Dr Huang Xinyan Assistant Professor

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Phone +852 3400 8286
mail xy.huang@polyu.edu.hk
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Biography Dr Huang is the Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Fire Safety Engineering. He received his PhD from Imperial College London, MSc from University of California, San Diego, and BEng from Southeast University. Before joining PolyU, Dr Huang was a Postdoc and Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, where he conducted research with NASA on the Microgravity Combustion and Fire Safety for the International Space Station. Dr Huang is a Combustion Scientist and a Fire Protection Engineer who has co-authored 90+ journal papers and reviewed for 50+ journals. Dr Huang is an Associate Editor of Fire Technology and International Journal of Wildland Fire, an editorial member of Fire Safety Journal, a Chartered Engineer, a committee member for HK Fire Safety Code, and a Fire Expert for HK High Court. He is also the winner of Bernard Lewis Fellowship and Sugden Best Paper Award from Combustion Institute, IAFSS Proulx Early Career Award, Ricardo Award from Institute of Physics, Fire Engineering Grand Award from HKIE, “5 under 35” and Bono Award from SFPE.?
黄鑫炎博士是香港理工大学建筑环境及能源工程系助理教授、博导，消防安全工程研究中心 副主任; 英国帝国理工博士, 美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校硕士；东南大学学士。加入港理工之前，黄博士在美国加州大学伯克利分校担任博士后研究员和讲师，并与美国宇航局合作研究微重力燃烧和国际空间站的消防安全。主要研究领域涉及基础燃烧科学和火灾安全应用，发表了90多篇SCI论文，担任50多本国际期刊的审稿人。黄博士是SCI期刊 Fire Technology和 Intl. J. Wildland Fire副主编、Fire Safety J. 编委、特许工程师、香港特区政府消防规范与技术顾问、高等法院火灾调查专家。主持香港青年****计划，国家自然科学基金，香港主题研究计划等。曾获得国际燃烧学会伯纳德-刘易斯****、英国物理学会和燃烧学会最佳论文奖、国际火灾学会****科学家奖、英国皇家学会访问****、香港工程师协会消防工程卓越大奖、Publons卓越青年审稿专家奖、国际消防工程师协会********和最佳论文奖等。




Research Overview Fire Dynamics, Modelling, and Investigation
Smart Firefighting with Artificial Intelligence
Thermal Safety of Energy Storage Materials
Wildland Fire Behaviours and Fire Ecology
Heat Transfer and Phase Change Processes
Emission and Pollution Control of Combustion
Microgravity Combustion and Fire Safety in Spacecraft




Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College London
Master of Science, University of California
Bachelor of Engineering, Southeast University




Professional Qualifications Chartered Engineer,Engineering Council, UK
Member of The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers




Teaching Area BSE3321 Fire Services (BEng)

BSE531 Fire Modelling (MSc)

BSE533 Fire Dynamics (MSc)

BSE6004 Fire Science (PhD)

CE620 Research Methods (PhD)