Team

Principal Investigator

Jize Zhang

• Assistant Professor (Primary), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Assistant Professor (Joint), Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas

Professor Jize Zhang leads the AIR lab. His research addresses challenges at the intersection of artificial intelligence, uncertainty quantification, and risk assessment. Recent projects focus on reliable autonomous transport systems, including drones, and natural-hazard mitigation for storm surges and tropical cyclones. Read Professor Zhang’s profile.

Graduate Students

Ahmed Gamal Khedr PhD Student (HKPFS)

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2023-, Structural Design

Saheli Bhattacharya PhD Student

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2023-, Computer Vision, Crack Segmentation

Tianyu Zhang PhD Student (HKPFS)

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2023-, Uncertainty Quantification

Dinusara Sasindu Gamage Nanayakkara MPhil Student

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2025-, Computer Vision, Foundation Model

Yang Liang PhD Student

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2025-, Machine Learning, Wind Energy

Yuerong Li PhD Student

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2025-, Wave Energy

Yutong Wang MPhil Student

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2025-, Drones, Positioning

Zihao Song PhD Student

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2025-, Urban Risk Assessment

Siyuan Sun PhD Student

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2026-, Urban Wind Field

Biaosheng Luo PhD Student

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2026-, Wind-Aware UAV Planning and Control

Yueming Wang PhD Student

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2026-, Computer Vision and Foundation Models

Morewe Mall PhD Student

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2026-, Earthquake Engineering and Natural-Hazard Resilience

Postdocs and RAs

Wenjun Jiang Postdoc

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2026-, Natural Hazard, Storm Surge

Chen Zhang Postdoc

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2026-, Computer Vision, Foundation Model

Han Peng Postdoc

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2026-, Surrogate Modeling

Haoran Sun Postdoc

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2026-, Subgrid Modelling

Jiang Mo Postdoc

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2026-, Bayesian Updating, Inverse Problems

Xi Zhong Postdoc

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2026-, Risk, Tropical Cyclones, Bridge Engineering

Hao Cheng Postdoc

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2026-, Trustworthy Generative and Embodied AI

Alumni

Dongqin Zhang

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Former Postdoc (2023-24), next stop -- Full Professor @ Central South University

Mahdi (Kyan) Bahrami

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Former Research Assistant (2023-24), next stop -- PhD student @ UNSW

Luo Bo

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Former Postdoc (2023-2025).

Milad Cheragh Zade

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Former Co-advised MPhil/RA (2023-25), next stop -- PhD student @ TUM

Xinyu Fang

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Former Co-advised MPhil (2023-25), next stop -- PhD student @ Waterloo

Hongjie Li

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Former Research Associate (2025-26), next stop -- Associate Professor @ Dongguan University of Technology

Tong Zhou

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Former Postdoc (2025-26), next stop -- Full Professor @ Southeastern University

We are always looking for new members to our team. For more information on how to join us, you can review our recruitment page.