Education

    -  Ph.D., Arctic Marine Technology   (2009-2012) Institution: Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS),   Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Supervisor: Prof. Torgeir   Moan, Kaj Riska  

    -  M.Sc.,   Design &   Manufacturing of Naval Architecture & Ocean Structure (2006-2009)   Institution: School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering,  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Working Experience

   2013-2016:  Engineer, Senior engineer, Project Manager,  Aker Solutions, Norway

   2016-2022:  Professor of Marine Structures, Doctoral supervisor, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology，Jiangsu，China

   2023-        :  Professor of Marine Structures, Shanghai Jiao Tong University，Shanghai，China

We are recruiting Post Doctors, Phd Candidates, Master Students.  Welcome to contact us by:  zhouli209@sjtu.edu.cn

Design of polar ship and ocean engineering

Ice-structure interaction

Ice-propeller interaction

Ship performance in ice

Digital ice field

Idendification and recogniton of sea ice based on ML

Marine control / DP

Member of the editorial board of international journals

     - China Ocean Engineering, editorial board member, (2023.05-)

     - Water, editorial board member, (2023.01-)

     - Frontiers in Energy Research, reviewer board member (2022.02-)

     - American Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, (2018.12-)

     - Chinese Journal of Ship Research, (2021.07-)

     - Ship Engineering, (2020.07-2023.07)

     - China Offshore Platform, (2018.04-2021.04)

     - The Ocean Engineering, member of research council (2018.06-)

Academic position

- International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions, International committee member（POAC）, 2024 

- Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, member,  2023

- Chinese Society of Oceanography, member, 2023

- The Nan Yang Academy of Sciences, Singapore, researcher, 2022

- The 11th National Ice Engineering Conference, Chair and organizer, 2022

- The 2021 Port, Waterway, Coastal and Ocean Engineering Symposium for Young Investigators, Session Chair, 2021

- The 19th China Ocean (Coastal) Engineering Symposium, Session Chair, 2019

- President of the 2019 International Academic Conference on Earth Sciences and Oceanography

- President of the 3rd International Conference on Information Science, Computer Technology and Transportation in 2018

- Branch President of the 21st International Ice Engineering Congress in 2012

- Member of the International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering (ISOPE)

- China Ocean Advisory Center evaluation expert

- Member of the Academic Leading Group of major Projects of the National Foundation of China

- Reviewer of National Natural Science Foundation

   - Senior member of Chinese Society of Naval Architecture and Engineering

PhD thesis

1)      Li Zhou. Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Station keeping in Level Ice. NTNU, Doctoral Thesis. 2012

Books

1)      Li Zhou, et al.: Ice Resistance Prediction Method and Its Application for Polar Ships, Bilingual Publishing Co. 2020. (in Chinese)

2)      Li Zhou, et al.: Ice load prediction and its application based on circumferential crack method. Science Press. 2024 (in Chinese)

Book Chapters

1)      Li Zhou. Book Chapter. Dynamic Positioning in Ice. In book: Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. 2019.

2)      Li Zhou. Book Chapter. Moored Ship in Ice. In book: Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering.2019.

3)      Shifeng Ding, Li Zhou, et. al.: Study on the dynamical structural response under ice load with different ice conditions. In book: Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, 2021.

Journal papers

1)   Wenbo Dong, Li Zhou*, Shifeng Ding, Aiming Wang, Jinyan Cai, Two-Staged Method for Ice Channel Identification Based on Image Seg- mentation and Corner Point Regression, China Ocean Engineering, 2024, Vol. 38, No.2, P.313-325.

2)  Sen Han, Jiahao Sun, Shifeng Ding and Li Zhou*. A Potential Field-Based Model Predictive Target Following Controller for Underactuated Unmanned Surface Vehicles. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, 2024, Accepted. DOI 10.1109/TVT.2024.3410183.

3)  Fang Li, Jiyuan Chen, Li Zhou*, Pentti Kujala. Investigation of ice wedge bearing capacity based on an anisotropic beam analogy. Ocean Engineering 302 (2024) 117611.

4)   Qianyang Sun, Jiaming Chen, Li Zhou*, Shifeng Ding, Sen Han. A study on ice resistance prediction based on deep learning data generation method, Ocean Engineering 301 (2024) 117467.

5)   Sijie Zheng, Qiaogao Huang*, Li Zhou**, Han Li. Numerical investigation on high-fidelity flow field of an ice-class propeller in ice blockage and cavitation flow. Ocean Engineering 301 (2024) 117626.

6)  Huang, J.; Diao, F.; Ding, S.; Han, S.; Kujala, P.; Zhou, L*. A Study on the Ice Resistance Characteristics of Ships in Rafted Ice Based on the Circumferential Crack Method. Water 2024, 16, 854.

7)  Ding, Shi-feng, Ma, Qun, Zhou, Li*, Han, Sen, Dong, Wen-bo, Multipoint Heave Motion Prediction Method for Ships Based on the PSO-TGCN Mode, China ocean engineering, 2023-12, Vol.37 (6), p.1022-1031.

8)  Chang Xie, Li Zhou*, Shifeng Ding, Renwei Liu, Sijie Zheng. Experimental and numerical investigation on self-propulsion performance of polar merchant ship in brash ice channel. Ocean Engineering 269 (2023) 113424. (2023.01)

9)  Meng Zhang*, Qianyang Sun, Karl Garme, Magnus Burman, Li Zhou. Analysis of inland waterway ship performance in ice: Operation Time Window. Ocean Engineering 263 (2022) 112409.

10)  Xu Bai*, Sujie Yang, Ping Wei, Li Zhou. Numerical simulation of the impact and freezing stage of supercooled droplets on the ship superstructure surface in the Arctic route. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10:950649.

11)  Yue Han, Xinyao Zhu*, Li Zhou. Numerical simulation of multi-tug towing of a gravity-based structure in broken sea ice. Ocean Engineering 261 (2022) 112070.

12)  Jinyan Cai; Shifeng Ding; Qin Zhang; Renwei Liu; Dinghan Zeng; Li Zhou*. Broken ice circumferential crack estimation via image techniques. Ocean Engineering, 259 (2022) 111735. (2022.07.06)

13)  Zhenju Chuang*, Chunzheng Li, Shewen Liu, Xin Li, Zhiyuan Li, Li Zhou*. Numerical analysis of blade icing influence on the dynamic response of an integrated offshore wind turbine. Ocean Engineering 257 (2022) 111593.

14)  Chang Xie, Li Zhou*, Tiecheng Wu, Renwei Liu, Sijie Zheng. Resistance performance of a ship in model-scaled brash ice fields using CFD and DEM coupling model. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10:895948. (2022.05.26)

15)  Zhou L., Zheng S., Diao F., Ding, S., Gao J. *. Experimental and Numerical Study on Ice Blockage Performance of Propeller in Cavitation Flow. Water 2022, 14, 1060.

16)  Yingjie Gu, Li Zhou*, Shifeng Ding, Xiang Tan, Junliang Gao, Meng Zhang. Numerical simulation of ship maneuverability in level ice considering ice crushing failure. Ocean Engineering 251 (2022) 111110 2022. (2022.03)

17)  Zhou, L., Gu, Y., Ding, S., Liu, R. Prediction of Ice Resistance Distribution for R/V Xuelong Using Measured Sea‐Ice Parameters. Water 2022, 14, 517. (2022.03)

18)  Qianyang Sun, Meng Zhang, Li Zhou*, Karl Garme, Magnus Burman. A machine learning-based method for prediction of ship performance in ice: Part I. ice resistance. Marine Structures 83 (2022) 103181. (2022.02)

19)  Aobo Zhang, Zhenju Chuang*, Shewen Liu, Li Zhou*, Yan Qu, Yu Lu. Dynamic performance optimization of an arctic semi-submersible production system. Ocean Engineering, 244, 110353. (2022.01.15)

20)  Yue Han, Li Zhou*, Shifeng Ding, Meng Zhang & Yanmin Guan (2021). Course stability analysis for towing system of a gravity-based structure in managed ice fields, Ships and Offshore Structures, DOI: 10.1080/17445302.2021.2005883. (2021.11)

21)  Jiangjie Jin, Li Zhou*, Shifeng Ding, Yingjie Gu. Numerical Simulation of the Ice Breaking Process for Hovercraft. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021, 9(9), 928. (2021.09)

22) Hui Li, Yan Feng*, Muk Chen Ong, Xin Zhao, Li Zhou. An Approach to Determine Optimal Bow Configuration of Polar Ships under Combined Ice and Calm-Water Conditions. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021, 9(6):680. DOI: 10.3390/jmse9060680. (2021.06)

23)  Yanmin Guan, Caihong Yang, Ping Chen, Li Zhou. Numerical investigation on the effect of baffles on liquid sloshing in 3D rectangular tanks based on nonlinear boundary element method. International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering 12 (2020), 399-413.

24)  Ming Song, Bin Qin, Li Zhou, Zhengru Ren. A Three-Dimensional Model for Strength Assessment of Type-C Independent Cargo Tank Structures. Journal of Ship Production and Design, Vol. 36, No. 4, November 2020, pp. 271–279. (2020.11)

25)  Junliang Gao, Xiaozhou Ma*, Jun Zang, Guohai Dong, Xiaojian Ma, Yazhou Zhu, Li Zhou. Numerical investigation of harbor oscillations induced by focused transient wave groups. Coastal Engineering.2020, Volume 158, 103670, DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103670. (2020.06)

26)  Li Zhou, Feng Diao, Ming Song, Yue Han, Shifeng Ding*. Calculation Methods of Icebreaking Capability for A Double Acting Polar Ship. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.2020, 8(3), 179; doi:10.3390/jmse8030179.(2020.03)

27)  Meng Zhang, Karl Garme, Magnus Burman, Li Zhou*. A Numerical Ice Load Prediction Model Based on Ice-Hull Collision Mechanism. Applied Sciences 2020, 10(2), 692, doi:10.3390/app10020692. (2020.01)