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My research area is hydraulics and sediment transport focusing on experimental study of turbulence flow field and computational simulation of flow and sediment transport in rivers. My research objective is to advance the fundamental knowledge and develop the state-of-the-art computational models in the area of hydraulics and sediment transport through basic and applied research.

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Courses
  • MF
    Mechanics of Fluids

  • STA
    Sediment Transport Analysis

  • STHWRE
    Special Topics in Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering

  • OCF
    Open-Channel Flow

  • SE
    Sedimentation Engineering

Grants
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    Standardizing Software and Processes for Image Velocimetry Gauging Methods

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2023

    $175.3K
    Active
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    Mentoring Institute for Sediment Transport (MIST) for Early Career Professionals at the 2023 EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress and the AGU Fall Meeting

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2023

    $34.5K
    Active
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    Updating Base Curve Number with Latest Land Cover and Soil Data in Pima County

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $59.8K
    Active
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    Quantify Soil Reduction from Erosion Control Measures in Munds Draw Watershed

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $89.9K
    Active
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    Post-Fire Sediment Load Analysis in Canyon Del Oro Wash

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2020

    $53.8K
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    Development of a Model to Predict the Impact of Sediments on Microbial Irrigation Water Quality

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2019

    $148.6K
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    Canal Sediments as Reservoirs of Pathogenic Bacteria in Irrigation Systems

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $66.2K
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    Connected HEC-RAS 1D Steady Flow Model for Major Rivers in Tucson

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $10.0K
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    Altar Valley Landscape Level Sediment Transportation Evaluation

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2017

    $170.6K
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    104B State Water Resources Research Institute Program

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2016

    $494.3K
Technologies / Patents
      News
      • UA Colleges Land National Support for Research Equipment

        2011

      • New UA Lab Will Mimic Behavior in Meandering Waterways

        2009

      Publications (103)
      Recent
      • On bed form resistance and bed load transport in vegetated channels.

        2022

      • Entrainment of E. coli and listeria monocytogenes from sediment in irrigation canal.

        2022

      • Resuspension and Attachment of PhiX174 in Sediment Laden Flow

        2022

      • Flood-fragility analysis of instream bridges-consideration of flow hydraulics, geotechnical uncertainties, and variable scour depth

        2021

      • Experimental Study of PhiX174 Resuspension from Mobile Bed Sediment

        2021

      • Evaluation of E. coli in sediment for assessing irrigation water quality using machine learning

        2021

      • Net Zero Urban Water from Concept to Applications: Integrating Natural, Built, and Social Systems for Responsive and Adaptive Solutions

        2021

      • Experimental and Theoretical Study of Local Scour around Three-Pier Group

        2020

      • An efficient outlier removal algorithm for sonar-based bridge scour monitoring

        2020

      • Sediment re-suspension as a potential mechanism for viral and bacterial contaminants

        2020

      • Flood-fragility analysis of instream bridges–consideration of flow hydraulics, geotechnical uncertainties, and variable scour depth

        2020

      • APPLICATION OF SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS MODEL TO SIMULATE PIER SCOUR IN LABORATORY DAM BREAK FLOW

        2019

      • Advances in Green Infrastructure Research, Development, and Community Adoption III Posters

        2019

      • Flood fragility analysis of instream bridges

        2018

      • Application of KINEROS2 for Simulating Surface Runoff and Sediment Yield in Desert Watershed

        2018

      • Experimental and theoretical study of bed load particle velocity

        2018

      • Assessing methods for estimating roughness coefficient in a vegetated marsh area using Delft3D

        2017

      • A surface-based hiding function linking flume and field data

        2017

      • Advanced Signal Processing of Sonar Measurement for Bridge Scour Monitoring

        2017

      • Simulating Watershed Erosion in BMGR Using AGWA Model

        2017

      • Resuspension of Escherichia coli and MS2 Bacteriophage from Bed Sediment in Irrigation Canals

        2017

      • Simulation of surface runoff using hydrodynamic model

        2017

      • Framework for Incorporating Climate Change on Flood Magnitude and Frequency Analysis in the Upper Santa Cruz River

        2017

      • Feasibility test of low-cost sonar sensors for bridge scour monitoring

        2016

      • Modeling of Erosion and Sedimentation Impacts from off-Road Vehicles in Arid Regions

        2016

      • Experimental study of bed-load transport using particle motion tracking

        2016

      • Simulating Sediment Transport around a Bridge Pier Using Open FOAM Software

        2016

      • Three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation of tidal flow through a vegetated marsh area

        2015

      • Using a two-dimensional watershed model to estimate flood magnitude and frequency under changing climate

        2015

      • Stochastic properties of bed load transport

        2015

      • High resolution numerical schemes for solving kinematic wave equation

        2014

      • Three-Dimensional Simulation of Tidal Flow in Vegetated Marsh Area

        2014

      • Simulating unsteady flow and sediment transport in vegetated channel network

        2014

      • Closure to Two-dimensional depth-averaged finite volume model for unsteady turbulent flow by CHUNSHUI YU and JENNIFER DUAN, J. Hydraulic Res. 50(6), 2012, 599-611

        2014

      • Modeling Meandering Channel by Two-Dimensional Shallow Water Equations

        2014

      • Two-dimensional depth-averaged finite volume model for unsteady turbulent flows

        2014

      • Impacts of River Restoration on Bridges

        2014

      • Two-Dimensional Finite Volume Model for Sediment Transport in Unsteady Flow

        2014

      • Two-dimensional hydrodynamic model for surface-flow routing

        2014

      • Two Dimensional Finite Volume Model for Overland and Channel Flow Simulation

        2013

      • 1D Unsteady Flow and Sediment Transport Model for Vegetated Channel Network

        2013

      • A Simple Total Sediment Load Formula

        2013

      • Grain-Scale Nonequilibrium Sediment-Transport Model for Unsteady Flow

        2013

      • Experiment study of bed load particle velocity

        2013

      • Experimental Study on Landslide Dam Break Due to Overtopping

        2013

      • Two-dimensional Finite Volume Model for Overland and Channel Flow Routing

        2013

      • A surface flow routing algorithm based on shallow water equation with kinematic wave approximation

        2013

      • Two-dimensional depth-averaged finite volume model for unsteady turbulent flow

        2012

      • Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Hyperconcentrated Sediment-Laden Flow in the Yellow River

        2012

      • Simulating river meandering processes using stochastic bank erosion coefficient

        2012

      • Physically based simulation of dam breach development for Tangjiashan Quake Dam, China

        2012

      • Comparison of Unsteady and Quasi-Unsteady Flow Models in Simulating Sediment Transport in an Ephemeral Arizona Stream

        2012

      • 1D finite volume model of unsteady flow over mobile bed

        2011

      • Depth-averaged two dimensional model using cartesian cut-cell approach

        2011

      • Modeling sediment transport in the pantano wash, Tucson

        2011

      • Earthen embankment breaching

        2011

      • Three dimensional simulation of flow field around series of spur dikes

        2011

      • Simulation of unsteady flow and soil erosion in irrigation furrows.

        2010

      • Turbulent burst around experimental spur dike.

        2010

      • Mean flow and turbulence around two series of experimental dikes

        2010

      • Celerity and Amplification of Supercritical Surface Waves

        2010

      • Mean flow and turbulence around experimental spur dike

        2009

      • Mean flow and turbulence around a laboratory spur dike

        2009

      • Comparison of mean flow and turbulence around experimental spur dike

        2009

      • Closure to "analytical approach to calculate rate of bank erosion" by J.G. Duan

        2008

      • Sediment sorting around experimental spur dike

        2008

      • Analytical approach to calculate rate of bank erosion - Closure

        2008

      • Sediment modeling: Issues and future directions

        2008

      • Closure to “Analytical Approach to Calculate Rate of Bank Erosion” by J. G. Duan

        2008

      • Evaluation of flow and sediment models for the Rillito river

        2008

      • Surface-based fractional transport predictor: Deterministic or stochastic

        2008

      • Case study: Two-dimensional model simulation of channel migration processes in West Jordan River, Utah

        2008

      • Two-dimensional simulation of flow hydraulics and bed-load transport in a mountain gravel-bed stream: The upper Spanish Creek

        2007

      • Selective bed-load transport in Las Vegas Wash, a gravel-bed stream

        2007

      • Two-dimensional simulation of hydrodynamic and sediment transport in a gravel bed channel: The Salt River

        2007

      • Three-dimensional Mean Flow and Turbulence around a Spur Dike

        2006

      • Modeling width adjustment in meandering channels

        2006

      • Closure to " simulation of flow and mass dispersion in meandering channels" by Jennifer G. Duan

        2006

      • Modeling Channel morphologic Change in the West Jordan River, Utah

        2006

      • Application of surface-based bed load transport equations to a desert gravel-bed stream

        2006

      • Two-dimensional depth-averaged model simulation of suspended sediment concentration distribution in a groyne field

        2006

      • Numerical simulation of meandering evolution

        2006

      • Unsteady flow simulation of alternative bars in a semi-circle bend

        2006

      • Lodging velocity for an emergent aquatic plant in open channels

        2006

      • Simulating sine-generated meandering channel evolution with an analytical model

        2006

      • Numerical simulation of the inception of channel meandering

        2005

      • Analytical approach to calculate rate of bank erosion

        2005

      • Two-Dimensional Model Simulation of Flow Field around Bridge Piers

        2005

      • Simulation of meandering channel evolution with an analytical model

        2004

      • Discussion of “three-dimensional cfd modeling of self-forming meandering channel’

        2004

      • Simulation of flow and mass dispersion in meandering channels

        2004

      • Discussion of Three-Dimensional CFD Modeling of Self-Forming Meandering Channel by Nils Reidar B. Olsen

        2004

      • Modeling of Flow and Sediment Transport at a River Confluence with the EnSed2D model

        2003

      • The Lodging Velocity for Emergent Aquatic Plants in Open Channels

        2002

      • The applications of the enhanced CCHE2D model to study the alluvial channel migration processes

        2001

      • Simulation of Meandering Channel Migration Processes with an Enhanced Two-Dimensional Numerical Model

        2001

      • Numerical Analysis of River Channel Processes with Bank Erosion

        2001

      • Numerical analysis of river channel processes with bank erosion3

        2001

      • Truckee River basin assessment: Sediment source analysis in support of TMDL delineation

        2000

      • Assessment of non-point source sediment load from the California portion of the Truckee River watershed

        2000

      • Bed shear stress in sine-generated channels

        1998

      • Two-dimensional bank erosion model for noncohesive bank material

        1998

      • Experimental study on bed forms and flow resistance of light-weight materials with different densities

        1995

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