EDUCATION
University of Delaware // Ph.D. Candidate, Coastal Engineering Present
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- Cumulative GPA: 3.8/4.0
- Current research: Erosion by Wave Action of Cohesive Bottom Consisting of Clay and Sand Mixture
University of Delaware // Master of Science (MS), Ocean Engineering July 2017
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- Cumulative GPA: 3.67/4.0
- Thesis: Flooding of Indian River Bay and Rehoboth Bay through Indian River Inlet and by Wave Overtopping of Barrier Beach
Tianjin University // Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Ocean and Naval Engineering July 2015
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- Cumulative GPA: 3.7/4.0
- Thesis: The Development of the Computer-Aided Designed System for Ship Body Corrosion Protection
INTERN/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Coastal Structure Design of Barrier Beaches
- Graduate Research Assistant (January 2020 – Present)
- Designed and performed rock mound structures in reducing onshore migration of sand barrier (idealized barrier island) in wave flume
- Examined effects of wave overtopping and overwash on barrier beaches
- Investigated structure settlement of rock mound structures on sand barriers
Bluff/Soft Cliff Erosion Analysis
- Graduate Research Assistant (January 2018 – December 2019)
- Developed and improved the cross-shore numerical model CSHORE (coding with FORTRAN)
- Studied the erosion process of consolidated cohesive bottom containing cohesionless sediment by wave action using CSHORE
- Studied soft cliff erosion by oblique breaking waves.
Sediment Transport Lab Experiment
- Graduate Research Assistant (March 2017 – December 2017)
- Conducted laboratory experiment for equilibrium beach profile and beach nourishment process
- Performed analysis of the analytical model to quantify the net transport of sediment
Sea Grant Project
- Graduate Research Assistant (February 2016 – February 2017)
- Statistical analysis of storm events and predicted wave overtopping and barrier beach evolution
- Oral Presentation at 36th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (2018)
Deep-sea Structure Lab Internship
- Intern (June 2014)
- Participated in the preliminary preparation work of the deep-sea pipe experiment
- Simulation of the deformation of pipe under tremendous pressure
SKILLS / SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES
- Numerical Models
- CSHORE (CSHORE Manual, 2016 Review Paper)
- NearCom – TVD (https://fengyanshi.github.io/shi_website/_build/html/nearcom.html)
- Computer Language
- C/C++, FORTRAN, VISUAL BASIC, MATLAB
- Engineering Software
- ArcGIS, AutoCAD, ANSYS, ABAQUS
- Certificate
- Passed the FE Examination and eligible to obtain EIT status and PE status
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Coastal Engineering and Ocean Modeling
- Cohesionless and Cohesive Sediment Transport
- Coastal Erosion Control Strategies
- Coastal Structures
- Nearshore Hydrodynamics
- Physical modeling
- Shore Breaching and Restoration