Biography

As a professor, doctoral supervisor in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Architecture and Engineering, Tianjin University and first-class registered structural engineer, I have long been engaged in research on ground motion simulation, seismic effects of complex sites, and seismic resistance of engineering structures. Presided over 4 National Natural Science Foundation of China, 3 Tianjin Natural Science Foundation, and more than 10 scientific research consulting projects entrusted by enterprises and institutions. The main editor of Tianjin local standard "Tianjin Rapid Rail Transit Shield Tunnel Design Regulations". Published more than 100 scientific papers, 1 academic monograph and 10 software copyrights.

Education

Doctor of Engineering, Tianjin University, Civil Engineering, 2008

Master of Engineering, Tianjin University, Civil Engineering, 2005

Bachelor of Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Civil Engineering, 2003

Research Interests

(1) Research on the site seismic effect

(2) Research on the earthquake resistance of underground structures

(3) Research on the reduction of train-induced vibrations

Main Published Journal Papers or Books

(1) Ba ZN*, Kang ZQ, Lee VW. Plane strain dynamic responses of a multi-layered transversely isotropic saturated half-space, International Journal of Engineering Science, 2017, 119: 55-77 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q1, IF: 9.219)

(2) Ba ZN*, Wang Y, Liang JW, Vincent W Lee, Wave scattering of plane P, SV, and SH waves by a 3D alluvial basin in a multilayered half-space, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2020, 110 (2): 576-595 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q3, IF: 2.274)

(3)Ba ZN, Wu MT, Liang JW*, 3D dynamic responses of a multi-layered transversely isotropic saturated half-space under concentrated forces and pore pressure, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2020, 80: 859-878  (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: IF: 3.633)

(4) Ba ZN*, Liang JW, Lee VW. 3D dynamic response of a multi-layered transversely isotropic half-space subjected to a moving point load along a horizontal straight line with constant speed, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2016, 100: 427-445 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 3.213)

(5) Ba ZN*, Yin X. Wave scattering of complex local site in a layered half-space by using a multi-domain IBEM: incident plane SH waves, Geophysics Journal International, 2016, 205: 1382-1405 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.574)

(6) Ba ZN*, An DH, Seismic response of a 3-D canyon in a multilayered TI half-space modelled by an indirect boundary integral equation method, Geophysical Journal international, 2019, 217 (3): 1949-1973 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.574)

(7) Ba ZN, Sang QZ, Vincent W Lee*, 2.5D scattering of obliquely incident seismic waves due to a canyon cut in a multi-layered TI saturated half-space, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2020, 129: 105957 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.637)

(8) Ba ZN, Liang JW, Vincent W Lee*, Gao YN, A semi-analytical method for vibrations of a layered transversely isotropic ground-track system due to moving train loads, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2019, 121: 25-39. (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.637)

(9) Ba ZN*, Liang JW, Vincent W Lee*, Sang QZ, Free-field response of a transversely isotropic saturated half-space subjected to incident plane qP1- and qSV-waves, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2019, 125: 105702. (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.637)

(10) Ba ZN, Lee VW*, Liang JW, Yan Y. Dynamic 2.5D Green’s functions for moving distributed loads acting on an inclined line in a multi-layered TI half-space, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017, 99: 172-188 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.637)

(11) Ba ZN, Lee VW*, Liang JW, Yan Y. Scattering of plane qP- and qSV-waves by a canyon in a multi-layered transversely isotropic half-space, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017, 98: 120-140 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.637)

(12) Ba ZN, Liang JW, Lee VW*. Wave propagation of buried spherical SH-, P1-, P2- and SV-waves in a layered poroelastic half-space, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2016, 88: 237-255 (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q2, IF: 2.637)

(13) Ba ZN*, Wang Y, Liang JW, Liu X, 3D dynamic responses of a 2D hill in a layered half-space subjected to obliquely incident plane P-, SV- and SH-waves, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2019, 105: 129-145. (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q3, IF: 2.884)

(14) Ba ZN, Zhang EW, Liang JW, Yan Lu*. Two-dimensional scattering of plane waves by irregularities in a multi-layered transversely isotropic saturated half-space[J). Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2020, 118:169-187. (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q3, IF: 2.884)

(15) Ba ZN, Fu ZY, Liu ZX*, Sang QZ, A 2.5D IBEM to investigate the 3D seismic response of 2D topographies in a multi-layered transversely isotropic half-space, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2020, 113:382-401. (SCI, Chinese Academy of Sciences Q3, IF: 2.884)

Selected Awards and Honors

(1) Tianjin Science and Technology Progress: Second Prize

(2) Arbinda Mukhopadhyay Award(2005-2008), India (2010)

(3) Tianjin Engineering Degree Outstanding Instructor (2019)

(4) Tianjin University's "Beiyang Young Scholars Program" (2019)

(5) Excellent Master Thesis Instructor of Tianjin University (2020)

Teaching Experience

(1) Earthquake Engineering

(2) Engineering Seismology

(3) Seismic Analysis for Construction Structures

Main Projects

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on near-fault seismic effects in 3D sedimentary basins based on overall physical model, No. 52178495, 2022-2025, PI

(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on 3D Earthquake Simulation of Multi-topography Unit Complex Sites, No. 51778413, 2018-2021, PI

(3) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on Complex Site Seismic Response Based on Transversely Isotropic Layered Medium Model, No. 51578373, 2016-2019, PI

(4) National Natural Science Foundation of China, 3D Scattering of Seismic Waves by Sedimentary Valleys in Layered Elastic and Layered Saturated Sites, No. 50908156, 2010-2012, PI

Academic Position Profile

(1) "Engineering Seismic and Reinforcement" Editorial Board

(2) Member of the National Earthquake Special Measurement and Testing Technical Committee

(3) Member of the Geotechnical Engineering Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Mitigation Committee of the Seismological Society of China

(4) Member of the Youth Committee for Infrastructure Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction of the Seismological Society of China

(5) Member of the Traffic Geotechnical Engineering Professional Committee of the Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Branch of the Chinese Society of Civil Engineering