An international nominating committee that consists of eleven world-renowned experts in geotechnical engineering has been established for the nomination and the selection of the lecturer. The committee follows a strict nomination and selection process for determining the lecturer, including (1) nominating candidates for the lecturer, (2) evaluating the candidates based on their academic contributions, and (3) making a final decision of the lecturer.

The members of the nominating committee for the Jie Tian Yow Lecture are as follow:

(1)  Antonio Bobet, Professor of Purdue University, USA

(2)  Brian Sheil, Professor of University of Cambridge, UK

(3)  Gunther Meschke, Professor of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

(4)  Feng Zhang, Emeritus Professor of Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

(5)  Hehua Zhu, Professor of Tongji University, China

(6)  Jie Zhang, Professor of Tongji University, China

(7)  Keh-jian Shou, Professor of Chung-Hsing University, China

(8)  Kiyoshi Kishida, Professor of Kyoto University, Japan

(9)  Lianyang Zhang, Professor of University of Arizona, USA

(10)  Timon Rabczuk, Professor of Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany

(11)  Yujun Cui, Professor of École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, France