Dr Mei Yin
Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research area(s)

Dr Mei Yin  has a broad research background encompassing a number of areas: (i) geotechnical lab testing; (ii) computational geomechanics; (iii) energy geo-structures. Previous PhD research has focused on new tools for measuring the undrained shear strength of extremely soft marine soils, physial and numerical tools of predicting submarine landslide run-out, and an analytcial model that explains the high mobility of submarine debris flow.

Dr Yin has been involved in a series of energy geo-structures research projects, including numerical analysis of (i) the combined open and closed loop GSHP system, (ii) a thermal wall, (iii) a thermal pile loading testing..and (iv) a thermal tunnel. Her research provided the first rigorous examination of the uncertainty in thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of ground/infrastructure and its parallels with ground heat exchangers (GHE) and offered a reliable new technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

Research Interests

• THM coupling analysis of energy infrastructure (geothermal)
• Offshore deposits and soft marine clays
• Physical and numerical modelling 
• Subsea pipeline soil interaction assessment, 
• Monitoring of civil engineering infrastructure by using advanced sensors.