Jiaxu Huang 黄嘉旭
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University.
Email: hjx21@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn | Google Scholar | ORCID
I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Nan Li, with expected completion in October 2026. I received my B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2021, ranking first in a cohort of 140 students.
Research Interests
My research develops optimization and decision-making frameworks for large-scale engineering systems, with applications in post-disaster infrastructure recovery and urban resilience. I draw on integer and bilevel optimization, game theory, reinforcement learning, and engineering simulation to tackle coordination and sequential decision-making challenges in complex infrastructure networks exposed to natural hazards.
This agenda connects three closely related directions:
Optimization and Learning for Infrastructure Decision-Making
I develop large-scale network optimization algorithms for emergency response and recovery planning of interdependent infrastructures, spanning mixed-integer and bilevel optimization, cooperative and non-cooperative game theory, graph neural networks, and reinforcement learning for sequential decisions under uncertainty.
Resilience of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems
I investigate cascading failure mechanisms, spatiotemporal damage propagation, and dynamic recovery processes of lifeline networks such as power, wastewater, drainage, and transportation systems under multi-hazard scenarios.
Climate Adaptation and Social Equity
I incorporate climate adaptation strategies, human behavior, and equity considerations into long-term infrastructure governance and resilience planning for cities facing escalating hazard risks.
News
- 2026: Our paper “Integrating Social Equity into Resilience-based Post-disaster Recovery of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems” was accepted by Reliability Engineering & System Safety.
- 2026: Received the Academic Rising Star Award from the Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University.
Selected Publications
- Jiaxu Huang and Nan Li. “To Be or Not to Be Cooperative: Exploring the Post-Disaster Recovery Game among Interdependent Infrastructure Networks.” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 274, 112383, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2026.112383
- Jiaxu Huang, Joseph Jonathan Magoua, Yixuan Li, and Nan Li. “A Co-simulation Approach for Time-Varying Damage Propagation in Interdependent Power and Wastewater Systems during Flood Events.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 116, 105155, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105155
- Jiaxu Huang, Nan Li, Wei Qi, and Dongping Fang. “Orchestrating Interdependent Infrastructure Post-Disaster Recovery.” Available at SSRN, 2026. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5893403