Dr Anbin Li

Engineer

BE Civil (Hons), ME, PhD, MEngNZ

Anbin is a hydraulic engineer with specialist expertise in river engineering, hydraulic structures, sediment transport, scour assessment, and 3D numerical modelling.

He holds a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering from Northwest A&F University and completed a Visiting PhD year at the University of Auckland. His academic research focused on local scour, coupled flow and sediment transport, and advanced numerical modelling, giving him a strong technical foundation in complex river and hydraulic systems.

At Flowstate Consulting, Anbin applies this specialist capability to flood modelling, river engineering, and hydraulic structure projects within the New Zealand water sector. His technical experience includes HEC-RAS and XPSWMM for catchment-scale flood and river analysis, along with Flow-3D and ANSYS Fluent for detailed CFD simulation. He also has hands-on experience in physical hydraulic model testing for scour, energy dissipation, and sediment transport studies.

Anbin’s project experience includes low-head dam scour protection, river improvement and sediment sluicing, flood diversion tunnels, reservoir spillways, bottom outlets, and bridge hydraulics. His work includes model development, calibration, result interpretation, technical reporting, design recommendations, and client presentations.

He has published in several peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences in Denmark and China. Anbin works closely with multidisciplinary teams and brings a rigorous, research-led approach to hydraulic engineering projects from concept through to delivery.