Basic Information
Zhi Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Hubei Provincial Young Top Talent. Research interests include road infrastructure safety and risk prevention, underground energy structures and engineering, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, and geotechnical engineering. A series of original research achievements have been made in geothermal energy development and the intelligent safety operation and maintenance of transportation infrastructure.Research funding and project leadership include one Young Scientists Fund project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), two subprojects under the National Key R&D Program of China, two projects under the Hubei Provincial Key R&D Program, one project under the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Special Program, and more than ten municipal-level and industry-sponsored projects in Wuhan. Academic publications comprise 35 papers, including 27 indexed by SCI/EI, with first or corresponding authorship on 21 papers. Additional academic contributions include one published scholarly book, 14 granted invention patents (including one US patent), and participation in the development of four national and local standards.Academic appointments include Deputy Chair of the Chinese Society of Energy, Council Member of the Engineering Risk and Insurance Research Branch of the China Civil Engineering Society, Standing Committee Member of the Professional Committee for Intelligent Construction and Safety Operation and Maintenance of Urban Infrastructure, Executive Council Member of the Hubei Society of Underground Engineering, and Council Member of the Hubei Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering.
Contact Information
Email: chenzhi1984820@126.com Tel: 15972116760
Address: State Key Laboratory of Precision Blasting, Jianghan University, Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Wuhan, China
Postal Code: 430056
Educational Background
2013.03-2016.06 Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2010.09-2013.03 M.Eng. in Road and Bridge Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2006.09-2010.06 B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Professional Experience
2025.08-Present Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Precision Blasting, Jianghan University
2021.01-2025.07 Associate Professor, Hubei University of Technology
2016.07-2020.12 Lecturer, Hubei University of Technology
Research Areas
Road Infrastructure Safety and Risk Prevention
Underground Energy Structures and Engineering
Applications of FRP Composites in Geotechnical Engineering
Representative Research Projects
NSFC Young Scientists Fund Project, Study on the Mechanical Mechanisms of a Novel Deeply Buried-Pipe Energy Pile Structure (51808203), Principal Investigator
Subproject of the National Key R&D Program of China, Establishment of an Integrated Standard System for Pavement Sensing, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring (2025YFF051890402), Principal Investigator
Subproject of the National Key R&D Program of China, Theory and Experimental Simulation of Railway Infrastructure Disaster Processes under Regional Climatic Conditions (2025YFB2600021), Principal Investigator
Hubei Provincial Key R&D Program Project, Research on Intelligent Prevention and Safety Control Technologies for Ice Fall from Superstructures of Bridges across the Yangtze River and Construction of a Pilot-Test Base (2021BGD015), Principal Investigator
Hubei Provincial Young Top Talent Program, 2025–2027, Principal Investigator
Hubei Provincial Key R&D Program Project (Open Competition), Development of Robotic Equipment and Systems for Cable De-icing and Visual Inspection of Cable-Stayed Bridges (2024BEB001), Principal Investigator
Academic Achievements
Research Awards：
Zhi Chen (1/10); Second Prize, Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award; Key Technologies and Applications of Deeply Buried-Pipe Energy Piles, 2023
Zhi Chen (7/14); First Prize, Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Technical Association on Geosynthetics; Key Technologies and Applications for Green Subgrade Reinforcement, 2022
Selected Publications from the Past Five Years:
Zhi Chen, Xingwei Lian, Jinjia Tan, Henglin Xiao, Qiang Ma, Yan Zhuang, Study on heat-exchange efficiency and energy efficiency ratio of a deeply buried pipe energy pile group considering seepage and circulating-medium flow rate. Renewable Energy, 2023: 119020
Zhi Chen, Hao Xu, Di Feng, Jingmei Wang, Henglin Xiao, Yuhan Tian, Experimental study on road deicing using circulated heating produced from geothermal fluid, Renewable Energy, 235, 121083, 2024
Zhi Chen; Jinwen Yao; Ping Pan; Henglin Xiao; Qiang Ma; Research on the heat exchange characteristics of the deeply buried pipe type of energy pile, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021, 27, 101268.
Xingwei Lian; Zhi Chen*; Junbing Yang; Henglin Xiao; Qiang Ma; Jinjia Tan; Investigation of heat exchange efficiency and thermal migration of Deeply Buried Pipe Energy Pile group under the groundwater seepage, Applied Thermal Engineering, 216, 2022
Kai Xu, Zhi Chen,*, Henglin Xiao, Lifei Zheng, Jingmei Wang. Analysis of entransy dissipation thermal resistance and heat transferefficiency of electrical heating snow-melting pavement. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2025, 61, 103551.
Jianghuai Yuan; Zhi Chen*; Henglin Xiao; Lifei Zheng; Wentao Li; Xugen Song. Thermal-mechanical behavior of deeply buried pipe energy pile group in sand obtained from model test, Applied Thermal Engineering. 261 (2025) 125078.
Chunchen Cao; Zhi Chen*; Lifei Zheng; Henglin Xiao; Zhiyong Wang; Xugen Song; Graded heating operation strategy study of geothermal ice melting system considering the temperature gradient of bridge concrete structures. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025, 264. 125424.
Zicheng Luo, Zhi Chen*, Henglin Xiao, Chuancheng Zhu, Gaoyun Song, Wentao Li.Thermodynamic characteristics of Silicon Carbide modified deeply buried pipe energy pile obtained from model test. Geothermics. 132 (2025) 103433.
Zhi Chen; Yang Sun; Henglin Xiao; Qiang Ma; Liangguo Zhang; In-Situ Thermomechanical Response Test of an Energy Pile Under Temperature Loading, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021, 46, 10355-10364.
Zhi Chen; Haidi; Zhang Guogang; Xiao Henglin; Wang Bo; “Heat-Exchange Experiments and Simulation of Different Types of Ground-Buried Pipe Heat Exchangers,” Journal of Shenzhen University (Science and Engineering), 2022, 39(1): 20–27.
Standards and Technical Specifications Contributed to:
National Standard: Sulfoaluminate-Ferrite Cement (GB/T 45920-2025)
National Standard: Marine Portland Cement (GB/T 31289-2025)
Hubei Provincial Local Standard: Technical Specification for Snow and Ice Melting on Roads Using Carbon-Fiber Cable Heating (DB42T 1503-2019)
Group Standard: Technical Requirements for Pavement Ice-Formation Warning and Automated Response (T TMAC 061-2023)
