Dr Xinyan Huang
Associate Professor
- +852 3400 8286
- xy.huang@polyu.edu.hk
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 over 100 journal papers and reviewed over 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.
Education and Academic Qualifications
Master of Science, University of California
Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College London