Prof. Dr. Tielin Chen received his Bachelor's degree from Anhui University of Science and Technology in 1993 and his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Nanjing Institute of Water Resources Science in 2001. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Tsinghua University, from 2002 to 2004. He worked as a senior engineer at the Geotechnical Engineering Research Institute of Nanjing Institute of Water Resources Science, and from 2006 to now, he has been a professor and the director of the Numerical Calculation Center for Tunnels and Underground Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University. In addition, he is also a director of the Tunneling and Underground Engineering Branch of the Chinese Civil Engineering Society. His research interests include tunneling and underground engineering, civil engineering, materials engineering, transportation infrastructure, and smart construction.
