Dr Yue Hou

Senior Lecturer

Civil Engineering

yue.hou@swansea.ac.uk

Academic Office - A_131
First Floor
Engineering Central
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4334-2620

About

Dr Yue Hou is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering of Faculty of Science and Engineering at Swansea University, UK. Dr Hou earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA.

Yue is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE), a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), IEEE Senior Member, Member of ASCE and a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Yue serves as the Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)-Engineering Sustainability, Computers & Electrical Engineering, and editorial board member for Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering and some other international journals.

Yue’s research interests are focused on the resilient and intelligent transportation infrastructure and materials, physics-informed machine learning in transportation infrastructure engineering, design of sustainable infrastructure and materials using digital twins, and energy harvesting on transportation infrastructures.

Areas Of Expertise

Transportation Infrastructure Engineering
Civil Engineering
Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Systems
Transportation Infrastructure Materials

Publications

Research Highlights

Zheng, Q., Hou, Y., Yang, H., Tan, P., Shi, H., Xu, Z., Ye, Z., Chen, N., Qu, X., Han, X., Zou, Y., Cui, X., Yao, H., Chen, Y., Yao, W., Zhang, J., Chen, Y., Liang, J., Gu, X...., & Wang, Z. (2022). Towards a sustainable monitoring: A self-powered smart transportation infrastructure skin. Nano Energy, 98, 107245
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107245, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61796
Hou, Y., Shi, H., Chen, N., Liu, Z., Wei, H., & Han, Q. (2022). Vision Image Monitoring on Transportation Infrastructures: A Lightweight Transfer Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2022.3150536, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61802
Chen, N., Zhao, S., Gao, Z., Wang, D., Liu, P., Oeser, M., Hou, Y., & Wang, L. (2022). Virtual mix design: Prediction of compressive strength of concrete with industrial wastes using deep data augmentation. Construction and Building Materials, 323, 126580
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126580, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61797
Hou, Y., Liu, S., Cao, D., Peng, B., Liu, Z., Sun, W., & Chen, N. (2022). A Deep Learning Method for Pavement Crack Identification Based on Limited Field Images. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(11), 22156-22165.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2022.3160524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61801
Hou, Y., Li, Q., Zhang, C., Lu, G., Ye, Z., Chen, Y., Wang, L., & Cao, D. (2021). The State-of-the-Art Review on Applications of Intrusive Sensing, Image Processing Techniques, and Machine Learning Methods in Pavement Monitoring and Analysis. Engineering, 7(6), 845-856.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2020.07.030, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61799
Hou, Y., Zhao, S., Xue, Z., Liu, S., Song, B., Wang, D., Liu, P., Oeser, M., & Wang, L. (2022). Intelligent analysis of subbase strain based on a long-term comprehensive monitoring. Transportation Geotechnics, 33, 100720
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2022.100720, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61798
Hou, Y., Li, Q., Han, Q., Peng, B., Wang, L., Gu, X., & Wang, D. (2021). MobileCrack: Object Classification in Asphalt Pavements Using an Adaptive Lightweight Deep Learning. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 147(1), 04020092
https://doi.org/10.1061/jpeodx.0000245, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61800
Liu, Z., Pan, S., Gao, Z., Chen, N., Li, F., Wang, L., & Hou, Y. (2023). Automatic intelligent recognition of pavement distresses with limited dataset using generative adversarial networks. Automation in Construction, 146, 104674
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104674, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62096
Yao, H., Zhao, S., Gao, Z., Xue, Z., Song, B., Li, F., Li, J., Liu, Y., Hou, Y., & Wang, L. (2023). Data-driven analysis on the subbase strain prediction: A deep data augmentation-based study. Transportation Geotechnics, 40, 100957
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.100957, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62655
Yao, H., Xu, Z., Hou, Y., Dong, Q., Liu, P., Ye, Z., Pei, X., Oeser, M., Wang, L., & Wang, D. (2023). Advanced industrial informatics towards smart, safe and sustainable roads: A state of the art. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition), 10(2)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.001

All Research

Journal Articles

Jing, J., Yang, X., Ding, L., Wang, H., Guan, J., Hou, Y., & El-Badawy, S. (2024). Self-adaptive 2D 3D image fusion for automated pixel-level pavement crack detection. Automation in Construction, 168, 105756
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105756, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67682
Zhang, Z., Liu, F., Huang, Y., & Hou, Y. (2024). Detection and Statistics System of Pavement Distresses Based on Street View Videos. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25(10), 15106-15115.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2024.3401150, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67684
Tang, X., Wang, Y., Cai, X., Yang, F., & Hou, Y. (2024). Diagnosis of high‐speed railway ballastless track arching based on unsupervised learning framework. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 0
https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13342, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67733
Liu, B., Li, F., Hou, Y., Biancardo, S., & Ma, X. (2024). Unveiling built environment impacts on traffic CO2 emissions using Geo-CNN weighted regression. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 132, 104266
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104266, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67683
Li, Y., Li, F., Zhou, S., Ma, X., & Hou, Y. (2024). Development of soft magnetic composites for magnetized pavement to improve the efficiency of electric vehicle's wireless power transfer. Journal of Cleaner Production, 459, 142446
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142446, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66412
Yao, H., Liu, Y., Lv, H., Huyan, J., You, Z., & Hou, Y. (2024). Encoder–decoder with pyramid region attention for pixel‐level pavement crack recognition. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 39(10), 1490-1506.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13128, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65225
Cai, X., Tang, X., Pan, S., Wang, Y., Yan, H., Ren, Y., Chen, N., & Hou, Y. (2024). Intelligent recognition of defects in high‐speed railway slab track with limited dataset. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 39(6), 911-928.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13109, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64680
Pan, S., Yan, H., Liu, Z., Chen, N., Miao, Y., & Hou, Y. (2023). Automatic pavement texture recognition using lightweight few-shot learning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 381(2254)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0166, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0166
Hou, Y., Dong, Q., Wang, D., & Liu, J. (2023). Introduction to ‘Artificial intelligence in failure analysis of transportation infrastructure and materials'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 381(2254)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0177, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0177
Zhang, R., Li, F., Zhou, S., & Hou, Y. (2023). Carbon nanofiber dispersion in alkali solution and its reinforcement of alkali-activated volcanic ash-based geopolymers. Journal of Cleaner Production, 405, 137021
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63067
Yao, H., Zhao, S., Gao, Z., Xue, Z., Song, B., Li, F., Li, J., Liu, Y., Hou, Y., & Wang, L. (2023). Data-driven analysis on the subbase strain prediction: A deep data augmentation-based study. Transportation Geotechnics, 40, 100957
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.100957, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62655
Chen, N., Shi, H., Liu, R., Li, Y., Li, J., Xu, Z., Wang, D., Lu, G., Jing, B., & Hou, Y. (2023). A 5G Cloud Platform and Machine Learning-Based Mobile Automatic Recognition of Transportation Infrastructure Objects. IEEE Wireless Communications, 30(2), 76-81.
https://doi.org/10.1109/mwc.002.2200347, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mwc.002.2200347
Yao, H., Xu, Z., Hou, Y., Dong, Q., Liu, P., Ye, Z., Pei, X., Oeser, M., Wang, L., & Wang, D. (2023). Advanced industrial informatics towards smart, safe and sustainable roads: A state of the art. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition), 10(2)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.001
Liu, Z., Pan, S., Gao, Z., Chen, N., Li, F., Wang, L., & Hou, Y. (2023). Automatic intelligent recognition of pavement distresses with limited dataset using generative adversarial networks. Automation in Construction, 146, 104674
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104674, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62096
Hou, Y., Liu, S., Cao, D., Peng, B., Liu, Z., Sun, W., & Chen, N. (2022). A Deep Learning Method for Pavement Crack Identification Based on Limited Field Images. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(11), 22156-22165.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2022.3160524, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61801
Zheng, Q., Hou, Y., Yang, H., Tan, P., Shi, H., Xu, Z., Ye, Z., Chen, N., Qu, X., Han, X., Zou, Y., Cui, X., Yao, H., Chen, Y., Yao, W., Zhang, J., Chen, Y., Liang, J., Gu, X...., & Wang, Z. (2022). Towards a sustainable monitoring: A self-powered smart transportation infrastructure skin. Nano Energy, 98, 107245
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107245, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61796
Chen, N., Zhao, S., Gao, Z., Wang, D., Liu, P., Oeser, M., Hou, Y., & Wang, L. (2022). Virtual mix design: Prediction of compressive strength of concrete with industrial wastes using deep data augmentation. Construction and Building Materials, 323, 126580
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126580, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61797
Hou, Y., Zhao, S., Xue, Z., Liu, S., Song, B., Wang, D., Liu, P., Oeser, M., & Wang, L. (2022). Intelligent analysis of subbase strain based on a long-term comprehensive monitoring. Transportation Geotechnics, 33, 100720
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2022.100720, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61798
Hou, Y., Shi, H., Chen, N., Liu, Z., Wei, H., & Han, Q. (2022). Vision Image Monitoring on Transportation Infrastructures: A Lightweight Transfer Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2022.3150536, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61802
Hou, Y., Li, Q., Zhang, C., Lu, G., Ye, Z., Chen, Y., Wang, L., & Cao, D. (2021). The State-of-the-Art Review on Applications of Intrusive Sensing, Image Processing Techniques, and Machine Learning Methods in Pavement Monitoring and Analysis. Engineering, 7(6), 845-856.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2020.07.030, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61799
Hou, Y., Li, Q., Han, Q., Peng, B., Wang, L., Gu, X., & Wang, D. (2021). MobileCrack: Object Classification in Asphalt Pavements Using an Adaptive Lightweight Deep Learning. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 147(1), 04020092
https://doi.org/10.1061/jpeodx.0000245, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61800

Supervision

PHYSICS INFORMED MACHINE LEARNING IN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY ANALYSIS (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Clare Wood

Taught Modules

EG-295 Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Transportation engineering plays the fundamental role for the operation of society. This module will deliver basic knowledge, basic governing equations, and computation skills in transportation engineering. Typical transportation modes, including road transportation and railway transportation, will be introduced in detail. The whole life cycle of road and railways, from design, construction, operation, to maintenance will also be introduced.
EGEM00 Transportation Engineering

This module will deliver advanced knowledge, governing equations, and computation skills in transportation engineering. The tradition design, construction, evaluation and maintenance of major transportation infrastructures, including roads and railways, will be introduced. The improvement and rationality on the sustainable design, construction, evaluation and maintenance of the transportation infrastructures to mitigate the climate emergency will also be introduced. The state-of-the-art machine learning-, material characterisation-, and advanced sensing- relevant research in transportation engineering will be introduced at master level.