My research interests and publications encompass a diverse range of domains, including urban climate modeling, extreme weather events, atmosphere science, building energy consumption, power grid vulnerability, geothermal energy systems, wind energy, building technology and nano-fluid heat transfer. This multidisciplinary expertise enables me to address complex challenges at the intersection of climate, energy, and urban infrastructure.

Ph.D., Urban Climate and Building Energy, The University of Hong Kong, 2024

M.Phil., Renewable Energy Systems, Chongqing University, 2020

B.S., Building Environment and Energy Engineering, Chongqing University, 2017

For a full list, see: Google Scholar

[1] Du, R., Liu C., Li X., and Lin C., Interaction among local flows, UHI, coastal winds, and complex terrain: Effect on urban-scale temperature and building energy consumption during heatwaves. Energy and Buildings, 2024.

[2] Du, R., Liu C., and Li X., A New Method for Detecting Urban Morphology Effects on Urban-scale Air Temperature and Building Energy Consumption under Mesoscale Meteorological Conditions. Urban Climate, 2024.

[3] Du, R., Liu C., and Liu Y., High-frequency Fluctuation of Air Temperature during a Heatwave Event in Urban Environment and the Physical Mechanism Behind. Building and Environment, 2023.

[4] Du, R., Liu C., Li X., Lin C., Effect of local climate zone (LCZ) and building category (BC) classification on the simulation of urban climate and air-conditioning load in Hong Kong. Energy, 2023.

[5] Du, R., Wang Q., Zhang C., Brousse O., and Chan P., High-Resolution Regional Modeling of Urban Moisture Island: Mechanism and Implications on Thermal Comfort. Building and Environment, 2021.

[6] Du, R., Jiang, D., Wang, Y., and Shah, K., An experimental investigation of CuO/water nanofluid heat transfer in geothermal heat exchanger. Energy and Buildings, 2020.

[7] Du, R., Li, W., Xiong, T., Yang, X., Wang, Y., and Shah, K., Numerical investigation on the melting of nanoparticle-enhanced PCM in latent heat energy storage unit with spiral coil heat exchanger. Building Simulation, 2020

[8] Du, R., Jiang, D., and Wang, Y., Numerical investigation of the effect of nanoparticle diameter and sphericity on the thermal performance of geothermal heat exchanger using nanofluid as heat transfer fluid. Energies, 2020.

[9] Du, R., Jiang, D., and Wang, Y., Experimental Investigation on Thermal Performance of Double-U-tube Heat Exchanger Using CuO/water Nanofluid as Heat Transfer Fluid. E3S Web of Conference, 2020.

[10] Li, W., Li, X., Du, R., Wang, Y., and Tu, J., Experimental investigations of the heat load effect on heat transfer of ground heat exchangers in a layered subsurface. Geothermics, 2019, 77: 75-82.

[11] Li W., Li X., Wang, Y., Du, R., and Tu, J., Effect of the heat load distribution on thermal performance prediction of ground heat exchangers in a stratified subsurface. Renewable Energy, 2019, 141:340-348.

[12] Peng, Y., Wang, Y., and Du, R., The Effect of Nanofluid to Vertical Single U-tube Ground Heat Exchanger. 4th International Conference on Building Simulation and Optimization (BSO), Cambridge, UK, 11-12 September 2018.

[13] Du, R., Xu B., Zhang Y., Xiong T., and Wang Y., Experimental and numerical research of the improvement of wind power generator energy efficiency using guiding device. National Conference on Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration, China, 2016.

·    06/2020: Outstanding Postgraduate Graduation Thesis

·    05/2020: Excellent Graduate Student of Chongqing

·    01/2020: Excellent Graduate Student of Chongqing University

·    12/2019: Tanglixin Scholarship (Most Prestigious Scholarship of CQU)

·    10/2019: National Scholarship

·    10/2019: Second Prize of the 6th National Graduate Energy Equipment Competition

·    2018-2019: Scholarship of Class A for graduate students of Chongqing University (each year)

·    2018-2019: Excellent Graduate Student of Chongqing University (each year)

·    10/2018: Enterprise Sponsor Scholarship for graduate students of Chongqing University

·    09/2017: Freshman Scholarship for graduate students of Chongqing University

·    06/2017: Outstanding Undergraduate Graduation Thesis

·    06/2017: Sander Scholarship for undergraduate students of Chongqing University

·    08/2016: Artificial Environment Discipline Award and Medal for Distinguished Students from National Higher Educational Institutions

·    2014-2017: Integrated Excellent Scholarship for undergraduate students of Chongqing University (each year)

·    02/2016: Excellent Paper in Energy Conservation and Discharge Reduction Project