Experience 1995-1999: Lecturer Department of Hydraulic, Tsinghua University

1999-2011: Associate Professor Department of Hydraulic, Tsinghua University

2011- : Professor Department of Hydraulic, Tsinghua University

1. Soil Mechanics 2 (Foundation Engineering)

2. Engineering ethics3.

1. Offshore geotechnics

2. Slope stability

3. Geoenvironmental engineering

Pressure and flow rate prediction of curtain grouting based on machine learning, funded by China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, coordinator.

Interaction of submarine landslide and offshore structure and constitutive description with a solid-fluid unified constitutive model, Natural Science Foundation of China, coordinator.

Mechanism of pockmark and liquefaction in submarine slopes involving high pore pressure, Natural Science Foundation of China, coordinator.

Evaluation of landslides in the region of Xiao Lang Di hydro-complex, Yellow River Conservancy Commission, coordinator.

Hydrodynamics of dyke breaching, sub-project of National science and technology 973 plan, coordinator.

New structures for stabilizing slopes susceptible to failure, Northwest of China railway science research institute co., LTD, coordinator.

Bearing capacity of suction foundation for offshore platforms under complex loading conditions, Natural Science Foundation of China, coordinator.

Centrifuge modelling of heavy metal transport in unsaturated soils, Natural Science Foundation of China, coordinator.

Vice President, Chinese Geotechnical Society

Member Technical committee on offshore geotechnics of ISSMGE

1998, Changjiang Water Resources Commission Science and technology progress award （Rank10th）,( honored project: Seepage analysis of the cofferdam for the Three Gorges Project)

2005 Beijing Second prize of outstanding achievements of teaching (Rank 4th)

2006 Tsinghua University first prize of outstanding achievements of teaching (Rank 3th)

2010 Tsinghua University first prize of outstanding achievements of teaching (Rank 1st)

2018 First prize of teaching achievement of Beijing Higher Education (Rank 3th)

Selected Journal Papers

1 Zhang JH. Shen JR. Wang AX. 2026. Settlements of offshore wind turbine foundations impacted by submarine landslide debris. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 2026.

2 Zhang JH. Wang AX. 2025. Responses of offshore wind turbine foundations to consecutive submarine landslides. Ocean Engineering, 332 (2025): 121384.

3 Zhang, JH. Wang, AX. Chen, XS. 2025. Deformation and strain mechanisms of an existing tunnel subject to failure of a new tunnel, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. (2025) 2471771.

4 Zhang, JH. Wang, AX. Zhang, LM. Chen, XS. 2023. Coupling Failure Mechanism of Underground Structures Induced by Construction Disturbances. Mathematics 2023, 11, 615.

5 Zhang JH. Wang H. 2022. Development of offshore wind power and foundation technology for offshore wind turbines in China. Ocean Engineering, 266, 113256.

6 Zhang, J.H., Wang, H. 2020. Interpretation of Piezocone Penetration Tests in Centrifuge. Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 8(10), 420–423.

7 Wang H, Zhang, JH. Lin, HL. 2019. Satellite-based analysis of landfill landslide: the case of the 2015 Shenzhen landslide. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 10.1080/19386362.2019.1610605

8 Zhang, J. H. Lin, H.L. Wang, K. Z. 2015. Centrifuge modeling and analysis of submarine landslides triggered by elevated pore pressure. Ocean Engineering, 419-429.

9 Zhang, BY, Zhang JH, Sun GL. 2015. Deformation and shear strength of rockfill materials composed of soft siltstones subjected to stress, cyclical drying/wetting and temperature variation. Engineering Geology. 190 (5): 87-97.

10 Zhang JH, Zhao C, Xiong ZS. 2014. Meso-level simulation of gas hydrate dissociation in low-permeability sediments. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2014(4)：11-17.

11 Zhang, BY, Zhang JH, Sun GL, 2014. Development of a Soft-Rock Weathering Test Apparatus, Experimental techniques. 38(2): 54-65.

12 Zhang, JH, Hu, LM. Pant, R. Yu, YZ. Wei ZX. Zhang GP. 2013. Effects of interlayer interactions on the nanoindentation behavior and hardness of 2:1 phyllosilicates. Applied Clay Science, (80-81), 267-280.

13 Zhang, BY, Zhang JH, Sun GL, 2012. Particle breakage of argillaceous siltstone subjected to stresses and weathering. Engineering Geology, 137–138.

14 He, J., Zhang, J.H., Yu, Y.Z., and Zhang, G.P. 2012. The strength and microstructure of two geopolymers derived from metakaolin and red mud-fly ash admixture: a comparative study. Construction and Building Materials, 30, 80-91.

15 Zhang, J.H., Chen, Z.Y., and Li, F. 2010. Three dimensional limit analysis of suction bucket foundations, Ocean Engineering. 37(6): 790-799.

16 Zhang J.H., Zhang X.X. 2010. Finite Element Analysis of a Cofferdam with Bucket Foundations at Zhuanghai Artificial Island, The Open Ocean Engineering Journal, 3, 63-68.

17 Zhang, J.H., Lo, I. M.-C. 2008. Centrifuge Study of Long Term Transport Behavior and Fate of Copper in Soils at Various Saturation of Water, Compaction and Clay Content, Soil & Sediment Contamination, 17(3): 237-255.

18 Zhang, J.H., Chen, Z.Y., and Wang, X.G. 2007. Centrifuge modelling of rock slopes susceptible to block toppling. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 40(4): 363-382.

19 Zhang, J.H., Zhang, L.M., and Lu, X.B. 2007. Centrifuge Modeling of Suction Bucket Foundations under Ice-sheet Induced Cyclic Lateral Loadings, Ocean Engineering, 34(8-9): 1069–1079.

20 Lo, I. M.-C., Zhang, J. H., Hu, L. M. 2005. Centrifuge Modeling of Cadmium Migration in Saturated and Unsaturated Soils. Soil & Sediment Contamination, 14(5):417-431.

21 Lu XB, Wang SY, Zhang JH, Sun GL, Shi ZM, 2005. Experimental study of pore pressure and deformation of suction bucket foundations under horizontal dynamic loading, China Ocean Engineering, 19 (4): 671-680.

22 Lo, I. M.-C., Zhang, J. H., Hu, L. M. and Shu, S.Z. 2003. “The Effect of Soil Stress on Cadmium Transport in Saturated Soils.” ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, 7(3),170-176.

23 Zhang, J., Pu, J., Zhang, M., Qiu, T., 2001, “odel tests by centrifuge of soil nail reinforcements. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 29(4), 315-328.

24 Zhang, J.H., Xu Q.J., Chen Z.Y. 2001. Seepage analysis based on the unified unsaturated soil theory. Mechanics Research Communications. 28, 1, 107-112.

Selected International Conference

25 Zhang JH. Lin JQ. Wang AX. Chen XS. 2026. Greenfield settlements induced by failure of a tunnel involving large displacement. International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, June 14-18. Austria.

26 Zhang JH. Wang A.X. Chen X.S. 2023. Deformation mechanism of existing underground structures in clay induced by deep construction disturbances. The 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. August 14-18, 2023, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

27 Zhang JH. Wang H, Wang R, Zhang WZ. 2019. Effects of gas hydrate dissociation on hydrate bearing marine sediment around a drilled well. The 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan. October 14~18, 2019.

28 Lin, HL, Zhang JH, 2015. Triaxial tests and DEM simulation on artificial bonded granular materials. The 15 Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, extended abstracts, eds. Watabe et al. Nov. 9-12, 2015. Japan, 357.

29 Zhao C, Zhang WZ, Zhang JH, Wang KZ and Xiong ZS. 2013. Modelling techniques of submarine landslides in centrifuge. 4th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR 2013), December 4-6, 2013, Hong Kong. pp. 235-238.

30 Zhang, JH, Zhang, YM, Zhou, M. 2010. Centrifuge modeling of base load – displacement response of piles in sand under static vertical load, Proceedings of The Twentieth (2010) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Beijing, China, June 20–26, 2010, ISOPE-2010-TPC-137.

31 Zhang, JH, Jiang, SB, Wang QS, Hou YJ, Sui, HB, Liang JH. 2010. Critical hydraulic gradient of piping in sand, Proceedings of The Twentieth (2010) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Beijing, China, June 20–26, 2010, ISOPE-2010-TPC-184.

32 Zhang, JH, Zhang, YM, Lu XB, 2010. Dynamic response of a single and a 4-bucket foundations, The 7th International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics, June 28th – July 1st 2010, Zurich, Switzerland. pp 1087-1092.