CHEN Feng

Dr. CHEN Feng

Associate Professor, Department of Highway and Railway Engineering, School of Transportation, Southeast University

Address: 2# Southeast University Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211189, China

Contact：fengc@seu.edu.cn

Bio: Apart from teaching in Bachler and master programs, Dr. Chen is an active researcher specialized in the field of smart pavement technologies catering to autonomous driving and electrified road transport. He has authored 40+ journal articles, won as well Outstanding Paper Award 2020 by journal of Materials and Structures, Best Paper Award by 2021 European Asphalt Technology Association (EATA) Conference.

Employment

2020.10– current: Department of Highway and Railway Engineering, Southeast University, China

2016.12– 2020.05: Postdoc Researcher at Department of Civil Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Research Interests

• Smart road systems and technologies catering to autonomous driving

• Mechanics-based pavement analysis and design approaches

• Numerical modelling and analysis, including FEM and DEM

Education

2012.10– 2016.11: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, PhD

2005.09– 2012.06: Wuhan University of Technology, China, BSc & MSc

2011.03– 2011.09: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Visiting Scholar

Selected projects

• Research on mechanisms of SMC-based magnetic field distribution and induction heating for active runway de-icing, supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2023-2025

• Induced heating for active ice-melting airport pavement based on soft magnetic materials, Supported by Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation, 2022-2025

• Mechanics of stone-based infrastructural materials, FORMAS project under Swedish Research Council, 2017-2019

• Modelling and analysis of railway embankment settlement, BIG project under Swedish Road Administration, 2019-2020

• Feasibility analysis and development of on-road charging solutions for future electric vehicles (FABRIC), Horizon2020 project co-funded by the EU, 2014-2018

Selected SCI publications

1. G. Gu, T. Ma, F. Chen, C. Han, H. Li, F. Xu, Co-modifying geopolymer composite by nano carbon black and carbon fibers to reduce CO2 emissions in airport pavement induction heating, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2024, 177: 107951.

2. G. Gu, T. Ma, F. Chen, C. Han, H. Li, F. Xu, Controlling electromagnetic and mechanical behaviors of geopolymer matrix with nano-SiO2@Fe3O4 magnetofluid for soft magnetic applications, Cement and Concrete Composites,2024, 145: 105370.

3. Y. Pei, F. Chen, T. Ma, G. Gu, S. Sun, An experimental investigation on the performance of novel NdFeB-based composite material for magnetic encoding of road environment information, Materials Today Communications, 2023, 36: 106760.

4. F. Chen and N. Wang*, T Mao (2023). Experimental and numerical simulation study on flow behavior of asphalt mixture using smart aggregate, Smart Materials and Structures, 32(7): 075022.

5. Feng Chen, Gonghui Gu, Yingqi Shi, Fang Xu, Tao Ma, Understanding the role of epoxy resin and polyurethane in toughening metakaolin-based geopolymer matrix, Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024, 20: e02919.

6. S. Shi, J. Tong, F. Chen*, J. Hu & T. Ma (2023). Towards an improved prediction of asphalt pavement rutting through thermal-mechanical coupled constitutive modelling, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 24:1, DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2023.2192495.

7. Wang, N., C. Zhang, T. Ma, F. Chen*, et al. (2023). Damage Evolution Analysis in Cementitious Mixtures Using Acoustic Emission Techniques." Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements 149(3): 04023014.

8. F. Chen and Y. Li, G. Gu*, et al. (2023). Optimizing fundamental design of soft magnetic layer to improve the energy conversion efficiency of airport pavement induction heating, Construction and Building Materials, 392: 132059.

9. G. Gu, T. Ma, F. Chen*, H. Li, Y. Pei, F. Xu (2023). Soft magnetic geopolymer in airport pavement induction heating: Effect of Fe powder distribution on the electromagnetic loss. Ceramics International 49 1720–1730.

10. G. Gu, T. Ma, F. Chen*, F. Xu, J. Zhang (2022). Electromagnetic and mechanical properties of FA-GBFS geopolymer composite used for induction heating of airport pavement. Cement and Concrete Composites, 129104503.

11. F. Chen, T. Ma*, J. Zhu & Y. Pei. Comparative structural performance assessment of electrified road systems. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2022.2098293, 2021.

12. G. Gu, F. Chen, T. Ma, F. Xu, D. Yang, Electromagnetic and mechanical properties of soft magnetic cement composite for airport runway induction heating: Experimental and simulation analyses, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 332: 130141.

13. N. Wang, F. Chen, T. Ma, Y. Luan, J. Zhu, Compaction performance of cold recycled asphalt mixture using SmartRock sensor, Automation in Construction, 2022, 140: 104377.

14. Y. Ma, F. Chen, T. Ma, X. Huang and Y. Zhang, "Intelligent Compaction: An Improved Quality Monitoring and Control of Asphalt Pavement Construction Technology," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022, 23(9): 14875-14882.

15. Chen F*, R. Balieu. A state-of-the-art review of intrinsic and enhanced electrical properties of asphalt materials: theories, analyses and applications. Materials & Design, 2020, 195:109607.

16. Chen F*, Jelagin D., Partl N. M. Aggregate segregation in asphalt mixtures under vibration. Materials and Structures, 53, 27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-020-01459-y.

17. Chen F*, Jelagin D., Partl N. M. Experimental and numerical analysis of asphalt flow in a slump test. Road Materials and PavementDesign, 2019, 20 (sup1): 446-461.

18. Fadl H, F. Chen*, Jelagin D, Partl M. The viscoelastic characterisation of asphalt mixtures using the indentation test. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2021, sup1:411-424, DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2021.1907218.

19. Balieu R, Chen F* and Kringos N. Life cycle sustainability assessment of electrified road systems. Road Materials and PavementDesign, 2019, 20(sup1): 19-33.

20. Chen F*, Balieu R, Córdoba E, Kringos N. Towards an understanding of the structural performance of future electrified roads: a finite element simulation study. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2019, 20(2): 204-215.

21. Chen F*, Coronado C, Balieu R, Kringos N. Structural performance of electrified roads: A computational analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 195: 1338-1349.

22. Chen F*, Balieu R, Kringos N. Thermodynamics-based finite strain viscoelastic- viscoplastic model coupled with damage for asphalt material. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2017, 129: 61-73.

23. Chen F*, Taylor N, Kringos N. Dynamic applications of the Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems in an electrified road: Dielectric power loss due to pavement materials. Construction and Building Materials, 2017,147: 9-16.

24. Chen F*, Balieu R, Kringos N. Potential influences on long-term service performance of road infrastructure by automated vehicles. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2016, 2550: 72-79.

25. Chen F*, Taylor N, Kringos N, Birgisson B. A study on dielectric response of bitumen in the low-frequency range. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2015, 16(sup1): 153-169.

26. Chen F, Taylor N, Kringos N*. Electrification of roads: Opportunities and challenges. Applied Energy, 2015, 150: 109-119.

27. Chen F*. Inductive power transfer technology for road transport electrification, Chapter 15, ‘Eco-efficient pavement construction materials’. Woodhead Publishing, ISBN 9780128189818, 2020: 383 - 399.

28. G. Sun, D. Sun, A. Guarin, J. Ma, F. Chen, E. Ghafooriroozbahany. Low temperature self-healing character of asphalt mixtures under different fatigue damage degrees. Construction and Building Materials, 2019, 223, 870-882.

29. Chen F, Balieu R, Kringos N. Sustainable implementation of future smart road solutions: a case study on the electrified road. In Proceedings of 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Athens, Greece, 2017.

30. Córdoba E, Chen F, Balieu R, Kringos N. Towards an understanding of the structural integrity of electrified roads through a combined numerical and experimental approach. In Compendium of 96th annual meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2017.

31. Chen F, Birgisson B, and Kringos N. Electrification of Roads: An infrastructural perspective. Compendium of the 94th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2015.

32. Chen F, Kringos N. Towards new infrastructure materials for on-the-road charging. Electric Vehicle Conference (IEVC), 2014 IEEE International. IEEE, 2014: 1-5.