Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Dept of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
Deputy Director, Research Center for Fire Safety Engineering
Member, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development
Address: ZS 832, BLK Z, 181 Chatham Road South, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: xy.huang@polyu.edu.hk Google Scholar Profile PolyU Website
Research Areas: Combustion, Fire Safety Engineering, Smart Firefighting, Energy Safety, and Fire Ecology
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Ph.D. in Mech. Engineering, Imperial College London (2016)
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M.Sc. in Mech. Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2012)
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B.Eng. in Thermal Engineering, Southeast University, China (2010)
Associate Editor of Fire Technology, International Journal of Wildland Fire
Editorial Member of Fire Safety Journal, Fire and Materials
Director of the International Association of Wildland Fire
Postdoc Fellow (2022 - )
Email: rahul.wadhwani@polyu.edu.hk
Research: Wildfire Simulation, Extreme Wildfire Behaviour, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Machine Learning
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PhD, Victoria University, Melbourne (2019)
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MSc, Indian Institute of Technology (2014)
Postdoc Fellow (2022 - )
Email: peiyi.sun@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Dripping Fire, Phase Change, Fire Dynamics
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PhD, HK Polytechnic University (2022)
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MEng, HK Polytechnic University (2018)
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BEng, Tianjing Chengjian University, China (2017)
Postdoc Fellow (2023 - )
Email: congliang.ye@polyu.edu.hk
Research: Explosion Dynamics, Thermal Safety, Firefighting Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation
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PhD, Beijing Institute of Technology (2022)
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B. Eng. & M.Eng., Nanjing Tech University (2016)
Yuying Chen 陈玉莹
PhD student (2020 - )
Email: yuying.chen@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smoldering fire, CFD, Biomass combustion
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MEng, Beijing Institute of Technology (2020)
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BEng, China University of Petroleum (2017)
PhD Student (2021 - )
Email: myname.yanhui@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Fire Dynamics and Thermal Safety of Battery
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MEng, HK Polytechnic University (2020)
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BEng, Southwest Jiaotong University (2017)
PhD Student (2021 - )
Email: yizhou-b3e.li@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Wildfire, Coal Fire, AI-based Firefighting
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BEng, China University of Mining & Technology (2021)
PhD student (2022 - )
Email: yifei.ding@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smart Firefighting
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BEng, South China University of Technology (2022)
PhD Student (2023 - )
Email: wei-kang.xie@connect.polyu.hk
Research: IoT-based Temperature Monitoring and Building Smart Firefighting
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MEng, China University of Petroleum (2022)
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BEng, China University of Petroleum (2018)
Joint PhD Student (2023 - )
Email: j.bielawski@itb.pl
Research: Fire dynamics, tunnel fires, smoke control, fire behavior of building elements
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MEng, Main School of Fire Service (2022)
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BEng, Main School of Fire Service (2020)
LingChu (Sue) Su 蘇鈴筑
Part-time PhD Student (2019 - )
Email: ling-chu.su@polyu.edu.hk Linkedin Website
Research: Smart firefighting, performance-based fire engineering design
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MSc, University of Leeds, UK (2015)
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BSc, Central Police University, Taiwan (2010)
PhD Student (2020 - )
Email: zilong.wang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smart firefighting and Fire Numerical Simulation.
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MEng, Univ. of Science and Technology of China (2020)
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BEng, China University of Mining & Technology (2017)
PhD Student (2021 - )
Email: yan-fu.zeng@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smart Firefighting, Performance-based Fire Engineering Design, Fire Modeling
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MSc, University of Leeds, UK (2018)
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BEng, Southwest Jiaotong University (2017)
PhD Student (2021 - )
Email: deacon-hoyin.wong@connect.polyu.hk
Research: AIoT Sensor, Smart firefighting
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BEng, City University of Hong Kong (2021)
PhD Student (2023 - )
Email: lei23.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Battery thermal safety, Battery structure
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MSc, Imperial College London (2022)
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BEng, Jiangnan University (2021)
PhD Student (2023 - )
Email: yuxin.zhou@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Lithium-ion battery thermal runaway; Flame retardant materials; Water mist
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MEng, Nanjing Tech University (2023)
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BEng, Nanjing Tech University (2020)
Research Assistant (2022 - )
Email: fuqiu.wang@polyu.edu.hk
Research: Smart Evacuation with VR and AR, Smart firefighting
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MSc, Tokyo University of Science (2017)
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BEng, Yangzhou University (2014)
Postdoc Fellow (2022 - )
Email: shakeel.ahmad@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Heat transfer, Phase-change, Thermal management, Interfacial thermal transport, Machine learning
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PhD, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2019)
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MSc, Xi’an Jiaotong University (2015).
Tianhang Zhang 张天航
PhD student (2020 - )
Email: tianhang.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smart Firefighting, Tunnel Fire and Ventilation.
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MEng, Zhejiang University (2020)
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BEng, Zhejiang University (2017)
PhD Student (2021 - )
Email: siuning.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Tunnel Fire, Fire Modeling, and AIoT
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MSc, HK Polytechnic University (2020)
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BEng, China University of Petroleum(2019)
PhD Student (2021 - )
Email: yunzhu.qin@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smouldering, Wildland Fire and Fire Ecology, Fire Emission
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BEng, Sichuan University (2021)
PhD student (2022 - )
Email: wai-kit-wilson.cheung@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smouldering fire, performance-based design, fire modelling and firefighting robots
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BEng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2022)
PhD Student (2023 - )
Email: meng-rick.wang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smart firefighting, Firefighting robots
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MSc, HK Univ of Science and Technology (2022)
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BEng, Yangzhou University (2019)
Joint PhD Student (2023 - )
Email: dluan@polyu.edu.hk; luandie@csu.edu.cn
Research: Tunnel Fire Dynamics, Fire Simulation
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MEng, Central South University (2018)
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BEng, Zhengzhou University (2014)
Research Assistant (2022 - )
Email: zonghao.xie@polyu.edu.hk
Research: Hydrogen safety, Smart firefighting
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MEng, HK Univ of Science and Technology (2022)
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BEng, Southwest Jiaotong University (2021)
Research Assistant (2022 - )
Email: SkyChenxh@163.com
Research: Robotic Firefighting
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BEng, Nankai University (2023)
Previous Fire Lab Members
Past Visiting Scholars
Prof. Cangsu XU 许沧粟
Visiting Professor (2019-20)
Associate Prof. at Zhejiang University
Past Postdoc and PhD Students
Postdoc Fellow (2020)
PhD in University of Hong Kong (2019)
Current Position: Associate Professor at Southeast University, China
Dr Caiyi Xiong 熊才溢
Postdoc Fellow (2019-2022)
PhD in University of Science and Technology of China (2019)
Current Position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at South China University of Technology
Postdoc Fellow (2021)
PhD in Imperial College London(2021)
Current Position: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Sun Yat-sen University
Dr Shaorun Lin 林少润
Postdoc Fellow (2021-2022)
PhD at PolyU (2018-2021)
Current Position: Postdoc at University of California, Berkeley
Postdoc Fellow (2021)
PhD in Beihang University (2017)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Beihang University (Hangzhou)
Postdoc Fellow (2021-22)
PhD in PolyU (2021)
Current Position: Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Past Research Assistants / Visiting Students
Mr Younggi Park
Research Assistant (2019-20)
Current Position: CFD Engineer in LG Co.
Dayang Nur Sakinah Binti Musa
Visiting PhD student (2022)
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Mr Yichao Zhang 张轶超
Visiting Master Student (2022)
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
Past Master Students
Mr Xiao Yang 萧洋
MEng in BSE (2018-19)
Current Position: CEO Assistant at Galaxy Holding Group
Ms Yifan JIA 贾逸凡
MEng in BSE (2019-20)
Current Position: China Railway Design Corporation, Tianjin
Mr Jingze Zhu 朱靖哲
MEng in BSE (2018-19)
Current Position: Engineer at Guangdong Academy of Building Research Group Co. Ltd
Research Assistant (2020-21)
Current Position: Engineer at HK Electrical & Mechanical Services Department (EMSD)
Master Student (2020-2021)
Current Position: Engineer at Bright Future Chinese Medicine Ltd., HK
Past Undergraduate Students
Ms Haiwei (Flora) Li 李海蔚
Undergrad Assistant (2018-19)
Project: Fire Impact on the Drying Process in Porous Soils
Current Position: PhD Student at University of Cambridge with full scholarship
Undergrad Assistant (2020-21)
Project: Ignition mechanism of concentrated sunlight
Current Position: PhD Student at University of California, Berkeley with full scholarship
Gulzhan Aldan
Undergrad Assistant (2020-21)
Project: Immersion Cooling for Li-ion battery
Current Position: PhD Student at University of Pennsylvania with full scholarship
Mr Yau Kuen (Daniel) CHEUNG 張有權
Undergraduate Assistant (2019-20)
Project: An experimental study on the water-based peat fire suppression