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Yanhui Lei

Senior Teaching Fellow, Acting UG Program Director

20162026

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Yanhui Lei holds the award of PhD from the University of Nottingham, UK. She joined the Department of Urban Planning and Design, XJTLU, in 2022. She is currently playing the role of Senior Teaching Fellow, and acting UG Program Director. Her previous working experiences mainly include MArch Studio Practitioner (University of Nottingham, UK), Visiting Research Scholar (Tsinghua University, China), English Proofreader (China City Planning Review, China), and Part II Architect Assistant (S.R.Davis, UK). Her research interests mainly focus on AR and urban regeneration, sustainable urban drainage system (sponge community), new urbanism (traditional/sustainable urbanism), ecological planning, etc.

Research interests

AR and Urban Regeneration (please refer to the published paper on the top journal of Cities)

New Urbanism (Traditional/Sustainable Urbanism)

Sustainable Urban Drainage System (please refer to BBC Interview, and Springer publication)

Ecological planning

Experience

Senior Teaching Fellow, XJTLU, 2026

Teaching Fellow, XJTLU, 2022-2025

MArch Studo Practitioner, University of Nottingham, 2014-2021

First English Reader, China City Planning Review, 2021

Sessional Tutor, University of Brighton International College, 2021

Visiting Research Scholar, Tsinghua University, 2018-2019

Assistant Architect, S.R Davis

Teaching

DES302 Design School FYP, Year 4, AY25-26

DES103 Multiscale Collaborative Design Studio, Year 2, S1, AY25-26

UPD305 FYP, Year 4, AY24-25

UPD106 Issues and Practice of Planning in China II, Year 2, S1, AY22-23, AY23-24, AY24-25

UPD112 Skills for Planning and Design Practices, Year 2, S1, AY22-23, AY23-24, AY24-25.

UPD409 Master dissertation supervision, PG2, S1, AY22-23, AY23-24, AY24-25.

Guest lecture for PGCert 404 & UPD402, S1, AY23-24

FYP supervision, Year 4, S1, AY22-23, AY23-24, AY24-25.

UPD210 Urban Design and Theory II, Individual Group CW, Year 3, S1, AY22-23, AY23-24.

EN415 Digital Transformation for Smart Cities, PG1, S1, AY22-23.

UPD004 Introduction to Urban Planning and Design, Individual CW, Year 1, S2, AY21-22.

Awards and honours

Industry Seed Fund Scholarship: 2nd Prize (Supervisor), Apri. 2026

Industry Seed Fund Scholarship: 3rd Prize (Supervisor): Apri. 2026

Best Master Dissertation Award (Supervisor), Apri. 2025 

XJTLU Winner to attend the 5th Teaching Innovation Contest, Apri. 2025

The 15th International 'Yuanye Awards' for students, Honorable Award (Supervisor), Oct. 2024

The Prize of Excellent Poster of SURF, Oct. 2024

The Student-nominated Winner of SURF, Oct. 2024 

XJTLU Academic Excellence Award honoring with Teaching Innovation Award, Aug 2023.

DES Learning and Teaching 2nd Prize, Aug 2023.

Times Higher Education Leadership Management Awards (THELMA), awarded to the project team in the University of Nottingham, 2017, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/sites/default/files/thelmas_winners_2017.pdf.

Travel Award, (Twice, £1,000 GBP each), by RGAT for AHRC Conference in Aberdeen, 2012.

PhD Scholarship for the DABE postgraduate research students, UoN, 2009-2013.

Education/Academic qualification

Fellow, High Education Academy of the UK, Sept. 2024

PhD, in Architecture, University of Nottingham, UK, 2014

MA in Architecture and Urban Design, University of Nottingham, UK

MSc in Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China

BArch, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China

External positions

Peer Reviewer, Journal of Sustainable Cities and Society

Jan 2026 → …

Peer Reviewer, Urban Planning International

2024 → …

Research areas

  • AR and Urban Regeneration
  • Sustainable Urban Drainage Systemt
  • New Urbanism
  • Ecological Planning

Person Types

  • Staff

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  6. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  7. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  8. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  9. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  10. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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