Tengfei Wang is an Associate Professor of Railway Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University. He received his Ph.D. from Beijing Jiaotong University with joint training at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on the mechanics of transport earthworks, including pile behaviors, subgrade dynamics, and AI-assisted geotechnical analysis. Dr. Wang has led several national research projects and published over 50 SCI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author. He holds eleven Chinese invention patents and serves on technical committees of national engineering societies. He is also on the youth editorial board of Research in Cold and Arid Regions and acts as a reviewer for more than twenty international journals, including Géotechnique. His honors include the ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Award and NSERC external assessment roles.