Team Members

Dr. HAO, Hongbin

Research Associate

Hongbin received PhD degree in Harbin Engineering University. His main research interests are model test and CFD simulations on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT). He has developed a model test method to make the model scale wind turbine achieve similar thrust and torque. Also, he has conducted many model tests, such as wind tunnel model test on aerodynamics of model scale wind turbines and wind-wave basin model test on full coupling of FOWT systems. As major co-investigator, he has been involved in several projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Dr. SOU, In Mei

Research Fellow

Dr. Sou received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She continued to pursue her Ph.D. at Cornell University and received her Ph.D. in Environmental Fluid Mechanics from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University with a minor area in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2006. Upon graduating from Cornell University, she worked as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Civil and Construction Engineering Department at the Oregon State University. In 2008, she accepted an offer from the University of Hawaii at Manoa as a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 2011, she received the National Research Council Research Associateship award from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and joined the Seafloor Sciences Branch research group at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the Stennis Space Center.

Her research interests relate to applying fluid mechanics theories and fluid measurement techniques such as tomographic particle image velocimetry (PIV) and stereo PIV to the study of geophysical flows including coastal hydrodynamics, mechanics of sediment suspension and transport, wave-wave and wave-structure interaction, and turbulent mixing processes in the coastal environments.

Dr. HE, Yuchen

Research Fellow

Dr. Yuchen He graduated with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sydney in 2019. He later received a full scholarship for international students to pursue his Ph.D. degree. In 2023, he completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, also from the University of Sydney, under the supervision of Associate Professor Amin Chabchoub. His research focused on nonlinear and extreme wave phenomena, with the title of his doctoral thesis being "Experiments on Nonlinear Extreme Waves in Complex Environments". This included experimental, theoretical, and numerical investigations of nonlinear extreme waves under various conditions.

During his doctoral studies at the University of Sydney, he participated in several international conferences, including the Australian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), the International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE), and the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU). In 2022, he was awarded the Outstanding Ph.D. Student Presentation Prize (OSPP) at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly.

Throughout his Ph.D., he authored four academic papers as the first author in international journals such as Physical Review E (PRE), Physical Review Letters (PRL), Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, and Fluids. Additionally, he contributed as the fourth author to a paper published in Nature Communications. His work published in PRL received editor's recommendations and garnered attention from various media outlets and universities.

Dr. WANG, Wei

Research Fellow

Dr. WANG received his B.S. degree from Honors College of Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2016 and his PhD degree from School of Marine Science and Technology of Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2021. His main research interests include (1) Ocean Engineering: Flow-induced Vibration and Floating Systems; (2) Fluid Mechanics: Multi-phase Flow and Phase Transitions; (3) Fluid-structure Interaction and Discrete Adjoint Method for Design Optimization.

Dr. WU, Qian

Research Fellow

Dr. Wu obtained her Ph.D. from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2024, with a specialization in rogue waves and spectral analysis for nonlinear processes. Her research primarily investigates the mechanisms underlying extreme waves and wave-topography resonance, employing laboratory experiments and fully nonlinear numerical models.

Mr. LIN, Xianlong

PhD Candidate

Xianlong received his master’s degree in Petroleum Projects and Offshore Technology from National University of Singapore in 2021 and his bachelor’s degree in Ocean Technology from Dalian University of Technology in 2019. After graduation, he joined Prof. Lau Hon Chung’s team as a Research Engineer in National University of Singapore and conducted research in energy transition. Prior to joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he worked as a Research Associate at Energy Studies Institute of National University of Singapore. He has been involved in several governmentally funded projects in Singapore, including “Embodied Carbon Calculator of Industrial Buildings” and “ASEAN Energy Interconnection and Energy Security”.

Mr. CHEN, Qianyue

PhD Candidate

Qianyue received his BEng from Zhejiang University in 2022. During undergraduate study, he participated in several projects including ‘Offshore Wind Data Management System’ and ‘Analysis of Soil Pollutant in Beibu Gulf’. He completed his thesis titled ‘SPH modelling of interactions between solitary wave and vertical seawall on the reef flat’ under the supervision of Prof. Weijie Liu and Prof. Min Luo.

He is also a collaborative pianist and has performed in a number of recital, chamber and choral concerts, and participated in the first China Choral Directors Association on behalf of Zhejiang University.

Mr. ZHANG, Senqin

PhD Candidate

Senqin received his master's degree in engineering from Chongqing University in 2022. During his master's degree, his main research direction was offshore wind turbine blade optimization design, and he participated in the project of developing an intelligent control and management platform for offshore wind farms. He proposed a reduced-scale model wind turbine blade optimization design method and completed a thesis on ‘Thrust-matched optimization of blades for the reduced-scale wind tunnel tests of wind turbine wakes’. In addition, he mastered CFD method to analyze the effect of extreme wind conditions on wind turbines.

Miss. SHANG, Daimeng

PhD Candidate

Daimeng received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Bridge Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University. Her master's research topic was related to the failure probability analysis of coastal bridges under extreme conditions. Now her research interests are related to renewable energy, such as offshore wind turbines.

Mr. FAN, Huaicheng

PhD Candidate

Huaicheng received his master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering from Tianjin University in 2021 and 2024, respectively. He participated in several projects, including ‘Numerical Modeling and Experimental Study of Transient Air-Water Flows in Urban Stormwater Tunnels’ and ‘Key Hydraulic Control Technology for Rapid Water Filling Process of Long-Distance Tunnels in the West Route of the South to North Water Diversion Project’. He masters CFD software ANSYS FLUENT and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method and completed thesis titled ‘Modelling of Air-Water Two-Phase Transient Flow during Rapid Emptying of Pipelines’ and paper on Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics under the supervision of Prof. Qingzhi Hou.

Mr. WANG, Peicen

PhD Candidate

Peicen obtained a Master of Engineering degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2023. During the master's program, the main research focus was on CFD simulations of floating offshore wind turbines. He primarily participated in a project on comprehensive analysis and optimization methods across multiple design stages of floating offshore wind power systems. His master's thesis was titled "Research on Numerical Wave Flume Coupled with Mooring System." Currently, his main research focus is on modular concrete floating structure systems.

Mr. GAO, Chenhao

PhD Candidate

Chenhao obtained his Master of Engineering degree from Southeast University in 2024, with a focus on structural geometric dimension measurement and automatic modeling based on computer vision. Prior to this, in 2021, he earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Chongqing University with a design project titled "Urban Green Building." His future research interests encompass the measurement of ocean waves using computer vision technology.