PROFILE
Professor Yuxia Hu
Started at UWA: 2008
Recognised leader in innovative soil research
The world of geo-materials fascinates me, and with the huge array of soil and rocks differing dramatically around the world, it makes for extremely interesting research projects.Professor Yuxia Hu
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Yuxia Hu uses revolutionary numerical methods and innovative model test techniques to solve soil-foundation interaction problems. Through her research, Professor Hu aims to discover all types of soil-foundation interactions to uncover soil behaviours during foundation intrusion.
Professor Hu has nearly 20 years of research and teaching experience in geotechnical engineering, especially in offshore geomechanics. She has led many research projects involving offshore soil-foundation interactions, such as anchors, caissons and spudcans, improving global guidelines for offshore foundation designs.
Professor Hu is an active researcher on pavement design with local industry, working closely with local engineers and government agencies. These research results can be applied directly to local conditions of soils and climate.
Telford Premium Award for Journal Prize for best paper in journal, 2018
Winner of the Start Something @ Woodside Oceanworks Entrepreneurship Prize, 2017
20 years of geotechnical engineering research and teaching experience
OceanWorks Entrepreneurship Prize for UWA Professor
With an impressive pitch on increasing the effectiveness of deep sea anchors, Professor Yuxia Hu from the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering has won the 2017 Start Something @ Woodside Oceanworks Entrepreneurship Prize.
Read moreWA marine science nets $5m in ARC funding
Western Australian marine science has attracted more than $5 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) in its latest round of Discovery and Linkage grants and Early Career Researcher Awards.
Read more2018 Telford Premium Award by ICE publishing
Each year, ICE Publishing acknowledges the best work published in our journals at the ICE Publishing Awards ceremony, held at One Great George Street in London, UK.
Read moreFunding
2017
Australian Research Council
- Hossain, M. & Hu, Y.
‘Caisson anchors for deep water oil and gas developments in calcareous soils’
2015
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Hossain, M., Kim, Y., Hu, Y. & Cassidy, M.
‘Australian-Korean collaboration to address geotechnical challenges in oil and gas extraction and renewable wind energy harvesting’
2014
Australian Research Council
- Hu, Y.
‘Building Australia's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry on Solid Foundations: characterising multilayered soils for offshore foundation design’
Australian Research Council
- Hu, Y., Hossain, M. & Cassidy, M.
‘Investigation of Alternative Footing Shapes to Mitigate Instabilities During Installation of Offshore Drilling Platforms’
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
- Hu, Y., Hossain, M. & Cassidy, M. ‘Investigation of Alternative Footing Shapes to Mitigate Instabilities During Installation of Offshore Drilling Platforms’
