Dr. Ziyue Yuan is an assistant professor and a master supervisor at the Department of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University.  Her main research interests include emergency management, infrastructure resilience and emergency responses.

【Education Background】

09/2019 – 04/2023：The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Construction and Environment  

  Ph.D. in Civil Engineering  

09/2018 – 11/2019：The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering  

  M.Sc. in Civil Infrastructural Engineering and Management

09/2014 – 06/2018：Central South University 

  Department of Traffic & Transportation Engineering, School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering  

  B.Eng. in Transportation (Top Talents Class)

【Seeking Graduate Student】

Dr. Yuan is serching for 2–3 Master’s students (available every year) in:

#Program: Full-time academic Master in Transportation Engineering (0823); Full-time professional Master in Transportation (0861)

#Research directions: Critical infrastructure resilience, smart emergency response (fire, healthcare-seeking behavior, pre-hospital care), optimal emergency resource allocation

#Preferred background: Students interested in large language models, causal inference, or complex network analysis

Contact: zyyuan@csu.edu.cn

Selected publications (as first/corresponding author):

• Ziyue Yuan, Yuxuan Lan, Qinyu Zhuo, Shu-Chien Hsu* (2025). Innovating for a greener future: novelty in green patents and its impact on sustainable development goals in China's construction sector, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 213, 108025. (SCI, JCR Q1, 5-year IF: 12.1)

• Ziyue Yuan, Zhongnan Ye, Yi Zhang, Shu-Chien Hsu* (2023). Identifying potential super-spreaders of airborne infectious diseases in construction projects, Journal of Management in Engineering, 39(6). (SCI, JCR Q1, 5-year IF: 7)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

• Ziyue Yuan, Shi Zhao, Shu-Chien Hsu*, Clara Man Cheung (2023). Uncovering construction site specific transmission patterns of COVID-19: A spatiotemporal connectivity analysis in Hong Kong. Journal of Management in Engineering, 2023, 39(6). (SCI, JCR Q1, 5-year IF: 7)

• Ziyue Yuan, Shu-Chien Hsu*, Clara Man Cheung, Vahid Asghari (2022). Effectiveness of interventions for controlling COVID-19 transmission between construction workers and their close contacts. Journal of Management in Engineering, 38(3).‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ (SCI, JCR Q1, 5-year IF: 7)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

• Jinjun Tang, Maoxin Ren, Ziyue Yuan*, Jianming Cai, Yunyi Liang (2025). System-wide optimization of free-floating bike-sharing for urban rail stations: a demand prediction and scheduling approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 111121. (SCI, JCR Q1, 5-year IF: 6.7, 中科院二区Top)

• Weiya Chen, Duo Li, Yunping Huang, Ziyue Yuan*, Jinjun Tang* (2026). Evaluating Dynamic Fire Rescue Accessibility and Emergency Response Capacity for EV Charging Stations, Journal of Transport Geography, 133: 104636. (SSCI, JCR Q1, 5-year IF: 7.1)