Dr. Huailei Cheng now is an associate professor in the college of transportation engineering of Tongji University. He received his bachelor and doctor degrees in transportation engineering from Tongji University, and received his dual doctoral degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). From 2020.12 to 2024.01, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in Tongji Uniersity and PolyU.
He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal or conference articles, and served as the reviewer for over 30 journals. He has received numerous awards, including the Best Doctoral Dissertation Award of China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS), 1st prize of Scientific& Technological Achievements of CHTS, the Best Paper Award of 2021 WTC conference, etc. In the past few years, he has served as the principle investigator for more than 10 projects that funded by the "National Natural Science Foundation of China", the PolyU Distinguished Post-doc Fellowship and the“Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Program of China”, the“Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China”and the“Super Postdoctoral Incentive Program of Shanghai”, et al.
Education
B.S., Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, 2012~2016.
Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, 2016~2020.
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2019~2022.
Experience
Associate Professor, Colledge of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, 2024.02~Present.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2022.12~2024.01.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Colledge of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, 2020.12~2022.11
Research interests
Dr Cheng’s research areas include 1) mechanical and physical properties of asphalt pavement (mixture) via multi-scale tests and simulations, 2) nondestructive test (NDT) for the pavement infrastructure, 3) long-term performance of pavement (LTPP), and LCA and LCCA analysis on pavement infrastructure.
Honors & Awards
[1] HKIS Young Scientist Award, 2023
[2] The 1stPrize of Scientific& Technological Achievements of Shan'xi Province, 2024.
[3] Best Doctoral Dissertation Award of the China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS), 2021.
[4] Excellent Paper Award of the WTC Conference, 2021.
[5] Best Reviewer forChina Journal of Highway and Transport, 2022.
[6] The 1stPrize of Scientific& Technological Achievements of CHTS, 2019.
Publications
[1]Cheng H, Wang Y, Chong D, et al. Truck platooning reshapes greenhouse gas emissions of the integrated vehicle-road infrastructure system.Nature Communications, 2023: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40116-0. (JCR Q1, IF 16.6)
[2]Cheng H, Sun L, Wang Y, et al. Effects of actual loading waveforms on the fatigue behaviours of asphalt mixtures. International Journal of Fatigue, 2021: 106386.(ESI Highly Cited Paper <1%, The Journal’s Top-Cited Paper)
[3]Cheng H, Liu L, Sun L. Bridging the gap between laboratory and field moduli of asphalt layer for pavement design and assessment: A comprehensive loading frequency-based approach. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 2022: 1-14.(ESI Hot Paper <0.1%, Highly Cited Paper <1%)
[4]Cheng H, Sun L, Wang Y, et al. Analysis of fatigue behaviors of asphalt mixture under actual loading waveforms using pseudo-strain-based approaches. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2022: 1-14.
[5]Cheng H, Wang Y, Liu L, et al. Effects of using different dynamic moduli on predicted asphalt pavement responses in mechanistic pavement design. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2021: 1-17.https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2021.192484.
[6]Cheng H, Wang, Y., Liu, L., et al. Estimating tensile and compressive moduli of asphalt mixture from indirect tensile and four-point bending tests. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2021, 33(1), 04020402.
[7]Cheng H,Sun L, Yang R, et al. Relating field moduli of asphalt mixture layer under vehicular loading and its dynamic moduli under laboratory loading. Transportation Research Record, 2022, 2676(2): 567-579.
[8]Cheng H,Liu L, Sun L, et al. Comparative analysis of strain-pulse-based loading frequencies for three types of asphalt pavements via field tests with moving truck axle loading. Construction and Building Materials, 2020, 247: 118519.
[9]Cheng H, Sun L, Zheng J, et al. Dynamic compressive-tensile moduli of asphalt mixture and its applications to pavement response prediction. China Civil Engineering Journal, 2022, 55(03):105-116+128.
[10]Cheng H, Li B, Liu L, et al. Evaluation of master curve of response-based modulus for asphalt pavement layer under vehicular loading. China Journal of Highway and Transport，2020，33(10): 125-134.