Junliang Tao
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Mail code: 3005Campus: Tempe
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Junliang (Julian) Tao is an associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. His research focuses on Bio-inspired Geotechnics (BiG). His current research topics include include bio-inspired burrowing mechanisms and robots, bio-inspired geosystems, smart and sustainable geosystems and soil behavior.
Tao has been researching the effective and highly efficient self-burrowing mechanisms of animals — looking at their varied subterranean locomotive abilities. His idea wins him an NSF CAREER Award titled "CAREER: Integrated Research and Education on Bio-Inspired Burrowing".
Now he is also extending this research to a new collaborative project to design and develop below-ground sensing networks using robots that mimic burrowing animals and plants. In 2018, Tao earned support from a National Science Foundation Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research Signals in the Soil award to develop “paradigm-shifting platform technology” for “self-boring robots” from which the next generation of underground wireless sensing networks can be launched (with Daniel Aukes and Hamidreza Marvi).
- Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- M.S. Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- B.S. China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
We are a research group focusing on Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B.i.G). Our mission is to discover the fundamental mechanisms of various interactions between living things and geological materials, to abstract these mechanisms to engineering design principles, and to translate the design principles to autonomous, efficient, sustainable and intelligent geotechnics. Our current research topics include: bio-inspired self-burrowing robots, bio-inspired underground sensing and communication, bio-inspired sustainable countermeasures to natural hazards. We seek our answers at the boundaries of biology (and other natural sciences), mechanics and engineering. We achieve BiG from research, teaching, outreach and entrepreneurship and through collaboration. To learn more, visit the BiG research group website.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 452 | Foundations |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 494 | Special Topics |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 550 | Soil Behavior |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 452 | Foundations |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 550 | Soil Behavior |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 452 | Foundations |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 494 | Special Topics |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 550 | Soil Behavior |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 592 | Research |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 452 | Foundations |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 550 | Soil Behavior |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 452 | Foundations |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
CEE 494 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 598 | Special Topics |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 452 | Foundations |
CEE 792 | Research |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 550 | Soil Behavior |