Principal Investigator
Chia-Chi (Jate) Chiu 邱家吉
Associate Professor, Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
PhD in Geotechnical Engineering, National Taiwan University
Expertise
Geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics, engineering geology, tunnel engineering, numerical analysis, the discrete element method, rock mechanics testing
Licence
Professional Geotechnical Engineer
Societies
Taiwan Geotechnical Society, ISSMGE, ISRM, Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Geological Society located in Taipei
Education
- 2010/09 – 2016/01
- PhD, Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University
Dissertation: A Study on the Micromechanical Model of Jointed Rock Masses
Advisors: Tsan-Hwei Huang, Meng-Chia Weng - 2008/09 – 2010/06
- MSc, Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University
Thesis: Using the distinct element method to simulate the constraint of rock bolts on joint dilation and its mechanical effects
Advisors: Tsan-Hwei Huang, Tai-Tien Wang - 2004/09 – 2008/06
- BSc, Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
Experience
- 2024/08 –
- Associate Professor, Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
- 2019/08 – 2024/07
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology
- 2018/09 – 2019/07
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
- 2017/09 – 2018/08
- Assistant Researcher, Disaster Prevention and Response Research Center, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
- 2017/03 – 2017/07
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
- 2016/02 – 2017/02
- Alternative service, Chikan Elementary School, Baisha, Penghu
Awards
- 2026/06
- Honourable mention, student paper competition, 2026 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society supervised student: Pei-Yu Huang
- 2026/01
- Outstanding Paper of 2025, Sino-Geotechnics
- 2021/03
- Outstanding Geotechnical Paper Award, Taiwan Geotechnical Society
- 2021/01
- Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer Award, Taiwan Geotechnical Society
- 2020/09
- Honourable mention, 18th Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
- 2019/12
- The 5th ISRM Young Scholars’ Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Scholarship B
- 2018/09
- Best Paper Award, 14th Taiwan Rock Engineering Symposium
- 2016/12
- PhD Dissertation Award, Taiwan Geotechnical Society
- 2014/10
- Best Paper Award, 12th Taiwan Rock Engineering Symposium
- 2012/10
- Excellence Paper Award, 11th Taiwan Rock Engineering Symposium
Research Projects
| Period | Role | Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/08 – 2027/07 | PI | NSTC | Failure mechanism analysis and integrated dynamic modelling for rock slopes of differing character (I) NSTC 115-2625-M-027-008 |
| 2026/07 – 2026/12 | PI | Sinotech | Three-dimensional particle-based rockfall simulation service and consultancy |
| 2026/06 – 2027/05 | Co-PI | NSTC | Digital technology for early warning of mountain highway hazards (3/3) NSTC 115-2124-M-011-003 |
| 2026/04 – 2027/03 | PI | Sinotech | Excavation support design for mountain tunnels and a tunnel engineering database platform |
| 2025/06 – 2026/05 | Co-PI | NSTC | Digital technology for early warning of mountain highway hazards (2/3) NSTC 114-2124-M-011-004 |
| 2024/09 – 2027/12 | PI | Chien-Yu Consulting | Assessment of excavation damaged zone evolution |
| 2024/06 – 2025/05 | Co-PI | NSTC | Digital technology for early warning of mountain highway hazards (1/3) NSTC 113-2124-M-239-001 |
| 2023/08 – 2026/07 | PI | NSTC | Discrete fracture network construction based on point cloud analysis NSTC 112-2221-E-027-055-MY3 |
| 2023/04 – 2024/12 | Co-PI | Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency | A three-dimensional subsurface geological model of the Guguan area, Taichung 212F06 |
| 2022/05 – 2023/04 | PI | MOST | Collection, integration, simulation and assessment of road slope hazard information (3/3) MOST 111-2124-M-027-001 |
| 2022/01 – 2022/06 | PI | Sinotech | Semi-automatic rock mass rating: development and analysis service |
| 2021/05 – 2022/04 | PI | MOST | Collection, integration, simulation and assessment of road slope hazard information (2/3) MOST 110-2124-M-027-001 |
| 2020/05 – 2021/04 | PI | MOST | Collection, integration, simulation and assessment of road slope hazard information (1/3) MOST 109-2124-M-027-001 |
| 2020/04 – 2020/12 | Co-PI | Bureau of Mines | Economics and regulation of medium and large underground mineral resource development (4/4) |
| 2019/10 – 2021/09 | PI | MOST | Discrete fracture network hydrogeological modelling of jointed rock masses using DEM MOST 108-2218-E-027-016-MY2 |
| 2018/09 – 2019/07 | Postdoc | MOST | Material properties of slope shear zones and model construction (II) MOST 107-2811-M-009-030 |
| 2018/02 – 2018/08 | Assistant Researcher | Soil and Water Conservation Bureau | 2018 international demonstration area for farmland soil and water conservation |
| 2017/09 – 2017/12 | Assistant Researcher | Soil and Water Conservation Bureau | 2017 international demonstration area for farmland soil and water conservation |
| 2017/02 – 2017/07 | Postdoc | ITRI | Forward-looking issues in geological disposal |
| 2015/08 – 2016/07 | Research Assistant | MOST | Micromechanical model of jointed rock masses (II) MOST 104-2221-E-002-162 |
| 2014/08 – 2015/07 | Research Assistant | MOST | Micromechanical model of jointed rock masses MOST 103-2221-E-002-163 |
| 2010/08 – 2013/07 | Research Assistant | NSC | Deformation mechanism and stability analysis of tunnels in service NSC 99-2221-E-002-146-MY3 |
Invited Talks
- 2024/10/29
- Coding in geotechnical engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University - 2023/12/13
- The opportunities of the future geotechnical engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University - 2023/12/04
- The opportunities of the future geotechnical engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng Kung University - 2019/09/25
- Rock mechanics, resources engineering and the discrete element method
Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology - 2019/07/17
- Numerical analysis of geotechnical engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University - 2017/12/04
- How to simulate rock joint by discrete element method?
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung
Service
Journal reviewing
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Engineering, Engineering Geology, Geofluids, Géotechnique Letters, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Journal of GeoEngineering, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
Positions
- 2026/01 –
- Member representative, 63rd session, Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
- 2025/04 – 2027/03
- Secretary General, Taiwan Geotechnical Society
- 2024/08 – 2025/04
- Committee member, soil and rock classification for the Songshan MRT shield tunnel
- 2023/05 –
- Editorial board, Journal of GeoEngineering
- 2020/01 – 2021/12
- Deputy chair, membership committee, Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
- 2019/08 – 2022/07
- Faculty representative, library committee, NTUT
- 2019/08 – 2020/07
- Member, computing and network development steering committee, NTUT
Conference chairing
- 2024/10
- Session chair, mining geology, 2024 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
- 2023/05
- Session chair, 2023 Annual Meeting of the Geological and Geophysical Societies
- 2022/05
- Session chair, 2022 Taiwan Rock Engineering and Engineering Geology Symposium
- 2021/09
- Session chair, GeoChina 2021
- 2019/10
- Session chair, 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- 2018/09
- Session chair, 2018 Taiwan Rock Engineering Symposium
Supervision
Sixteen master’s students and twenty-three undergraduate researchers have completed their work here; topics and dates are listed under alumni.
Coding Projects
Fishing equipment calculator
World of Warcraft invasion timer
Fishing record
Graffiti
Publications
The full list — international and domestic journal papers, conference papers and theses — is kept on the publications page, updated weekly from ORCID.