Name: JHUO, Yu-Syuan
Department of Civil Engineering
National Chi-Nan University
Nantou, Puli, Taiwan 545
Office phone:011-886-49-2910960-4958
Email:ymca0777@gmail.com; ysjhuo@ncnu.edu.tw

Areas of Expertise

  • Application of Microbial Biotechnology in Geotechnical Engineering

  • Engineering Sustainability and Carbon Reduction

  • Soil Mechanical Behavior

  • Ground Improvement

  • Site Investigation and Liquefaction Analysis

Academic experience

Education 

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2011 – 2020

  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2009 – 2011

  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, 2007 – 2009

Professional Experience 

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chi Nan University, 2025 – Present

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2020 – 2025

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tamkang University, 2021 – 2024

Teaching courses

  • oil Mechanics

  • Foundation Engineering

  • Soil Mechanics Laboratory/Testing

  • Geosynthetics

  • Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Research and interests
  • Development of Bio-geotechnical Engineering Applications

  • Application of Biochar for Carbon Reduction in Engineering

  • Engineering Carbon Footprint

  • Liquefaction Investigation and Analysis

  • Soil Mechanical Behavior

honor
Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Taiwan Geotechnical Society (TGS), 2020
Domestic and foreign journals
  • Jhuo, Y. S., Wong, H. E., Tung, H. H., and Ge, L. “Effectiveness of microbial induced carbonate precipitation treatment strategies for sand.” Environmental Technology & Innovation, 38, 104132. (SCI)
  • Gitanjali, A., Ge, L., and Jhuo, Y. S. (2025) “Investigation of mechanical enhancements of EICP-treated soil.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 37(3):04025011. (SCI, corresponding author)
  • Lu, C. W., Lin, Y. F., Huang, L. Y., Wen, H. C., Cheng, S. H., Lu, K. Y., Yeh, F. H., Jhuo, Y. S., and Huang, I. P. (2025) “Liquefaction hazard mapping and risk evaluation for municipal assets.” KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 29(9), 100189. (SCI)
  • Yang, H. C., Huang, C. J., Ko, Y. Y., Chen, K. Y., Tsai, C. C., Lin, C. H., Hwang, Y. W., Chu, M. C., Jhuo, Y. S., Hsueh, Y. T., Okano, S., Wang, L. Y., and Ge, L. (2025) “Geotechnical reconnaissance of Hualien Port after the 2024 ML 7.2 Hualien earthquake.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 198, 109613.
  • Gitanjali, A., Jhuo, Y. S., Yeh, F. H., and Ge, L. (2024) “Bio-cementation of sand using enzyme-induced calcite precipitation: mechanical behavior and microstructural analysis.” Construction and Building Materials, 417, 135360.
  • Yeh, F. H., Ge, L., Jhuo, Y. S., and Chen, L. C. “Re-examining the Influence of End Restraint on Mechanical Behaviors of Dense Quartz Sands.” KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 28(6), 2201-2209. (SCI)
  • Jhuo, Y. S., Guan, Y., Ge, L., Xia, Z., and Kang, X. (2019). “Assessment of Direct Tension Tests on Compacted Sand-Clay Mixtures.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 31(10), 04019236. (SCI)
Domestic and foreign seminars
  • * Presenting author
  • Jhuo, Y. S., Liu, D. Y., Wang*, C. Y., Cheng, S. H., Ge, L., and Wong, K. N. “Bio-cementation technique for lateral injection in a test pit: evaluation of treatment uniformity.” 2nd International Conference on Microbial Biotechnology in Construction Materials and Geotechnical Engineering (MBCMG 2024), Singapore, August 13-16. (Oral presentation)
  • Gitanjali, A., Ge, L., and Jhuo*, Y. S. “Experimental study of ground improvement jusing enzyme induced calcite precipitation (EICP).” Proceeding of 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (8ICEGE), Osaka, Japan, May 7-10. (Oral presentation)
  • Jhuo, Y. S., Lu*, Y. Q., Yu, C. P., and Ge, L. “Mechanical behaviors of MICP-treated binary granular materials under one-dimensional consolidation.” Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (CREST 2023), Fukuoka, Japan, November 20-22, 2023. (Oral presentation)
  • Jhuo*, Y. S., Hiruma, N., Yabe, M., Cheng, S. H., Chien, C. J., and Ge, L. “Verification of piezo drive cone data against standard penetration and cone penetration tests: a case study in Taiwan.” Proceeding of the 21st Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference and 4th AGSSEA Conference (SEAGC-AGSSEA 2023), Bangkok, Thailand, October 25-27, 2023. (Oral presentation)
  • Jhuo*, Y. S., Wong, H. E., and Ge, L. “Effect of calcium source on sand bio-cementation.” Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2023: Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions form the Ground Up, Las Angeles, California, March 26-29, 2023.
  • Jhuo*, Y. S., Wong, H. E., Rayappan Kennedy, A. G., and Ge L. “Effect of curing conditions on the strength of bio-treated sand specimens.” Proceedings of the 8th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 9-11, 2022. (Oral presentation)
  • Jhuo*, Y. S., Chen, L. H., Tung, H. H., Lin, G. H., and Huang, T. H., “Using local microbial enrichments to improve sand particle aggregation from CaCO3 precipitation.” Geo-Chicago 2016: Sustainability and Resiliency in Geotechnical Engineering, Illinois, USA, Aug. 14-18, 2016. (Oral presentation)
Patents and technology transfers
  • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, reviewer
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, reviewer
  • Journal of GeoEngineering, reviewer
  • Indian Geotechnical Journal, reviewer
  • Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, reviewer
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