Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Yu Lab
Led by Xiao Yu · Civil and Coastal Engineering
What we study
The Yu Lab studies how water moves and mixes in coastal areas, including how sediment moves and how ecosystems interact with the environment. They use field observations, experiments, and computer models to understand these processes.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- The Annual Modulation of Subtidal Estuarine Dynamics by the Gulf Stream
2026 · Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Shows how the Gulf Stream influences estuarine water levels, salinity, and temperature in the St. Lucie Estuary.
- Added-mass and added-moment-of-inertia tensors of porous fractal flocs
2026 · Physical Review Fluids
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- Momentum recovery process in the non-axisymmetric wake of a hydrokinetic turbine at high blockage ratio
2025 · Energy
- Numerical study of regular waves over artificial reefs of triply periodic minimal surface structures
2025 · Ocean Engineering
- Study on the influence of operating conditions and tangential inlet diameter on the spray characteristics of gas-centered swirl coaxial injectors
2025 · Acta Astronautica
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