CV RESUME
He is an architect and engineer. He is got a bachelor of Civil engineering from Shanghai Tongji University in 2008. Afterwards he graduated with Laude in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) in 2010. He then worked as a research engineer at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and TU Eindhoven, Netherlands. Afterwards he completed his Ph.D. programme in “Technology and Design for Environment and Building (TEPEC)” at Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) with a research focused on the integration of Organic Photovoltaic onto Architectural Membranes, especially ETFE substrates. Through the PhD research he has worked on both the “Smart, Organic, Flexible and Translucent” (SOFT)—PV” and the “Tessere integrate di vetro fotovoltaico per applicazioni architettoniche innovative” (TIFAIN) projects. The work is mainly focusing on the integration research and strategy development for the BIPV products.
Ever since graduation, he has collaborated as a teaching, research assistant, research engineer and young researcher within the research group “Textile Architecture Network” lead by Prof. Alessandra Zanelli, in various researches and courses.
Since the Ph.D. research, he has been assisting Prof. Alessandra Zanelli and Prof. Carol Monticelli in coordinating the interdisciplinary laboratory “ClusTEX” and the biaxial experimental set-up. The laboratory has been long working on the testing of various textile building materials for both research activities and many external material property consultancies of important Companies.
He is currently an Associate Professor at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China. He is now in charge of one topic research within a “thirteenth-five-year plan” state key research project, from the MOST (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology). He also founded in 2016 “Yuming Renewable Energy Ltd” in Suzhou for entrepreneurship activities and applying the research products of the group in China.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Carol Monticelli, Valter Carvelli*, Zhengyu Fan, Donata Valletti, Marco Nebiolo, Andrea Messidoro (2017) Biaxial Loading of a Textile Ribbons Structure for an Inflatable Module of Space Habitat in: Experimental Techniques, v41,n1, (9-17); ISSN:07328818
Zhengyu Fan*，Michele De Bastiani，Carol Monticelli，Alessandra Zanelli (2014) Performance investigation of organic photovoltaic layers on architectural membrane, In: Proceedings of the 9th ENERGY FORUM，Advanced Building Skins Conference, EF ECONOMIC FORUM (1255-1269), Bressanone Italy, ISBN 978-3-98120537-4
Zhengyu Fan*，Michele Garbugli，Carol Monticelli，Alessandra Zanelli，Mario Caironi (2013) Mechanical Robustness investigation of organic photovoltaics for membrane integrated flexible solar cells In: Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), WG 18 International Seminar on Environmentally Compatible Structures (ECS), U.T. PRESS (37-60), Cluj-Napoca Romania, ISBN 978-973-662-970-9
Andrea Messidoro*, Donata Valletti, Antonia Simone, Marco Nebiolo, Carol Monticelli, Valter Carvelli, Zhengyu Fan (2015) Development and manufacturing of high performance ribbons structures for the inflatable habitat module technology In: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics – XXIII Conference Proceedings, Turin, Italy
EDUCATION
PhD in Technology and Design for Environment and Buildings
2014
ABC Department., POLIMI
Master in Architecture
2010
Faculty of Architecture, POLIMI
Bachelor of Civil engineering
2008
Shanghai Tongji University
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
Topic research leader “Technological System of Regional and Climate Adaptive Green Public Buildings Design”
2017 - 2020
MOST (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology)
within the “thirteenth-five-year plan” state key research—specific research of “Green Building and Building Industrialization”, under the project “Novel Design Method and Demonstration of Regional and Climate Adaptive Green Public Buildings”
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Teaching assistant at the Construction of Architectural Works in Architectural Design Studio I (Prof. Alessandra Zanelli, Prof. Carol Monticelli)
2nd level
Master course open to all Master level course at POLIMI
Teaching assistant at the Design of Ultra-Lightweight Building Systems (Prof. Alessandra Zanelli)
2nd level
Master course open to all Master level course at POLIMI
Supervision of Master Thesis named “FACCIATA CONTINUA FOTOVOLTAICA”, Student: Wu Feikun
2013 - 2014
School of Architecture, Urbanism and Construction Engineering, POLIMI
DESIGN COMPETITIONS
Selected project - Shenzhen Bay Super City International Competition, Shenzhen, China
2014
Architects: Nebojsa Jakica, Stojanovic Bogdan, Slavko Milanovic and Zhengyu Fan.
GRANTED PROJECTS
SOFT (Smart, Organic, Flexible and Translucent) - PV
2010 - 2011
Progetto Fondazione Cariplo – Advanced materials
Creation of a Photovoltaic Organic Cell on Fluoropolymeric Substrate to Integrate into Smart Building Envelopes
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