Research · Perception · Mobility

Tingrui Zhang

M.Eng. Student · Wuhan University of Technology

Intelligent perception for safer, more resilient urban mobility.

Tingrui Zhang outdoors
Wuhan, ChinaTransportation Engineering

Reading the city through its geometry.

I am a master's student in Transportation Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology, advised by Prof. Xuequan Zhang. My work connects point-cloud learning and mobile LiDAR with practical questions in road infrastructure and transportation resilience.

3D Scene Perception Point-cloud Semantic & Instance Segmentation Mobile LiDAR Transportation Resilience

Published research

All publications
2026

Expert Systems with Applications, 298 (Part C), 129833

Automated pothole detection and volume assessment using PointPSSN and smartphone LiDAR point clouds

Tingrui Zhang, Xuequan Zhang, Zichuan Yang, Yumin Chen, Li Song, Weichen Zhang

2025

Journal of Transport Information and Safety, 43(2), 54–64

Road pothole detection from smartphone-scanned point clouds using graph neural networks

张庭瑞, 张学全, 杨子川, 马文硕, 刘兵

2025

Journal of Wuhan University of Technology (Transportation Science & Engineering), 49(5), 980–986

Prediction of vulnerable urban road segments under rainstorm waterlogging

黄震, 张学全, 张庭瑞, 郭新龙, 李悦颖

Tools built for inquiry.

All projects
01

TypeScript · Desktop AI · Local-first

Note-Agent

A local-first desktop agent workspace for researchers and writers, designed around durable notes and controllable AI assistance.

02

Python · Point clouds · LiDAR

PointPSSN

Open-source point-cloud segmentation code for automated pothole detection and geometric assessment from smartphone LiDAR scans.

Education & research

Education

Sep 2024 — Present

M.Eng. in Transportation Engineering

Wuhan University of Technology · Advisor: Prof. Xuequan Zhang

Research in point-cloud understanding and intelligent transportation; GPA 4.29/5.00.

Sep 2020 — Jun 2024

B.Eng. in Traffic Engineering

Wuhan University of Technology

Graduated with an Outstanding Bachelor's Thesis.

Research projects

Research project

Real-time traffic monitoring, warning, and prediction on a CIM platform

Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province

Research on city-scale traffic monitoring and predictive warning with an integrated CIM platform.

Research project

Digital-twin-driven urban flooding simulation and prediction

Key R&D Program of Shandong Province

Key methods and demonstration work for simulating and forecasting urban flooding with digital twins.

Research project

LBS-based monitoring system for unauthorized construction along the Yangtze River

Changjiang Water Resources Commission

A location-data workflow for monitoring suspected unauthorized construction along the river corridor.

From methods to protected ideas.

All patents
Granted

Method for optimally restoring urban waterlogged roads and computer-readable medium

CN116341815B

Published application

Road pothole detection method and apparatus

CN120178265A

Published application

Fine-grained road-damage extraction method and system based on 3D point clouds

CN118072273A

Granted

Deep-learning-based rapid restoration method and system for urban-flood transportation networks

CN116415928B

Selected honors

2024–2025

First-class Academic Scholarship

Wuhan University of Technology

2024

National Third Prize, Huawei Cup

China Postgraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling

2024

First Prize, APMCM

Asia and Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling

May 2023

National Second Prize, 18th College Transportation Science and Technology Competition

National College Student Transportation Science and Technology Competition

July 2022

National Second Prize, 17th College Transportation Science and Technology Competition

National College Student Transportation Science and Technology Competition

May 2022

Hubei Third Prize, Lanqiao Cup C/C++ University Group A

Lanqiao Cup National Software and Information Technology Professionals Competition

Shandong Provincial Second Prize, NOIP

National Olympiad in Informatics in Provinces

2024

Outstanding Bachelor's Thesis

Wuhan University of Technology

Correspondence

Let’s exchange ideas.

For research conversations, collaboration, or open-source questions, email is the best way to reach me.

trzhang@whut.edu.cn