ZL Research Group

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  • Dr. Linyi Yao2024-02-01Dr. Linyi Yao has joined Prof. Leng’s group as a Research Assistant from October 2019. She obtained her PhD degree in Jan 2024 and MSc in Highway and Railway Engineering from Southeast University in June 2019. She is now a Post Doctoral Fellow in Prof. Leng's group. Her research work focuses on pavement asset management, including pavement performance modelling, maintenance optimization and intelligent decision-making, and pavement sustainability and life cycle assessment.
  • Dr. Danning Li2024-02-01Dr. Danning Li joined Prof. Leng's group in 2019, and he got his Ph.D. degree in January 2024. Now he is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Prof. Leng's group. His research focuses sustainable paving materials, especially rubberzied asphalt, aging and recycling of reclaimed asphalt pavement, temperature field of pavement structure, and life cycle analysis. He is also the editor of this website, gym coach of Prof. Leng, and a very interesting guy.
  • Dr. Yubo Sun2023-12-15Dr. Yubo Sun joined Prof. Leng’s group in Nov 2023. He got his Ph.D degree in civil engineering at Labo Magnel-Vandepitte, Ghent University in 2023 (Promoter: Prof. Geert De Schutter, Prof. Guang Ye). He’s serving as technical committee member in a few RILEM TCs. His current research interests focus on low-carbon pavement and construction materials, additive manufacturing, and AI-aided material design & assessment.
  • Dr. Fuliao Zou2023-12-10Mr. Fuliao Zou joined Prof. Leng’s group in October 2016. He obatined his Ph.D. from PolyU in 2023. His Ph.D. study focuses on pavement-environment interactions, including leaching behaviors of different asphalt paving materials, risk assessment on the leachates of asphalt pavement, and environmental impacts of tire-road wears and micro rubbers. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University and master’s degree in Environmental Management and Engineering from PolyU. H
  • Dr. Yilin Wang2023-08-16Dr. Yilin WANG joined Prof. Leng’s group in July 2023 as a Postdoctoral Fellow. He received his Ph.D. degree from Shandong University (Supervised by Prof. Xinzhuang Cui) in December 2020 and worked as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2021 to 2023. His research focuses on the monitoring methodology and mechanical performance improvement of road structures.
  • Dr. Mingyang Gong2023-03-04Dr. Mingyang Gong joined Dr. Leng's group in May, 2023. Before joining Dr. Leng’s group, He received his Ph.D. from Dalian University of Technology (Supervisor: Prof. Jingyun Chen). His research interests mainly focus on multiscale modelling and mechanical characterization of asphalt pavements.
  • Dr. Chengdong Xia2023-03-03Dr. Chengdong Xia joined Dr. Leng's group in Mar, 2023. Before joining Dr. Leng’s group, He received his Ph.D. from Changsha University of Science and Technology (Supervisor: Prof. Jianlong Zheng and Prof. Songtao Lv). His research interests mainly focus on sustainable development of pavement structures and materials.
  • Dr. Zhifei Tan2023-02-15Dr. Zhifei Tan joined Prof. Leng’s group in October 2015 as a Research Assistant. Later, he obtained his master and Ph.D. degrees from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in September 2018 and January 2023, respectively. His research focuses on multiscale characterization and modeling of road materials and structures. Currently, he is working as a research fellow in the group.
  • Dr. Ruijun Cao2023-01-21Ruijun Cao is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Leng’s group at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She received her B.E. from Chang’an University in Transportation Construction & Equipment and her M.Sc. from King’s College London in Management with Engineering before eventually having Ph.D. at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2020. She is also technical committee member in EPD China. Her research interests include life cycle assessment, pavement management system, sustainable decision-makin
  • Dr. Chuanqi YAN2023-01-17Prof. Chuanqi Yan joined Prof. Leng’s group from September 2022 as a Postdoctoral HK Scholar. Prof. Yan graduated from Southeast University (B.S. degree) and Tongji University/University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D. degree) and he is currently an associate professor in Southwest Jiaotong University. His research interests mainly focus on high-performance pavement structure and material design.