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congratulations to brett holmberg for successfully defending his master's thesis on sept 08, 2022. 

dr. cui has been awarded the merit award for excellence in teaching and research on jan. 28, 2022.

dr. cui has been awarded the year of climate action research award on nov. 15, 2021. the yoca research award recognized the generation of knowledge associated with climate action.

dr. cui has been awarded the best paper award at the 5th international conference on civil, structural and transportation engineering (iccste'20) for the conference paper entitled: "mechanical properties and behavior of early-age fiber-reinforced cemented paste backfill". on nov. 12-14, 2020. https://iccste.com/past-events/.

congratulations to yan wang for successfully defending her master's thesis: analytical modeling of rock/cemented tailings backfill interface interaction and its engineering application on jan. 23, 2021. 

dr. cui, as the keynote speaker, gave three virtual presentations: "multiphysics modelling for cemented tailings backfill", "passive interface resistance and its effect on the multiphysics processes in cemented paste backfill: experimental and theorectical studies", and "mathematical modelling in underground engineering: carbon geosequestion and soil-structure interaction" to the university professors and graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 at xi'an university of architecture and technology on oct. 16, 23, and 30, 2020.

dr. cui has been awarded the contribution to teaching award (cta) on sept. 14, 2020. the cta recognizes instructors who have demonstrated high levels of teaching performance at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜  and are publicly recognized at senate.

congratulations to iarley libos for successfully defending his master's thesis: experimental testing of geomechanical behavior of fiber-reinforced cemented paste backfill (fr-cpb) under warmer curing temperature on may 14, 2020.

congratulations to richard twiss for successfully defending his master's thesis: multiphysics modeling of carbon sequestration in saline aquifers on dec. 16, 2019. 

dr. cui's team successfully organized the geotechnical & geomechanical engineering seminar on july 12, 2019: https://communications.lakeheadu.ca/bulletin/index.php?display=bulletin&bid=3834&noticeid=20452#msg20452

dr. cui gave a presentation entitled "effects of non-linearity of soil and soil-structure interaction on seismic response of nuclear facilities" at the canadian nuclear safety commission (cnsc) on may 08, 2019.

dr. cui's geotechnical engineering research team has been awarded discovery grant by natural sciences and engineering research council of canada (nserc) over five years (2019-2024). through nserc dg, dr. cui's team aims to address the complex multiscale and multiphysics processes involved in the interface behavior between rock and mine backfill materials through the development of advanced experimental and mathematical tools, which will significantly contribute to the successful implementation of underground mine backfilling technology.

dr. cui chaired the geoenvironmental engineering and waste management (gewm) seminar 2019: https://communications.lakeheadu.ca/bulletin/?display=bulletin&bid=3805#msg20138

received "sciencedirect top 25 articles", ranked 2nd in the top 25 in 2016

received "best paper awards" at iccste 15