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Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Kuang-An Chang

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  • 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

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