Prof. Yih-Chin Tai's Webpage at NCKU

Research Groups

Dr. Yih-Chin Tai currently holds the position of a full professor at the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Physics from National Taiwan University and Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degrees in Applied Mechanics from TU Darmstadt in Germany. His research interests lie in geophysical mechanics, focusing on countermeasures against sediment-related disasters such as debris flows, landslides, and flooding. His work encompasses laboratory experiments, theoretical modeling, and numerical implementation for highly efficient MPI/GPU parallel computation. Additionally, Dr. Tai is involved in the development of a real-time simulation tool called the MoSES_xx package. This tool integrates a GPU-computational engine with a 3D-user-interactive illustration system called the ANSI-Platform. The MoSES_xx package utilizes technologies such as CUDA, OpenGL, and openCV for high-performance computation and real-time illustration. It is worth noting that the MoSES-packages are GIS-compatible, enabling hazard assessment and disaster mitigation.

Education

• Dr.-Ing, Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany
• Dipl.-Ing., Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany
• B.Sc., Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Research Interests

• Continuum methods of physical modeling in environmental sciences and geophysics
• Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics (geophysical mass flows over general topography, e.g. landslides, debris flows, granular avalanches, submarione avalanches/lanslides, tsunami etc.)
• Computational Fluid Mechancis (Numerical methods for conservative laws, shock-capturing schemes, unified coordinate (UC) method)
• Estimation of landslide failure surface and its impacts on the traveling paths
• 3D web-based animation graphics (Three.js, Scenario investigation for hazard mitigation/assessment)
• User-interactive 3D animation visualization (OpenGL, investigation of disaster situation and hazard management, Flood monitoring system)
• MPI Parallel Computation (solid-fluid mixture flow, debris flfows, rainfall-flooding mode)
• GPU (CUDA) Computation, real-time calculation (landslide/debris flow mode, rainfall-flooding mode)

Teaching Courses

• General Physiscs、Fluid Mechanics、Engineering Mathematics、Numerical Analysis、Introductory Oceanography、 Physical Oceanography、Geophysical Fluid Mechancis、Computer Application、Debris flows、Computational Hydraulics

Award Experiences

• 2020, Excellent research award (Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, NCKU).
• 2017, Scientific visit (Short-term research) to TU Darmstadt, Germany (MOST-DFG (Taiwan-Germany) Researchers Exchange Program).
• 2017, Excellent teaching teacher and excellent tutor (Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, NCKU).
• 2014 to 2016, NSC-INRIA (Taiwan-France) Researchers Exchange Program.
• 2014, Excellent teaching teacher and excellent tutor (Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, NCKU).
• 2013, Scientific visit (Short-term research) in Tsukuba University, Japan (founded by NSC).
• 2012, Annual outstanding young scholar research project (NSC).
• 2009, Excellent TA Instructor (National Chi Nan University).
• 2008, Master Research Study Competition Excellent Work Award (National Chi Nan University).
• 2008, Excellent TA Instructor (National Chi Nan University).
• 2007, Annual short-term Visiting Research (Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica).
• 2007, Master Research Study Competition Excellent Award (National Chi Nan University).
• 2006, Excellence TA Instructor (National Chi Nan University).
• 2006, Annual short-term Visiting Research (Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica).