Yusheng (Bear) Jiang

Postdoc to Tenure Track Fellow
Full-Time Faculty
School of Engineering: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Yusheng (Bear) Jiang

Postdoc to Tenure Track Fellow
Full-Time Faculty
School of Engineering: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Bio

Dr. Yusheng Jiang is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Dayton, specializing in multi-physics and multiscale numerical simulation with applications in geotechnical and transportation infrastructure. His research integrates advanced computational modeling, remote sensing, and machine learning to address critical challenges in infrastructure sustainability and safety, particularly in cold regions affected by climate change.

Dr. Jiang has a broad technical background in multi-physics and multiscale numerical modeling, with experience in finite element methods (FEM), including a random FEM (rFEM) based on the Voronoi approach for simulating heterogeneous civil materials microstructures. He has worked with remote sensing technologies, particularly Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), for monitoring infrastructure and ground deformation. His work also incorporates machine learning to support data analysis and model prediction in geosystems. Additional areas of involvement include climate-resilient infrastructure simulation, bio-mediated soil improvement, testing of sustainable construction materials. These tools and methods support his research on geotechnical and infrastructure-related challenges.

Education

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Civil Engineering (Interdisciplinary), University of Dayton, Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Civil Engineering (Infrastructure), Case Western Reserve University, 2024

Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Geo-Infrastructure), Case Western Reserve University, 2024
M.S., Civil Engineering (Earthquake Hazard), Virginia Tech, 2019
M.S., Civil Engineering (Structural), University of Southern California, 2017
B.E., Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering), China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 2014

Publications

Journal Papers

  • Jiang, Y. & Yu, X. (2024). Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Cold Pavement Design and Operation. Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 
  • Jiang, Y., Yu, X. (2025) Space-based long term condition monitoring of cold region pavement with PS-InSAR. Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 6(1), 4
  • Jiang, Y. & Yu, X. (2024). A multiphysics model for assessing the slope stability in cold region subjected to environmental dynamics. Transportation Geotechnics, 101248.
  • Jiang, Y., Alajlan, A., Zapata, C., & Yu, X. (2024). A multiphysics simulation of the effects of wicking geotextile on mitigating frost heave under cold region pavement. Geosciences, 14(2), 34.
  • Jiang, Y., Yu, X. (2023) Holistic multiphysics simulation of climatic responses of cold region pavements. Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 4, 24.
  • Dong, S*., Jiang, Y*., & Yu, X. (2022). A novel random finite element model for holistically modeling of the frost effects on soils and cold region pavements. Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 3(1), 16.
  • Jiang, Y., Green, R. A., & Taylor, O. D. (2021). Expanded Byrne model for evaluating seismic compression. Earthquake Spectra, 37(2), 612-636.
  • Dong, S., Jiang, Y., & Yu, X. (2021). Analyses of the impacts of climate change and forest fire on cold region slopes stability by random finite element method. Landslides, 18(7), 2531-2545.

*Co-first author

Under Review

  • Jiang, Y., et. al. (2025). Predicting the Thermal Properties of Soils with Machine Learning Models.
  • Jiang, Y., Wang, H., Yu, X. (2025). Innovative InSAR-Based Method for Multi-Scale Risk Assessment of Seasonal Impacts on Pipelines and Pavements
  • Jiang, Y., Ren, Q., & Wang, H. (2025) Non-Invasive Characterization of Soil Moisture Content and Density Using Simulation Modeling, Thermal Imaging, and Machine Learning
  • Jiang, Y., Yu, X., Wang, H. (2025). AI-Powered Rapid Evaluation Scheme for Multiscale Properties of Porous Civil Engineering Materials: Integrating RGB-IR Imaging, Voronoi Random Finite Element (VrFEM), and Numerical Virtual Experiments

Conference Papers

Referred

  • Jiang, Y., Alajlan, A., Zapata, C., & Yu, X. (2024). Combatting frost effects on cold region the role of wicking geotextile in pavements, a multiphysics analysis (Geo-Congress 2024)
  • Jiang, Y., Ullah, S., Fan, X., Zapata, C. E., & Yu, X. (2023). Analyses of frost susceptible flexible pavement adaption for Climate Change. (Geo-Risk 2023)
  • Jiang, Y. & Yu, X. (2023). InSAR-based assessment of seasonal ground heave and settlement (Geo-Congress 2024) 
  • Zhang X., Jiang, Y., Fan X., Han C., & Yu, X. (2023). Potentials of mitigating pavement frost-heave with fungi (TRB 2024)
  • Zhang X., Jiang, Y., Fan X., Yu, X. (2023) Fungi-mediated soil to against frost heave (GeoShanghai 2024)
  • Green R. & Jiang, Y (2020). Comparison of seismic compression procedure predictions: Case history from Japan (17th WCEE 2020)

Extended Abstract and Report

  • Jiang, Y.*, Dong, S.*, & Yu, X. (2023). Random Finite Element Model for the Freezing Effects on Soils and Underground Pipes (ICOP 2024)
  • Zapata, C. E., Mosawi, M., Olaiz, A., Yu, B., Dong, S., & Jiang, Y. (2024). Subgrade Soil Susceptibility to Shrink/swell and Frost Heave: Effects on Pavement Performance (No. NCHRP Project 01-59)

*Co-first author