1. Professor, Key Laboratory of Soft Soil and Geoenvironment, Ministry of Education, 38 Zheda Rd., Hangzhou, 310027, China. E-mail: chenrp@zju.edu.cn
2. Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue Univ., 550 Stadium Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051 (corresponding author). E-mail: drnevich@purdue.edu
3. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH 44106-7201. E-mail: xiong.yu@case.edu
4. Professor, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ., 550 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907. E-mail: nowack@purdue.edu
5. Professor, Key Laboratory of Soft Soil and Geoenvironment, Ministry of Education, 38 Zheda Rd., Hangzhou, 310027, China. E-mail: chenyunmin@zju.edu.cn