•2025.06-Present: Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering,   Underwater Acoustics Engineering Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

•2019.10-2025.06: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering,   Underwater Acoustics Engineering Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

•2013.03-2019.06: Ph.D. in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering (Underwater Acoustics),   supervised by Prof. FAN Jun, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

•2009.09-2013.06: B.S. in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Tianjin University

• Echo characteristics of underwater targets

• Scattering field regulation of underwater passive structures

• Intelligent simulation of target echoes

• Editorial Board Member, Ship Engineering (core journal), 2026.6–2029.5

• Youth   Editorial Board Member, Digital Ocean and Underwater Attack and Defense,   2025.9–2027.9

[1] Principal Investigator of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects, including General Program and Young Scientists Fund.

[2] Principal Investigator of numerous vertical and horizontal research projects. His research covers echo mechanisms and characteristics of underwater targets, regulation mechanisms and applications of underwater scattered acoustic fields, acoustic target simulation and software development, as well as underwater target detection and recognition. These projects provide solid support for research activities.

1. Tang   W., Fan J., Zhao K., Zhou F. Vibration and Acoustic Radiation of Underwater   Structures, Science Press, 2022. (Monograph)

2.   Zhou F*, Wang Z, Liu Z, et al. Flexible Inflatable Structures in Underwater   Acoustics: Scattering Experiments. Applied Acoustics, 2025.

3.   Zhou F*, Fan J, Li B, et al. Acoustic barcode based on the acoustic   scattering characteristics of underwater targets. Applied Acoustics, 2022,   189: 108607.

4.   Zhou F, Li B, Peng Z, Fan J*, et al. Sonar Self-noise and Acoustic   Transmission of Acoustic Window Made from Functionally Gradient Materials.   Acoustics Australia, 2022: 1-17.

5. Li   B, Zhou F*, Wang Z, et al. Bistatic subcritical scattering characteristics of   a buried solid-filled cylindrical shell at low-frequency. Ocean Engineering,   2025, 333: 121542.

6.   Wang Z, Zhou F*, Peng Z, et al. An acoustic backscattering mechanism of an   open cylindrical shell at the air-water interface. Physics of Fluids, 2025,   37(6).

7.   Xiong J, Zhou F*, Wang Z, et al. Acoustic scattering from underwater multiple   cylindrical shells with acoustic black holes. Applied Acoustics, 2025, 239:   110843.

8.   Xiong J, Zhou F*, Wang Z, et al. Experimental Study on the Acoustic   Scattering Characteristics and Classification of Typical Freshwater Fish and   Crustacean Species. Acoustics Australia, 2025: 1-15.

9. Li   B, Zhou F*, Fan J, et al. Research on the Performance Optimization of   Turbulent Self-noise Suppression and Sound Transmission of Acoustic Windows   Made from Functionally Graded Material. Archives of Acoustics, 2023, 48(4).

10. Li   B, Zhou F*, Fan J, Wang B. Research on the Optimization Design of the   Acoustic Stealth Shape of a Bottom Object. Journal of Theoretical and   Computational Acoustics, 2021: 2150009.

11.   Wang W, Wang B*, Fan J, Zhou F, et al. A simulation method on target strength   and circular SAS imaging of X-rudder UUV including multiple acoustic   scattering. Defence Technology, 2023, 23: 214-228.

12. Peng   S., Peng Z., Zhou F., et al. Propagation   Mechanism of Rigid Spherical Scattering Sound Fields in Shallow Water   Waveguides. Noise and Vibration Control, 2025, 45(4): 45-51.

13. Liu   Z., Zhou F.*, Li M., et al. Design   study on enhancing acoustic target strength of underwater spherical embedded   corner reflector structure. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2025, 20(06):   273-283.

14. Dong   Y., Zhou F.*, Fan J., et al. Analysis on acoustic scattering characteristics   of icosahedral composite quasi-spherical scatterer. Journal of Unmanned   Undersea Systems, 2026, 34(3):480-488.

15. Li   Y., Zhou F.*, Xiong J., et al. Layered Equivalence and Error Analysis of Acoustic Coatings under Complex   Backing Conditions. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2026. (Accepted)

16. Liu   Z., Zhou F.*, Li B., et al. Study   on vibro-acoustic transmission characteristics of ship's double-layer acoustic   bridge. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2024, 19(03): 292-301.

17. Zhang   D., Zhou F.*, Li B., Fan J. Numerical and experimental studies on acoustic   scattering from multi-cabin cylindrical shells. Technical Acoustics, 2021,   40(05): 594-600.

18.   Peng Z.*, Zhou F., Fan J., et al. Observation and Modelling on the Shipping   Noise in Shallow Waters with Complex Islands and Reefs of the East China Sea.   Archives of Acoustics, 2021, 46(2): 301-311.

Undergraduate Courses: Fundamentals of Intelligent Ships I, Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing, Fundamentals and Applications of Marine Acoustics

Postgraduate Courses: Theoretical Acoustics, Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing

1.   Zhou F., Liu Z., Li M., et al. Underwater depth-fixed suspension device based   on acoustic target strength enhancement using folded inflatable corner   reflectors. ZL202410998908.X. (Invention patent)

2.   Zhou F., Fan J., Xiong J., et al. Multi-dimensional joint statistical method   for bright-spot characteristics of underwater target echoes based on fusion   of experimental and simulation data. ZL202511347320.9. (Invention patent)

3. Zhou   F., Wang Z., Fan J., et al. A water-filled spherical-shell sonar bell device   for underwater targets and an underwater target identification method.   ZL202411137952.8. (Invention patent)

4.   Zhou F., Fan J., Wang B., et al. System and method for measuring acoustic   scattering strength of underwater targets in the sea. CN116698970A.   (Invention patent)

5.   Zhou F., Fan J., Wang B., Tang Y. Underwater vehicle positioning and   navigation device and method based on acoustic two-dimensional code.   ZL202310045016.3. (Invention patent)

6.   Zhou F., Wang B., Fan J., et al. Method for acoustic identification of   underwater targets based on resonance scattering features of periodic   structures. ZL202110488451.4. (Invention patent)

7.   Zhou F., Fan J., Wang B., et al. A device for regulating underwater target   echoes and an acoustic identification method. ZL202110488458.6. (Invention   patent)

8. Zhou   F., Fan J., Zhou Y., et al. An underwater target acoustic identification   device based on elastic-wave resonance regulation. ZL202110180210.3.   (Invention patent)