Weijian Yu obtained his PhD from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2009. He is currently a Professor at Hunan University of Science and Technology. He is the Director of the Academic Affairs Office of Hunan University of Science and Technology and the Director of the Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Utilization of Coal Resources and Mine Environmental Protection. He is mainly engaged in theoretical and technical research on deep rock mechanics and surrounding rock control, underground engineering and geotechnical tunnels, underground mining and mine slopes, etc.