ACADEMICS



Ph.D., Associated Professor

Department of Port, Waterway and Coastal Engineering

School of Transportation, Southeast University

E-mail: kyin@seu.edu.cn


Professional Experience


  • Associate Professor, Southeast University, Dec. 2023-present

  • Postdoctoral, Southeast University, Jan. 2020-Nov. 2023


Education

  • Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, Southeast University, 2015 – 2019

  • Joint Ph.D student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida State University, 2017-2018

  • M.E., Hydraulic Engineering, Southeast University, 2013 - 2015

  • B.E., Harbours, Water Channels and Coast Engineering, Southeast University, 2009 - 2013


Research Interests

  • Estuary and coastal hydrodynamics

  • Wave attenuation by vegetation

  • Numerical simulation of coastal hazards


Research Projects

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China, Mechanism study of wave attenuation induced by coastal emergent flexible vegetation under nonlinear waves

  • Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Mechanism study of nonlinear wave attenuation by emergent flexible vegetation on the coast of Jiangsu Province

  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Mechanism study of the interaction between coastal emergent flexible vegetation and nonlinear waves

  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Study on the Characteristics of Wave Propagation under Coastal Flexible Vegetation and Currents


Selected Publications

  1. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Huang Wenrui, Lin Ming, 2023. Experimental and numerical investigation of wave-induced dynamics of emergent flexible vegetation, Ocean Engineering, 289: 116155

  2. Yin Kai, Lin Ming, Xu Sudong, Hao Jianxin, Mao Liuyan, Li Mengqi, 2023. Numerical investigation of submerged flexible vegetation dynamics and wave attenuation under combined waves and following currents, Ocean Engineering, 278: 114437.

  3. Liu Shuo, Xu Sudong, Yin Kai, 2023. Optimization of the drag coefficient in wave attenuation by submerged rigid and flexible vegetation based on experimental and numerical studies, Ocean Engineering, 285:115382.

  4. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Gong Shangpeng, Chen Jie, Wang Yiran, Li Mengqi, 2022. Modeling wave attenuation by submerged flexible vegetation with XBeach phase-averaged model, Ocean Engineering, 257: 111646.

  5. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Gong Shangpeng, Zhou Runpu, Wang Yiran, 2021. Effects of wave nonlinearity on submerged flexible vegetation dynamics and wave attenuation, Ocean Engineering, 241:110103.

  6. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Huang Wenrui, Liu Shuo, Li Mingxuan, 2021. Numerical investigation of wave attenuation by coupled flexible vegetation dynamic model and XBeach wave model, Ocean Engineering, 235:109357.

  7. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Zhao Quan, Zhang Nini, Li Mengqi, 2021. Effects of sea surface warming and sea level rise on tropical cyclone and inundation modeling at Shanghai coast, Natural Hazards, 109:755–784.

  8. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Zhu Xinghua, Huang Wenrui, Liu Shuo, 2021. Estimation of spatial extreme sea levels in Xiamen seas by the quadrature JPM-OS method, Natural Hazards, 106(1): 327-348.

  9. Huang Wenrui, Yin Kai, Ghorbanzadeh Mahyar, Ozguven Eren, Xu Sudong, Vijayan Linoj, 2021. Integrating storm surge modeling with traffic data analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of hurricane evacuation, Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 15(6): 1301–1316.

  10. Vijayan Linoj, Huang wenrui, Yin Kai, Ozguven Eren, Burns Simone, Ghorbanzadeh Mahyar, 2021. Evaluation of parametric wind models for more accurate modeling of storm surge: a case study of Hurricane Michael, Natural Hazards, 106(3): 2003–2024.

  11. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Zhao Quan, Huang Wenrui, Yang Ke, Guo Meiting, 2020. Effects of land cover change on atmospheric and storm surge modeling during typhoon event, Ocean Engineering, 199:106971.

  12. Xu Sudong, Ma mengdi, Yin Kai, Tang Shuang, 2020. Risk Evaluation System of Navigation Security Based on Coupled Wind and Wave Model: A Case of Study of Qiongzhou Strait, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 14(10): 1311-1318.

  13. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Huang Wenrui, Li Rui, Xiao Hong, 2019. Modeling beach profile changes by typhoon impacts at Xiamen coast, Natural Hazards, 95(3):783-804.

  14. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Huang Wenrui, 2018. Estimating extreme sea levels in Yangtze Estuary by quadrature Joint Probability Optimal Sampling Method, Coastal Engineering, 140:331-341.

  15. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Huang Wenrui, Xie Yang, 2017. Effects of sea level rise and typhoon intensity on storm surge and waves in Pearl River Estuary, Ocean Engineering, 136(15):80-93.

  16. Yin Kai, Xu Sudong, Huang Wenrui, 2016. Modeling sediment concentration and transport induced by storm surge in Hengmen Eastern Access Channel, Natural Hazards, 82(1): 617-642.