Professor Hui Li is a doctoral supervisor in the Department of Road and Airport Engineering. He is a National Overseas High-Level Talent and has been recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists in the world. His research interests include the sustainability, resilience, and intelligence of transportation infrastructure. He has presided over three national key research and development plans and has led more than 10 national, provincial, and ministerial-level scientific research projects, including those funded by the Natural Science Foundation and the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, etc. Professor Hui Li has published 120 high-level papers, including 65 SCI papers, which have amassed a total of 3,585 citations. His one paper has been cited 344 times. He has edited four local and group technical standards and published three academic monographs, one of which is in English. Additionally, he has applied for and been granted 20 patents, including international ones, and has received five provincial and ministerial-level awards. Professor Hui Li serves as the young communications expert for the Chinese Academy of Engineering Journal Engineering, as well as the deputy editor and editorial board member for various journals such as IJTST and TRD. He is also a member of several renowned international academic committees, including the ACI and TRB.
Educational Experience
PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2008.9-2012.11
Master Degree, Environmental and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, 2010.8 -2011.9
Master, Road and Railway Engineering, Southeast University, 2005.8-2008.6
Bachelor, Civil Engineering, Southeast University, 2001.8-2005.5
Work Experience
College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Tenured Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, 2020.07-Present
College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, 2015.5-2020.06
National Overseas High-Level Talents (Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee), 2015.2
Adjunct Research Scientist, University of California, Davis & Berkeley, 2014.06 - 2015.04
Research Scientist, Center for Pavement Research, University of California, Davis/Berkeley, 2014.6 - Present
Registered Professional Engineer, California, USA, 2013.10-Present
University of California Pavement Research Center (UC Davis/Berkeley), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2012.12-2014.5
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California - Davis, Teaching Assistant, 2011.8-2012.1
PhD Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2008.9-2012.11
Department of Road and Railway Engineering, Southeast University, Research Assistant, 2005.9-2008.6
Research interests
Road Ecology: Eco-Friendly Transportation Infrastructure
Resiliency and Intelligence of Transportation Infrastructure
Environmental Assessment: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)
Specific research interests include:
•Functional and Smart Infrastructure Systems
•Cool Pavement Strategies for Thermal Environmental Improvement and Urban Heat Island Mitigation
•Fully Permeable Pavement Strategies for Urban Stormwater Management and Flood Control in “Sponge City”
•Smooth and Quiet Pavements for Vibration and Noise Reduction in Urban and Rural Areas
•Long-Life Pavement and Rapid Renewal for Highways and Airfields
•Ozone-Eating Pavement, Energy Harvesting Pavement, and Ice-Snow Melting Pavement
•Self-Healing Pavement, Resilient Pavement
•Complete Street and Highway for All Road Users (Biking, Walking, Driving, etc.)
•Dust Control for Urban and Road Infrastructure
•Impact of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events on Infrastructure Systems
•Life Cycle Assessment and Management of Infrastructure (LCCA, LCA, BCA, and IMS)
•Non-Destructive Testing
•Data Mining in Transportation
•Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation
Honors & Awards
Evaluation of key technologies and comprehensive benefits of ecological road construction, first prize of the 2021 China Highway and Transportation Society Science and Technology Award, China Highway and Transportation Society (2021, ranking 1st)
•Key technologies and applications for road multi-source environmental pollution control and low-impact construction, Special Prize of 2022 Science and Technology Progress Award of China Highway Construction Industry Association, China Highway Construction Industry Association (2022, ranking 1st)
•Key technologies and applications for controlling multi-source environmental pollution on roads and implementing low-impact construction received the achievement award at the 3rd Invention and Entrepreneurship Award from the China Invention Association (2022, ranking 1st).
•Research and application of key technologies for ecological road functional pavement, 2022 China Technology Market Association Golden Bridge Award-Outstanding Contribution Award, China Technology Market Association (2022, ranking 1st)
•Research and demonstration of a complete set of technologies for sponge city road construction, first prize of 2022 China Communications and Transport Association Science and Technology Award, China Communications and Transport Association (2022, ranking 3rd)
•Key technology for low-impact construction of ecological road permeable and cooling functional pavement, a database of major scientific and technological innovation achievements in transportation, Achievements in the database: major scientific and technological innovation projects, Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China (2022, ranking 1st)
••Research on key technologies and a comprehensive benefit evaluation system for urban ecological road construction, first prize of 2021 Shanghai Transportation Engineering Society Science and Technology Award, Shanghai Transportation Engineering Society (2021, ranking 1st)
•Urban expressway drainage asphalt pavement construction set technology, 2021 Shanghai Highway Society Science and Technology Award Special Prize, Shanghai Highway Society (2021, ranking 5th)
•3rd Wang Binggang Young Scholar Award, Wang Binggang Foundation (2021)
•14th China Highway Youth Science and Technology Award, China Highway and Transportation Society (2019)
•National Overseas High-Level Talents (Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, 2015)
•Academic Federation Research Travel Grant, University of California, Davis, Jan. 2015.
•2013 Outstanding Reviewer. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Mar. 2014.
•Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship ($35,000), funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Sept. 2011.
•First prize in the 3rd National Graduate Contest in Mathematical Modeling. China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC), Nov. 2006.
•National Certification in Computer Skills (Database Technology)-Level Three, China Ministry of Education, 2004.
•Alien of Extraordinary Ability (EB-1A), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), May 2014.
PUBLICATIONS
Total Citation up to Mar.2024: 2765, h-index: 32, i10-index: 75, highest citations per paper: 344
Detailed inGoogle Scholar Citation:http://scholar.google.com/citations? User=aIusFu0AAAAJ
Peer-Reviewed Books and Chapters
7.Li H.,Pavement Materials for Heat Island Mitigation: Design and Management Strategies, ISBN-13: 978-0128034767/ISBN-10: 0128034769, Elsevier Science and Technology Publishing, 2015.
6.Chapter 4 Comparison of the Performance of Concrete and Asphalt Materials. InEco-efficient Materials for Mitigating Building Cooling Needs: Design, Properties and Applications. Pacheco-Torgal F., J. Labrincha, L.F. Cabeza and C. Granqvist (editors). ISBN-13: 978-1-78242-380-5/ISBN-10: 178242380X. Woodhead Publishing Ltd, UK, 2015.
5.Li H.,Evaluation of Cool Pavement Strategies for Heat Island Mitigation. ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, US, 2012. ISBN 9781267968821/1267968826 (ProQuestorUCDavis)
4.Translated byLi H.et al,Towards Sustainable Pavement Systems: A Reference Document, 2018.
3.Li H., Zhao W., Zhang C., Wang X.,Permeable Pavement Technology and Application in Sponge City, ISBN: 9787560883618, Tongji University Press, 2019.
2.Li H., Du Q., LU H.,Porous Materials and Permeable Pavement Structure: Theory and Application, ISBN：9787516026663, China Building Materials Press, 2020.
1.Transportation Systems Analysis and Assessment（Chapter title: Life Cycle Assessment for Transportation）
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers(* Corresponding Author; IF: Impact Factor)