Abstract:

The world is struggling with climate change, and Hong Kong is facing enormous challenges as a high-density city. Globally, the past decade has been the warmest on record, and in 2019, air pollution contributed to nearly seven million deaths. Creating sustainable and healthy built environment is essential in a high-density city like Hong Kong. Wind assessment in urban microclimate design is crucial for enhancing pedestrian wind comfort and managing pollutant dispersion. Computational Fluid Dynamics has become a primary simulation tool, however, it often involves complex procedures, expensive costs and a dilemma of speed and accuracy. Our research leverages the advanced processing units and emerging data driven models for fluid mechanics simulations, aiming at. bringing state-of-the-art technologies and engineering solutions into the conventional design process for urban planning to cope with a rapidly changing climate.

Biography:

Dr. Ruoyu You received her B.Eng. degree from the Department of Building Science at Tsinghua University and her Ph.D. degree from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Dr. You joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor in 2018. Her research interests focus on the thermo-fluid sciences in AI-empowered fluid simulation, sustainable urban microclimate design, and air distribution and airborne disease transmission in aircraft. Dr. You has secured multiple research funding, such as the Early Career Scheme, General Research Fund, and Young Collaborative Research Grant from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council. She is a co-Principal Investigator of a large project funded by the high impact Theme-based Research Scheme.

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