Dr. Yuan Shuaiqi

YUAN SHUAIQI (原帅琪)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

I am focusing on industrial safety, cyber-physical systems, and trustworthy AI. My work is dedicated to advancing the safety and security of engineering systems by employing advanced quantitative models of risk, resilience, and reliability to support informed decision-making.

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Educational Background

Ph.D. in Safety and Security Science

2020-2024

Delft University of Technology

TPM Faculty, Safety and Security Science Group

M.Eng. in Safety Engineering

2017-2020

China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing

B.Eng. in Mining Engineering

2013-2017

China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing

Work & Research Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

Feb 2025-Present

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, PolyU, Hong Kong

Projects on: "Risk Management and Safety Assurance of Intelligent Systems"

Supervisor: Dr. Xiaoge Zhang

Research Assistant

Apr 2021-Oct 2021

Safety and Security Science Group, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Project: "Value of Safety"

Granted by Lloyd's Register Foundation (LRF)

Supervisor: Dr. Ming Yang

Research Assistant

Jul 2021-Mar 2022

Safety and Security Science Group, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Project: "Collaboration on Safety - Instrument (COSI)"

For enhancing cross-plant safety in chemical industrial parks

Granted by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Supervisor: Prof. Genserik Reniers

Research Interests

Safety Engineering

Cyber-Physical Systems

Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Resilience Modeling

Uncertainty Quantification

Trustworthy AI

Reliability and Maintenance

Fault Diagnosis

Selected Publications

Highlighting representative research output from 32+ peer-reviewed publications

01

Integrated management of safety and security barriers in chemical plants to cope with emerging cyber-physical attack risks under uncertainties

Yuan, S., Reniers, G., & Yang, M. (2024)

Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 250, [110320]

02

Integrated process safety and process security risk assessment of industrial cyber-physical systems in chemical plants

Yuan, S., Yang, M., & Reniers, G. (2024)

Computers in Industry, 155, [104056]

03

Dynamic and integrated safety and security barrier management: A new framework to manage major event risks in chemical plants

Yuan, S., Reniers, G., & Yang, M. (2025)

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 96, [105632]

04

Cost-effective maintenance of safety and security barriers in the chemical process industries via genetic algorithm

Yuan, S., Reniers, G., Yang, M., & Bai, Y. (2023)

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 170, 356-371

05

Safety barrier performance assessment by integrating computational fluid dynamics and evacuation modeling for toxic gas leakage scenarios

Yuan, S., Cai, J., Reniers, G., Yang, M., Chen, C., & Wu, J. (2022)

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 226, [108719]

06

Dynamic-risk-informed safety barrier management: An application to cost-effective barrier optimization based on data from multiple sources

Yuan, S., Reniers, G., & Yang, M. (2023)

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 83, [105034]

07

Safety barriers in the chemical process industries: A state-of-the-art review on their classification, assessment, and management

Yuan, S., Yang, M., Reniers, G., Chen, C., & Wu, J. (2022)

Safety Science, 148, [105647]

08

CFD and EnKF coupling estimation of LNG leakage and dispersion

Wu, J., Cai, J., Yuan, S*., Zhang, X., & Reniers, G. (2021)

Safety Science, 139, [105263]

09

EnKF-based estimation of natural gas release and dispersion in an underground tunnel

Yuan, S., Wu, J., Zhang, X., & Liu, W. (2019).

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 62, [103931]

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Editorial Work

Guest Editor

  • SI: "Process Safety in the Era of AI: Opportunities and Challenges"

    Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 2025-2026

  • SI: "Cyber–Physical Attacks and Their Impacts on the Safety of Industrial Control Systems"

    Safety - MDPI, 2025

  • SI: "Research Advances in Risk Assessment and Management of Fire Accidents Across Diverse Sectors"

    Fire - MDPI, 2025

Journal Reviewer

Reliability Engineering & System Safety Safety Science Risk Analysis Expert Systems With Applications Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries And 15+ more journals

Awards & Honors

  • EFCE Excellence Award in Process Safety

    The award is granted every three years to a doctoral thesis, European Federation of Chemical Engineering, 2025

  • CSC Postgraduate Scholarship

    China Scholarship Council, 2020~2024

  • Best Poster Award, 2nd Prize

    17th EFCE International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in Process Industries, 2022

  • First Prize of Excellent Graduation Thesis

    University Level (CUMTB), 2017

Patents & Software Copyrights

Patents

A method for prediction, revision and leakage rate estimation of gas leakage in utility tunnels

Chinese Patent, Patent No. CN201810072744.2, China, 2021

Jiansong Wu, Shuaiqi Yuan, Can Zhang

An urban accident disaster evolution simulation and risk prediction and early warning method

Chinese Patent, Patent No. CN202010640242.2, China, 2021

Jiansong Wu, Xiaofeng Hu, Shuaiqi Yuan, Bing Shen, Jitao Cai

Software Copyrights

Software for Prediction of Gas Leakage and Dispersion in Coal Mine Roadways

Registration Number: 2018SR687198. (Registered in China)

Shuaiqi Yuan, Jiansong Wu

Software for Predicting Gas Leakage and Dispersion in Utility Tunnels Based on Data Assimilation Method

Registration Number: 2018SR687202. (Registered in China)

Shuaiqi Yuan, Jiansong Wu

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Get In Touch

  • Email

    shuaiqi.yuan@polyu.edu.hk

  • Phone

    +86 13126820171

  • Address

    Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
    Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China

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