Huabin SHI  施華斌
Assistant Professor
The State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City
Department of Ocean Science and Technology
University of Macau, Macao S.A.R., China

Welcome to Join the UM Group of Coastal Processes (UMGCP)

We are recently calling for papers submission to a joint special collection between Water Resources Research and Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Please find more info on https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/19447973/homepage/call-for-papers/si-2024-000658

Academic Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2016)
  • Bachelor in Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2011)

Professional Experiences

  • 2020.03 – present: Assistant Professor, University of Macau, Macau, China
  • 2018.07 – 2020.02: Research Associate, the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  • 2016.07 – 2018.07: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • 2014.09 – 2015.09: Visiting scholar, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Research

Research Interests

  • Coastal hydrodynamic hazards, focusing on storm surge and tsunami
  • Sediment dynamics and granular flows in natural phenomena and hazards, including submarine landslides, turbidity current, and beach erosion
  • Applications of machine learning methods to coastal hazards (such as storm surge) and fluid dynamics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics, focusing on meshless methods such as Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH)

Research Grants

  • Strait-channel effects in coastal area of Macao during storm surge and forecasting techniques for storm surge, MOST-FDCT Joint Program (國家科技部“戰略性科技創新合作”重點專項與澳門科學技術發展基金聯合資助), PI, Ongoing.
  • Full-process mathematical model of submarine landslides triggered by earthquakes, sub-project of National Key R & D Program (國家重點研發計畫重大自然災害防控與公共安全重點專項子課题), PI, Ongoing.
  • Mechanisms in the evolution of mass flows in submarine landslides and a unified constitutive law, National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Program, PI, Ongoing.
  • Machine learning models for nowcasting of storm surge induced by tropical cyclones, Multi-Year Research Grant of University of Macau, PI, Ongoing.
  • Improvement and application of remote sensing to the measurement of storm surge and typhoon wave in the coastal area of Macao, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), PI, Ongoing.
  • Multi-scale numerical model of debris flows, Open Research Fund Program of State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering (Sichuan University), PI, Ongoing.
  • Changes of storm surge in Macao under sea level rise, Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of Macau SAR General Program, PI, 2021.05-2024.06.
  • Applicability of machine learning technique to the prediction of storm surge in Macao, Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of Macau SAR General Program, PI, 2021.03-2023.04.
  • Sediment-turbulence interaction dynamics in submarine turbidity currents, Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau (CORE), PI, 2022.04-2023.03.
  • Safety of sandy beaches in tropical storms, Start-up Research Grant of the University of Macau, PI,  2020.05-2023.04.
  • Coastal sediment transport under fully nonlinear waves, Open Research Fund Program of the State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering at Tsinghua University, PI, 2019.02-2020.12.
  • Sheet flow and topography evolution in the surf and swash zone, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (中國博士後科學基金特別資助—面上連續), PI, 2018.07.
  • Sediment transport under sheet flow conditions in the swash zone, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (中國博士後科學基金面上資助), PI, 2017.05-2018.07.

Outputs

Monographs

  1. Shi H, 2017. Two-phase Flow Models for Sediment Transport (水沙兩相流數學模型及其應用). China Water & Power Press, Beijing. (in Chinese)

Journal Papers

* marks the corresponding author; Authors underlined are postdocs/research assistants/supervised students

Selected

  1. Guan X, Shi H*, 2023. Translational momentum of deformable submarine landslides off a slope. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 960, A23.
  2. Shi H*, Dong P,  Yu X, Zhou Y, 2021. A theoretical formulation of dilatation/contraction for continuum modelling of granular flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 916, A56.
  3. Shi H, Si P, Dong P, Yu X*, 2019. A two-phase SPH model for massive sediment motion in free surface flows. Advances in Water Resources, 129, 80-98.
  4. Shi H, Yu X*, Dalrymple R A, 2017. Development of a two-phase SPH model for sediment laden flows. Computer Physics Communications, 221, 259-272.
  5. Shi H, Yu X*, 2015. An effective Euler-Lagrange model for suspended sediment transport by open channel flows. International Journal of Sediment Research, 30(4), 361-370.

Others in the past 3 years

  1. Guan X, Hu K, Chen X, Gao J, Shi H*, 2024. Investigating the intense sediment load by dam-break floods using a meshless two-phase mathematical model. Water Resources Research, 60, e2023WR035399.
  2. Li S, Li W, Shi H*, Guan X, 2024. Hydrodynamics and sediment transport under solitary waves in the swash zone. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12, 1686.
  3. Ma H, Xu L, Okon S U, Hu P, Li W, Shi H, He Z*, 2024. Sediment transport and bed erosion during storm surge using a coupled hydrodynamic and morphodynamic model considering wave and current interaction. Coastal Engineering, 187, 104409.
  4. Gong S, Gao J*, Song Z, Shi H, Liu Y, 2024. Hydrodynamics of fluid resonance in a narrow gap between two boxes with different breadths. Ocean Engineering, 311, 118986.
  5. Li G, Shi H*, He Z, 2024. Trends and periodicities of tropical cyclone frequencies and the correlations with ocean drivers. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12, 1707.
  6. Li Y, Shi H*, Zhang B, 2023. An algorithm to couple Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Finite Element Method for fluid-structure interaction problems. Physics of Fluids, 35, 117101.
  7. Fei J, Shi H*, Jie Y, Zhang B, 2023. μ(J)-rheology-based depth-averaged dynamic model for roll waves in granular-fluid avalanches. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 119, 763-781.
  8. Gao J, Shi H*, Zang J, Liu Y, 2023. Mechanisms analysis on the mitigation of harbor resonance by periodic undulating topography. Ocean Engineering, 281, 114923. （ESI highly-cited)
  9. Zheng H, Shi H, Lok M*, 2023. Assessment of storm surge hazard risk in Macao. Journal of Macau Studies, 108, 174-195. (in Chinese)
  10. Pan X, Li L*, Wang D, Shi H, 2023. The triggering mechanism and tsunamigenic potential of typical submarine landslides in South China Sea. Advances in Earth Science, 38(2), 192-211. (in Chinese)
  11. Li W, Shi H, Yu X*, 2023. A DEM based Euler-Lagrange model for motion of particle-fluid two-phase mixtures. Acta Geotechnica, 19, 971-989.
  12. Li W, Shi H, Yu X*, 2023. An improvement to continuous random walk model for sediment diffusion in inhomogeneous turbulent flows. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 23, 779-797.
  13. Gu H, Stansby P, Zhang Z, Zhu G, Lin P, Shi H, 2023. Research and concept design of wave energy converter on ocean squid jigging ship. Energy, 285, 129406.
  14. Gao J, Gong S, He Z*, Shi H, Zang J, Zou T, Bai X, 2023. Study on wave loads during steady-state gap resonance with free heave motion of floating structure. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11, 448.
  15. Shen P, Wei S, Shi H, Gao L, ZHOU W-H*, 2023. Coastal flood risk and smart resilience evaluation under a changing climate. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 2, 0029.
  16. He K, Shi H, Yu X*, 2023. The unified model for dilute and dense granular flows based on the two-phase flow theory. Engineering Mechanics, 40(8), 24-35.
  17. Liu J, Gao J*, Shi H, Zang J, Liu Q, 2022. Investigations on the second-order transient gap resonance induced by focused wave groups. Ocean Engineering, 263, 112430.
  18. Lee C-H*, Lo P H-Y*, Shi H*, Huang Z*, 2022. Numerical modeling of generation of landslide tsunamis: A review. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 16(6), 2241001.
  19. He Z, Gao J*, Shi H, Zang J, Chen H, Liu Q, 2022. Investigation on effects of vertical degree of freedom on gap resonance between two side-by-side boxes under wave actions. China Ocean Engineering, 36(3), 403-412.
  20. Pan X, Zhou Y*, Dong P, Shi H, 2022. An improved impermeable solid boundary scheme for meshless local Petrov-Galekin method. European Journal of Mechanics B Fluids, 95, 94-105.
  21. He K, Shi H, Yu X*, 2022. Effects of interstitial water on collapses of partially immersed granular columns. Physics of Fluids, 34, 023306.

Peer-reviewed Conference Full Papers

  1. Ye Z, Shi H*, 2024. Periodic surge in Macao coastal area under easterly winds. Proceedings of the 21st China Conference of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, pp. 768-773, Oct., 18-21, Qingdao, China. (in Chinese)
  2. Li G, Shi H*, 2024. Analysis on the variation in the genesis of tropical cyclones in Western Pacific Ocean and its relation with ocean variability. Proceedings of the 21st China Conference of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, pp. 779-784, Oct. 18-21, Qingdao, China. (in Chinese)
  3. Guan X, Shi H*, 2024. Comparative analysis of pressure stabilization methods in a fluid-particle two-phase WCSPH model. 2024 SPHERIC Zhuhai International Workshop, Oct. 17-20, Zhuhai, China.
  4. Wang Y, Shi H*, Sun P*, 2024. A projected Lagrangian Physics-Informed Neutral Networks particle method for free surface flows. 2024 SPHERIC Zhuhai International Workshop, Oct. 17-20, Zhuhai, China.
  5. Ye Z, Shi H*, 2024. Surge in Macao coastal areas under easterly winds. 21th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), June 23-28, South Korea.
  6. Li K, Shi H*, 2024. Tidal amplification and distortion under sea level rise in coastal channels of Macao. 21th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), June 23-28, South Korea.
  7. Li S, Shi H*, 2024. Numerical investigation of run-up and sediment transport of tsunami-like solitary waves on fine-sand beaches. 21th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), June 23-28, South Korea.
  8. Wang Y, Shi H*, 2024. Storm surge prediction by machine learning models. 21th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), June 23-28, South Korea.
  9. Guan X, Shi H*, 2023. Effects of grain size on the movement of submarine landslides and the generated tsunami. 20th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), July 30 – Aug. 4, Singapore. (poster, Best Student Poster Award)
  10. Pan X, Li L*, Shi H*, Wang D, 2023. Analysis on the characteristics of landslide-tsunami generated waves: A case study of typical submarine landslides in the South China Sea. The 7th Conference on Earth System Science, July 5-7, Shanghai. (poster in Chinese)
  11. Wang Y, Shi H*, 2022. Global distribution of the rate of sea level rise estimated by EEMD and Wavelet Transform. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Hydrodynamics (ICHD2022), pp. 751-757, Oct. 21-25, Wuxi Jiangsu, China.
  12. Hu K, Li K, Shi H*, 2022. Numerical errors in simulating the storm surge in coastal areas of Macao and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. 19th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Aug. 1-5, online.
  13. Guan X, Shi H*, 2022. Application of a two-phase SPH model, GPUSPH_MIDSEPT, to submarine landslides. Proceedings of the 2022 International SPHERIC Workshop, Mar. 28-Apr. 2, Xi’an, China.
  14. Li K, Shi H*, He Z, 2022. Effects of reclamation projects in the new urban area on storm surge of Macao. Proceedings of the 20th China Conference of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, pp. 641-647, Dec. 15-17, Zhanjiang, China. (in Chinese)
  15. He Z*, Yu Z, Shi H, Li Z, Li L, 2022. Study on the influence mechanism of typhoon Chan-hom on the hydrodynamic characteristics of Hangzhou Bay. Proceedings of the 20th China Conference of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, pp. 963-968, Dec. 15-17, Zhanjiang, China. (in Chinese)

Invited Talks

  1. A SPH model for continuous-discrete two-phase system and its application to ocean engineering. The 8th National Conference of Marine Computational Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 12, 2023, Harbin, Heilongjiang. (Keynote/Plenary Lecture)
  2. Storm surge hydrodynamics and hazard prevention and mitigation in the Greater Bay Area. The 1st Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Environmental Technology Symposium, Jul. 06, 2024, Beijing.
  3. Techniques of disaster prevention and mitigation of typhoon-induced storm surge. Symposium on Resilient Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Technology under Global Climate Change, June 14, 2024, Zhoushan, Zhejiang.
  4. Application of μ(K)-law to sediment transport in swash zone of sandy beaches. The 7th National Conference on Computational Mechanics of Granular Materials & 4th International Symposium on Computational Particle Technology, June 02, 2024, Nanjing, Jiangsu.
  5. Numerical prediction and GNSS-IR monitoring of storm surge in Macao. The 21st Pacific-Asian Marginal Seas Meeting, May 15, 2024, Zhuhai, Guangdong.
  6. Prevention and mitigation of storm surge hazard. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Marine New Energy Special Forum, April 27, 2024, Zhuhai, Guangdong.
  7. Two-phase dynamics in submarine landslides. The 1st Youth Forum on Mechanics of Marine Environment and Natural Disasters, Jan. 21, 2024, Shenzhen, Guangdong.
  8. Changes of storm surge flooding hazard risk in Macao under sea level rise. The 3rd Macao Conference on Smart City Technologies, Nov. 3, 2023, Taipa, Macao.
  9. Two-phase SPH model and its application to studies of dynamics in submarine landslides. Invited by School of Ocean Engineering and Technology at Sun Yat-Sen University, Oct. 21, 2023, Zhuhai, Guangdong.
  10. Solid-liquid two-phase phenomena in sediment laden flows. Invited by Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Aug. 19, 2023, Shenzhen, Guangdong.
  11. Application of satellite data in the study of storm surge in Macao. UM Symposium on Disaster and Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies, Feb. 22, 2023, Taipa, Macao.
  12. Semi-analytical shear dilatation/contraction of granular materials. The Sixth National Conference on Computational Mechanics of Granular Materials (CMGM-2022), Oct. 22-23, 2022, Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
  13. Two-phase models for sediment transport. Seminars in Ocean College of Zhejiang University, May 19, 2022, online.
  14. Applications of SPH two-phase models based on granular flow theory to geological hazard flows. Invited Seminars in Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Coastal Marine Resources Development and Environmental Safety (Hohai University), Dec. 1, 2021, Nanjing, Jiangsu (online).
  15. Numerical prediction of storm surge in Macao and collaborative development of the study of storm surge among the Greater Bay Area. 2020-2021 Chinese Congress of Urban Planning and 2021 Chinese Urban Planning Academic Season – Seminar of Digital Support for Coordinated Development of Urban Agglomeration, Sept. 30, 2021, Chengdu, Sichuan.
  16. Numerical prediction of storm surge in Macao and its possible changes. Forum for Sustainable Development of Marine in Macao, Sept. 24, 2021, Macao.
  17. Two-phase modeling of water-sediment flows. Summer School of Jiangsu Province for Graduates in Port, Waterway, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, Aug. 23, 2021, Nanjing, Jiangsu.
  18. A GPU-based two-phase SPH model for tsunami generated by submerged landslides. Sizihwan Workshop on Environmental Fluid Mechanics (SWEFM): Tsunami, Aug. 5-6, 2021, online.

Conference Oral Presentations

  1. Simulation of beach erosion by dam-break swash using a two-phase SPH model. The 2nd IAHR International Workshop on Scour around Hydraulic and Coastal Structures, May 22, 2024, Chengdu, Sichuan.
  2. Changes of storm surge flooding hazard risk in Macau under sea level rise. 2nd China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries Ocean Research and Education Symposium, Oct. 12-13, 2023, Macao.
  3. Two-phase dynamics in sediment-laden flows. 4th Chinese Youth Conference in Port, Waterway, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Sept. 23-24, 2023, Tianjin.
  4. Hazard assessment of storm surge flooding in small coastal cities – Taking Macao as an example. 20th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS2023), July 31, 2023, Singapore.
  5. Effects of reclamation projects in the new urban area on storm surge of Macao. 20th China Conference of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, Dec. 17, 2022, Zhanjiang, China.
  6. Risk assessment method for storm surge flooding in Macao. 1st Hong Kong-Macao Ocean Forum, Nov. 25, 2022, Macao.
  7. Sediment-turbulence interaction dynamics in submarine turbidity currents. CORE Research Workshop, Sep. 30, 2022, Hong Kong (online).
  8. A two-phase SPH model, GPUSPH_MIDSEPT, for submarine landslides and tsunami. The 12th South China Sea Tsunami Workshop, Jan. 13, 2022, Shanghai (online).
  9. Numerical studies of coastal hazards: Submarine landslides and storm surge. CORE Annual Research Symposium, Jan. 14, 2022, Hong Kong (online).
  10. A GPU-based two-phase SPH model for intense sediment transport in geological-hazard flows. 2nd International Symposium of Water Disaster Mitigation and Water Environmental Regulation, Jul. 7-9, 2021, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
  11. Possible changes of storm surge in coastal areas of Macao. The Second Conference on Marine Science and Technology Innovation and Sustainable Development Strategy, Jun. 16-18, 2021, Macao S.A.R., China.
  12. A two-phase SPH model based on granular rheology for water-sediment geological flows. The Fifth National Conference on Computational Mechanics of Granular Materials, Mar. 26-28, 2021, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Awards

  1. Best Presentation Award, awarded by the 4th Chinese Youth Conference in Port, Waterway, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 2023 (最佳学术报告奖, 第4届港口、航道、海岸与海洋工程中青年学者学术研讨会).

Supervision

Awards and prizes won by supervised students

  • Kailun HU, Master student, 1st Dean’s Honors List Award for Post-Graduate Students, Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau, 2024.
  • Xiafei GUAN, PhD student, Best Student Poster Award, 20th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 2023.
  • Yujia WANG, PhD student, Excellent Presentation Award, 1st National Workshop on Ocean Numerical and Artificial Intelligent Forecast, 2023.
  • Zi YE, PhD student, The Excellent Young Scientist Presentation, the South China Sea Annual Meeting 2022.
  • Yujia WANG, PhD student, The Third-Class Prize for Student Presentations, China Ocean Engineering Technology Conference & Donghai Doctoral Student Forum, 2022.
  • Zi YE, PhD student, The Third-Class Prize for Student Presentations, China Ocean Engineering Technology Conference & Donghai Doctoral Student Forum, 2022.
  • Yuhang CHEN, final-year project undergraduate student, Dean’s Final Year Project List & Best Final Year Project Award certificated by the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau, 2022-2023.
  • Ka Iam CHAN, final-year project undergraduate student, Dean’s Final Year Project List awarded by the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau, 2021-2022.

Professional Services

  • Member of Executive & Academic Committee for the National Conference of Marine Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Member of Committee for the 13th South China Sea Tsunamic Workshop
  • Member of Editorial Board for Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami (SCI)
  • Guest Editor for Water (SCI)
  • Co-Convener and chair of professional session in AOGS 2022/2023
  • Member, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
  • Member, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
  • Reviewer for peer-reviewed international journals: Physics of Fluids, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Computations, International Journal of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, Chinese Science Bulletin, Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, Journal of Hydrodynamics
  • Reviewer for AGU Books

Contact Details

State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City
University of Macau, N21, 5014e
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa,
Macau, China

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