Ph.D. Degree, IEM, Chinese State Earthquake Administration, 1996
M.A. Degree, IEM, Chinese Academy of Science, 1987
B.S. Degree, Jinlin University, China, 1984

Head of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research Group，2020- present
Head and Professor, Geotechnical Engineering Division, IEM, 2003-2019 
Vice Head and Professor, Geotechnical Engineering Division, IEM, 1997- 2002
Professor, Geotechnical Engineering Division, IEM, 1995- 1996
Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering Division, IEM, 1992-1994 
Research Assistant, Geotechnical Engineering Division, IEM, 1987-1991

Liquefaction, Wave motion, Soil Dynamic property, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

1.Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, China Earthquake Administration, 2021EEEVL0208, "Practical Methods and Technical Standards for Site Liquefaction Prediction", 2021-2023
2.Key Funding Project of Basic Research Funds of Central Public Welfare Research Institute, 2018A01, "Key Technologies of Site Earthquake Risk Zoning and Earthquake Damage Risk Assessment", 2018-2020
3.Key national research and development program of inter-governmental cooperation in international scientific and technological innovation, 2016YFE0105500, "Liquefaction conditions of gravel soil and international discriminant method", 2016-2019
4.Key Funding Project of Basic Research Expenses of Central Public Welfare Research Institute, 2016A02, Site Earthquake Response and Some Key Technologies of Microzoning, 2016-2017
5.Research Fund for Basic Research, Central Level Public Welfare Research Institute, 2013B03, "Research on Key Issues in Improving Soil Layer Seismic Response Analysis Method", 2013-2015
6.Earthquake Industry Special Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, 201308015, "Research on soil Characteristics and Wave Velocity Measurement Errors of Typical soil", 2013-2015
7.Basic Research Fund Special Project, Central Level Public Welfare Research Institute, 2009B01, "Study on Interaction Analysis Method between Liquefaction deformation and Engineering Structure", 2010-2011
8.International Cooperation Project of Ministry of Science and Technology, 2009DFA71720, Research on Soil Layer Liquefaction prediction Method based on field parameters, 2009-2010
9.International Cooperation Project between the Governments of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2008-01-02, "Cooperative Study of 2-D soil-junction interaction model under P-SV wave incident", 2008-2009
10.Earthquake Industry Special Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, 200708001, A new liquefaction identification method based on field experiments, 2008-2009
11.Research on the 12th Five-Year Development Plan of China Earthquake Administration, Research on the Development Plan of Earthquake Engineering and Earthquake Disaster Prevention, 2006-2009
12.Social Welfare Research Project, Research Institute of Ministry of Science and Technology, 2005DIB2J122, "Research on Practical Seismic Analysis Methods for Soft soil Engineering in Urban Agglomerations", 2006-2008
13.Subtopic of National Science and Technology Support Program, 2006BAC13B02-0203, "Research on Ground motion Characteristics and Evaluation Methods of Liquefaction Sites", 2006-2008
14.National Natural Science Foundation of China, 5047803, "Applicability and Improvement of Seed transformation method for soil mass seismic deformation analysis", 2005-2007
15.United Foundation for Earthquake Science, 102033, "Dynamic shear modulus and damping ratio of soil under unequal consolidation and their effects on ground motion", 2002-2004
16.National Natural Science Foundation of China, 59978049, "Research on the mechanism and evaluation method of uneven earthquake subsidence of buildings on soft soil Foundation", 2000-2002
17.National Natural Science Foundation of China, 549974011, "Analytical Study of Elastic Wave Scattering in non-homogeneous region near Earth Surface", 2000-2002
18.Joint Fund for Earthquake Science, 199128, "Research on evaluation methods of uneven earthquake subsidence of buildings on soft soil Foundation", 1999-2001
19.Key Project of "Ninth Five-Year Plan", China Earthquake Administration, 9503040, "Development of Three-axis Device for Automatic Seismic Wave Input Vibration", 1998-2001
20.United Foundation for Earthquake Science, 970018, "Study on Liquefaction analysis Method for Building Earthquake Damage", 1997-1999
21.Key Project of the Ninth Five-Year Plan of China Earthquake Administration, 9505020301, "Research on Dynamic Characteristics of Soil under Earthquake Loads", 1996-2000
22.United Foundation for Earthquake Science, 950062, "Theoretical Study of Elastic Wave Scattering in sedimentary Basins", 1995-1997
23.National Natural Science Foundation of China, 49374195, "An Analytical study of SH-Wave scattering by arbitrary circular-arc boundary on a free Surface", 1994-1996
24.China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 95020, Analytical Study of Elastic Wave Scattering in circular arc sedimentary Basin, 1994-1995

1.XM Yuan, LW Chen, ZZ Cao, et al, Chinese method for evaluating liquefaction potential of gravelly soils, Proc. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, June 30-July 5, 2024.
2.JY Yuan, LM Wang, XM Yuan, Framework of a performance-based design for liquefaction resistance. Int. J. Soil Dynamis Earthquake Engineering 173 108123, 2023.
3.JY Yuan, YL Wang, BL Zhan, XM Yuan, XY Wu, JJ Ma, Comprehensive investigation and analysis of liquefaction damage caused by the Ms7.4 Maduo earthquake in 2021 on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 2022, 155 107191.
4.R Sun and XM Yuan, A holistic equivalent linear method for site response analysis. Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 141, 10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106476, 2021.
5.LW Chen, XM Yuan, ZZ Cao, R Sun, WM Wang and Ha Liu, Characteristics and triggering conditions for naturally deposited gravelly soils that liquefied following the 2008 Wenchuan Mw 7.9 earthquake, China, Earthquake Spectrum, 34(3): 1091-1112, 2018.
6.ZZ Cao and XM Yuan, Principle and Prediction of Gravelly Soils Liquefaction. Beijing: Science Press, 2015 (In Chinese)
7.XM Yuan et al, A tentative method for estimating different settlement of building, Proc. Int. XM Yuan, A whole-space transform formula of cylindrical wave functions for scattering problems, Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibration, 13(1), 23-28, 2014.
8.XM Yuan, ZZ Cao, A fundamental procedure and calculation formula for evaluating gravel liquefaction, Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibration, 10(3), 339-348, 2011.
9.XM Yuan, R Sun, LW Chen and FH Tang. A method for detecting site liquefaction by seismic records. Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 30(4), 270-279, 2010.
10.XM Yuan, J Sun and Sun R, A revised approach for calculating dynamic shear modulus of rigid specimens by resonant column tests，Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibration, 4(2), 2005.
11.XM Yuan, J Sun and Sun R, Effect of consolidation ratios on maximum dynamic shear modulus of sands，Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibration, 4(1), 2005.
12.XM Yuan et al, Dynamic shear modulus of sand under different consolidation ratios and its effects on surface ground motion, The 11th Int. Conf. on Soil Dynamics & Earthq.Enging. and the 3rd Int. Conf. on Earthq. Geotechnical Engng, Berkeley, USA, 2004.
13.XM Yuan, J Sun, Tests on shear modulus of rigid specimens by a new resonant column device, the 3rd Inter. Conference on Continental Earthquakes, Beijing, China, 2004.
14.XM Yuan et al, A simplified method for evaluating earthquake-induced differential settlements of buildings on cohesive subsoil, the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 2004.
15.XM Yuan, Sun R. and SJ Meng, Effect of asymmetry and irregularity of seismic waves on earthquake-induced differential settlement of buildings on natural subsoil, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 23(2), 107-114, 2003.
16.XM Yuan, SJ Meng and Sun R, A Semi-empirical formula for evaluating residual strain of cohesive soil under random earthquake loading, Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibration, 2(2), 307-314, 2003.
17.XM Yuan, Mechanism of earthquake-induced differential settlement of subsoil in buildings existence, 1st PRC-RCK Bilateral Workshop on Earthquake Engineering, Harbin, 2001.
18.XM Yuan et al, A procedure for evaluation of different settlements of buildings during earthquake, Proc. 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, 2000.
19.XM Yuan, Effect of a circular underground inclusion on surface motion under incident plane SH waves, Acta Geophysinica Sinica, 39(3), 405-416, 1996.
20.XM Yuan and ZP Liao, Surface motion of a cylindrical hill of circular-arc cross-section for incident plane SH waves, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 15(3), 189-199, 1996.
21.XM Yuan and ZP Liao, Scattering of plane SH waves by a cylindrical boundaries of circular-arc cross-section, Proc. 19th Int. Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Japan, 1996.
22.XM Yuan and ZP Liao, Scattering of plane SH waves by a cylindrical alluvial valley of circular-arc cross-section, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamic, 24(10), 1303-1313, 1995.
23.XM Yuan and ZP Liao, Scattering of plane SH waves by a cylindrical canyon of circular-arc cross-section, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 13(6), 407-412, 1994.
24.XM Yuan and FL Men, Scattering of plane SH waves by a semi-cylindrical hill, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 21(12), 1091-1098, 1992.