Researcher, 2024-now
Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering,
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
PhD student, 2020-now
Delft Center for Systems and Control, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Email: yclee.delft@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yu-chen-lee-2b7566136
-08/25 New paper: Impact of directional spreading on nonlinear KdV-soliton spectra in intermediate water
-11/24 Talk at The 46th Ocean Engineering Conference, Tainan, Taiwan
-05/24 Article on nonlinear Fourier analysis of rogue waves in Philippine Sea
Education
2020–present, Doctor of Philosophy, Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC), Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2015-2017, Master, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2011-2015, Bachelor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Employment
2024-present, Researcher, Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center (COMC), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2019-2020, Research Assistant, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2018-2019, Research Assistant, Leichtweiß-Institut für Wasserbau (LWI), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
2017, Pilot Overseas Internships, Research Institute of Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
2016, MOST-DAAD Summer Institute Program, Institute of River and Coastal Engineering, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
2015, Laboratory exchange, College of Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Nonlinear waves analysis and simulation
Nonlinear Fourier analysis
Ocean Measurement Technology
Marine Hazards
Journal paper
Lee, Y. C., & Doong, D. J. (2025). Duration-limited growth method for wind sea and swell separation of directional wave spectrum. Ocean Engineering, 329, 121182.
Lee, Y. C., & Wahls, S. (2025). Impact of directional spreading on nonlinear KdV-soliton spectra in intermediate water. Wave Motion, 137, 103542.
Lee, Y. C., Brühl, M., Doong, D. J., & Wahls, S. (2024). Nonlinear Fourier classification of 663 rogue waves measured in the Philippine Sea. PloS one, 19(5), e0301709.
Conference paper
Lee, Y. C., Wahls, S., & Brühl, M. (2022, June). Evaluation of Nonlinear Fourier-Based Maximum Wave Height Predictors Under the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Vol. 85901, p. V05BT06A060). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Lee, Y. C., Brühl, M., & Wahls, S. (2023, June). When Do JONSWAP Spectra Lead to Soliton Gases in Deep Water Conditions?. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Vol. 86878, p. V005T06A101). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
2025 Best Presentation Award, 12th East Asian Workshop for Marine Environment and Energy (EAWOMEN2), Busan, Korea
2024 Director Award, 1st Vision Marine Conference, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2020 Key Fields Scholarship Program, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2018 DAAD Short-Term Research Grants, German Academic Exchange Service, Germany
2017 Pilot Overseas Internships, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2015 Outstanding Youth Award, Program of the 8th Proceedings of the Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering
2015 MOST-DAAD Summer Institute Program, German Academic Exchange Service, Germany