Yutao Pan

Yutao Pan is an Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). His academic journey includes a BSc and MSc from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2010, 2012) and a PhD from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2016, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship.

• Research Focus: Ground improvement, seepage mechanics, risk assessment, and offshore geotechnical engineering with emphasis on spatial variability and numerical modeling.
• Key Contributions: Development of algorithms for water-tightness estimation in cut-off walls, stability analysis of tunnels in cement-admixed soils, and transient-state leakage evaluation methods.

His publications reflect expertise in cement-treated soils, tunneling mechanics, and probabilistic risk assessment. Collaborations with researchers like Yong Liu, Fook-Hou Lee, and Michael A. Hicks appear frequently. Recent work integrates physical mechanisms with AI for geotechnical problem-solving.