Sunwei Li

2014.11 - 2020.9, Lecturer, Division of Ocean Science and Technology, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University

2020.9 - 2022.7, Assistant Professor, Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS), Tsinghua University

2022.7 - present, Associate Professor, Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS), Tsinghua University

Fundamental in Ocean Engineering, Required course for graduate students majored in Ocean Engineering, 32 hours per term

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Selective course for graduate students majored in Ocean Engineering, 32 hours per term

English as a Second language, Common course for graduate students, 32 hours per term

Ship Expedition Practice, Selective course for graduate students majored in Ocean Engineering, 32 hours per term 

Offshore wind resource assessment; floating wind turbines; hydrodynmaics of offshore risers and flexible cables; geotechnic analysis for the exploitation of natural gas hydrates

Typhoon Hazards, Offshore Wind Resource Exploitation, Geotechnic Risk for Nature Gas Hydrate Exploitation.

Key Technologies for exploitation of offshore wind resource using floating wind turbines, supported by Shenzhen Science and Innovation Committee, duration of 2020-2022

Land-Sea transition of the typhoon boundary layer wind field, supported by the National Scientific Foundation, Youth Project, 2017-2020

Installation of flexible risers and SCRs in the deep-sea area: key technologies and demonstration project, supported by the Shenzhen Planning and Natural Resource Bureau, 2018-202 

[1]Tse, K. T., Weerasuriya, A. U., Zhang, X., Li, S.*, Kwok, K. C. S. (2017). Pedestrian-level wind environment around isolated buildings under the influence of twisted wind flows. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 162, 12-23.

[2]Liu, Y., Chen, D., Yi, Q., Li, S.* (2017). Wind Profiles and Wave Spectra for Potential Wind Farms in South China Sea. Part I: Wind Speed Profile Model. Energies, 10(1), 125.

[3]Song, J., Hu, G., Tse, K. T., Li, S.*, & Kwok, K. C. S. (2017).Performance of a circular cylinder piezoelectric wind energy harvester fitted with a splitter plate. Applied Physics Letters, 111(22), 223903.

[4]Liu, Y. C., Chen, D. Y., Li, S.*, & Chan, P. W. (2018). Revised power-law model to estimate the vertical variations of extreme wind speeds in China coastal regions. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 173, 227-240.

[5]Weerasuriya, A., Hu, Z. Z., Zhang, X., Tse, K. T.  Li, S. W.*, & Chan, P. W. (2018). New inflow boundary conditions for modeling twisted wind profiles in cfd simulation for evaluating the pedestrian-level wind field near an isolated building. Building & Environment, 132.,302-318.

[6]Liu Y, Chen D, Li S*, Chan P W. (2018), Discerning the spatial variations in offshore wind resources along the coast of China via dynamic downscaling. Energy. 160: 582-596.

[7]Liu, Y. C., Chen, D. Y., Li, S.* (2018).The artificial generation of the equilibrium marine atmospheric boundary layer for the CFD simulation of offshore wind turbines. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics,183,44-54.

[8]Liu, Y., Chen, D., Li, S.*, Chan, P. W., Zhang, Q. (2019). A three-dimensional numerical simulation approach to assess typhoon hazards in china coastal regions. Natural Hazards.96(2), 809~835.

[9]Li, W., Hu, Z., Pei, Z., Li, S.*, & Chan, P. W. (2020). A discussion on influences of turbulent diffusivity and surface drag parameterizations using a linear model of the tropical cyclone boundary layer wind field. Atmospheric Research, 104847. .

[10]Li, W., Li, S.* (2020). Investigation of Factors Influencing Power Takeoff for a Wind Turbine Installed Inside a High-Rise Building, Journal of Energy Engineering, 164(4),

[11]Li, S., Hu, Z. Z., Chan, P. W., & Hu, G. (2017). A study on the profile of the turbulence length scale in the near-neutral atmospheric boundary for sea (homogeneous) and hilly land (inhomogeneous) fetches. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 168, 200-210.

[12]Liu, Y., Li, S., Yi, Q., Chen, D. (2017). Wind Profiles and Wave Spectra for Potential Wind Farms in South China Sea. Part II: Wave Spectrum Model. Energies, 10(1), 127.

[13]Liu, Y., Li, S., Chan, P. W., & Chen, D. (2017). Empirical correction ratio and scale factor to project the extreme wind speed profile for offshore wind energy exploitation. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 9(3): 1030~1040,

[14]Liu, Y, Li, S, Chan P W, Chen D. (2018). On the failure probability of offshore wind turbines in the China coastal waters due to typhoons: A case study using the OC4-DeepCwind semisubmersible. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 10(2), 522-532.

[15]Feng, Y, Li, S, Chan, D, Xiao, Q. (2019). Predictions for combined In-Line and Cross-Flow VIV responses with a novel model for estimation of tension. Ocean Engineering, 191, 106531.