CV
From Taipei, Taiwan
Currently Living in Knoxville, Tennessee, US
Research Interests
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Fluid Mechanics: Turbulent Mixing, Interfacial Transfer, Fluid-structure Interaction
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Ecohydraulics: Flow-vegetation Interactions, Fish Responses to Environmental Flows
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Environmental Hydraulics: Sediment Transport, Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions, Gravity Currents, Coastal Processes
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Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Energy: Hydropower and In-stream Hydrokinetic Energy: Optimization, Sustainability, and Resilience
Research Skills
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Experimental Fluid Mechanics (PIV, PLIF, PTV, ADV)
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Image Analysis and Processing (MATLAB & Python)
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Numerical Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics (SUNTANS, PROBE, CE-QUAL-W2)
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Stochastic Process and Uncertainty Quantification (Python & R)
Education
2017 - 2022 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Champaign, Illinois, USA
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Water Resources Engineering and Science
- Minor in Statistics
- Graduate Concentration in Computational Science and Engineering
2013 - 2015 National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan
M.S. in Applied Mechanics - Fluid Mechanics (Summa Cum Laude)
2009 - 2013 National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan
B.S. in Physics
Publications -
[8] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (In review). Canopy Randomness, Scale, and Stem Size Effects on the Interfacial Transfer Process in Vegetated Flows, Water Resources Research
[7] Tseng, C. Y., Ghadiri, M., Kumar, P., Meidani, H. (2023). Estimation of Hydraulic Conductivity in a Watershed Using Sparse Multi-source Data via Co-Kriging and Bayesian Experimental Design, Advances in Water Resources, 178, 104489【Link】
[6] Musa, M., Ghobrial, L., Heineman, J., Rencheck, M., Stewart, K., DeNeale, S., Tseng, C. Y., White D., Davis, L., Nachman M., Rugani K. (2023). Advanced Manufacturing for Hydropower: Challenges and Opportunities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/TM-2023/2835, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)【Link】
[5] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2022). From Substrate to Surface: A Turbulence-based Model for Gas Transfer across Sediment-water-air Interfaces in Vegetated Streams, Water Resources Research, 58(1), 2021WR030776【Link】
[4] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2021). A Two-Layer Turbulence-based Model to Predict Suspended Sediment Concentration in Flows with Aquatic Vegetation, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(3), 2020GL091255【Link】
[3] Lin, Y. F., Tseng, C. Y., Sargent, S. L. (2020). User's Manual for the Portable Thermal Response Test Device, Technical Report, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, Circular no. 603【Link】
[2] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2020). A model to Predict Surface Gas Transfer Rate in Streams Based on Turbulence Production by Aquatic Vegetation, Advances in Water Resources, 143, 103666【Link】
[1] Tseng, C. Y. and Chou, Y. J. (2018). Nonhydrostatic Simulation of Hyperpycnal River Plumes on Sloping Continental Shelves: Flow Structures and Nonhydrostatic Effect. Ocean Modelling, 124, 33-47 【Link】
Invited Talk
[10] Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 03/09/2023
[9] Invited Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, 02/10/2023
[8] Invited Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, 02/09/2023
[7] Invited Webinar Talk, Taiwanese Scholar Association in St. Louis, 02/05/2022
[6] Invited Seminar, Water Resource Science and Engineering Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 01/10/2022
[5] Invited Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 12/08/2021
[4] Invited Seminar, Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA, 11/18/2021
[3] Invited Seminar, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, 11/05/2021
[2] Hydro-Geo Student Seminar at UIUC, Urbana, IL, USA, 09/13/2021
[1] Invited Seminar, Rowland Institute at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA, 08/25/2021
Conference Presentation
[14] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2022). Canopy Randomness and Stem Size Effects on the Sediment-Water-Air Interfacial Transfer in Vegetated Flows, AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA
[13] Tseng, C. Y. and Musa, M. (2022). Siting Optimization of In-stream Hydrokinetic Turbines within Hydropower Tailrace Channels, APS-DFD Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, USA
[12] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2021). From substrate to surface: a turbulence-based model to predict interfacial gas transfer across sediment-air-water interfaces in vegetation streams with sediments, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA【ePoster Link】
[11] Tseng, C. Y., Ghadiri, M., Meidani, H. (2021). Estimation of Hydraulic Conductivity in a Watershed Using Multi-source Data via Co-Kriging and Bayesian Experimental Design, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA【ePoster Link】
[10] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2021). Laboratory Study on Sediment Suspension and Bed Morphodynamics in Vegetated Fluvial Systems, 12th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics – RCEM2021, Virtual Webinar
[9] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2021). Turbulence effects by the aquatic vegetation on interfacial transfer process with sediment, 5th International Symposium on Shallow Flows, Nanjing, China【Video Link】
[8] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2021). A Turbulence-based, Two-layer Model to Predict Sediment Suspension in Vegetated Flows, 9th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Seoul, Korea【Video Link】
[7] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2020). Effects of Aquatic Vegetation on Gas Exchange Process Across Air-Water and Sediment-Water Interface, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA 【ePoster Link】
[6] Ghadiri, M., Tseng, C. Y., Meidani, H. (2020). Investigation of Multi-fidelity Co-Kriging Model for Hydraulic Conductivity in Sangamon Watershed, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA【ePoster Link】
[5] Tinoco, R. O. and Tseng, C. Y. (2020). From Substrate to Surface: the Effect of Vegetation-generated Turbulence on Surficial Gas Transfer, River Flow 2020, Delft, Netherlands 【Paper Link】
[4] Tseng, C. Y. and Tinoco, R. O. (2019). Quantifying the Effect of Aquatic Vegetation on Interfacial Gas Transfer in Streams, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA 【Poster Link】
[3] Tseng, C. Y., Kurtis H. D., Tinoco, R. O. (2019). Laboratory Study of Gravity Currents over Submerged Vegetation Canopies, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA 【ePoster Link】
[2] Tseng, C. Y. and Chou, Y. J. (2016). Numerical Investigation of Plunging Hyperpycnal Plume on an Idealized Shelf Slope, Proceedings of the 38th Ocean Engineering Conference in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan 【Paper Link】
[1] Tseng, C. Y. and Chou, Y. J. (2015). Nonhydrostatic Numerical Simulation of Plunging Hyperpycnal River Plumes on Continental Shelves, Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling, Biddeford, Maine, USA 【Poster Link】
Honors & Awards
2022 UIUC List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Student
2021 UIUC Grainger College of Engineering - Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship
2021 Best Young Professional Award - IAHR - The 9th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics
2020, 2021 UIUC Graduate College Conference Travel Award
2017 Taiwan MOE - UIUC Graduate Student Fellowship (4yrs Ph.D. Fellow Award)
2015 Membership of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society (Summa Cum Laude), NTU
2013 NTHU International Public Service Leaders Scholarship
2011 NTHU - University of Science and Technology of China Summer Research Program Scholarship
Research Appointment
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, Jun. 2022 - present
Environmental Sciences Division, Water Resource Science and Engineering Group
Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mentors: Dr. Mirko Musa and Dr. Shih-Chieh Kao
Topic: 1. In-stream Hydrokinetic Energy Deployment within Hydropower Tailrace Channels
2. Sedimentation Data Exploration in the U.S. Hydropower Assets
3. Thermal Stratification in Reservoirs by Long-term Climate Change
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA, Aug. 2017 - May. 2022
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecohydraulics and Ecomorphodynamics Laboratory
Title: Graduate Research Fellow
Advisor: Prof. Rafael O. Tinoco
Topic: Interfacial Gas Transfer and Sediment-Oxygen Dynamics in Vegetated Flows 【Link】
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA, Oct. 2019 - Mar. 2021
Prairie Research Institute, Illinois Water Resource Center
Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Advisors: Dr. Maryam Ghadiri and Prof. Hadi Meidani
Topic: Multi-fidelity Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Experimental Design on Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA, Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2019
Prairie Research Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey
Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Yu-Feng Forrest Lin
Topic: Development of the Portable Thermal Response Testing (TRT) System for Geothermal Energy Exchanger 【Link】
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Feb. 2017 - May. 2017
Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, Environmental Physics Laboratory
Title: Research Associate
Advisor: Prof. Wu-Ting Tsai
Topic: Iterative Method of Poisson Pressure Solver in Curvilinear Mapped Hydrodynamics Numerical Model
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 2013 - Jan. 2016
Institute of Applied Mechanics, Multi-Scale Flow Physics and Computation Lab
Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Yi-Ju Chou
Topic: Non-hydrostatic Numerical Simulation of Hyperpycnal River Plumes on Sloping Continental Shelves