2002.9~2006.5任浙江大學出版社社長,其中2004.4~2004.5獲包氏基金資助到英國University of Nottingham高訪。
2006年6月任溫州大學黨委委員、副校長;
2008年3月任溫州大學校長、黨委副書記;
2015年7月任浙江工業大學校長、黨委副書記;
2017年7月任浙江工業大學黨委書記。
浙江省第十四屆委員會候補委員。
社會兼職
現為《岩土工程學報》編委、《振動工程學報》編委、《Journal of Zhejiang University Science(A)》<<SCI期刊》編委、國際土力學與岩土力學學會委員、國際岩石力學與工程學會委員、工程安全與防護分會常務理事、環境岩土工程分會常務理事、水利學會岩土力學專業委員會委員、建築振動專業委員會委員、力學學會岩土力學專業委員會委員。
在《岩土工程學報》、《岩土力學》、《岩石力學與工程學報》、《力學學報》、《套用數學與力學》(英文版)、《固體力學學報》(英文版)以及《Soil Dynamic and Earthquake Engineering》、《Int.J.Numer. Anal.Meth. Geomech. 》、《Computers & Structures》、《International Journal of Solids and Structures》、《Computers and Geotechnics>>等國內外核心刊物和重要國際會議上錄用和發表論文130餘篇,其中SCI收錄10餘篇,EI收錄約60篇。獲得省部級以上獎勵8項,其中國家科技進步二等獎1項。
1. Yuanqiang Cai and Xiuqing Hu. Vertical vibrations of a rigid foundation embedded in a poroelastic half space, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 2010, 13(3): 390-398.
2. Yuanqiang Cai, Zhigang Cao, Honglei Sun and Changjie Xu. Effects of the dynamic wheel-rail interaction on the ground vibration generated by a moving train, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2010, 47: 2246-2259.
3. Yuanqiang Cai, Guangya Ding, Changjie Xu, Peng Wang. Vertical amplitude reduction of Rayleigh waves by a row of piles in a poroelastic half-space. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanic, 2009, 33(16): 1799-1821.
4. Yuanqiang Cai, Zhigang Cao, Honglei Sun, Changjie Xu. Dynamic response of pavements on poroelastic half-space soil medium to a moving traffic load, Computers and Geotechnics, 2009, 36(1-2): 52-60.
5. Yuanqiang Cai, Honglei Sun and Changjie Xu. Response of railway track system on poroelastic half-space soil medium subjected to a moving train load, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2008, 45(18-19): 5015-5034.
6. Y. Q. Cai, Y. M. Cheng, S. K. Alfred Au, C. J. Xu, X. H. Ma, Vertical vibration of an elastic strip footing on saturated soil, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics,2008,32(5):493-508.
9. Yuanqiang Cai, Honglei Sun and Changjie Xu. Steady state responses of poroelastic half-space soil medium to a moving rectangular load, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2007, 44(22-23): 7183-7196.
10. Yuanqiang Cai, Gang Chen, Changjie Xu, Dazhi Wu, Torsional response of pile embedded in a poroelastic media, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2006,26(12): 1143-1148.