Previous Employees

Greg Easson – Interim Director of NCCHE

Hazem Shatnawi – Programmer and Ph.D. Student

Jaclyn Montoria – Administrative Coordinator

Mingxiang Fu – Web Developer

Vijay Ramalingam – Research Scientist

Valente Alvarez – Junior Computer Programmer

Xuhui Fu – Associate Professor/Visiting Scholar

Mi Tian – Visiting Scholar

Linfeng Han – Visiting Scholar

Yujian Li – Visiting Scholar

Chia-Chi Chang – Visiting Scholar

Yan Ding – Research Associate Professor

Tahmina Shirmeen – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Afshin Gazerzadeh – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Azad Hossain – Research Scientist

Reza Marsooli – Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Weimin Li – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Ting Ting Zhu – Research Scientist

Jaswant Singh – Research Scientist

Dayong Shen – Research Software Developer

Rui Aleixo – Visiting Scholar

Danrong Zhang – Visiting Scholar

Yurdagul Kumcu​ – Visiting Scholar

Soumendra Kuiry – Research Scientist

Natalie Spencer – Administrative Secretary

Meng Wang – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Moustafa Elgohry​ – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Zhangping Wei – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Matthew Inman – Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering

Sam Dooman – Summer Intern

Debasis Sadhukhan – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Hongqiang Li – Systems Analyst II

Podjanee Inthasaro – Post Doctoral Research Associate

Kathy McCombs – Project Coordinator

Xinya Ying – Research Assistant Professor

Janice Crow – Administrative Coordinator

Hamzeh Omari – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Alex Sanchez – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Kennon Shelton – M.S. Student, Engineering Science

Ranga Bankukirangoud – Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

Yunghee Kang – Research Scientist

Donghuo Zhou – Research Scientist

Stefania Evangelista – Ph.D. Student and Visiting Scholar

Hsun Chuan Chan – Post Doctoral Research Associate

Munther Hammouri – M.S. Student, Engineering Science

Deepak Mantena – B.S. Student, Computer Science

Zhiguo He – Post Doctoral Research Associate

Mr. Javier Neves da Silva – Visiting Scholar

Dr. Abdul A. Khan – Research Assistant Professor, Leader of Stream Morphodynamic Processes Modeling Group

Dr. Yichun Xu – Research Scientist

Dr. Dalmo A. Vieira – Research Associate

Ms. Nighat Yasmin – Visiting Research Associate

Mr. Onur Akay – Research Assistant

Mr. Ertan Karakas – Research Assistant

Mr. Honghai Qi – Research Assistant

Mr. Carlos Pruitt – Computer Technician

Ms. Leah Hanks – Administrative Secretary

Ms. Beth W. Shoffner – Administrative Secretary

Mohammad Matalkah – M.S. Student, Engineering Science

PhD Graduates

May 2020 – Leili Gordji
Ph.D. Engineering Science

May 2014 – Zhangping Wei
Ph.D. Engineering Science

Aug 2013 – Reza Marsooli
Ph.D. Engineering Science

May 2004 – Yaoxin Zhang
Ph.D. Engineering Science

November 2006 – Tingting Zhu
Ph.D. Engineering Science

August 2007 – Zhiguo He
Ph.D. Engineering Science

September 2007 – Shihab Ahmed Choudhury
Ph.D. Engineering Science

August 2004 – Honghai Qi
Ph.D. w/ emphasis in Computational Hydroscience and Engineering

Dec. 2006 – Richa Mann
Ph.D. Engineering Science

Dec. 1988 – Adeff Sergio E.
A Sediment-Laden Three-Dimensional-Flow Numerical Model

1986 – Akeel S.
Hydrodynamics of Turbomachinery

Dec. 1988 – Duan Guohong
Computational Simulation of Meander Bend Migration by a 2D Model

May 1997 – Duo Xibing
Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Flow Field and Local Scour at Bridge Crossings

Dec. 1985 – Feifarek Myron James, Jr.
An Evaluation of the Contributions of the Resistance of a Circular Cylinder Subjected to a Simple Oscillatory Motion Using the Vorticity Transport Integral Concept (VTIC)

Aug. 1988 – Geramian Mohammad
Boundary Element Methods and Cracks Emanating from Holes

May 1992 – Gorthala Ravi
Resin Flow, cure, and Heat Transfer Analysis for Pultrusion Processing of Composite Materials

1989 – Goumilevski Alexei
Mathematical Models of Swirling Turbulent Jets and Wakes

Dec. 1996 – Goumilevski Alexei
Acoustical Characteristics of a Bubble Encountering a Turbulent Flow Field, in General and a circular Vortex filament in Particular

1992 – Huang Dehua
Gaussian Finite Element Method for Description of Underwater Sound Diffraction

May 1991 – Kumpaty Subha
Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer in Electrically Annealed Glass

May 1987 – McCarty Tyrus Alphonse
A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Multiple Shape Function Model for Fluid Flow Simulation

Aug. 1986 – Mesa Oscar Jose
Analysis of Channel Networks Parameterized by Elevation

May 1995 – Simðes Francisco J.
Modeling Turbulent Flow and Mixing in Compound Channels

Aug. 1980 – Su Bernard T.Y.
Computer Simulation of Sediment Transport

May 1994 – Toro Mauricio Toro Botero
Verification of CCHE3D Hydrodynamic Model for Open Channel Flow

Dec. 1990 – Wu Liang Tsair
Finite Element Modeling of Coastal Hydrodynamic Phenomena

Visiting Scientists

Steven Abt – Visiting Professor and Director
Hydraulic Laboratory, Colorado State University

Carlos A.Alonso – Visiting Research Scientist
Watershed and Channel Processes Research Group

Aziz Nadim – Visiting Associate Professor Assoc. Prof. C.E.
USDA-ARS (6/5/89 – 8/4/89)

Baker A. J. – Visiting Professor and Director
University of Tennessee

Czernuszenko W. – Visiting Research Professor
Hydraulic Research Laboratory, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
New Models for Suspended Sediment Transport and Future Research Needs (8/20/91 – 8/26/94)

Darby S.

Di Silvio G. – Visiting Professor
Studi di Padova, University Degli

Fang Duo – Visiting Professor and Director
National Key Laboratory of High Speed Hydraulics, Chengdu University of Science & Technology, China

Foster George – Visiting Scientist and Director
USDA-ARS

Yoshitaka Fukui – Visiting Research Fellow
(8/8/94 – 4/3/95)

Walter Graf – Visiting Professor and Director
Hydraulic Research Laboratory, Federal Institute of Technolgy, Lausanne, France

Naibin Han – Visiting Research Associate
(11/1/93 – 3/15/95)

K. K. Hu – Visiting Research Professor
(5/14/84 – 11/22/94)

Noriyoshi Kaneko – Visiting Research Associate
Japan (1/14/87 – 12/12/87)

Mutsuto Kawahara – Visiting Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Chuo University, Japan

Toshio Kodama – Visiting Research Associate
Sato Kogyo Co., Itd. (8/7/92 – 7/16/93)

Sadhana Kulkarni – Visiting Adj. Res. Fellow
(11/15/93 – 4/16/95)

Zheng Ma – Visiting Adj. Res. Associate
China (4/23/86 – 12/4/87)

D. Vieira

Bruce McMillin – Visiting Scholar
OakRidge Assoc. University
Intro. to Parallel Computing on Distributed Memory (7/8/91)

Oscar J. Mesa – Visiting Res. Scholar
Univ. Nacional de Colombia (6/28/89 – 7/28/89)

J. Kent Mitchell – Visting Research Professor
University of Illinois (8/20/91 – 6/20/92)
Introduction to GIS (Geographical Information System) (11/26/91)
Small Watershed Runoff & Sediment Yield Modeling (3/26/92)
Linking the AGNPS Model and the GRASS-GIS (4/30/92)

Gary Parker – Visiting Professor and Director
St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota

K. Peter Holz – Visiting Professor and Director
Institute of Hydroinformatics, Technische Universitat Cottbus, Germany

Richard Schmalz – Visiting Research Scientist
Coast and Survey Development Laboratory DOC NOAA, Maryland

F. Simðes – Vis. Post. Dr. Res. Associate
(5/22/95)

Mervat Sidhom – Visiting Research Associate
United Nations Project (3/30/90 – 5/21/90)

Chandra Singh – Visiting Adjunct Res. Fellow
CWPRS, India (10/1/92 – 4/30/93)

M. M. Soliman – Visiting Professor
Department of Irrigation and Hydraulics, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Colin Thorne – Visiting Professor and Dean
University of Nottingham, UK

Ron Townsend – Visiting Professor and Director
Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Ottawa, Canada

Tetsuro Tsujimoto – Visiting Professor
Department of Civil Engineering and Geotechnical

Shenggan Wan – Visiting Research Fellow
Nanjing Hydraulic Res. Institute (7/1/90-5/28/91)

Guangmei Wang – Visiting Adj. Res. Associate
Northwestern Polytech Univ. (7/1/88 – 1/28/89)

Zhilin Wei – Visiting Research Associate
Wuhan Institute of Hydr. & Elec. (3/25/86 – 3/31/88)

Selim Yalin – Visiting Professor Emeritus
Civil Engineering Department, Queen’s University, Canada

B. A. Younis – Visiting Research Scientist
City University (6/4/90 – 8/31/90)

Jianping Yue – Visiting Adjunct Res. Assoc.
Institute of Water Conservancy (8/16/85 – 11/30/88)

Ruikai Zhang – Visiting Research Associate
Nanjing Hydraulic Res. Institute (2/1/89 – 12/31/89)

MS Graduates

Aug . 1993 – Thomas P. Abraham
Proposed Smoothing Technique to Avoid Numerical Instabilities in a Hydrodynamic Numerical Model

1972 – A. T. Bhashyam
Interaction of Oblique Shock Wave on a Laminar Boundary Layer by Computational Modeling

Dec . 1992 – Randy Bowie
Interactive Visualization for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering Modeling

1988 – Eduardo Esteban Cadavid
Hydraulic Geometry of Channel Networks: Tests of Scaling Invariance

May. 1999 – Ricardo Cadavid

1984 – G. B. Chatterji
Computer Simulation of Hydrological Effect of Surface Mining

May 1996 – Shihab A. Choudhury
Modeling and Simulation of Aggradation, Degradation and Meander Bed Evolution of Alluvial Rivers

1970 – S. K. Dixit
Hydrodynamic stability of Blunt Body Flowfields Near Stagnation Point of an Idea Dissociating Gas

Dec. 1991 – Xibing Dou
A Numerical Simulation of Local Scour Around a Rectangular Pier

1971 – B. V. Gala
Refractivity of High Temperature Gases

May 1995 – Diego A. Galeano
A Graphic Two and Three Dimensional Particle Path Tracer Package for Computational Hydroscience

1974 – Y. Hsia
Numerical Solution of Turbulent Boundary Layer Flows

Dec. 1993 – Mohammed Abdul Malik
A Contour Mapping Package for Computational Hydroscience in X Windows

May 1992 – Nirajan Lal Mangla
On Improving the Accuracy of Stereoscopic Particle Imaging Technique Towards Destimating the Three Dimensional Vorticity Field

1971 – N. P. Reddy
On the Stability of Hypersonic Viscous Shock Layer of Finite Rate Chemistry

May 1993 – John Bowman Salomon
Linking 2D and 3D Numerical Models of Free Surface Flow with the Conservation of Mass and Momentum

1979 – Bernard T.Y. Su
Computer Simulation of 2-D Cascade Flow of Ideal Fluids in Turbomachinery

1985 – T. Tang
Computer Simulation of Pollutant Transport in Subsurface Flows

Aug. 1985 – Fernando Mauricio Toro
A Two-Dimensional Finite Element Model for Coastal Hydrodynamic Simulation

Dec. 1986 – J. J. Trujillo
Multilevel Finite Element Models for Sediment Transport Simulation

Dec. 1990 – Jianye Xie
Figure Sequence Structures — An Approach of Computer Graphics Animation for 4-D Fluid Flow Display

1972 – M. K. Yang
Application of FORMAC Language on Hydrodynamic Stability Analysis of a Conical Shock Layer