Dr. Duo Zhang | Railway engineering | Best Researcher Award
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong
Author Profile
🔍 Summary
Dr. Duo Zhang is a dedicated transportation engineering researcher, currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His expertise spans sustainable rail systems, vehicle dynamics, energy efficiency, and vibration/noise control, with strong engagement in international academic collaboration and applied railway innovation.
🎓 Education
Dr. Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Traffic & Transportation Planning and Management from Southwest Jiaotong University (2020), with a dissertation on wagon-cargo coupling in freight rail systems. He earned a B.S. in Traffic Engineering (2012) from the same university, researching urban metro system organization.
💼 Professional Experience
He has served as a Research Fellow (2024–present) and Postdoctoral Fellow (2022–2024) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he worked on rail damper technologies and railway noise mitigation. Previously, he was a Research Assistant at Southwest Jiaotong University (2021) and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2016–2017), collaborating on projects at the Center for Transportation Research.
🧪 Research Interests
Dr. Zhang’s interests focus on sustainable transportation, vehicle-track dynamics, rail noise and vibration reduction, energy optimization, and advanced damping technologies for railway infrastructure.
📚 Academic Contributions
His work includes papers under review in Structures and the Alexandria Engineering Journal, covering topics like multi-objective optimization and energy-comfort co-optimization for high-speed rail. He has delivered presentations at international conferences such as the International Conference of Logistics Engineering and Management and the International Conference on Transportation Engineering.
🛠️ Technical Skills
Proficient in tools like MATLAB, Python, OpenTrack, and ANSYS, Dr. Zhang specializes in vehicle dynamics modeling, suspension system control, vibration analysis, and rail system optimization.
👨🏫 Teaching & Supervision
He supervised Ka Yiu Cheung (B.S. Civil Engineering, 2023) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on a thesis titled “A Semi-active Control Strategy of Suspension for High-Speed Railway Vehicles.”
🏆 Awards & Honors
Dr. Zhang received the Bronze Medal at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2023). His academic honors include the National Scholarship of China for Graduate Students, the SIEMENS Scholarship, and the Outstanding Graduates Award from Southwest Jiaotong University.
Publications
Title: Evaluation of dynamic responses in steel lever of leveling valve during metro train operations
Authors: Ziyu Tao, Yuling Wang, Wai Kei Ao, Fangru Zhou, Duo Zhang, Yi-Qing Ni
Journal: Measurement
Year: 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2025.118198
Title: Self-Tuning Dual-Layer Sliding Mode Control of Electromagnetic Suspension System
Authors: Hong-Wei Li, Duo Zhang, Yang Lu, Yi-Qing Ni, Zhao-Dong Xu, Qi Zhu, Su-Mei Wang
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Year: 2025
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2024.3509997