Liaoning Technical University | China
Dr. Li Yin is an accomplished scholar whose research spans open-pit mining theory and technology, digital mining techniques, mine geological hazards and slope engineering. At Liaoning Technical University she has directed numerous enterprise-commissioned projects and led major provincial and national science fund initiatives, producing a strong record of peer-reviewed work: nine academic papers (including three in SCI and three in EI indexed journals) and six patent applications (two granted). Her h-index stands at 29, with over 4 000 citations across her publications — a reflection of the broad relevance of her work. Her innovation lies in developing a practical method to determine the main sliding direction of open-pit mine landslides using ground-based InSAR monitoring imagery and a novel Cumulative Difference Degree–Time (CDD-T) metric, integrating OpenCV image-segmentation, simulated-annealing-filtered image similarity and linear fitting of deformation sub-regions. This data-driven method bridges the gap between theoretical modelling and real-world monitoring in mining slope stability, offering engineers a tool with direct on-site applicability. Her work has earned first and second prizes at the provincial/ministerial level for scientific and technological progress, underscoring her impact in mining engineering and geological science. She continues to advance the field through translational applications, training of younger engineers and integration of new monitoring technologies — positioning her to shape the future of data-enabled mining safety and slope disaster prevention.
Featured Publications
Yin, L., Wang, D., Wu, Y., Xing, X., & Wang, S. (2025). Operational determination of landslide sliding direction using ground radar images: A case study in open-pit mining. Landslides.
Wang, D., Abba, S. I., Yin, L., & Xing, X. (2023). Study on the control effect of local basement replacement on the stability of dump. PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0292901.