{"id":19,"date":"2015-10-23T22:52:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/shunqipan\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:56:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:56:03","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/shunqipan\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"bodytext\" style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">Since 2000, I have been Principal Investigator or Co-investigator for 7 EPSRC grants, 2 NERC grants and 6 other grants funded by the RAEng, EU and regional research development agencies\u00a0<\/span>on physical and numerical modelling of hydrodynamics and morphodynamcis in coastal and estuarine environment, secured more than \u00a33m research funds. Particularly, I am heavily involved in developing and refining a depth-average coastal morphological model:\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" title=\"COAST2D\" href=\"..\/coast2d\/\">COAST2D<\/a>, as well as using other state-of-the-art models such as POLCOMS, TELEMAC, FVCOM, and EFDC for research projects. Selected\u00a0major research projects are highlighted below and further\u00a0details can also be found\u00a0from each individual project page\u00a0listed in the right panel.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #333333\"><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Selected Research Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333\">\n<li>Transport for Wales (TfW): Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network, \u00a3725k, 15\/06\/2026 \u2013 15\/06\/2029, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>Transport for Wales (TfW): Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network \u2013 a pilot study, \u00a391k, 17\/04\/2023 \u2013 29\/2\/2024, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>Shandong Academy of Sciences: Numerical simulation of suspended sediment in the Yellow River Estuary, \u00a36.6k, 1\/11\/2022 \u2013 31\/10\/2024, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>Shropshire Council: Rea catchment opportunity mapping study, \u00a381.7k, 15\/09\/2021 &#8211; 31\/12\/2022. Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li>EPSRC: Centre for Doctoral Training in Water Informatics (<a href=\"http:\/\/wisecdt.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WISE-CDT<\/a>), \u00a31.14m (Project total \u00a35.6m), 31\/12\/2014 &#8211; 30\/09\/2023, Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li>NSFC: Morphological evolution of the Yellow River delta: Mechanism and environmental effects, \u00a52800k (~\u00a3325k), 1\/1\/2018 &#8211; 31\/12\/2021, Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li>British Council: PhD Placement, \u00a35.25K, 01\/04\/2018 \u2013 31\/03\/2020, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li>East China Normal University: Open Research Funds of State Key Laboratory for Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), Integrated modelling of the medium and long-term morphodynamical evolution of the Yellow River Delta, \u00a5145k (~\u00a316.5k), 31\/12\/2018-31\/12\/2019, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">Ser Cymru NRE-LCEE: \u201cQuantification, optimisation and environmental impacts of marine renewable energy (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" href=\"http:\/\/nrn-lcee.ac.uk\/quotient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QUOTIENT<\/a>),\u00a0\u00a361k,\u00a001\/01\/2015 \u2013 30\/06\/2018, \u00a0Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">NERC: Integrating coastal sediment systems (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" title=\"iCOASST\" href=\"..\/projects\/icoasst\/\">iCOASST<\/a>), \u00a3350k (Project total \u00a32.79m), 01\/02\/2012 \u2013 31\/01\/2016, Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">HEFCW: Climate Change Consortium for Wales (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" title=\"C3W\" href=\"..\/projects\/c3w\/\">C3W<\/a>), \u00a3144k, 01\/10\/2009 \u2013 31\/03\/2014, Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">WEFO:\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" title=\"LCRI Marine\" href=\"..\/projects\/lcrimarine\/\">LCRI Marine\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 Hydro-environmental Assessment, \u00a3777k (Project total \u00a31.58 m), 01\/01\/2010 \u2013 31\/12\/2014, Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">CHINA-MoST: Numerical Modelling of Sediment Transport and Medium to Long-term Evolution in Modaomen Estuary of the Pearl River, \u00a5900k, 01\/01\/2011 \u2013 31\/12\/2013, Co-Investigator, in collaboration with Prof Liangwen Jia of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">EU-FP7: Innovative Coastal Technologies for Safer European Coasts in a Changing Climate (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" title=\"THESEUS\" href=\"..\/projects\/theseus\/\">THESEUS<\/a>), \u20ac386k (Project Total: \u20ac6.53m), 1\/12\/2009 \u2013 30\/11\/2013, Co-Investigator<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" title=\"RAEngChina\" href=\"..\/projects\/raengchina\/\">RAEng<\/a>, Research Exchange with China and India: Modelling the Impact of Climate Change on Microclimate System of Coastal Zone, July-Oct 2010, \u00a35.2k, Principal Investigator<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">NERC: Ensemble Prediction of Inundation Risk and Uncertainty arising from Scour (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #3a6999\" title=\"EPIRUS\" href=\"..\/projects\/epirus\/\">EPIRUS<\/a>), \u00a3805k, 1\/1\/2007 \u2013 31\/10\/2011, Co-Investigator (led Modelling of Tides, Waves and Surge work package)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"main-content\" class=\"page-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bv2t9CVxLu8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK climate projections update and impact on sea level rise<\/a> 2018 @ Bath University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/G9mWWNc3aGs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flood Dynamics under Sea Level Rise at Rhyl, North Wales<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since 2000, I have been Principal Investigator or Co-investigator for 7 EPSRC grants, 2 NERC grants and 6 other grants funded by the RAEng, EU and regional research development agencies\u00a0on 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