Professor

Steven Yueh Jen Lai

Professor

Office：4F 4685

Extension:  63261
Email：stevenyjlai@mail.ncku.edu.tw
NCKU Research

Lab Website

Education：

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2010)
M.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2006)
B.S., Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2004)

Specialties：

Fluvial Morphohydraulics, Density current, Digital Image Processing, Experimental Stratigraphy

Teaching Courses：

River Hydraulics Experimental Hydraulics, Engineering Graphics, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, River Engineering Design

2011/10 ~ 2012/09 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

2012/10 ~ 2013/01 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

2013/02 ~ present Assistant Professor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

“Emerging Star” Award – College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2018

Excellent Research Award – Dept. of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2018

Excellent Teaching Award – Dept. of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2015

  1. Lai, S. Y. J.*, Liu, H. Y, Foreman, B. Z. and Limaye, A. B., (2024) Response of submarine braided channels to varying inflow hydrographs: Geomorphic experiments and stratigraphic implications, Sedimentology, DOI:10.1111/sed.13236. [PDF]
  2. Hsueh, Y. T., Wu, Fu-Chun*, Ye, Q., Lai, S. Y. J., and Tsang, Y. (2024), Reservoir mud releasing may suboptimize fluvial sand supply to coastal sediment budget: Modeling the impact of Shihmen Reservoir case on Tamsui River estuary, Water Resources Research, 60, e2023WR036701. [PDF] 

  3. Lai, S. Y. J.*, Amblas, D., Micalef, A., and Capart H. (2024), Evolution of submarine canyons and hangingwall fans: insights from geomorphic experiments and morphodynamic models, Earth Surface Dynamics,12, 621-640. [PDF]

  4. Huang, S. Y. J., Lai, S. Y. J.*, Limaye, A. B., Foreman, B. Z. and Paola, C. (2023), Confinement width and inflow-to-sediment discharge ratio control the morphology and braiding intensity of submarine channels: insights from physical experiments and reduced-complexity models, Earth Surface Dynamics, 11, 615-632.[PDF]

  5. Lai, S. Y. J. and F.-C. Wu *(2021), Two-stage transition from Gilbert to hyperpycnal delta in reservoir, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093661. [PDF]
  6. Lai, S. Y. J., Y. J. Chiu and F.-C. Wu* (2019), Self-similar morphodynamics of Gilbert and hyperpycnal deltas over segmented two-slope bedrock channels, Water Resources Research, 55, 3689-3707 doi:10.1029/2018WR023824. [PDF]
  7. Limaye, A. B.*, J. L. Grimaud, S. Y. J. Lai, B. Z. Foreman, Y. Komatsu, and C. Paola (2018), Geometry and dynamics of braided channels and bars under experimental density currents, Sedimentology, doi:10.1111/sed.12453. [PDF]
  8. Lai, S. Y. J., Y. T. Hsiao and F.- C. Wu* (2017), Asymmetric effects of subaerial and subaqueous basement slopes on self-similar morphology of prograding deltas, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 122, doi: 10.1002/2017JF004244.  [PDF]
  9. Lai, S. Y. J.*, S. S. C. Hung, B. Z. Foreman, A. B. Limaye, J. L. Grimaud and C. Paola (2017), Stream power controls the braiding intensity of submarine channels similarly to rivers, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL072964. [PDF]
  10. Lai, S. Y. J.*, T. P. Gerber and D. Amblas (2016), An experimental approach to submarine canyon evolution, Geophysical Research Letters, 43(6), 2741-2747, doi: 10.1002/2015GL067376. [PDF]
  11. Chou, C.-W., S. Y. J. Lai*, F.-Y. Lin, and C.-K. Huang (2015), Experimental study of fixed-bed flow characteristics for a cylinder with different porosities, Taiwan Water Conservancy, 63 (4), 46-56 (in Chinese). [PDF]
  12. Foreman, B. Z.*, S. Y. J. Lai, Y. Komatsu and C. Paola (2015), Braiding of submarine channels controlled by aspect ratio similar to rivers, Nature Geoscience, 8(9), 700-703, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2505. [PDF]
  13. Capart, H.*, J.P.C. Hsu, S. Y. J. Lai and M.L. Hsieh (2010), Formation and decay of a tributary-dammed lake, Laonong River, Taiwan, Water Resources Research, 46, W11522, doi:10.1029/2010WR009159. [PDF]
  14. Lai, S. Y. J., and H. Capart* (2009), Reservoir infill by hyperpycnal deltas over bedrock, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L08402, doi:10.1029/2008GL037139. [PDF]
  15. Lai, S. Y. J., and H. Capart* (2007), Two-diffusion description of hyperpycnal deltas, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 112, F03005, doi:10.1029/2006JF000617. [PDF]