Tianli Zeng
Hydraulic Engineer · AI Engineer · Indie Developer
What I'm building
What I'm building
A four-track engineer · grounded in hydraulics · extending into AI / DevTools / Indie
About
About Me
Tianli Zeng
Master's in Hydraulic Engineering from Zhejiang University with doctoral-stage research experience. Focused on Water Conservancy Informatization, Digital Twin, and Smart Water Conservancy. Deep expertise in applying machine learning to water resources management and hydrological forecasting; built multiple professional software systems and published in core journals.
Driving innovation, designing smart water systems.
My Journey and Skills
My learning and career journey
Bachelor's Degree | Zhejiang University — Water Resources and Ocean Engineering
Systematic study of foundational theory and professional knowledge in hydraulic engineering, mastering core courses in hydrology and hydraulics. Academic record: GPA 3.65/4.0 (ranked 2/22 in major) — demonstrating a solid technical foundation and strong learning ability.
- · First-class Outstanding Student Scholarship
- · Kunhe Scholarship (Second Prize)
- · Zhejiang University Sanhao (Outstanding) Student (Dec 2012)
- · Zhejiang University Outstanding Student Cadre (Dec 2012)
- · Zhejiang University Outstanding Youth League Member (May 2012)
- · Zhejiang University Outstanding Youth League Cadre (May 2013)
Direct-entry Doctoral Program | Ocean College, Zhejiang University — Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering
Completed all doctoral-level coursework with a weighted GPA of 88.9/100. Advisor: Prof. Zhilin Sun (Director of the Institute of Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Ocean College, Zhejiang University). In-depth research on numerical simulation of estuarine and coastal processes and sediment transport; published 2 core-journal papers. Key research topics included non-uniform sediment transport in river networks and a tidal-flow mathematical model for the Xiushan Bridge sea area. Completed 32.0 credits in total, scoring 90+ in multiple core courses.
- · Sanhao (Outstanding) Graduate Student (Dec 2014)
- · Outstanding Graduate Student (Dec 2014, Dec 2015)
- · Two core-journal papers published during the doctoral program
- · China Scholarship Council Government-Sponsored Study Abroad Scholarship (2016)
Joint-training Doctoral Program | Clarkson University, USA — Hydraulic Engineering
Funded by the China Scholarship Council Government-Sponsored Study Abroad Scholarship, completed a joint-training program at Clarkson University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advisor: Prof. Weiming Wu, focusing on numerical simulation of open-channel flow and sediment transport. Research paper "A Depth-Averaged 2D Physically Based Model of Cohesive Dam/Levee Breach Processes" was accepted by the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Congress (2019), where I delivered an English oral presentation and exchanged ideas with international peers.
- · China Scholarship Council Government-Sponsored Study Abroad Scholarship (national-level)
- · Paper published at the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Congress
- · English oral presentation at an international conference
Master's Program | College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University — Hydraulic Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Yueping Xu. Core research project: water-use trend analysis in Zhejiang Province and an evaluation framework for sustainable water-resources utilization. Applied the Mann-Kendall test, the Theil-Sen estimator, and information entropy to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of water-use structure. Built a multi-factor LSTM water-demand forecasting model and benchmarked ARIMA, LSTM, and Informer at daily-scale water-use prediction. Master's thesis results were published in the authoritative journal Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.
- · Sanhao (Outstanding) Graduate Student (Dec 2022)
- · Outstanding Graduate Student
- · Master's thesis results published in Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
- · Co-authored core-journal paper (second author)
Engineer | Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics & Estuary — Planning & Digital Business Division (Project Accumulation Phase)
Quickly took on core projects after joining, leading the design and implementation of technical solutions. Key projects include: Digital Twin Zhedong Water Diversion Project (technical lead, 7-month on-site assignment); Shaoxing City Water Resources Carrying Capacity Assessment (technical lead); and Qiantang River shoreline planning.
- · Awarded 3 software copyrights (Excel-to-MIKE conversion, water-resource scheduling optimization, carrying-capacity assessment)
- · First-author paper: "Rainfall Trends and Multi-scale Variability in the Zhedong Water Diversion Project Receiving Area"
- · Awarded "Sports Star" by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Water Resources (2024)
Engineer | Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics & Estuary — Planning & Digital Business Division (Output Phase)
Focused on solo development and shipping deliverables, turning domain expertise into software products. Independently built the Water Efficiency Assessment System (AHP + CRITIC + TOPSIS) and the Pollutant Assimilation Capacity Calculation System (automated river-channel decay formulas), both deployed in dual form: Streamlit web + Tauri desktop.
- · Applied for 2 new software copyrights (Water Efficiency Assessment, Pollutant Assimilation Capacity)
- · Applied for 1 invention patent (Multi-Model Fusion Rainfall Analysis System)
- · Provincial Design Institute Basketball Tournament Champion (2025)
- · Provincial Department of Water Resources Badminton Singles — 3rd Place (2025)
Works
Works
AI Engineering
Claude Code Harness System
Enterprise-grade LLM toolchain architecture — 43 commands, 14 skills, and a complete hooks/memory/MCP ecosystem that elevates Claude Code from a conversational tool to production-grade development infrastructure.
Water Conservation Assessment
Industrial Park Water Efficiency Assessment System
A water efficiency assessment tool for industrial agglomeration zones based on AHP+CRITIC combined weighting and TOPSIS ranking, supporting a three-tier park-pipeline-enterprise assessment system.
Automation
Daily Briefing Auto-Push System
A daily information aggregation system collecting data on Mac, rendering on VPS, and pushing via Gmail — automatically integrating weather, calendar, tasks, and Git activity.
Development Tools
Developer Toolset Quartet
Split from the original scripts repository into 4 standalone repos (doctools/devtools/mactools/clashx), covering the full chain of CLI tools across document processing, development productivity, system management, and network proxying.
Water Environment Management
River and Reservoir Pollutant Assimilation Capacity Calculator
An automatic pollutant assimilation capacity calculation tool based on the river channel decay formula, supporting multi-scenario comparison, tributary segmentation, and monthly statistics.
Infrastructure
VPS Full-Stack Infrastructure
A complete production environment running 24 systemd services and 4 Docker containers on a single VPS, with Cloudflare domain management and CF Access authentication — zero dependency on third-party platforms.
Research
Research
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Latest
Latest Posts
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