<aside> <img src="/icons/conceal_gray.svg" alt="/icons/conceal_gray.svg" width="40px" /> AI-enhanced compound flood model for real-time extreme hazard forecasts

MBIE Endeavour Fund

Dr Yifan Yang - International Collaborator

Duration: 2024-2027

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Highlights:

• Develop a compound (pluvial, coastal and riverine) flood forecast system to predict extreme flood due to heavy rainfall and storms 48 hours in advance.
• AI techniques will be used to downscale the flood results to speed up the model while retaining high-resolution output.

<aside> <img src="/icons/conceal_gray.svg" alt="/icons/conceal_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Local scour mechanism in alluvial rivers and prediction methods

NSFC Grant for Excellent Young Scientists Overseas

Dr Yifan Yang - Principal Investigator

Duration: 2024-2027

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Highlights:

• Bridging the gap between cross-scale riverbed scour mechanisms
• Structure-indcued local scour may trigger erosion at larger scales, and vice versa
• Combining MEMS sensors, numerical modelling, and UAV survey for holistic investigation
• The braided reach of the Lower Yellow River as a particularly location of interest

<aside> <img src="/icons/checkmark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/checkmark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Improving predictions of flood-induced sediment hazards and geomorphic adjustment in rivers

UoW Strategic Research Fund

Dr Yifan Yang - Principal Investigator

Duration: 2022-2023

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Highlights:

• Repetitive high-resolution airborne lidar surveys for the Waiho River catchment
• Advanced morphologic modeling to delineate the aggradation dilemma of the Waiho River