Wang Tiantian, male, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, recipient of the National Excellent Youth Science Fund and winner of the Tencent Science Exploration Award, is mainly engaged in research on rail transit operation safety and intelligent operation and maintenance, focusing on aerodynamics, big data, and fault diagnosis. He has presided over 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects (including Joint Key, Excellent Youth, General, and Youth Programs), 1 National Key R&D Program project, and 16 university-enterprise cooperation projects; as the first or corresponding author, he has published 61 SCI papers and 12 EI papers (including 52 JCR Zone 1 SCI papers) in academic journals such asEngineering(SCI, IF: 11.6),Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence(SCI, IF: 8), andBuilding and Environment(SCI, IF: 7.6); as the first inventor, he has obtained authorization and implementation of 13 national invention patents; he has won the First Prize of Science and Technology of China Railway Society (1st) and the First Prize of Science and Technology of China Transportation Association (1st), and serves as a visiting professor at the China-Thailand Rail Transit “Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory and a member of the Technical Committee of the “Intelligent Train” Railway Industry Engineering Research Center under the State Railway Administration. The research group has a relaxed and lively atmosphere, and master’s and doctoral students with relevant interests are welcome to join.

【Contact Information】

Office: Room 314, North Building, High-speed Train Research Center, Tianxin Campus, Central South University

Email: wangtiantian@csu.edu.cn

【Education】

2008.09–2012.07 Bachelor, Aircraft Design and Engineering, Beihang University

2012.09–2018.07 Doctor, Fluid Mechanics, Beihang University Supervisor: Academician Li Chunxuan

【Work Experience】

2018.07 – Present High-speed Train Research Center, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University

【Academic Part-time Positions】

[1]Expert, 15th Five-Year Plan Basic Research Strategy (Transportation)

[2]Visiting Professor, China–Thailand Rail Transit “Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory

[3]Member, Technical Committee; Director, Youth Committee, “Intelligent Train” Railway Industry Engineering Research Center, State Railway Administration

[4]Member & Deputy Secretary-General, Youth Committee, China Transportation Association

[5]Member, Wind Engineering Special Committee, Chinese Aerodynamics Society

[6]Member, Talent Working Committee, China Society of Automotive Engineers

[7]Member, Youth Committee, Indoor Environment and Health Branch, China Environmental Science Society

[8]Member, Academic Committee, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Integrated Transportation Information Perception and Fusion

[9]Director, Hunan Mechanics Society

[10]Visiting Professor, Changsha Transportation Intrinsic Safety Laboratory

[11]Associate Editor,Transportation Safety and Environment

[12]Editorial Board,Advances in Wind Engineering

[13]Young Editorial Board,Journal of Central South University

[14]Young Editorial Board,Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

[15]Young Editorial Board,Journal of Railway Science and Engineering

[16]Young Editorial Board,Journal of Central South University (Natural Science Edition)

[17]Young Editorial Board,Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University

[18]Young Editorial Board,Acta Aerodynamica Sinica

[19]Young Editorial Board,Journal of Experiments in Fluid Mechanics

【Research Directions】

Professional Fields

Rail vehicle aerodynamics, Big data in transportation, Structural health monitoring and fault diagnosis

Main Research Topics

Extreme-environment running safety, Passenger comfort and safety, Data fusion and processing, Structural health monitoring, Fault diagnosis, Intelligent operation and maintenance

【Research Projects】

[1]National Key R&D Program (Subproject), Research on IGBT Performance Degradation and On-board Assessment for High-speed Railway Conditions, 2018–2023

[2]National Numerical Wind Tunnel Project (13th Five-Year), Adaptive Cartesian Grid Technology and High-precision Algorithms, 2019–2021

[3]NSFC Youth Program (Class C), Transient Pressures in Long Tunnels Under Low Pressure/Large Temperature Difference and Effects on Passenger Comfort, 2020–2022

[4]NSFC General Program, Energy Consumption–Thermal Comfort Co-optimization of High-speed Train Air-conditioning Systems, 2021–2024

[5]National Key R&D Program (Subproject), Tunnel Aerodynamic Lift Balance and Full-life Fatigue Safety Analysis of Railway Vehicles, 2020–2024

[6]National Key R&D Program (Subproject), Digital Mapping and Simulation for Permanent Way Systems, 2023–2028

[7]NSFC Youth Program (Class B), Rail Transit Aerodynamic Safety, 2024–2026

[8]NSFC Joint Fund, Aerodynamic–Electromagnetic Coordinated Control for High-speed Maglev Trains, 2025–2028

[9]National Key R&D Program, Mechanism and Control of Aerodynamic Noise in High-speed Rail Transit, 2025–2030

[10]China State Railway Group Major Project, CR450 EMU Train–Tunnel Aerodynamics and Flow Control, 2021–2023

【Academic Achievements】

[1]First author. Reduction of pressure transients of high-speed train passing through a tunnel by cross-section increase.Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2018. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[2]Corresponding author. Numerical and experimental study on ventilation panel models in a subway passenger compartment.Engineering, 2019. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[3]Corresponding author. The influence of reduced cross-section on pressure transients from high-speed trains intersecting in a tunnel.Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2020. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[4]Corresponding author. Crashworthiness optimisation for the rectangular tubes with axisymmetric and uniform thicknesses under offset loading.Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2020. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[5]First author. Effect of non-circular tunnel linings on pressure transients induced by high-speed train passes through a tunnel based on moving model test.Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2021. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[6]Corresponding author. Effect of localized high temperature on the aerodynamic performance of a high-speed train passing through a tunnel.Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2021. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[7]First author. Design method of the variable cross-section tunnel focused on improving passenger pressure comfort of trains intersecting in the tunnel.Building and Environment, 2022. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[8]Corresponding author. Research on the influence of different heating Qlengths on pressure waves and a newly designed method of pressure wave mitigation in railway tunnels.Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2022. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[9]First author. Experimental investigations on the performance of anti-snow designs for urban rail train bogies.Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2022. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[10]Corresponding author. Depth Prototype Clustering Method Based on Unsupervised Field Alignment for Bearing Fault Identification of Mechanical Equipment.IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[11]First author. Numerical study of the effect of composition models on cough droplet propagation distributions in confined space.Building and Environment, 2023. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[12]First author. Study on the mitigation effect of a new type of connected structure on micro-pressure waves around 400 km/h railway tunnel exit.Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2023. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[13]First author. Field study on the through-draught characteristics and its influencing factors in subway carriages.Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2023. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[14]Corresponding author. An efficient design method of indoor ventilation parameters for high-speed trains using improved proper orthogonal decomposition reconstruction.Journal of Building Engineering, 2023. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[15]First author. The airflow characteristics and thermal comfort evaluation in high-speed train cabin with mixing ventilation: An experimental and numerical study.Building and Environment, 2024. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[16]First author. A cell-based smoothed finite element method for three dimensional incompressible flows using Cartesian cut-cell meshes.Physics of Fluids, 2024. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[17]Corresponding author. A temporal cross-contrastive self-supervised learning framework for high-speed train bearing fault diagnosis addressing limited labeling and speed variability.Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2025. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

[18]Corresponding author. Assessing occupant ear comfort inside trains: Modeling of pressure variation using subjective feedback and real-time data monitoring.Building and Environment, 2025. SCI indexed (JCR Q1, CAS Q1)

【Awards and Honors】

[1]2019 First Prize of Hunan Provincial Technological Invention Award (4th)

[2]2020 Hunan Youth Talent Support Program (1st)

[3]2020 Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Achievement of the State Railway Administration (4th)

[4]2021 China Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Promotion Project (1st)

[5]2021 Special Prize of Science and Technology Progress of China Machinery Industry (9th)

[6]2022 Second Prize of Science and Technology of China Railway Society (1st)

[7]2022 First Prize of Science and Technology of China Transportation Association (15th)

[8]2023 Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Achievement of the State Railway Administration (1st)

[9]2023 First Prize of Science and Technology of China Transportation Association (1st)

[10]2024 Zhan Tianyou Railway Science and Technology Youth Award (1st)

[11]2024 First Prize of Science and Technology of China Railway Society (1st)

[12]2024 Silver Award of China Innovation Design (6th)

[13]2025 First Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education (6th)