Dr. Huang has several years of professional experience in hydraulic experimentation. He has conducted several laboratory experiments concerning wave-structure interactions,wave deflection and reflection in coastal waters. He has also conducted analyses of field hydraulic data in several estuarine systems.
In recent years, Dr. Huang has actively conducted research in numerical modeling of environmental hydraulics. He has successfully developed a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model, which is capable of simulating unsteady natural flow systems in rivers, estuaries, and lakes. He has conducted several computer model applications to resolve complex engineering problems of hydrodynamics and pollutant transport in river and estuarine systems. These applications include Taunton River and Mt. Hope Bay of Rhode Island, Apalachicola Bay and Choctawhachee Bay of Florida. Funded by Northwest Florida Water Management District, Dr. Huang is working on the application of a hydrodynamic model to assess freshwater inflow effects on the circulation and aquatic ecosystem in Apalachicola Bay, Florida.
Dr. Huang's research interests can be summarized as follows: