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Kai, Wang

  • Name
    Kai, Wang

    Position
    Assistant Professor

    Contact
    Office Number:508 Civil Engineering Building
    Tel:03-2654229
    E-mail: kaiwang@cycu.edu.tw
    Professor Kai Wang – Geo-Hydraulic engineering and AI Recognition Laboratory (GHAIR Lab.)

    Educational Background
    Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
    B.Eng. Department of Harbor and River Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University

    Experience
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Jan. 2020 ~ July 2023
    Research Assistant, Disaster Prevention and Water Environment Research Center, National Chiao Tung University, Feb. 2010 ~ July 2017
  • Honors and Achievements

    Teaching Awards
    • Awarded the University-Level Excellent Teaching Program Award by the Department of Civil Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University for the 2022–2023 and 2021–2022 academic years.

    Competition Awards
    • Supervised students who received Honorable Mention in the 2024 National Micro-Hydropower Generation Competition (University Division).

    International Reviewer Awards
    • Received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from IOP Publishing (UK) in both 2021 and 2023.

    Academic Awards
    • Received the 2016 Excellent Paper Award from the Taiwanese Geotechnical Society for the paper titled "Laboratory Evaluation of Improved TDR Method for Quality Inspection of Soil Nails", published in the Journal of Geotechnical Engineering.
    • Awarded a fully funded three-year postdoctoral fellowship under the Integrated Project of the National Science Council in 2020.
    • Received the 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Institute of Physics (IOP Publishing, UK).


    Research interests
    • Water resources and geohazard mitigation
    • Sensors develop and digital signal analysis
    • Bridge pier scour monitoring, modeling, and structural health monitoring
    • Applications of deep learning in geotechnical engineering