Grace Huang, PhD
About Grace Huang, PhD
Grace Huang, PhD, is a Geotechnical Application Specialist and Geomechanics Product Manager currently working at Rocscience in Toronto, Canada. She has a strong academic background in Civil Engineering with multiple degrees and has held various positions in academia and industry, including roles at Virginia Tech and HNTB.
Current Role at Rocscience
Grace Huang serves as a Geotechnical Application Specialist and Geomechanics Product Manager at Rocscience since 2022. In this role, she focuses on the development and application of geotechnical software solutions. Her expertise contributes to advancing the company's product offerings in geomechanics, enhancing the capabilities available to engineers in the field.
Previous Experience at Rocscience
Prior to her current position, Grace Huang worked at Rocscience Inc as a Developer and Engineer in Training (EIT) from 2011 to 2014. During her three years in the Toronto area, she contributed to software development projects that supported geotechnical engineering applications.
Education and Academic Background
Grace Huang holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering with a focus on Geotechnical Engineering from Virginia Tech, where she studied from 2016 to 2019. She also earned a PhD in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) from the University of Toronto during the same period. Additionally, she obtained a Master of Science (M.S.) in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) from the University of Toronto from 2014 to 2015 and a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Honours in Civil Engineering from the same institution from 2007 to 2011.
Teaching Experience
Grace Huang has experience in academia as well. She served as an Instructor of Record at Virginia Tech College of Engineering for four months in 2019. Furthermore, she was an Adjunct Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology for four months in 2021, where she contributed to the education of future engineers.
Professional Experience as Geotechnical Engineer
Grace Huang worked as a Geotechnical Engineer II at HNTB from 2020 to 2022 in Parsippany, New Jersey. In this role, she applied her geotechnical knowledge to various engineering projects, focusing on the practical application of her academic training in the industry.