My Expertise
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Transport Network Design for Evacuation
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Disaster Resilience Optimisation
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Evacuation Behaviour Modelling
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Quantum Optimisation for Transport
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Applied Quantum Physics
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Transport World Models
Keywords
Biography
Junxiang Xu holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Transport) and is currently a Research Associate at UNSW Sydney, specialising in evacuation network design and disaster transport resilience. He has developed optimisation frameworks for pre-disaster evacuation planning that account for uncertain demand, behavioural choice, network reliability, equity, and evolving disruption conditions. His current research focuses on the application of quantum...view more
Junxiang Xu holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Transport) and is currently a Research Associate at UNSW Sydney, specialising in evacuation network design and disaster transport resilience. He has developed optimisation frameworks for pre-disaster evacuation planning that account for uncertain demand, behavioural choice, network reliability, equity, and evolving disruption conditions. His current research focuses on the application of quantum physics and quantum computing to disaster-resilient transport systems, including models of disruption propagation based on quantum percolation and quantum walks, together with quantum and hybrid optimisation methods for identifying critical infrastructure, improving transport network efficiency, and supporting optimal responses to floods, fires, and other extreme events. His work integrates operations research, artificial intelligence, quantum physics, and quantum computing to develop practical decision-support methods for resilient transport systems.
My Grants
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2024: Humanitarian Engineering HDR Grant, UNSW
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2024: Professional Development Grant (Engineering), UNSW
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2023: Humanitarian Engineering HDR Grant, UNSW
My Awards
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2025: Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (Category A, USD 6,000), China Scholarship Council.
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2025: First Place, School-Level 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW.
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2025: Winner, 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), UNSW.
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2025: Second Place, Faculty of Engineering 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Heat, UNSW.
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2025: Finalist (Top 19 university-wide), UNSW 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition.
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2025: Highest Impact Factor Student Publication Award (T3), Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), UNSW.
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2024: Winner, 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), UNSW.
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2024: Third Place, School-Level 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW.
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2024: Highest Impact Factor Student Publication Award (T2), Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), UNSW.
Contact
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9881-3290