Energy and Environmental Geomechanics Group


The Director
Dr. Biao Li is an Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Concordia University. He joined Concordia in Aug. 2016. Previously, he obtained a B.Sc. and a MASc from China University of Geosciences Beijing, and latterly a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary, Canada. His research expertise is in experimental and computational geomechanics, thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling, soil-structure interaction, and geophysics. He was selected as a future leader of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in 2021. He serves as editorial board members of Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment; Deep Resources Engineering; Geotechnical and Geological Engineering; and International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
NEWS
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2018-12-01: Student Mr. Sohail Akhtar completed his Master program and will continue to be my PhD student. Congrats, Sohail!
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2018-07-05: Student Mr. Sohail Akhtar was awarded the Port of Montreal Award in Transportation Studies for his excellence in the course and research work. Congrats, Sohail!
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2017-05-17: Dr. Li was awarded the KSRM scholarship Award during the 2017 YSRM Young scholars' Symposium on Rock Mechanics
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2016-12-08: Concordia’s Civil Engineering program ranks top 20 of the world! by Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2016:




Specially designed Lab tests at low and high temperature conditions