Professor Zhang accepted the invitation to serve as the Editorial Board Member for Data-Centric Engineering.

Professor Zhang was awarded as the PI for the RGC Early Career Scheme fund, working on a digital paradigm for rapid error-calibrated uncertainty quantifcation of Tropical Cyclone storm surge risk.

Professor Zhang delivered a talk at the 2024 Symposium on Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate held at Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, June 2-6, 2024. The talk showcased our TC-SINDy work on improving tropical cyclone simulations.

We are proud to announce that our PhD student Xi Zhong has won the Second-Class Best Student Paper Award in the 4th International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management & 8th International Symposium on Uncertainty Modelling and Analysis ICVRAM-ISUMA 2024, held at Tongji University in Shanghai, China.

Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the conference aimed to address the challenges of hazards, risks, and respective mitigation strategies in infrastructure systems and the built environment. This year’s conference saw the participation of 331 attendees from 21 countries. Xi presented her paper titled “Physics-based Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensity Models via Data-driven Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics” which was recognized for its excellent quality and presentation.

Congratulations to Xi for her well-earned award!

Professor Zhang delivered a talk at 2024 Engineering Structures (Asia-Pacific) Young Scientist Forum (AI in Civil Engineering). The talk showcased our work on AI empowered natural hazard modeling.