Xinyu YE received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia. In September 2018, he moved back to China and worked as a lecturer at Central South University. In the last 5 years, Dr. Ye has published more than 20 SCI journal papers and obtained several awards, including the Best Paper Award in GeoShanghai International Conference 2018, AGS NSW Research Award 2018 by Australia Geomechanics Society and Excellent PhD Candidate Award 2018 by the China Scholarship Council.