PAIR Distinguished Lecture: Prof. YUE Qingrui of University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, delivers "Urban Safety: Challenges and Responses"
PAIR Distinguished Lecture Series
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Date
10 Nov 2026
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Organiser
PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research
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Time
14:30 - 16:00
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Venue
Senate Room (M1603), 16/F Li Ka Shing Tower, PolyU (Seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis) Map
Speaker
Prof. YUE Qingrui
Enquiry
PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research info.pair@polyu.edu.hk
Summary
Abstract
(The lecture will be conducted in Putonghua)
Urban safety has become a critical challenge facing modern cities. This lecture systematically reviews the multiple risks and giant system characteristics of today's cities and proposes analytical methods for such urban complex giant system. It introduces The Risk Source–Risk Exposure–Mitigation Force Theory of urban safety and shares our reflections on building resilient cities. The lecture further presents a Space–Air–Ground Integrated Monitoring, with a focus on methods to improve the accuracy and efficiency of InSAR-based monitoring, and briefly describes its applications to buildings, roads, slopes and building facades. These efforts provide scientific and technological support for urban safety assurance.
Online registration will be closed one working day prior to the event.
Prof. YUE Qingrui
Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Director of the Institute of Urbanisation and Urban Safety
University of Science and Technology Beijing , China
Yue Qingrui is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and an expert in engineering structures. He is Dean of the Research Institute of Urbanization and Urban Safety, University of Science and Technology Beijing, and concurrently serves as Vice President of the China Association for Disaster Prevention (CADP) and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Engineering Cities, among other positions. He has long served as an expert in the fields of social development, new materials and science and technology platforms for the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China.
His work focuses on theoretical research, technology development, standards formulation, engineering application and industrialization in the areas of engineering diagnosis and treatment of structures, high-performance fiber-reinforced composites, urban safety, and steel structures and building industrialization, and he has achieved a series of innovative results.
He has led the completion of more than 20 national research and development projects of various categories, published more than 300 papers, and led the drafting of more than 30 national and industry standards. He has been awarded the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award three times.
Personal website: https://faculty.ustb.edu.cn/yueqingrui/zh_CN/index.htm
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