Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Building Services Engineering
Deputy Director, Research Center for Fire Engineering
Memeber, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development
Address: ZS 832, BLK Z, 181 Chatham Road South, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: xy.huang@polyu.edu.hk
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Research Areas
Combustion Science, Fire Protection Engineering, New Energy Technologies
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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)
Postdoc Fellow (2019 - )
Email: caiyi.xiong@polyu.edu.hk
Research Areas
Fire Modelling, Laminar Flame, and Thermoacoustic Analysis
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Ph.D. in State Key Lab of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China (2019)
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B.Eng. in University of Science and Technology of China (2014)
PhD Student (2018 - )
Email: flynn.lin@connect.polyu.hk
Research Areas
Fire Dynamics, Smoldering Fire, Peat Fire, Wildland Fire and Fire Ecology
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B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Shenzhen University (2018)
Ms. Yuying Chen 陈玉莹
PhD student (2020 - )
Email: yuying.chen@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smoldering fire, computational fluid dynamics
M. Eng. Beijing Institute of Technology (2020)
B.E. in Safety Engineering, China University of Petroleum (2017)
Postdoc Fellow (2021 - )
Email: han.yuan16@imperial.ac.uk
Research Areas
Fire Dynamics and Modelling; Self-heating Ignition and Smouldering; Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy
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Ph.D. Imperial College London (2020)
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M.Eng, in Mech. Engineering, Tongji University (2016)
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B.Eng, in Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University (2013)
PhD Student (2019 - )
Email: peiyi.sun@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Dripping Fire and Fire Dynamics
M.Eng. in Building Services Engineering, HK Polytechnic University (2018)
B.Eng. in Municipal Engineering, Tianjing Chengjian University, China (2017)
Tianhang Zhang 张天航
PhD student (2020 - )
Email: tianhang.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smart Firefighting, Tunnel Fire and Ventilation.
M. Eng. in College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University (2020).
B. Eng. in College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University (2017).
Postdoc Fellow (2021 - )
Email: zhirong.leung@outlook.com
Research Areas
Combustion & Emissions control, Aerosol, Aerospace Propulsion
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Ph.D. in School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University (2017)
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B.Eng. in Traffic and Transportation Civil Aviation Service Engineering, Beihang University (2011)
LingChu (Sue) Su 蘇鈴筑
PhD Student (2019 - )
Email: ling-chu.su@polyu.edu.hk Linkedin Website
Research: Smart firefighting, performance-based fire engineering design
M.Sc. in Fire and Explosion Engineering, University of Leeds, UK (2015)
B.Sc. in Fire Science, Central Police University, Taiwan (2010)
PhD Student (2020 - )
Email: zilong.wang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Smart firefighting and Fire Numerical Simulation.
B.Eng. in Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (2017).
M.Eng. in State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China (2020)
PhD Student (2021 - )
Email: siuning.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Tunnel Fire, Fire Modeling, and AIoT
B.Eng. in Safety Engineering, China University of Petroleum(2019)
MSc. in Building Services Engineering, HK PolyU (2020)
Master Student (2020-)
Email: cheng99.peng@connect.polyu.hk
Research Areas: Fire dynamics and Fire Safety Provisions
B.Eng. in Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology(2020）
MEng. in Building Services Engineering, HK PolyU (2021)
Research Assistant (2019 - )
Email: myname.yanhui@connect.polyu.hk
Research: Fire Dynamics and Thermal Safety of Battery
B.Eng. in Safety Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University (2017)
M.Eng. in Building Services Engineering, HK PolyU (2020)
Master Student (2020-)
Email: alvis.chow@connect.polyu.hk
Research Areas: Fire dynamics, Fire Modeling, Fire Safety Provisions
B.Eng. in Building Services Engineering, HK PolyU (2020)
MSc. in High Performance Buildings , HK PolyU (2021)
Research Assistant (2021 - )
Email: yanfuzeng@hotmail.com
Research: Smart Firefighting, Performance-based Fire Engineering Design, Fire Modeling
B.Eng. in Safety Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University (2017)
M.Sc. in Fire and Explosion Engineering, University of Leeds, UK (2018)
Undergrad Research Assistant (2020)
Email: 17082887d@connect.polyu.hk
Research Areas: Smouldering Fire Dynamics and Peat Fire
B.Eng. in Building Services Engineering, HK PolyU (2021)
Undergrad Research Assistant (2021)
Email: hywong444-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Research Areas: Compartment fire
B.Eng. in Architectural Engineering, HK CityU (2021)
Previous Fire Lab Members
Prof. Cangsu XU 许沧粟
Visiting Professor (2019-20)
Associate Prof. at Zhejiang University
Research Areas: Flame instability
Postdoc Fellow (2019-20)
Associate Prof. at Nanjing Tech University
Research Areas: Fire Dynamics, Fire Modelling, Ignition Theory, Smouldering Fire, Material Flammability, Explosion Hazard
Mr Younggi Park
Research Assistant (2019-20)
Project: Smart firefighting in tunnel
Current Position: CFD Engineer in LG Co.
Ms Yifan JIA 贾逸凡
MEng in BSE (2019-20)
Project: Fire Hazards of Thermoplastic Drips: dripping Ignition Theory.
Current Position: China Railway Design Corporation, Tianjin
Mr Lam Wang Fai 林宏輝
BEng in BSE (2020)
Winner of Fire Service Installation Contractors Association (FSICA) Award
Current Position: Sanfield (Management) Ltd
Mr Xiao Yang 萧洋
MEng in BSE (2018-19)
Project: Suppression of peat fire by rainfall
Current Position: CEO Assistant at Galaxy Holding Group
Research Assistant (2020)
MSc. in Building Services Engineering (with distinction), HK PolyU
Research Areas: Flame Spread theory
Mr Yau Kuen (Daniel) CHEUNG 張有權
Undergraduate Assistant (2019-20)
Project: An experimental study on the water-based peat fire suppression
Ms Haiwei (Flora) Li 李海蔚
Undergraduate Assistant (2018-19)
Project: Fire Impact on the Drying Process in Porous Soils
Current Position: Master Student at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Postdoc Fellow (2020)
PhD in University of Hong Kong (2019)
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor at PolyU.
Mr Jingze Zhu 朱靖哲
MEng in BSE (2018-19)
Project: Fire impact to NPP in the strike by a passenger jet
Current Position: Engineer at Guangdong Academy of Building Research Group Co. Ltd