Zifan Zhang

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Research Assistant (2024 - )

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Research Centre for Fire Safety Engineering

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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Email: zifan.zhang@polyu.edu.hk

Office: ZN 808

Biography

Zifan Zhang is a research assistant at the The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his bachelor’s degree from Peking University and his master’s degree from Delft University of Technology. His research fields include the application of applied geophysical methods on peat fire exploration, in combination of data and simulation work.

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Background of Education

• MSc. Delft University of Technology (2022)

• BEng. Peking University (2020)

 

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Research Areas

Peat Fire Detection with Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) and sonic methods, Data Analysis, Numerical Simulation

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Prizes and Awards

(12.2019) Award for Scientific Research (Peking University, in the academic year of 2018-2019)

(12.2018) Third Prize in Group A of Non-physics Majors for the 35th University Students Physics Competition in Parts of China

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Publications

• Stephen J. Breen*, Zifan Zhang, Chi-Yuen Wang. Shaking Water Out of Sands: An Experimental Study. Water Resources Research, 56(10), 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028153

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