（1）岩土工程（岩土力学、岩土工程数值方法、冻土与寒区工程、冻土力学、冻土物理） 

（2）寒区工程与环境（冻土环境与工程、寒区工程理论与规划、寒区环境评估与预测）

1.2013年获第十二届全国青年地理科技奖。 

2.2010年获国家技术发明奖二等奖（排名第三）。 

3.2009年获全国优秀博士学位论文奖。 

4.2009年获甘肃省技术发明一等奖（排名第四）。 

5.2008年获中国科学院卢嘉锡青年人才奖（王宽诚教育基金）。 

6.2007年获铁道部科学技术奖二等奖。 

7.2007年获中国科学院院长优秀奖。 

　1. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Wansheng Pei, Long Jin, 2014. Effect of inclination angle on the heat transfer performance of a two-phase closed thermosyphon under low-temperature conditions. Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 28，04014007-1-04014007-11.  

2. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Yuanhong Dong, Long Jin, Wansheng Pei, Jon Harbor, 2013. Laboratory investigation of the heat transfer characteristics of a two-phase closed thermosyphon. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 95, 67-73.  

3. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Dongqing Li, Wu Chen, Gangqiang Tong, 2013. Experimental study on ventilation characteristics of a concrete-sphere layer and a crushed-rock layer. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 59, 407-413.  

4. Mingyi Zhang, Ki-Hong Min, Qingbai Wu, Jianming Zhang, Jon Harbor, 2012. A new method to determine the upper boundary condition for a permafrost thermal model: an example from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 23(4), 301-311.  

5. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Dongqing Li, Gangqiang Tong, Jingbo Li, 2012. Numerical analysis for thermal characteristics of cinderblock interlayer embankments in permafrost regions. Applied Thermal Engineering, 36, 252-259.  

6. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Jianming Zhang, Zhizhong Sun, 2011. Numerical study on cooling characteristics of two-phase closed thermosyphon embankment in permafrost regions. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 65 (2), 203-210. 

7. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Yuanhong Dong, 2010. Three-dimensional nonlinear analysis for the cooling characteristics of crushed-rock interlayer embankment with ventilated duct along the Qinghai-Tibet Expressway in permafrost regions. Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 24(4), 126–141. 

8. Zhang Mingyi, Cheng Guodong, Li Shuangyang, 2009. Numerical study on the influence of geometrical parameters on natural convection cooling effect of the crushed-rock revetment. Science in China Series E, 52 (2), 539-545.  

9. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Yuanhong Dong, Shuangyang Li, 2008. Laboratory investigation on cooling effect of duct-ventilated embankment with a chimney in permafrost regions. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 54(2), 115-119.  

10. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Wenbing Yu, Zhijun Huang, 2007. Experimental study on influence of particle size on cooling effect of crushed-rock layer under closed and open tops. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 48(3), 232-238.  

11. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Jianming Zhang, Shuangyang Li, 2006. Experimental and numerical investigation on temperature characteristics of in-cuts roadbed in Qinghai-Tibetan railway. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 46(2), 113-124. 

12. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Shuangyang Li, Shujuan Zhang, 2006. Laboratory investigation on cooling effect of sloped crushed-rock revetment in permafrost regions. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 46 (1), 27-35. 

13. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Fujun Niu, Shusheng He, 2006. A numerical model of the coupled heat transfer for duct-ventilated embankment under wind action in cold regions and its application. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 45 (2), 103-113. 

14. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Zhihua Gao, Wenbing Yu, 2006. Influence of boundary conditions on the cooling effect of crushed-rock embankment in permafrost regions of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 44(3), 225-239. 

15. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Wenbing Yu, Jilin Qi, 2006. Laboratory investigation of the heat transfer characteristics of a trapezoidal crushed-rock layer under impermeable and permeable boundaries. Experimental Heat Transfer, 19(4), 251-264. 

16. Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Zhiqiang Liu, Zhihua Gao, 2005. Nonlinear analysis for the cooling effect of Qinghai-Tibetan railway embankment with different structures in permafrost regions. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 42(3), 237-249. 

17. Mingyi Zhang, Jianming Zhang, Yuanming Lai, 2005. Numerical analysis for critical height of railway embankment in permafrost regions of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 41(2), 111-120. 

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：多年冻土区热管路基耦合传热模型及其结构优化研究（41471063），项目负责人。 

2. 中国科学院项目：青藏高原冻土路基水热边界及热力稳定性模型研究，项目负责人。