Dr. Lei Fan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Design School, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

Dr. Lei Fan obtained his BEng in Hydraulics from Sichuan University, China, and an MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Nottingham, UK. He was awarded a scholarship from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to pursue his PhD at the University of Southampton, UK, during which he also conducted research as a Visiting Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prior to joining XJTLU, he worked as a consulting engineer with Gifford (now part of Ramboll) in London and Atkins (now AtkinsRéalis.) in Birmingham, gaining several years of professional experience in civil engineering.

His current research interests lie in point cloud, remote sensing, machine and deep learning, semantic segmentation, computer vision, geohazard prediction, and structural health monitoring.

He is currently accepting PhD applications. 

Point Cloud, Remote Sensing

Deep Learning, Machine Learning

Semantic Segmentation, Computer Vision

Geohazards, Structural Monitoring

Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University - Present

Consulting Engineer in Geotechnical Engineering, Atkins - 2014-2015

Visiting researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 2011 to 2012

Consulting Engineer in Civil Structures, Ramboll (Gifford) - 2008 to 2011

Numerical Methods; Soil Mechanics; Geotechnical Engineering

2018 Suzhou SEID Excellent Scientific and Education Talent

2017 Jiangsu Province Shuang Chuang Talent

2010 PhD Scholarship, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of the UK