He has long been engaged in research in process systems engineering and intelligent manufacturing, achieving a series of innovative results in multi-process/multi-system integration, multi-scale optimization, and global energy integration of thermomechanically coupled power cycles. He has led 18 research projects, including General Projects and Young Scientists Fund projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has published more than 60 papers as first or corresponding author in high-impact international and domestic journals.