Coastal Engineering · National University of Singapore

Zhengyu Hu

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where I received my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 2025. My research focuses on understanding and predicting complex coastal processes through advanced computational and experimental approaches. My current interests include multiphysics modeling of coastal systems, nature-based coastal protection, wave–mud interactions, and physics-informed computational methods for next-generation coastal engineering.

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Research interests

Coastal Engineering
Wave–Structure–Seabed Interactions
Sediment Transport, Scour & Seabed Mechanics
Breaking Waves & Turbulence Modeling
Tsunami & Extreme Coastal Hazards
Nature-Based Coastal Protection

News

Jul 2026New paper in Communications Earth & Environment: Sediment rheology governs wave damping over muddy shelves.
Jun 2026Presented work on hydroelastic plate response to multimodal breaking wave impacts at OMAE 2026 in Tokyo.
Nov 2025Talk on full-scale tsunami scour with 3D seepage flows at the 12th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, Chongqing.
Aug 2025Received the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad from the China Scholarship Council.
Jun 2025Presented at the 41st IAHR World Congress in Singapore.
Jun 2025New paper in Journal of Fluid Mechanics: Breaking wave impacts on an elastic plate.
Mar 2025New paper in JGR: Oceans on the role of dynamic seepage response in tsunami-induced scour.
Mar 2025Received the Excellence in Reviewing award from Ocean Engineering (Elsevier).