Educational background

●Ph.D.  2009   Tsinghua University
●B. Eng. 2004   Tsinghua University

Experience

●School of Safety Sciences, Tsinghua University
●Department of Engineering Physics , Tsinghua University
●Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London (Visiting Scholar)
●Hefei Institute for Public Safety Research, Tsinghua University (Director of the Low-Altitude Technology Laboratory)

Teaching work

Undergraduate courses:
Introduction to Statistics and Measurement
Graduate courses:
Safety System Engineering
Risk Assessment Theories and Methods

Areas of Research Interests

Low-Altitude Safety, Aviation Firefighting, Urban Safety, Risk and Resilience, Disaster and Crime

Academic Achievement

1.Gu Yin, Wang Chenyang, Liu Yi, Zhou Rui. An ontology-based multi-hazard coupling accidents simulation and deduction system for underground utility tunnel-A case study of earthquake-induced disaster chain[J]. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2025, 253: 110559.
2.Lv Hui, Gu Yin, Zhou Rui, Pei Pei, Cai Zhiyong. An integrated quantitative method of risk analysis and decision making for safety manipulation of a forest firefighting aircraft by using physical models of Multi-Hazard factors[J]. Heliyon, 2024, 10(22).
3.Li Bilu, Li Zheng, Zhou Rui, Shen Shifei. Pedestrian lane formation with following–overtaking model and measurement of system order[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2024, 33(2): 020505.
4.Gu Yin, Zhou Rui, Xie Hui, Shi Lei. Study on the ground fraction of air tankers[J]. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2023, 32(4): 576-592.
5.Li Zheng, Luo Qingyu, Zhou Rui. Experimental research on seismic response of split‐type prefabricated utility tunnels through shaking table tests[J]. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2022, 51(12): 2880-2903.
6.Zhao Han, Li Zheng, Zhou Rui. Risk assessment method combining complex networks with MCDA for multi-facility risk chain and coupling in UUS[J]. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2022, 119: 104242.
7.Lv Hui, Shen Gongtian, Yu Yue, Zhou Rui. Defect Detection in the Winding Layer of CNG Composite-Wound Cylinders [J]. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 2021, 22: 1937-1946.
8.Bai Yiping, Zhou Rui, Wu Jiansong. Hazard identification and analysis of urban utility tunnels in China[J]. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020, 106: 103584.
9.Zhou Rui, Fang Weipeng, Wu Jiansong. A risk assessment model of a sewer pipeline in an underground utility tunnel based on a Bayesian network[J]. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020, 103: 103473.
10.Zhou Rui, Zhao Han, Ye Junjian, Zhang Hui. A new approach based on the modified FDS to numerically simulate cardboard box combustion under low pressure[J]. Fire and Materials, 2019, 43(8): 1010-1021.
11.Wu Jiansong, Zhou Rui, Xu Shengdi, Wu Zhengwei. Probabilistic analysis of natural gas pipeline network accident based on Bayesian network[J]. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 2017, 46: 126-136.
12.Zhou Rui. Applications of the equivalent gap fraction criterion method for fire whirl risk evaluation and prevention in a real fire disaster[J]. Fire Technology, 2014, 50: 143-159.
13.Zhou Rui, Wu Ziniu. Fire whirls due to surrounding flame sources and the influence of the rotation speed on the flame height[J]. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2007, 583: 313-345.

Academic part-time job

Engineering Risk and Insurance Research Branch of the China Civil Engineering Society (Council Member)
Low-Altitude Economy Working Committee of the GNSS & LBS Association of China (Committee Member)
Large Aircraft Fire Safety Joint Laboratory (Associate Director)

Rewards and Honors