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Water Intelligence Lab
Yao Hu

Yao Hu

Assistant Professor

Dr. Yao Hu is the lead Principal Investigator of the Water Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Delaware, holding a split appointment in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Hu is an expert in both physics-based and machine learning models of water systems, specializing in decision-making frameworks (e.g., agent-based modeling) and digital twins for water systems.

Research interests

Coupled Human and Water Systems (Socio-hydrology) · Digital Twin for Water · Water System Modeling and Optimization · Decision Making Modeling · Participatory Modeling · Agent-based Modeling · AI/MI-accelerated Modeling · Model Coupling and Integration

Appointments

  • Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, College of Earth, Ocean & Environment
  • Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Affiliated Faculty with Engineering and Policy Program, WaterScience and Policy Program, Data Science Institute and Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence, University of Delaware

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
  • M.S., Environmental Engineering — Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, 2010
  • B.Eng., Civil Engineering & Computer Science — Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2006

Office

Harker ISE Lab, Newark, DE 19716