-hui, KONG Ling-wei. Study on the dispersivity of the dam core soil of the Ningmute Reservior on the Yellow River[C].3rd International Conference on Problematic Soils, 7- 9 April 2010, Adelaide, Australia. (Accepted).

Conference Attended
1. The 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, France, Sept.,2013
2. The 2nd Academic Conference on Geotechnical and Engineering, Wuhan, China, Oct., 2006.
3. 2006 Annual Conference of China Association for Science and Technology, Beijng, China, Sept.,2006

Hobby
1. Sports, such as play badminton, basketball.
2. Reading, such as history, novel.