Faculty Profile

      Jinyi Zhi, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Associate Dean of School of Architecture and Design, Southwest Jiaotong University, Deputy Director of Human-Computer Environmental System Design Institution, Member of International Expert Committee of Railway Vehicle Industrial Design, Expert of Master Teaching Steering Committee in Arts Design, Expert of ISO "passenger seat in railway vehicle" working group.

       Professor Zhi Mainly engaged in the theoretical research and design practice of rail transit equipment, and carried out many years of exploration and practice in the aspects of vehicle human factors engineering, passengers’ behavior, design aesthetic and design culture theory, and achieved a series of results. In recent years, she has participated in the design and research of China's standardized high-speed train "Fuhsing", Harmony CRH380A, high-speed detection vehicle CIT400, subway, inter-city train, and tram. 

       In addition, based on the academic advantages of Southwest Jiaotong University in rail transit field and the advantages of scientific research and talents in industrial design, she has participated in the establishment of a scientific research platform represented by the Human-Computer Environmental System Design Institution and the Modern Design and Cultural Research Center which was also called Sichuan Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences. In the teaching practice, the cooperative education model of "production, study and research" is implemented by her to explore how the development of design disciplines can be combined with school development and social needs, and she promoted the development of industrial design disciplines with the advantage of rail transit equipment design.

       In recent years, she has hosted and participated in more than 10 national-level and provincial-level projects, and more than 40 other scientific research projects. She published the monograph "Research and Application of Design Color Matching", "Industrial Design Procedures and Methods", etc., more than 40 papers and authorized 5 patents. Some of her design works were selected in the 12th National Art Exhibition in 2014 and won the China Red Star Design Award in 2013. Her graduate students once won the Sichuan Excellent Master's Thesis Award (2013), some works of her students have won the Red Dot Award and the IF Award.