National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University of Department of Civil Engineering

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Yu-Lin Tsai

Assistant Professor

Highest Degree：

Ph.D., Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University
Research Expertise：

Coastal Hazards (Storm Surge, Tsunami, Ocean Surface Wave), Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR), Mangrove-Wave-Current Interactions, Hydrodynamic Modeling
Subjects：

Wave Theory, Coastal Process, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Mathematics (III)
Website：

https://sites.google.com/view/nycu-ylt-coastlab/

Room 226, Engineering Building II
+886-3-571-2121 ext. 54978
yulin.tsai[at]nycu.edu.tw

Experience

Projects

Publications

Resources

Professional Appointments

2025/08-Now Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

2024/04-2025/07 Assistant Professor (Project-Appointed), Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan

2022/12-2024/03 Postdoc, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan

2019/05-2021/01 Visiting Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), National University of Singapore, Singapore

Award and Scholarship

H & J Youth Chair Professor Award - 2025, 2026

Kamide Lecture Award (Young Scientist Award), Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) - 2025

Dean's Award, College of Earth Sciences, National Central University - 2021

Honorary Membership, Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society (Taiwan) - 2020

Presidential Scholarship, National Central University - 2019

Outstanding Student Scholarship, National Central University - 2017, 2015, 2013

Peer-Review Journal Papers

Li, Fating, Linlin Li, Yu-Lin Tsai, and Nobuhito Mori. (2026; Accepted). "Effects of Astronomical Tide on Tsunami-Induced Sediment Transportation: A Case Study of Nan'ao Island in the South China Sea." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. (SCI/SCIE)
Tsai, Yu-Lin, Che-Wei Chang, and Nobuhito Mori. (2026; Accepted). "Investigation of Wave Attenuation by Rhizophora apiculata Mangroves: Coupled Laboratory Experiments and Boussinesq Modeling." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. (SCI/SCIE)
Liu, Tien-Chi, Jann-Yenq Liu, Po-Han Lee, Cissi Ying-Tsen Lin, Tzu-Hsun Kao, and Yu-Lin Tsai. (2025). "Uplift of the Ionosphere by Tropospheric and Thermospheric Lamb Waves Induced by the 2022 Tong Volcanic Eruption." Geoscience Letters, 12(45). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-025-00419-0. (SCI/SCIE)
Jo, Junbeom, Sooyoul Kim, Masaya Toyoda, Yu-Lin Tsai, Jungsoo Kim, and Nobuhito Mori. (2025). "Impact of Atmospheric Forcing on Storm Surge Prediction between Numerical Weather Model and Parametric Typhoon Model." Ocean Engineering, 341(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.122540. (SCI/SCIE)
Mori, Nobuhito, Che-Wei Chang, Kenji Ono, Hironori Noguchi, Shigeyuki Baba, Hideaki Yanagisawa, Toyohiko Miyagi, Naoki Tsuruta, Kojiro Suzuki, Shiro Yamagata, Yusuke Hasegawa, Yu-Lin Tsai, Takuya Miyashita, and Tomoya Shimura. (2025). “Field Experiment Study to Assess Critical Wave Conditions Leading to Failure of Mangrove Rhizophora stylosa.” Coastal Engineering, 199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104749. (SCI/SCIE)
Tsai, Yu-Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Philip Li-Fan Liu, Yi-Cheng Teng, Hwa Chien, and Hao-Yuan Cheng. (2025). "Coastal Storm Surge Amplification by Wave Radiation Stress: The Case Study of 2015 Ty Soudelor in East Taiwan." Applied Ocean Research, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2024.104370. (SCI/SCIE)
Hasegawa, Yusuke, Tomoya Shimura, Takuya Miyashita, Yu-Lin Tsai, Shigeyuki Baba, and Nobuhito Mori. (2024). "Development of Wave Deformation Model Considering Mangrove Tree Shape." Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 80(17). https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejj.24-17004. (Scopus/CiteScore)
Tsai, Yu-Lin*, Tso-Ren Wu, Eric Yen, Veerachai Tanpipat, and Chuao-Yao Lin. (2024). "Storm Surge Induced by Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019) and Its Impact by Track Variation Scenarios on the Thailand Coast." Natural Hazards, 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06717-8. (SCI/SCIE)
Lin, Chun-Wei, Tso-Ren Wu, Yu-Lin Tsai, Shu-Chun Chuang, Chi-Hao Chu, and Chuen-Teyr Terng. (2023). "Member Formation Methods Evaluation for A Storm Surge Ensemble Forecast System in Taiwan." Water, 15(10): 1826. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15101826. (SCI/SCIE)
Tsai, Yu-Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Eric Yen, Chuan-Yao Lin, and Simon C Lin. (2022). "Parallel-Computing Two-Way Grid-Nested Storm Surge Model with a Moving Boundary Scheme and Case Study of the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan." Water, 14(4): 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040547. (SCI/SCIE)
Wu, Tso-Ren, Hong-Yueh Lo, Yu-Lin Tsai, Li-Hung Ko, Mei-Hui Chuang, and Philip L.-F. Liu. (2021). "Solitary Wave Interacting with a Submerged Circular Plate." Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 147(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000605. (SCI/SCIE)
Sun, Yang‐Yi, Ming‐Hsueh Shen, Yu‐Lin Tsai, Chi‐Yen Lin, Min‐Yang Chou, Tao Yu, Kai Lin, Qian Huang, Jin Wang, Lihui Qiu, Chieh‐Hung Chen, and Jann‐Yenq Liu. (2021). "Wave Steepening in Ionospheric Total Electron Density due to the 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse" Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028931. (SCI/SCIE)
Tsai, Yu-Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Chuan-Yao Lin, Simon C. Lin, Eric Yen, and Chun-Wei Lin. (2020). "Discrepancies on Storm Surge Predictions by Parametric Wind Model and Numerical Weather Prediction Model in a Semi-Enclosed Bay: Case Study of Typhoon Haiyan." Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123326. (SCI/SCIE)
Yen, Eric, Simon C. Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Yu-Lin Tsai, and Meng-Ju Chung. (2020). "Knowledge-Building Approach for Tsunami Impact Analysis Aided by Citizen Science." Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 315. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00315. (SCI/SCIE)
Liu, Jann-Yenq, Chi-Yen Lin, Yuh‑Ing Chen, Tso‑Ren Wu, Meng‑Ju Chung, Tien‑Chi Liu, Yu‑Lin Tsai, Loren C. Chang, Chi‑Kuang Chao, Dimitar Ouzounov, and Katsumi Hattori. (2020). "The Source Detection of 28 September 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami by Using Ionospheric GNSS Total Electron Content Disturbance." Geoscience Letters, 7, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-020-00160-w. (SCI/SCIE)
Liu, Jann-Yenq, Chi-Yen Lin, Yu-Lin Tsai, Tien-Chi Liu, Katsumi Hattori, Yang-Yi Sun, and Tso-Ren Wu. (2019). "Ionospheric GNSS Total Electron Content for Tsunami Warning." Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431119410070. (SCI/SCIE)
Kueh, Mien-Tze, Wen-Mei Chen, Yang-Fan Sheng, Simon C. Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Eric Yen, Yu-Lin Tsai, and Chuan-Yao Lin. (2018). "Effects of Horizontal Resolution and Air–Sea Flux Parameterization on the Intensity and Structure of Simulated Typhoon Haiyan (2013)" Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2018-333. (SCI/SCIE)
Chao, Wei-An, Tso-Ren Wu, Kuo-Fong Ma, Yih-Min Wu, Li Zhao, Yu-Ting Kuo, Meng-Ju Chung, Han Wu, and Yu-Lin Tsai. (2018). "The Large Greenland Landslide of 2017: Was a Tsunami Warning Possible?" Seismological Research Letters, 89, 1335-1344. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170160. (SCI/SCIE)
Lin, Simon C., Tso-Ren Wu, Eric Yen, Hsin-Yen Chen, John Hsu, Yu-Lin Tsai, Chun-Juei Lee, and Philip L.-F. Liu. (2015). "Development of a Tsunami Early Warning System for the South China Sea." Ocean Engineering, 100, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.02.003. (SCI/SCIE)

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

蔡育霖, Che-Wei Chaing, and Nobuhito Mori. (2025). "Rhizophora 紅樹林引致之阻力係數對規則波消能之數值模擬與討論." Proceedings of the 47th Ocean Engineering Conference in Taiwan, 457-459.
蔡育霖, Che-Wei Chaing, and Nobuhito Mori. (2024). "以全非線性 Boussinesq 模式模擬沿岸植生造成之波浪衰減." Proceedings of the 46th Ocean Engineering Conference in Taiwan, 200-202.
Tsai, Yu-Lin, Che-Wei Chang, and Nobuhito Mori. (2024). “Wave Attenuation due to Vegetation Using the Fully Nonlinear Boussinesq Model.” Proceedings of 38th Conference on Coastal Engineering. ISBN: 978-0-9896611-7-1. https://icce-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/icce/article/view/14444/13716.
Chang, Che-Wei, Yu-Lin Tsai, and Nobuhito Mori. (2024). “Investigating the Impact of Mangroves on Wave Attenuation through Physical and Numerical Modeling.” Proceedings of 38th Conference on Coastal Engineering. ISBN: 978-0-9896611-7-1. https://icce-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/icce/article/view/14297/13569.
Tsai, Yu-Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, and Philip Li-Fan Liu. (2021). "Study of Wave-Enhanced Radiation Stress to Coastal Storm Surges on the Northeast Coasts of Taiwan Using Surge-Wave Coupling Model: Case Study of the 2015 Typhoon Soudelor." Proceedings of the 43rd Ocean Engineering Conference, 798-803.
Yen, Eric, Tso-Ren Wu, Simon C. Lin, Chuan-Yao Lin, and Yu-Lin Tsai. (2018). "Open Application Framework for Disaster Mitigation Based on Deeper Understanding Approach." 2018 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/ict-dm.2018.8636383.
Tsai, Yu-Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Chuan-Yao Lin, Simon C. Lin, and Chuen-Teyr Terng. (2017). "Development of Operational Multi-scale Storm Surge Inundated Model and Application of 2013 Typhoon Haiyan." Procedia IUTAM, 25, 100-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.piutam.2017.09.015.
Wu, Tso-Ren, Yu-Lin Tsai, and Chuen-Teyr Terng. (2017). "The Recent Development of Storm Surge Modeling in Taiwan." Procedia IUTAM, 25, 70-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.piutam.2017.09.011.

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