Team Name
Affiliated College
Year EstablishedTargeting major national strategic needs such as the "Transportation Power" strategy and the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", the team focuses its key efforts on three directions: intelligent sensing systems and equipment for infrastructure in extreme environments, structural state assessment and disaster warning, and disaster prevention and mitigation and intelligent operation and maintenance. The work mainly involves extreme-environment functional materials and sensing devices, dynamic precision measurement of structures in extreme environments, data interpretation of multiple structures and complex environmental elements, precise identification and development trend prediction of hidden diseases in structures in extreme environments, and performance assessment and sudden disaster prediction and warning of structures in extreme environments. It also covers integrated performance improvement of engineering structural materials in extreme environments and key materials and technical equipment for targeted repair. The team provides technical support for the safe construction, intelligent operation and maintenance, and green longevity of infrastructure in extreme environments, and supports the development of strategic emerging industries such as safety and emergency response, high-end equipment, and precision instruments and equipment.
The team took the lead in undertaking the first "open competition" (enlisted-and-commanded) project in the transportation field of the National Key R&D Program, "Key Technologies for Precise Identification and Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Hidden Defects in Railway Infrastructure". The team also took the lead in undertaking the Shenzhen Peacock Team Program project "Key Technologies and Complete Equipment Sets for Smart Sensing of Urban Underground Space Structures", committed to improving the intelligence level of infrastructure maintenance. Supported by these projects, the team developed complete sets of technology and equipment for intelligent tunnel structure diagnostic vehicles, including lightweight diagnostic vehicles, towed container comprehensive diagnostic vehicles, and self-propelled comprehensive diagnostic vehicles. It also developed a series of multi-dimensional smart sensing equipment for metro tunnels, multi-modal intelligent sensing technology for tunnel service state, multi-system coupled collaborative configuration, a cloud platform for tunnel service state sensing, and a central control system based on precise spatiotemporal synchronization and multi-element collaboration. These can accurately identify various tunnel diseases while processing inspection information and data online, realizing real-time diagnostic warning of hidden tunnel diseases, and achieving independent research and development across the whole process from new equipment to new technology, new systems, and new platforms. It greatly improved the automation and intelligence level of tunnel disease diagnosis. The research results won the First Prize of the Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award in 2024.
The team took the lead in undertaking the CZ key special research task of the National Key R&D Program, "Complete Technology for Intelligent Detection of Equipment Status and Rapid Construction Risk Monitoring in Drill-and-Blast Tunnels". Relying on the CZ Railway, the team focused on extremely harsh engineering environments such as high-altitude hypoxia, high ground temperature hazards, high ground stress rockbursts, large deformation of soft rock, and fractured fault zones. Addressing major engineering technical needs such as intelligent and precise detection of tunnel diseases and risk prevention and control of rapid construction, the team independently developed a complete set of technologies and equipment for safety monitoring of tunnel construction personnel, equipment, surrounding rock structures, and environment. These include precise positioning technology for personnel and equipment in tunnels, multi-band and multi-standard wireless communication technology, smart safety helmets with positioning + vital signs + environmental monitoring, and long-distance distributed optical fiber sensing technology. An integrated safety monitoring platform for the drill-and-blast tunnel construction process was built, providing key technical support for the construction of drill-and-blast tunnels on the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. The research task passed its performance evaluation in January 2025, with a rating of "Excellent".
Extreme environments, infrastructure, intelligent sensing, state assessment, safety operation and maintenance.
Basic research-oriented
Application-development-oriented
Industry-academia-research integration
OthersName | Title / Position | Research Direction | Role in the Team |
Du Yanliang | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering | Smart sensing and diagnosis of large infrastructure structures | Academic Leader |
Ren Weixin | Distinguished Professor | Structural state monitoring and health assessment of large bridges | Dean, Institute |
Zhu Jiasong | Professor | Intelligent transportation, coastal zone surveying and mapping, UAV applications | Associate Dean, Institute |
Zhang Lianzhen | Distinguished Professor | Intelligent operation and maintenance and vibration control of transportation infrastructure | Associate Dean, Institute |
Liu Tongxu | Distinguished Professor | Intelligent bridge assessment and resilience enhancement | Core Technical Member |
Hao Gengren | Distinguished Professor | Asphalt pavement materials and their emissions, long-life roads | Core Technical Member |
Zou Liang | Associate Professor | Big data analysis of public transportation | Core Technical Member |
Li Lixiao | Associate Professor | Resilient structural design under coupled multi-hazard actions | Core Technical Member |
Zhou Baoding | Associate Professor | Surveying and mapping science and technology | Core Technical Member |
Zhou Rui | Associate Professor | High-speed railway ballastless track structures | Core Technical Member |
Li Linchao | Associate Professor | Intelligent transportation systems | Core Technical Member |
Ma Cong | Associate Professor | High-performance and high-durability civil engineering materials | Core Technical Member |
Wang Junfang | Assistant Professor | Civil structural state assessment | Core Technical Member |
Xie Yanlong | Assistant Professor | Structural modal analysis, state assessment | Core Technical Member |
Li Feng | Assistant Professor | Optical fiber sensing, smart material structures, structural health monitoring | Core Technical Member |
Zheng Yide | Assistant Professor | Reliability analysis, structural digital twin technology | Core Technical Member |
Shi Da | Assistant Professor | Structural earthquake resistance | Core Technical Member |
Wang Tianling | Assistant Professor | Functional pavement materials, road structural health monitoring | Core Technical Member |
Xin Jiyu | Assistant Professor | Life-cycle analysis of structural systems | Core Technical Member |
Zhao Yu | Assistant Professor | Transportation geomechanics, structure-geotechnical interaction and its environmental effects | Core Technical Member |
1.Multi-physical field testing platform
2.Combined wind-wave-current test facility
3.Extreme environment simulation experimental system
4.MTS testing system
5.Dynamic fiber Bragg grating sensing system
6.Distributed optical fiber sensing system
7.Array-type optical fiber microseismic sensing system
8.Lightweight intelligent diagnostic equipment
9.Comprehensive diagnostic equipment for metro tunnels
10.Integrated platform for infrastructure safety monitoring
Project | Project Leader | Project Type | Duration (Years) |
Simulation and Test System for Multi-Dynamic Disasters of Underwater Cross-Fault Tunnels | Du Yanliang | Major Research Instrument Development Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China | 2024-2029 |
Comprehensive Diagnostic Equipment and Early Warning System for Hidden Defects in High-Speed Railway Infrastructure | Du Yanliang | National Key R&D Program Project | 2022-2025 |
Research and Development of Key Technologies and Complete Equipment Sets for Smart Safety Sensing of Urban Underground Space Structures | Du Yanliang | Shenzhen High-Level Talent Team Project | 2019-2025 |
Damage Mechanisms and Life-Cycle Safety Assurance of Cable Systems of Sea-Crossing Bridges | Zhou Haijun | Joint Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China | 2021-2024 |
Comprehensive Intelligent Sensing Technology for the Operation of Key Urban Surface Public Infrastructure | Ren Weixin | National Key R&D Program – Research Task | 2020-2022 |
Intelligent Detection of Equipment Status and Comprehensive Risk and Quality Monitoring Technology for Rapid Construction in Drill-and-Blast Tunnels | Li Qingquan | National Key R&D Program – Research Task | 2021-2024 |
Research and Development of Intelligent Testing Equipment and Platforms for the Service Capacity of Key Large Structures in Land Transportation | Ma Cong | National Key R&D Program – Research Task | 2021-2024 |
Trusted Positioning and Navigation Control Technology for Multi-Modal Operating Equipment | Zhou Baoding | National Key R&D Program – Research Task | 2022-2025 |
Dynamic Tracking and Intelligent Construction Management and Control Platform for Ultra-Long Subsea Tunnel Construction | Li Linchao | National Key R&D Program – Research Task | 2023-2026 |
Research on Laser-Targeted Thermal De-Icing Technology and Integrated Equipment for Light Icing on Road Surfaces | Hao Gengren | National Key R&D Program – Research Task | 2025-2028 |
Contract for the Design and Implementation of the Bridge and Track Health Monitoring System for the Foshan Grand Bridge on the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang Railway | Du Yanliang | Industry-funded Project | 2024-2030 |
Engineering Technical Service for Research on Intelligent Detection and Long-Term Performance Monitoring of Hidden Works of Non-Traditional New Lining Structures Based on 3D Printing and Prefabrication | Zhang Lianzhen | Industry-funded Project | 2025-2026 |
Diagnostic Vehicle for Hidden Defects in Railway Infrastructure (Towed Container Diagnostic Vehicle) | Zhang Lianzhen | Industry-funded Project | 2025-2027 |
Safety Monitoring Project of the Xiabandi Smart Water Conservancy Hub Based on Precision Measurement | Zhu Jiasong | Industry-funded Project | 2024-2025 |
Applied Research on Key Technologies of Precision Engineering Surveying for Urban Safety Monitoring | Zhu Jiasong | Industry-funded Project | 2025-2027 |
Linchao Li, Xiang Lin, Bin Ran, Bowen Du. Tensor Decomposition of Transportation Temporal and Spatial Big Data: A Brief Review. Fundamental Research.
Lin-Feng Mei, Wang-Ji Yan, Ka-Veng Yuen, Wei-Xin Ren, Michael Beer. Transmissibility-based damage detection with hierarchical clustering enhanced by multivariate probabilistic distance accommodating uncertainty and correlation. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.
Weijian Li, Qizhi Zhu. An innovative quasi-bond approach to bridge continuity, anisotropic damage and macroscopic fracture of solids and structures. International Journal of Plasticity.
Yang Xia, Zhou Haijun, Cai Chunsheng, Huang Xigui, Du YanLiang. Vibration Damping of a Taut Cable with the Hybrid Application of a Viscous Damper and a Tuned Mass Damper. Journal of Bridge Engineering.
Chunyu Li, Baoding Zhou, Qingquan Li. SemanticCSLAM: Using Environment Landmarks for Cooperative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping. IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
Rui Zhou, Puyan Yang, Yang Li, Yinggang Tao, Jingmang Xu, Zhihui Zhu. Interfacial properties of double-block ballastless track under various environmental conditions. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.
Rui Zhou, Hongzhang Yin, Yang Li, Yinggang Tao, Qingsong Feng, Lihai Zhang. Mechanical performance analysis of double-block ballastless tracks in intercity railways under temperature and train loads. Engineering Structures
Baoding Zhou, Yufeng Xiao, Qing Li, Chao Sun,Bing Wang, Longmin Pan, Dejin Zhang, Jiasong Zhu and Qingquan Li. DarkLoc+: Thermal Image-based Indoor Localization for Dark Environments with Relative Geometry Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Lian Lu, Wei-Xin Ren, Shi-Dong Wang. Fractional Fourier transform: Time-frequency representation and structural instantaneous frequency identification.Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.
Zhongwei Wang, Feng Li, Guodong Mei. Parallel finite-discrete element method for modeling excavation support with rockbolt and grouting. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
Linchao Li, Xiang Lin, Bin Ran, Bowen Du. Tensor Decomposition of Transportation Temporal and Spatial Big Data: A Brief Review. Fundamental Research.
Li Feng, Du Yanliang, Du Bowen, Zhao Weigang, Xu Hongbin, Li Zhongzhi. A Large-Deformation Displacement Sensor and Measurement Method. ZL202010552352.3.
Wang Yunjia, Zhou Haijun, Liu Di, Jiang Fan, Tong Junhao, Mao Xingquan, Li Longyun. Preparation Method and Application of a Coating-Based Chloride Ion Optical Fiber Sensor. ZL202410215890.9.
Zhou Baoding, Hu Chao, Du Yanliang, Li Qingquan, Ren Weixin. An Indoor Positioning Device and Method for Narrow and Long Spaces. ZL202310015319.0.
Tang Tianxiao, Li Weijian, Du Yanliang, Zhu Jiasong, Zhou Haijun, Zhang Lianzhen, Xu Hongbin, Li Feng, Zhang Junchen, Zhao Yu. A Multi-Functional Experimental System for Road Engineering in Extreme Environments. 202510191331.6.
Li Linchao, Zhou Baoding, Zhao Yangping, Liu Hanlin, Ren Weixin, Du Yanliang. A Method and Device for Determining Outliers in High-Frequency Structural Health Monitoring Data. ZL2021111403417.9.
No. | chievement Name | Award Grade | Award Year |
1 | esearch, Development and Application of New Highway Bridge Inspection Technologies | Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award | 2019 |
2 | Key Technologies and Equipment for Precise Detection and Intelligent Identification of Hidden Defects in Long Tunnels in Complex Environments and Their Application | First Prize of the Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award | 2025 |
3 | Research on Uncertainty Methods in Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Engineering | Second Prize of the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education | 2023 |
4 | Theoretical Methods and Key Technologies for Original-Form Arching, State Sensing, and Resilience Enhancement of Long-Span Arch Bridges | Special Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Highway & Transportation Society | 2024 |
5 | Key Technologies and Complete Equipment Sets for Smart Safety Sensing of Rail Transit Tunnel Structures | First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the China Railway Society | 2025 |
Develop a new generation of functional materials and sensing devices for extreme environments, and build a complete technical system for rapid inspection and precision inspection as well as wide-area all-element space-air-ground integrated intelligent monitoring based on "motion control – inspection equipment – cloud-edge collaboration".
Overcome the challenges of adaptive unified representation and intelligent fusion interpretation of multi-source massive data.
Develop a physical–digital twin interactive deduction and diagnosis platform for infrastructure structures, infrastructure service performance assessment technology, and a disaster prediction and warning system.
Make breakthroughs in integrated performance improvement and efficient life extension technologies for engineering structural materials in extreme environments, and build a material–structure integrated resilience enhancement and emergency support technical system for infrastructure.
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