Li Yuzhu, Pearl

Biography

Dr Li Yuzhu, Pearl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NUS. She has been awarded as Marie-Curie Scholar and Humboldt Experienced Researcher. Her research focuses on many aspects of coastal engineering, including fluid-structure-seabed interaction, breaking waves, sediment transport, scour, liquefaction, and turbulence modelling, with a particular focus on computational fluid dynamics modelling and numerical investigation of coastal engineering problems. She currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, Advisory Editorial Board member of Coastal Engineering, and Advisory Editorial Board member of the OpenFOAM® Journal. She is a regular topic organizer at the annual OMAE (International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering) conference. She is also the Chair of the Technical Committee of Climate Change at the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES).

Qualifications

• PhD, Offshore Engineering – Marine and Subsea Technology, University of Stavanger, Norway, 2019
• Master of Engineering, Ocean and Naval Architecture Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 2016
• Bachelor of Engineering (Major, with honours), Ocean and Naval Architecture Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2013
• Bachelor of Arts (Dual), English Language and Literature, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2013

Position Held

• Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, 2021 – Present
• Marie-Curie & H.C. Ørsted Postdoc Fellow, Technical University of Denmark, 2019 – 2021
• Marine Technology Intern, ABS R&D group, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Houston, USA, 2015

Grants, Honours & Awards 

• Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Germany (2023)
• Marie-Curie & H.C. Ørsted Fellowship, Denmark (2019)
• Distinction of Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University, Canada (2016)
• Full Scholarship for Research-Based M.Eng from Graduate School at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (2013)
• Award of the Outstanding Graduates, China (2013)

Professional Activities 

• Chair of Technical Committee of Climate Change, The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), 2023 – now
• Council Member, The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), 2023-2024
• Associate Editor, Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 2023 – now
• Advisory Editorial Board, Coastal Engineering, 2024 – now
• Advisory Editorial Board, OpenFOAM^® Journal, 2020 – now
• Local Organising Committee & Symposium Coordinator, OMAE, 2024
• Panellist of EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030, invited by the European Commission and European Research Executive Agency, 2022
• Topic Organizer, Coastal Engineering, 40th International Conference on Ocean Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE), 2021
• Topic Organizer, Offshore Geotechnics/Pipelines, 37th International Conference on Ocean Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE), 2018
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2022 – now
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015 – now

Research Interests 

• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Fluid-structure-seabed interaction
• Turbulence modelling
• Breaking waves
• Sediment transport
• Scour
• Liquefaction

Publications

1. Meng, D., & Li, Y. (2024). Assessing the Settling Velocity of Biofilm-Encrusted Microplastics: Accounting for Biofilms as an Equivalent to Surface Roughness. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(2), 1329-1337.
2. Hu, Z., & Li, Y. (2023). Two-dimensional simulations of large-scale violent breaking wave impact on a flexible wall. Coastal Engineering, 104370.
3. Chen, W., Alam, M. M., Li, Y., & Ji, C. (2023). Two-degree-of-freedom flow-induced vibrations of a D-section prism. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 971, A5.
4. Chen, W., & Li, Y. (2023). Evidence and physical mechanism for vortex-induced vibration of a bluff body without an afterbody. Physics of Fluids, 35(6).
5. Hu, Z., Huang, L., & Li, Y. (2023). Fully-coupled hydroelastic modelling of a deformable wall in waves. Coastal Engineering, 104245.
6. Li, Y., & Fuhrman, D. R. (2022). On the turbulence modelling of waves breaking on a vertical pile, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 953, A3.
7. Li, Y., Larsen, B. E., & Fuhrman, D. R. (2022). Reynolds stress turbulence modelling of surf zone breaking waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 937.
8. Huang, L., & Li, Y. (2021). Design of the submerged horizontal plate breakwater using a fully coupled hydroelastic approach. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
9. Li, Y., & Fuhrman, D. R. (2021).Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Deep-Water Wave Instabilities Involving Wave Breaking. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 144(2), 021901.
10. Fuhrman, D. R. & Li, Y. (2020). Instability of the realizable k–ε turbulence model beneath surface waves. Physics of Fluids, 32(11), p.115108.
11. Li, Y., Ong, M. C., & Fuhrman, D. R. (2020). CFD investigations of scour beneath a submarine pipeline with the effect of upward seepage. Coastal Engineering, 156, 103624.
12. Li, Y., Ong, M. C., Fuhrman, D. R., & Larsen, B. E. (2020). Numerical investigation of wave-plus-current induced scour beneath two submarine pipelines in tandem. Coastal Engineering, 156, 103619.
13. Li Y., Ong M. C., & Tang T. (2018). Numerical analysis of wave-induced poro-elastic seabed response around a hexagonal gravity-based offshore foundation. Coastal Engineering, 136, 81-95.