Wenrui Huang, Ph.D.,P.E. Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept., Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA.

E-mail: whuang@eng.fsu.edu

 

 

 


Research Interests:

  • Environmental hydrodynamic and water quality modeling for surface water systems (e.g. estuaries, lakes, and rivers).
  • Coastal storm surge and wave modeling, and dynamic wave load simulations.
  • Environmental and ecosystem assessments
  • Neural network and frequency analysis in hydrological and oceanographic applications.

 

Research Grants:

•          Coupling physical and ecological modeling for stressor responses in Apalachicola Bay region.

            Funded by USEPA,

•          Northwest Florida Coastal Flood Modeling. Funded by NWFWMD

•          Effects of climate and atmospheric changes on aquatic system. Funded by NOAA

•          Integrated hydrodynamic and ecosystem modeling, NOAA-FAMU Environmental Cooperative Research Center. Funded by NOAA.

•          Hydrodynamic modeling for assessment of freshwater effects on St. Mark River and Bay.

            Funded by NWFWMD (Pending contract)

 

Currently available Research Assistantship (latest update: 10/25/2007):

 

Immediately available to support a graduate student’s research (doctoral student preferred) in surface water hydrodynamic modeling or hydroinfomatics (such as frequency analysis, advanced statistics, and neural network), and model applications in environmental and ecological assessments. The student will have opportunities to participate in the ongoing improvement and applications of advanced surface water models, and have opportunities to work on co-authored papers for publications in international journals that have been successful by previous students.

 

Journal Publications:

 

1. Hong Xiao, Wenrui Huang, Jianhua Tao, 2008, Numerical modeling of levee overtopping during Hurricane Katrina. International journal of Computers and Fluids, In Press.

2. Wenrui Huang , Qiping Yang , Hong Xiao, 2008. Investigating scale effects on turbulence flow around bridge piers by 3d CFD modeling. International journal of Computers and Fluids, In Press.

3. Xiao, Hong , and Wenrui Huang, 2007. Numerical Modeling of Wave Runup and Forces Acting on Beachfront House. In Press, Journal of Ocean Engineering.

4. Wang H, Wenrui Huang, Mark A. Harwell, Lee Edmiston, Elijah Johnson, Ping Hsieh, Katherine Milla, John Christensen, Jessica Stewart, and Xiaohai Liu, 2007. Modeling eastern oyster population dynamics in response to changing environment in Apalachicola Bay, Florida. In Press, Journal of Ecological Modeling.

5 Huang,W., 2007. Hydrodynamic modeling of flushing time in a small estuary of North Bay, Florida.  Journal of Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science. 74 (2007) 722-731

6 Wang, H., Y. P. Hsieh, M. Harwell, and W. Huang, 2007. Modeling soil salinity distribution along topographic gradients in tidal salt marshes in Atlantic and Gulf coastal regions. Journal of Ecological Modeling, 2 0 1, 429–439.

7 Huang,W., and C. Murray, 2006. Multiple–station neural network for modeling tidal currents across Shinnecock Inlet, USA. International Journal of Hydrological Process. In Press.

8 Huang,W., B. Xu, and A. Chan-Hilton,2004. Forecasting flow in Apalachicola River using neural network. International journal of Hydrological Process vol 18, pg 2545-2564.

9 Huang,W., K. Jones, and Q. Yang, 2003. A field experiment study of transient stratified flow in an estuary. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE. Vol 129 (10), pg 1220-1223.

10 Huang, W., C. Murray, N. Kraus, J. Rosati, 2003. Development of a regional neural network model for water level predictions in coastal inlets. Journal of Ocean Engineering, Vol 30, pg 2275-2295.

11 Huang, W., H.Sun, S. Nnaji, and K. Jones, 2002. Tidal hydrodynamics in a multiple inlet estuary: Apalachicola Bay. International journal of Coastal Research, vol 18 (4), pg 674-684.

12 Huang. W., and M. Spaulding, 2002. Modeling residence time response to freshwater input in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, USA. International Journal of Hydrological Processes, vol 16, pg 3051-3064.

13 Huang, W., K. Jones, and T. Wu, 2002. Modeling surface wind effects on subtidal salinity in Apalachicola Bay. Journal of Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Vol 55, pg 33-46.

14 Huang, W. and S. Foo, 2002. Neural network modeling of salinity variation in Apalachicola River. Journal of Water Research. International Water Association. Vol. 36, pg 356-362.

15 Huang,W. and W. Jones, 2002. Characteristics of long-term transport in Apalachicola estuary. Journal of American Water Resource Association. Vol 37, No.3, pages 1-14.

16 Huang, W. and M. Spaulding, 2002. Reducing horizontal diffusion errors in sigma-coordinate coastal ocean models with 2nd order Lagrangian interpolation methods. Journal of Ocean Engineering. Vol.29, pg 495-512.

17 Mortazavi-B. Iverson-R-L. Huang-W. 2001. Dissolved organic nitrogen and nitrate in Apalachicola Bay, Florida: spatial distribution and monthly budgets. International journal of Marine Ecology Progress. Vol 214, pg 79-91.

18 Huang, W., M. Spaulding, 2000." Correlation of sub-tidal salinity and freshwater inflow in a tidal river". Journal of Waterway, Port, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE. Vol. 126, No. 5, September/October.

19 Mortazavi-B. Iverson-R-L. Landing-W-M. Huang-W. 2000. Phosphorus budget of Apalachicola Bay: a river-dominated estuary in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. ,  Marine Ecology Progress. 2000 Jun 5. Vol 198. P 33-42.

20 Mortazavi B, Iverson RL, Landing WM, Lewis FG, Huang W. 2000, "Control of Phytoplankton Production and Biomass in a River-Dominated Estuary: Apalachicola Bay, FL, USA" , Marine Ecology Progress, Vol. 198. P 19-31.

21 Livingston, R., Lewis, G, Woodsum, G., Niu, X., B. Galperin, W. Huang, 2000. Modeling oyster response to variation in freshwater input, Journal of Estuaries, Coastal and Shelf Science. vol. 50, page655-672,

22 Mortazavi B,Iverson RL, Huang W, Lewis FG, and Caffrey J, 2000. Nitrogen budget of Apalachicola Bay, a bar-built estuary in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Marine Ecology Progress Series, March, vol 195, pages 1-14.

23 Huang, W., M. Spaulding, 1996. "Modeling Horizontal Diffusion with sigma coordinate system". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering , ASCE. June, vol. 122. No.6, Pg 349-354.

24 Huang, W., M. Spaulding. 1995. " Numerical Modeling of CSO-Induced Pollutant Transport in Mt. Hope Bay", Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, July. Vol. .12, No. 7, p492-498.

25 Huang, W., M. Spaulding, 1995. "3D Model of Estuarine Circulation and Water Quality Induced by Surface Discharges". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, April, Vol. 121, No. 4, p300-312. 

 

Courses Taught

 

Hydraulics, Hydraulic Lab, Hydraulic Engineering I , Coastal and Estuarine Hydraulics, Surface Water Modeling, Environmental Fluid Mechanics.