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Mingyi (Ming-Yi) Hsu | Subsea Engineer & Spatial Specialist

Spatial Analytics & Tooling for
Renewables and Marine Engineering

Bridging multi-source spatial data — remote sensing, airborne LiDAR, marine terrain, and geophysical profiles — into actionable engineering solutions, custom desktop tools, and Web GIS platforms.

Offshore Wind Utility Solar Subsea Infrastructure Web GIS & Pipelines
Profile

About Mingyi

Hello, I am Mingyi (Ming-Yi) Hsu, a Subsea Engineer and Geospatial Specialist with deep experience across marine spatial infrastructure, renewable energy development, and software automation.

My career bridges foundational public sector leadership with global offshore energy engineering. At the Ministry of the Interior, I led initiatives within Taiwan’s national marine survey program, directed the compilation of official national electronic navigational charts (ENC) and marine base maps, and developed national-scale spatial analytics and terrain models. Today, I translate that large-scale geospatial foundation into managing spatial data integrity, engineering subsea infrastructure, and developing automated desktop analysis tools for offshore wind and marine installations.

From regional terrain evolution and seabed stability to linear infrastructure clearance and land-based earthworks for renewables, my work delivers mathematical precision, clean engineering workflows, and practical decision-making tools.

Name Mingyi (Ming-Yi) Hsu
Focus Renewables & Offshore Spatial Data
Tech Python • C++ • Qt • PostGIS
Engineering Philosophy
  • High-performance 3D point cloud filtering & surface modeling
  • Subsea linear infrastructure corridors & earthwork volume sweeps
  • Multi-sensor spatial data fusion (Satellite, LiDAR, Marine, Seismic)
  • Automated CAD-to-GIS spatial ETL pipelines and Web GIS systems
Career Path

Professional Experience

Geospatial engineering and spatial data leadership from public sector foundations to global energy developers.

Present | Offshore Energy

Subsea Engineer

TotalEnergies

Overseeing subsea infrastructure spatial analysis and offshore engineering data management. Leading the spatial coordination of subsea cable corridors, foundation placement constraints, seabed mobility risks, and multi-source spatial data integration for offshore wind farm developments.

Renewables & Offshore Wind

GIS & Spatial Consultant

LAUTEC

Delivered specialized spatial analytics and Web GIS management for offshore wind developers across the APAC region. Streamlined spatial datasets, cable burial tracking models, site suitability zoning, and web-based spatial portals for multidisciplinary project teams.

Public Sector & Marine Mapping

Technical Specialist (空間資訊 / 測繪技術)

Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan (內政部)

Spearheaded data workflows within national marine survey programs and oversaw the production of official electronic navigational charts (ENC) and national marine base maps. Engineered national-scale spatial analysis frameworks, 3D terrain/seabed models, and standardized geodetic datum conversion protocols.

Featured Desktop Toolkit

PointCloud Studio

From raw 3D spatial points to engineering answers — at sea and on land.

Windows Desktop App | C++ / Python / Qt
demo_walkthrough.mp4
Interactive Chapters
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Seabed & Cable Routing

Depth of Burial & Migration

Automated cable profile extraction from route lines. Analyzes clearance depths, detects free spans, and evaluates terrain mobility.

Earthworks & Trenching

Parametric Corridor Sweeps

Dynamic cross-section sweeping with configurable slopes and target depths. Rapid earthwork volume calculations ready for export.

Verification & Land

As-Built Deviation & Grading

Placement deviation mapping against design models. Platform cut-and-fill balancing for onshore substations and solar facilities.

Applied Fields

Geospatial Applications

Applying spatial data engineering across energy and marine engineering projects.

Offshore Wind

  • • Foundation micrositing constraints
  • • Seabed morphodynamics & mobility
  • • Site hazard and clearance tracking
  • • Export & array cable corridor planning

Utility Solar

  • • Terrain slope & solar aspect zoning
  • • 3D grading cut-and-fill balancing
  • • Hydrological & catchment analysis
  • • Transmission corridor routing

Subsea Infrastructure

  • • Burial depth assessment & tracking
  • • Free span and exposure detection
  • • Rock installation verification
  • • Trenching cross-section calculations

Web GIS & Spatial Portals

  • • Interactive spatial decision maps
  • • Automated CAD-to-GIS data ETL
  • • Enterprise GeoTIFF / Vector tile servers
  • • Asset monitoring dashboards
Capabilities

Technical Stack & Spatial Data

Tools and frameworks for spatial computation, visualization, and infrastructure modeling.

Programming & Architecture

Python C++ PySide6 / Qt SQL / PostGIS JavaScript

Desktop application development, spatial algorithms, geospatial ETL pipelines, and high-performance geometry processing.

Spatial Libraries & Tools

GDAL / OGR GeoPandas Shapely Laspy / PDAL NumPy / SciPy QGIS

Terrain surface modeling, spatial geometric analysis, coordinate transformations, and geodetic reference alignments.

Spatial Data & Sensors

Satellite / InSAR Airborne LiDAR Marine Terrain Geophysical Strata LAS/LAZ/GeoTIFF

Data integration covering satellite Earth observation, airborne point clouds, marine seabed models, and geophysical horizons.