Education Background

• Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2011

• M.Engr., Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2003

• B.Engr., Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2000

Career History

• Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hong Kong, 2023 - present

• Associate Professor, CEE, PolyU, Hong Kong, 2018 - 2023

• Associate Director, Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE), PolyU, Hong Kong, 2021- present

• Assistant Professor, CEE, PolyU, Hong Kong, 2012-2018

• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2011- 2012

Areas of Research Focus

• Sustainable Pavement Materials and Technologies

• Nondestructive Evaluation of Transport Infrastructure (e.g.: Pavement, Railway, Bridge, and Tunnel)

• Infrastructure Life Cycle Assessment

Honors and Awards

• Best Paper Award in the 2019 World Transport Convention (Corresponding Author), Beijing, China, June 2019 

• Hong Kong Green Innovation Awards - Silver Award, Hong Kong Environmental Campaign Committee, February 2019.

• Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Scientific Chinese 2018 (http://tech.sina.com.cn/zt_d/kxzgr2018/), October 2019

• Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Best Paper Award for Your Engineers and Researchers (Corresponding Author), July 2018

• Invited Chair, Expert Panel Forum, 2016 International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure and Materials, Xi’an, China, July 2016.

• First Runner-up, HKIE Environmental Paper Award, Hong Kong Institute of Engineering, Environment Division, Hong Kong, 2017.

• AASHTO Sweet 16 High Value Research, American Association of Highways and Transportation Officials, USA, 2013.

• ICT High Impact Project Award, Illinois Center for Transportation, USA, 2013.

• Innovative Research Award, 52nd Annual Illinois Bituminous Paving Conference, USA, 2011.

• Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship, University of Illinois, USA, 2010

• Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, Federal Highway Administration, USA, 2010

• Yee Memorial Fellowship, University of Illinois, USA, 2009

• 2nd Place in the FAA Competition Design for Universities, Federal Aviation Administration, USA, 2009

• Civil Engineering Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Illinois, USA, 2005

• Best Bachelor Thesis Award, Southeast University, China, 2000

• Comprehensive First-Class Scholarship, Southeast University, China, 1997, 1998, 1999

• Baosteel National Excellent Student Scholarship, Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation, China, 1999

• Dingtai Scholarship, Wuhan Dingtai Science and Development Company, China, 1997