EDUCATION & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Education and academic activity

Training in modeling, optimization, simulation and academic writing through research projects and competition practice.

SYSTEM / 05MAGLEV RESEARCH

01 / TRAINING DIRECTIONS

Graduate training directions

Students train in formal modeling, optimization, simulation validation and academic writing through real research projects, with competitions supporting research communication and application.

High-speed maglev networks and techno-economic analysis

Relationships between high-speed maglev and existing high-speed rail networks, including demand, service organization, system conditions, applicable scenarios and economic comparison.

Network relations
Demand
Economic comparison

Transport organization and operational dispatching

Coordination among departure times, section running times and demand, with emphasis on timetabling, line capacity and service adjustment.

Timetabling
Capacity
Service adjustment

Train speed profiles and energy-efficient operation

Speed profiles shaped by running time, energy and safety constraints, including auxiliary stopping areas, line conditions, traction characteristics and levitation energy.

Speed profiles
Eco-driving
Safety constraints

Coordination of organization, control and traction power

Formal modeling, layered optimization and operating-strategy generation across transport planning, train control and traction power.

Integrated operation
Layered optimization
Strategies

Low-speed maglev freight models and planning assessment

Low-speed permanent-magnet maglev freight models and transport organization for urban logistics, including capacity and cost analysis.

Freight models
Organization
Planning

02 / ACTIVITIES

Academic activities

2026.05

Paper on energy-efficient maglev operation published in Transportation Research Part D

The work studies eco-driving with position-dependent motor characteristics and includes power-capacity and two-dimensional speed-protection constraints.

ACTIVITY / 01

2026.03.09

Low-speed maglev freight research used in planning-assessment materials

The work supported preliminary planning and feasibility assessment, using the Guangzhou North–Baiyun Airport logistics line as a capacity and cost-analysis case.

ACTIVITY / 02

2025.02

Maglev Train Operation Optimization published

The book by Qingying Lai and Jun Liu was published by China Railway Publishing House and covers formal modeling, speed profiles and integrated operation–control–power optimization.

ACTIVITY / 03

03 / STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS