- Director, Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Joint Faculty – Professor, Ocean Engineering
Research
- Wave breaking processes
- Wave-structure interactions
- Environmental fluid mechanics
- Non-intrusive quantitative measurement techniques
Education
- Ph.D., Cornell University,1999
- M.S., Cornell University, 1994
- B.S., National Taiwan University, 1991
Awards
- Dick and Joyce Birdwell Award for Teaching Excellence (2016)
- Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)
- Invitation Fellowship Award (2009-2010) (from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
- Zachry Award for Excellence in Teaching (2008-2009)
- VSJ SGI Award (2001) (from Visualization Society of Japan)
Publications
- Hsu, W.-Y., Huang, Z.-C., Na, B., Chang, K.-A., Chuang, W.-L., Yang, R.-Y. (2019) “Laboratory observation of turbulence and wave shear stresses under large-scale breaking waves over a mild slope.” Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, to appear
- Na, B., Chang, K.-A., Lim, H.J. (2019) “Flow Kinematics and Air Entrainment under Laboratory Spilling Breaking Waves.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, to appear
- Whilden, K.A., Bryant, D.B., Socolofsky, S.A. & Chang, K.-A. (2019) “Experimental study on the propagation and stability of tidal vortices.” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 145(7): 04019026
- Kordmahale, S.B., Do, J., Chang, K.-A., Kameoka, J. (2019) “Low cost and piezoelectric based soft wave energy harvester.” MRS Advances, 4(15), 889-895
- Chuang, W.-L., Chou, C.-B., Chang, K.-A., Chang, Y.-C., and Chin, H.-L. (2019) “Atmospheric motion vectors derived from an infrared window channel of a geostationary satellite using particle-image velocimetry.” Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58, 199-211
- Sun, S.-H, Chuang, W.-L., Chang, K.-A., Kim, J.Y., Kaihatu, J., Huff, T., Feagin, R. (2019) “Image based nearshore bathymetry measurement using an unmanned aerial system.” Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 145(2), 04018044
- Chuang, W.-L., Chang, K.-A. & Mercier, R. (2018) “Kinematics and dynamics of green water on a fixed platform in a large wave basin in focusing wave and random wave conditions.” Experiments in Fluids, 59, 100
- Na, B., Chang, K.-A., Huang, Z.-C. Hsu, W.-Y, Chuang, W.-L. & Chen Y.-Y. (2018) “Large-scale laboratory observation of flow properties in plunging breaking waves.” Coastal Engineering, 138, 66-79
- Chuang, W.-L., Chang, K.-A. & Mercier, R. (2017) “Impact pressure and void fraction due to plunging breaking wave impact on a 2D TLP structure.” Experiments in Fluids, 58, 68
- Na, B., Chang, K.-A., Huang, Z.-C. & Lim, H.-J. (2016) “Turbulent flow fields and air entrainment in laboratory plunging breaking waves.” Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 121, 2980-3009
- Chuang, W.-L., Chang, K.-A. & Mercier, R. (2015) “Green water velocity due to breaking wave impingement on a tension leg platform.” Experiments in Fluids, 56(7), 139
- Song, Y.K., Chang, K.-A., Ariyarathne, K. & Mercier, R. (2015) “Surface velocity and impact pressure of green water flow on a fixed model structure in a large wave basin.” Ocean Engineering, 104, 40-51
- Lim, H.-J., Chang, K.-A., Huang, Z.-C. & Na, B. (2015) “Experimental study on plunging breaking waves in deep water.” Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 120, 2007-2049