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Education
University College London
PhD Candidate, Expected Graduation 2026
Stanford University
​Master of Science (GPA: 4.1/4.3), Structural Engineering, April 2021
  • Coursework: nonlinear structural analysis, structural dynamics, structural performance and failures, structural monitoring, data mining and analysis, data analytics for physical systems
  • Research theme: post-disaster housing recovery and population displacement
  • Research advisors: Dr Jack Baker and Dr Rodrigo Costa
  • Program advisor: Dr Gregory Deierlein
  • Teaching activities: Graduate Teaching Assistant for CEE282: nonlinear structural analysis
Harbin Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (GPA: 93.1/100), Civil Engineering, June 2019
  • 1st place in the civil engineering cohort (1/171)
  • Spent an exchange semester at University of California Berkeley in 2017 (GPA: 4.0)
  • Honors and awards: Outstanding Graduate of CSCE (1/220), China National Scholarships (0.2% of national cohort, 2 times), Distinguished Graduate (top 10%), Merit Student of Heilongjiang Province (1%), University Excellent Volunteer

Research

Experience
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Tomorrow's Cities, University College London (Jan 2022-Present, London)
Research Assistant, co-supervised by Dr Gemma Cremen and Dr Carmine Galasso
  • Contribute to the development and showcase of Tomorrow's Cities Decision Support Environment (TCDSE).
  • Collaborating with global project partners to facilitate the application of TCDSE to risk-informed pro-poor urban planning.
  • Showcase TCDSE's capacity to inform the design and assessment of financial pro-poor soft policies involving earthquake insurance and financial relief tax scheme for cities under rapid future urban expansion.​

Community Resilience, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Sep-Dec 2021, Hong Kong)
Graduate Researcher, supervised by Dr You Dong
  • Modeled post-earthquake housing recovery considering physical damages and differential household recovery capacities.
  • Built statistical learning models linking household demographics to recovery outcomes using datasets of 2015 Nepal Earthquake.
Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative, Stanford University (Feb 2020-Jul 2021, Stanford)
Graduate Student Researcher, supervised by Dr Jack Baker
  • Co-authored two journal papers and three conference papers.
  • Used computer simulation in combination with social sciences to identify vulnerable groups in post-earthquake recovery.
  • Proposed and quantitatively assessed interventions to facilitate equity in post-disaster housing recovery in San Francisco.
  • Simulated spatial- and cross-correlated ground motion fields.
  • Modeled post-disaster housing recovery using agent-based modeling and object-oriented programming.
Policy Lab, Stanford University (March-Jun 2020, Stanford)
Student Researcher
  • Investigated China-invested energy infrastructures' global environmental impacts, especially those developed in Malaysia.
  • Conducted extensive literature reviews and data collection, interviewed senior government officials, scholars, and experts.
Summer Research Internship, University of Hong Kong (Jul 2018, Hong Kong)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • Reviewed literature on light-weight structures, handled specimens for axial load tests.
  • Collected and statistically processed experimental data.

Teaching

Activities
Stanford University, CEE 282: Nonlinear Structural Analysis (Jan-March 2021)
​Graduate Teaching Assistant for Prof Gregory Deierlein
  • Giving in-class tutorials on Matlab Object-Oriented-Programming and other computational tools used in class.
  • Advising graduate students on independent projects.
  • Holding office hours and grading homework.

Leadership

& Service
New Media and Outreach Office, Harbin Institute of Technology (Mar 2017-Jun 2018)
Student Manager (over 30 student employees)
  • Edited and wrote articles and news reports on university's official social media accounts.
  • Bridged the connection between students and alumni; trained new student workers.
Sunflower Volunteer Team (Sep 2015-Jun 2019)
University Excellent Volunteer
  • Led a group of 16 volunteers in the 2017 Structural Design Competition for College Students of Heilongjiang Province.
  • Voluntarily tutored three middle-school students from families with financial difficulties.