About Dr. Wang
Dr. Jintai Wang joins Oregon Tech as Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering for the Department of Civil Engineering. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Tongji University and a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Wang has three years of industrial experience in geotechnical design, construction, instrumentation, and data management with Geosyntec Consultants. He is excited to bring the real-world applications on large and complex civil infrastructures such as foundations, dams, landfills, coal ash impoundments and pipelines into his classroom for undergraduate and graduate courses and laboratories. Dr. Wang is a registered Professional Engineer (CA, TX). His research interests include liquefaction evaluation, geotechnical instrumentation, and solid waste engineering. He is excited at the prospect of getting students involved in research, ASCE conferences, student organizations and competitions. Dr. Wang currently serves on three ASCE technical committees: Frozen Ground, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, and Embankments Dams and Slopes.
Education
Ph.D, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 2018
M.S, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2014
Thesis: Strength of artificially frozen saline soils considering the second phase change at eutectic point
B.S, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2010
Industrial Experience
Geotechnical Instrumentation and Data Management for a Coal Ash Surface Impoundment
- Installed over 40 geotechnical instrumentation to support a coal ash surface impoundment closure, including piezometers, inclinometers, and an automated motorized total station
- Implemented state-of-the-art wireless data acquisition, advanced data management and visualization system
- Project management: proposal, permit application support, business development actives
Geotechnical Investigation for Pipeline – Horizontal Directionally Drilled Crossing
- Field lead for geotechnical site investigations spanning a wide variety of geographic areas and geologic conditions
- Soil engineering evaluations based on in-situ and laboratory tests results, geotechnical investigation report
Health Monitoring for an Elevated Temperature Landfill
- Installation and maintenance of on-site instrumentation and wireless data acquisition system at a hot landfill
- Lead for monthly data collection for over 25 instruments, including fiber optic temperature sensors and vibrating wire piezometers.
Engineering Support for Landfill Expansion
- Field investigation and Laboratory testing
- Prepare calculation package: slope stability analysis and settlement calculation
- Wick drain design and evaluation for ground improvement
Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and Geotechnical Investigation
- Development of field investigation plan, drilling and geotechnical investigation
- Soil sampling, groundwater sampling and soil gas sampling
Instrumentation and Health Monitoring of Hydraulic Dam
- Automated data acquisition upgrade for various instrument
Presentation at Geosyntec HGA meeting (Denver, 2019)
Teaching Experience
Graduate instructor, The Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016
- Responsible for autonomously teaching five sections of CE 337, Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory;
- Provided lecture, experimental instruction, and lab report feedback for a total of 72 students for three semesters.
- Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness: 6.36/7.0 (Spring 2015); 6.75/7.0 (Fall 2015), 7.0/7.0 (Fall 2016).
Concrete Lab with Students