I. Team Introduction

The Smart Water Conservancy and Marine Renewable Energy Technology Team is a comprehensive teaching and research team in the field of water conservancy engineering and offshore new energy. The team is responsible for undergraduate and graduate teaching and talent cultivation tasks, offering more than 20 courses for undergraduate and graduate programs. Currently, it has developed a service concept that focuses on both teaching and research, emphasizing basic research to promote technological progress in the fields of smart water conservancy and marine renewable energy.

In recent years, relying on the "State Key Laboratory of Hydropower Equipment," the team has undertaken over 50 projects, including national natural science funds, national 863 Program, national science and technology support program, national key research and development program, national marine public welfare projects, marine renewable energy projects, high-tech ship projects under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and international cooperation projects. The team has completed planning, research, and design work for nearly a hundred civilian products in the Heilongjiang water system, military port terminals, waterways, shipyards, and navigational buildings. They have published over 200 academic papers, including three highly cited papers, more than 80 SCI-indexed papers, one textbook, eight academic monographs, and applied for over 30 invention patents. The team has also received 8 provincial and ministerial awards for projects they led or participated in.

II. Research Directions

Planning, Design, and Construction Management Technology for Water Transportation Projects

Conduct research on the design and optimization of coastal ports, waterway projects, inland waterway and navigation hubs, and ship locks. Combine GIS visualization technology and BIM lifecycle dynamic management methods to establish three-dimensional virtual simulation scenarios. Study intelligent dynamic management methods for the planning, design, construction, and operation maintenance of water conservancy projects. Aim to achieve digitization, visualization, and intelligence in water conservancy construction and management.

Intelligent Twin Management Technology for River and Sea Engineering

Utilize big data, Internet of Things, and intelligent optimization algorithms to integrate digital twin technology, three-dimensional modeling technology, neural network prediction technology, and structural analysis technology. Develop a digital twin-based safety monitoring, prediction, and early warning system for hydraulic structures, aiming to achieve full life cycle operation and maintenance management of water conservancy projects and potential risk prediction.

High-Efficiency Energy Conversion Technology for Marine Renewable Energy

Conduct research on the fluid dynamics, structural characteristics, coupled dynamics, and system control technology of wave energy devices, tidal energy devices, and floating offshore wind turbines. This includes analytical analysis, numerical simulation, and experimental methods. Study the integrated design method of wave energy devices and breakwaters, establish high-efficiency energy conversion technology for marine energy devices, evaluate device energy capture characteristics and survivability, and promote the development of wave energy, tidal energy, and offshore wind energy resources.

Optimization Technology for High-Performance Carriers of Marine Renewable Energy

Focus on the integrated design application research of marine energy devices and offshore structures. Carry out fully coupled hydrodynamic analysis and experiments of integrated systems, reveal the operating mechanism of integrated systems from a hydrodynamic perspective, and establish fast and accurate numerical calculation methods for simulating the coupled motion of integrated systems. This aims to promote the application of marine energy devices.

III. Unique Advantages

Based on the Heilongjiang water system and oriented toward the strategy of becoming a maritime power, the team conducts research on smart water conservancy, ice zone engineering, and marine renewable energy technology, striving for discipline development through contributions. The research teams adhere to the research concept of "being rooted in reality while reaching for the sky" in a high-level research-oriented university. They focus on cutting-edge scientific and technological research, continuously creating high-level achievements domestically and internationally. At the same time, they also serve national interests, create social wealth, and promote the development of the national economy with their academic achievements.

IV. Working and Experimental Conditions

The team relies on the Comprehensive Laboratory for Ports and Waterways (Laboratory for Mechanics Foundation), which includes fluid mechanics laboratory, structural mechanics laboratory, soil mechanics laboratory, civil engineering materials laboratory, as well as harbor engineering wave flumes and sediment flumes, providing excellent experimental facilities and conditions. The harbor engineering wave flumes and sediment flumes are used for experiments related to river and coastal dynamics. The civil engineering materials laboratory is equipped with a complete set of equipment and instruments for producing and testing the mechanical and durability properties of marine concrete. There are also large-scale test facilities such as a (108×7×4)m towing tank for ship model testing, the first domestic (8×1.7×1.5)m horizontal circulating water channel, a (50×30×10)m deep-sea tank that can simulate the combined action of wind, waves, and current, and an engineering structure laboratory with static and dynamic capabilities up to 200 tons. The laboratory is equipped with various hardware devices and testing instruments, such as hydrodynamic and mooring systems (Fluent, CFX, Harp, Hydrostar, Ariane, mosis), riser analysis software (Shear7, Abaqus), and platform structure software (Ansys, MARC, Nastran). There are also self-developed software for vertical axis and horizontal axis turbine design and performance load analysis. The superior research and experimental environment provides strong support for teachers' basic research and cutting-edge experimental research in water conservancy engineering and offshore new energy.

V. Team Culture

The team's cultural construction is based on the principles of "consolidation and innovation". Every year, teachers and students participate in various forms of international exchange activities, send students to participate in international conferences and exhibitions, and organize diverse scientific and technological innovation and internship activities. At the same time, the team organizes various cultural activities every year to create a sense of unity, mutual assistance, harmony, and inclusiveness, allowing teachers and students to combine work and leisure and experience a team culture that values unity and cooperation.