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PORTFOLIO · 2023–2026

Selected Works

Verifiable results across hydraulic engineering, data & algorithms, and AI engineering: publications, software copyrights, engineering projects, and self-built tools.

48
Project engagements (2024–2025)
4,945h
Engineering hours (2 yrs)
4+1
Journal papers 4 + conference 1 · 2 first-author · 1 SCIE
6
Software copyrights · 5 registered
2
Patents (pending)
9+2
Online tools + open-source apps

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

First page of the Sustainability 2026 paper
SCIE · 2026

Rainfall Trends and Multi-Scale Variability in the Water-Receiving Area of the Zhejiang East Water Diversion Project

Sustainability (MDPI), 2nd author

A 62-year (1961–2022) daily-rainfall analysis with Mann-Kendall, Sen's slope, Hurst exponent, and multi-scale sliding windows, revealing scale dependence and spatial differentiation of trends.

DOI 10.3390/su18147429
CNKI record of the Water Resources and Power 2026 paper
Core journal · First author · 2026

Rainfall Trend and Multi-scale Variability in the Receiving Area of the East Zhejiang Water Diversion Project

Water Resources and Power, 2026, 44(02): 53–58, 1st author

Trend, variability and persistence analysis of 15 sub-regions over 62 years — the Chinese counterpart of the SCIE paper, supporting dispatch of a major inter-basin diversion project.

DOI 10.20040/j.cnki.1000-7709.2026.20250703
CNKI record of the Advances in Science and Technology of Water Resources 2024 paper
Core journal · 2024

Dynamic Water Demand Prediction in Zhejiang Based on Driving-Factor Screening and Deep Learning

Advances in Science and Technology of Water Resources, 2024, 44(02): 47–53, 2nd author

Spearman-based driving-factor screening plus an improved LSTM with rolling prediction, outperforming vanilla LSTM, CNN and SVR baselines.

Earlier academic work · 2016–2023

CNKI record of the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 2016 paper
EI/Core · 2016

Non-uniform Sediment Transport in River Networks Considering Lateral Sediment Outflow

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2016, 47(01): 72–76+84, 3rd author

A log-type sediment carrying-capacity formula for river networks and a transport method accounting for lateral outflow, validated against field data — lateral outflow explains ~11% of total deposition.

DOI 10.13243/j.cnki.slxb.20150369

A Depth-Averaged 2D Physically-Based Model for Flow and Sediment Transport in Open Channels

Int'l conference · First author · 2019

ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (Zeng T., Wu W.)

A depth-averaged 2D model integrating physically-based parameters, validated on multiple river systems.

CNKI record of the Zhejiang University master's thesis
Master's thesis · 2023

Water-Use Structure Analysis and Intelligent Water-Consumption Prediction in Zhejiang

Zhejiang University · Hydraulic Engineering (advisor: Xu Yueping), indexed on CNKI

Entropy-based water-use structure analysis and intelligent prediction — the groundwork for the 2024 journal paper.

DOI 10.27461/d.cnki.gzjdx.2023.003069

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual Property

Software copyright registration certificate
Water Resources Carrying Capacity Evaluation System · 2025SR1547949
Software copyright registration certificate
Water Efficiency Evaluation System · 2026SR0568890
Software copyright registration certificate
Pollutant Assimilative Capacity Calculation System · 2026SR0568886
Software copyright registration certificate
Water Resources Optimal Scheduling Model · 2024SR1653626
Software copyright registration certificate
Excel-to-MIKE Intelligent Data Conversion Software · 2024SR0615211
Water Resources Carrying Capacity Evaluation System V1.02025SR1547949Registered · 2025
Water Efficiency Evaluation System V1.02026SR0568890Registered · 2026
Pollutant Assimilative Capacity Calculation System V1.02026SR0568886Registered · 2026
Water Resources Optimal Scheduling Model Software2024SR1653626Registered · 2024
Excel-to-MIKE Intelligent Data Conversion Software V1.02024SR0615211Registered · 2024
Cascade Reservoir Multi-Objective Scheduling Model V1.0Pending
Invention patent: Multi-Model-Fusion Rainfall Analysis & VisualizationPending
Utility model: Adjustable-Depth Water Intake Aeration Device2025221473456Accepted

Copyrights are held by Zhejiang Design Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power (I am a principal developer); patent statuses are stated as-is — all pending.

ENGINEERING HIGHLIGHTS

Engineering Highlights

24-station rain-gauge network over the water-receiving area (paper figure)

Digital Twin of the Zhejiang East Water Diversion Project

Core engineer · 2024–present · seconded to the Qiantang River Basin Center

  • ·Independently built the irrigation water-demand model (paddy + dryland, 10-day resolution) and the river-district water-balance dispatch model (multi-district rolling computation)
  • ·LSTM 15-day rainfall forecast with mean error <5%; 62-year data engineering across 470+ standardized files
  • ·Output: first-author core-journal paper + SCIE paper + invention patent application
Leak localization model output: top-5 candidates

County Water Network Hydraulic Modeling & Leak Localization

Technical lead · 2025

  • ·64-node / 67-pipe WNTR hydraulic model; Hazen-Williams forward analysis + NSGA-III multi-objective pipe-sizing optimization
  • ·Self-built Monte-Carlo leak-fingerprint inversion for localization, with a Streamlit demo platform
AHP-CRITIC combined weighting comparison

Water Resources Carrying Capacity Evaluation System

Technical lead · 2024

  • ·AHP + CRITIC + TOPSIS multi-criteria model with a PyQt GUI (software copyright registered)
  • ·Methodology adopted by the Provincial Water Resources Department and promoted regionally
Yearly error heatmap across model checkpoints

Provincial Hydraulic Model Evaluation Competition

Solo entrant · 2025

  • ·Two tracks modeled independently: inflow forecasting (hydrological) and irrigation demand (XGBoost / LSTM)
  • ·Packaged and delivered per competition spec; code open-sourced at github.com/zengtianli/modeling
Zero-mismatch parity

Reverse Engineering & Rewrite of a Dispatch System

Decompiled ~7,900 lines of legacy C# (two versions), rewrote in Python with zero-error parity over 62 years of daily simulation, fixing 10 defects of the original.

200 reservoirs · 4 counties

Ecological Flow Determination for Small Reservoirs

58-year hydrological series, Tennant/QP methods; county-level lead (73-page implementation plan approved); 3,000+ provincial registry records auto-filled.

217 pages · passed in one review

Multi-Quality Water Supply Provincial Pilot

Lead author of three deliverable reports; passed acceptance in May 2026 without conditional rectification.

26-script automation

Drinking Water Source Compliance Assessment

Solely responsible for 200+ supporting documents across 20 categories; built a generation-and-filing automation pipeline coordinating 4 owner units.

AI ENGINEERING

AI Engineering & Self-Built Tools

Since 2025 I have systematized AI engineering: a multi-agent development platform, open-source model fine-tuning, and turning professional hydraulic computations into accessible online tools.

Claude Code Multi-Agent Platform

37 skills / 31 commands / 31 hooks built from scratch; fan-out/pipeline orchestration with JSON-Schema structured outputs and adversarial verification; three-tier evaluation regression.

Open-Source LLM Fine-Tuning Pipeline (QLoRA)

transformers + peft + trl + bitsandbytes; full local loop on Qwen2.5: data → training → inference → merge → Hub publishing, YAML-driven.

LLM Content Distillation & Distribution

One long-form piece auto-adapted into 5 platform formats, distributed via n8n orchestration (flow.tianli.cyou, in production).

Self-Built Tool Matrix (excerpt)

Assimilative capacity calculator
Assimilative capacity calculator
Rainfall-runoff computation
Rainfall-runoff computation
Water efficiency (AHP+CRITIC+TOPSIS)
Water efficiency (AHP+CRITIC+TOPSIS)
Flood-risk data ETL
Flood-risk data ETL
Irrigation demand forecasting
Irrigation demand forecasting
Cascade reservoir scheduling
Cascade reservoir scheduling
HydroMac · native macOS toolbox (OSS)
HydroMac · native macOS toolbox (OSS)
Ask Claude · macOS desktop Q&A (OSS)
Ask Claude · macOS desktop Q&A (OSS)

9 hydraulic tools run online; HydroMac and Ask Claude are open-sourced at v1.0.0.

TIMELINE

Four-Year Track

2023

Joined Zhejiang Design Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power; started the Qiantang River shoreline planning — its classification method was later adopted as a local standard.

2024

20 projects, 2,421 hours; Advances in Science and Technology of Water Resources paper published; 2 software copyrights registered; technical lead of the carrying-capacity evaluation adopted by the provincial department.

2025

28 projects, 2,524 hours; seconded to the Qiantang River Basin Center for the digital-twin diversion project; first-author paper accepted; technical lead on ecological flow (200 reservoirs) and county network modeling; two competition tracks delivered.

2026

SCIE paper published; 2 more copyrights registered and a utility-model patent accepted; two provincial pilots passed acceptance; zero-error legacy-system rewrite delivered; AI engineering line in full swing and open-sourced.

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