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Dr. Wenrui Huang, Associate Professor

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

E-mail: whuang@eng.fsu.edu

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Res= earch Interests:

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

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Research Grants:=

•<= /span> Coupling physical and ecological modeling for stressor responses in Apalachicola Bay region.

= Funded by USEPA,

•<= /span> Northwest Florida Coastal Flood Modeling. Funded by NWFWMD

•<= /span> Effects of climate and atmospheric changes on aquatic system. Funded by NOAA

•<= /span> Integrated hydrodynamic and ecosystem modeling, NOAA-FAMU Environmental Cooperative Research Center. Funded by NOAA.

•<= /span> Hydrodynam= ic modeling for assessment of freshwater effects on St. Mark River a= nd Bay.

= Funded by NWFWMD (Pending contract)

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

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN'>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:<= /o:p>

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>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, H= ong , and Wenrui Huang, 2007. Num= erical 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 Jo= hnson, Ping Hsieh, Katherine Milla, John Christensen, Jessica Stewart, and Xiaohai Liu, 2007. Modeling eastern oyster population dynamics in response to ch= anging environment in Apalachicola Ba= y, Florida. In Press, Journal of Ecological Modeling.

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

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>6 Wang, H., Y. P. Hs= ieh, M. Harwell, and W. Huang, 2007. Modeling soil salinity distribut= ion 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. M= ultiple–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<= /st1:PlaceType> using neural network. International journal of Hydrological Process vol 18, pg 2545-2564.

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

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>10 Huang, W., C. Mur= ray, N. Kraus, J. Rosati, 2003. Developme= nt of a regional neural network model for water level predictions in coastal inlets= . Journal of Ocean Engineering, Vol<= /span> 30, pg 2275-2295.

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>11 Huang, W., H.Sun, S. Nnaji, and K. J= ones, 2002. Tidal hydrodynamics in a multiple inlet estuary: Apalachicola Bay. International journal of Coastal Research, vol 18 (4), pg 674-684.

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>12 Huang. W., and M. Spaulding, 2002. Modeling residence time resp= onse to freshwater input in Apalach= icola Bay, Florida, USA. International Jou= rnal of Hydrological Processes, vol 16, pg 3051-3064= .

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>13 Huang, W., K. Jon= es, and T. Wu, 2002. Modeling surface wind effects on subtidal salinity in Apalachicola<= /st1:PlaceName> Bay. Journal of Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Vol 55, pg 33-46.

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>14 Huang, W. and S. = Foo, 2002. Neural network modeling of salin= ity variation in Apalachicola= River. Journal of Water Research. Interna= tional Water Association. Vol. 36, pg 356-362. <= o:p>

15 Huang<= span class=3DGramE>,W. and W. Jones, 2002. Cha= racteristics of long-term transport in Apalachicola estuary. Journal of American Water Resource Association. Vol 37, No.3, pages 1-14.

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>16 Huang, W. and M. Spaulding, 2002. Reducing horizontal diffusion errors in sigma-coor= dinate coastal ocean models with 2nd order Lagrangian interpolation methods. Journal of Ocean Engineer= ing. Vol.29, pg 495-512.

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

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>18 Huang, W., M. Spa= ulding, 2000." Correlation of sub-tidal salinity and freshwater i= nflow in a tidal river". Journal of Waterway, Por= t, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE. Vol. 126, No. 5, September/October.

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

20 Mortaz= avi 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. <= o:p>

21 Livingston, R., Lewis, G, <= span class=3DSpellE>Woodsum, G., Niu, X., B. = Galperin, W. Huang, 2000. Modelin= g oyster response to variation in freshwater input, Journal of Estuaries, Coastal and Shelf Science. vol. 50, page655-672,

22 Mortaz= avi B,Iverson RL, Huang = W, Lewis FG, and Caffrey J, 2000. Ni= trogen budget of Apalachicola Bay, a bar-built estuary in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Marine Ecology Pr= ogress Series, March, vol 195, pages 1-14. =

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>23 Huang, W., M. Spa= ulding, 1996. "Modeling Horizontal Diffusion with sigma coordinate system". Jou= rnal of Hydraulic Engineering , ASCE. June, vol. 122. No.6, Pg 349-354.

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>24 Huang, W., M. Spa= ulding. 1995. " Numerical Modeling of CSO-Induced Pollutant Transport in Mt. Hope Bay", Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, July. Vol. .12, No. 7, p492-498.

<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'color:#3333FF;mso-ansi-language:EN'>25 Huang, W., M. Spa= ulding, 1995. "3D Model of Estuarine Circulation and Water Quality Ind= uced 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= .

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