YU ZHANG

Last Updated :2025/06/30

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
E-mail
yzhanghiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research focuses on environmental geotechnics, including waste reuse in geotechnical applications, site contamination remediation and containment, geosynthetics, biological barriers, bioremediation, and soil improvement. Additionally, I explore carbon capture and storage, with an emphasis on enhanced rock weathering and enzymatic CCS technologies.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2025/04, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor
  • 2024/10, 2025/03, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Researcher
  • 2023/10, 2024/09, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Researcher

Educational Backgrounds

  • Soochow University, School of Rail Transportation, Environmental Geotechnics, China, 2012/09, 2016/06
  • Soochow University, School of Rail Transportation, Environmental Geotechnics, China, 2016/09, 2019/06
  • Kyoto University, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Global Environmental Studies, Japan, 2020/10, 2023/09

Research Keywords

  • Environmental Geotechnics, Waste Reuse, Geogenic Contamination, Soil Improvement, Soil Contamination, Carbon Capture and Storage

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • International Geosynthetic Society

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Estimation of Vertical Barrier Performance Based on Microbial Improvement, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, 300-307, 201811
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  2. Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Soil Treated with Microorganism, Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering, 278-282, 201611
  3. Research Progress on Stabilization/Solidification Technique for Remediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soil, Advances and Applications in Geospatial Technology and Earth Resources, 315-325, 20171006
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  4. Attenuation Performance of Geosynthetic Sorption Sheet Against Arsenic Under Different Compressive Stresses, Proceedings of the 19th Global Joint Seminar on Geoenvironmental Engineering, 202105
  5. Effect of pH on Arsenic Removal Performance of Hydrotalcite-coated Geosynthetic Sorption Sheet, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, 202306
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  6. Arsenic Attenuation by Geosynthetic Sorption Sheet Under Different Overburden Pressure Conditions, 36, 117-124, 2021
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  7. Calcite-Induced Epitaxial Crystallization of Ca Arsenite Enhances As(III) Stability, Inorganic Chemistry, 20250618
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  8. Use of Cement-chelated, Solidified, Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator (MSWI) Fly Ash for Pavement Material: Mechanical and Environmental Evaluations, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 54(11), 1553-1566, 201711
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  9. Mechanical Evaluation of Bottom Ash from Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Used in Roadbase, Advances in Civil Engineering, 201812
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  10. Evaluation of Carbonation Effects on Cement-Solidified Contaminated Soil Used in Road Subgrade, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 201802
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  11. Impact of Biological Clogging on the Barrier Performance of Landfill Liners, Journal of Environmental Management, 222, 44-53, 201809
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  12. Remediation of Zn(II) and Cu(II) Contaminated Soil Using Citric Acid and Citric Acid Containing Wastewater, International Journal of Civil Engineering, 16(11), 1607-1619, 201804
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  13. Utilization of Electroplating Sludge as Subgrade Backfill Materials: Mechanical and Environmental Risk Evaluation, Advances in Civil Engineering, 201810
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  14. Heavy Metal Adsorption of a Novel Membrane Material Derived from Senescent Leaves: Kinetics, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies, Membrane Water Treatment, 9(2), 95-104, 201803
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  15. Strength and Deformation Properties of Fiber and Cement Reinforced Heavy Metal-Contaminated Synthetic Soils, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 201902
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  16. Evaluation of Zero-Valent Iron for Pb(II) Contaminated Soil Remediation: From the Analysis of Experimental Mechanism Hybird with Carbon Emission Assessment, Sustainability, 13(2), 452, 202101
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  17. Modeling of Biofilm Growth and the Related Changes in Hydraulic Properties of Porous Media, Membrane Water Treatment, 12(5), 217-225, 202109
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  18. The Utilization of Modified Zeolite for the Removal of Cs Ions in an Aqueous Solution: Adsorption Capacity, Isotherms, Kinetics and Microscopic Studies, Sustainability, 14(5), 202202
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  19. Mechanical and Environmental Evaluation of Concrete Mix Using Aggregates Recycled from Construction and Demolition Waste, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 31(4), 3929-3940, 2022
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  20. ★, Bioremediation of Metal-contaminated Soils by Microbially-induced Carbonate Precipitation and Its Effects on Ecotoxicity and Long-term Stability, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 166, 107856, 202102
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  21. ★, Influence of Bio-clogging on Permeability Characteristics of Soil, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 49(3), 707-721, 202106
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  22. ★, Attenuation Performance of Geosynthetic Sorption Sheets Against Arseinc Subjected to Compressive Stresses, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 51(5), 179-190, 202310
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Study on the Hydraulic Behavior of Biofilm-modified Vertical Barriers: Experimental, Mechanism and Numerical Analysis, Zhang Yu, the 6th National Youth Forum on Geotechnical Engineering, 2018/03, Without Invitation, Chinese, Shanghai, China
  2. The Influence of Bio-augmentation on Hydraulic Behavior of Vertical Cutoff Wall: Experimental, Mechanism and Numerical Analysis, Zhang Yu, the 7th China-Japan geotechnical symposium, 2018/03, Without Invitation, English, Sanya, China
  3. Estimation of Vertical Barrier Performance Based on Microbial Improvement, Zhang Yu, Zhang Y., Yang N., Pan L.L., Gu F., Gao Y.F., Tang Q, the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, 2018/10, Without Invitation, English
  4. Effect of pH on Arsenic Removal Performance of Hydrotalcite-coated Geosynthetic Sorption Sheet, Zhang Yu, Zhang Y., Kinoshita Y., Kato T., Gathuka L.W., Takai A., Katsumi T., the 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, 2023/06, Without Invitation, English, Chania, Greece
  5. Attenuation performance of geosynthetic sorption sheet against arsenic under different compressive stresses, Zhang Yu, Zhang Y., Kinoshita Y., Kato T., Gathuka L.W., Takai A., Katsumi T, the 19th Global Joint Seminar on Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2024/05, Without Invitation, English, Caen, France