Mingyuan Ma

I am Mingyuan Ma (Ph.D.), currently a Research Fellow at Griffith University. I specialise in coastal and ocean engineering, with expertise in coastal modelling, wave hydrodynamics, fluid–structure interaction, metocean statistics, and AI-based wave forecasting. My major practical outcomes include developing a high-precision CFD model for wave transmission and wave–structure interaction in coastal sea-wall structures; establishing an innovative, validated metocean statistical framework and AI forecasting model for the southern Coral Sea; and contributing to Australia’s first offshore fish pen, SeaFisher, which secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from Bureau Veritas. To date, I have published 18 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals and conferences, and I actively maintain strong international academic and industry collaborations with partners in Australia, Norway, Singapore, Japan, and China.

• School and University Scholarships, China University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou, China, 2014,
• Award for Academic Excellence, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia, 2016 - 2018,
• International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia, 2019 - 2023,
• Australian Government RTP Stipend Scholarship, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia, 2019 - 2023,
• Ph.D. Top-up Scholarships, Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre, Australia, 2020 - 2023,
• Outreach Scholarship for Engineers, 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Singapore, 2024

• [1] Ma, M., Faivre, G., Strauss, D., Metters, D., & Zhang, H. (2025). Hybrid data-driven long-term wave analysis in the southern Coral Sea, Australia. Applied Ocean Research, 154, 104374.
• [2] Ma, M., Faivre, G., Strauss, D., & Zhang, H. (2023, January). A time-series data-driven model of waves and currents in the Southeast Queensland water of Australia. In Australasian Coasts & Ports 2023 Conference (pp. 510-515). Sunshine Coast, QLD: Engineers Australia.
• [3] Faivre, G., Ma, M., Lee, S., Strauss, D., Zhang, H., Tomlinson, R., & Metters, D. (2023, January). Modelling of Wave-Current interaction along the northern East Coast of Australia. In Australasian Coasts & Ports 2023 Conference (pp. 503-509). Sunshine Coast, QLD: Engineers Australia.
• [4] Ma, M., Zhang, H., Jeng, D. S., & Wang, C. M. (2022). Hydroelastic interactions between waves and an array of submersible flexible fish cages. Ocean Engineering, 266, 113035.
• [5] Ma, M., Zhang, H., Jeng, D. S., & Wang, C. M. (2022). Analytical solutions of hydroelastic interactions between waves and submerged open-net fish cage modeled as a porous cylindrical thin shell. Physics of Fluids, 34(1).