Tian-Jian Hsu (Tom)

   Assistant Scientist

 

   Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering

   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#11,

   Woods Hole, MA 02543

   Phone: 508-2892654

   Email: thsu@whoi.edu

 

Last revised: Oct. 2005.

 

 

B.S.    National Taiwan University, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 1994.

M.S.   Cornell University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999.

Ph.D.  Cornell University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.

 

 

Professional Experience:

Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.                                         Sep. 2004 – present

Applied Ocean Physics and Eneingeering.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.                               Sep. 2003 – Aug. 2004

Applied Ocean Physics and Eneingeering.

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware.                                                         Sep. 2002 – Aug. 2003

Center for Applied Coastal Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University.                                                    Feb. 2000 – Aug. 2002

Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University.                                                     Feb. 1998 – Jan. 2000

Civil and Environmental Engineering.

            Undergraduate Research Assistant, National Taiwan University.                               Jun. 1993 – Jun. 1994

            Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering.

 

 

Research Interests:

Sediment transport mechanics; Fate of terrestrial sediment in the coastal environment; Boundary layer; Multi-phase and particle-laden flow. Computational fluid dynamics.

 

Current Research:

 

1.      Parameterization of a two-phase model and application to nearshore morphology. Funded by ONR, 2003-2005.

2.      Collaborative Research: ITR: Coastal Modeling Management and Integration. Funded by NSF-CTS, 2004-2008.

3.      CROSSTEX – Wave breaking, boundary layer processes, sediment transport and beach profile evolution. Funded by ONR, 2004-2008.

4.      Fluid mud processes in the coastal environment. WHOI startup support.

5.      Three-dimensional multiphase sediment transport model. WHOI startup support.

 

 

Professional Affiliation and Activities:

American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE).

American Geophysical Union (AGU).

American Physical Society (APS).

 

Reviewer for:

Journal of Geophysical Research – Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Coastal Engineering, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE), Physics of Fluids, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE), Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering.

National Science Foundation (OCE), Delaware Sea Grant.

 

 

PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS:

 

Chang, K-A, Hsu, T-J, and Liu, P. L.-F. Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle. Part I: Solitary waves, Coast. Eng., 44(1), 13-36, 2001.

 

Hsu, T-J, Sakakiyama, T. and Liu, P. L.-F., A numerical model for wave motions and turbulence flows in front of a composite breakwater, Coast. Eng., 46(1), 25-50, 2002.

 

Hsu, T-J, Jenkins, J.T. and Liu, P. L.-F., On two-phase sediment transport: dilute flow, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C3), 3057, 2003.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Jenkins, J.T., and Liu, P. L.-F., On two-phase sediment transport: sheet flow of massive particles. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (A), 460(2048), 2004.

 

Hsu, T-J and Hanes, D.M., The effects of wave shape on sheet flow sediment transport, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C5), C05025, 2004.

 

Hsu, T-J and Liu, P. L-F., Toward Modeling Turbulent Suspension of Sand in the Nearshore, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C6), C06018, 2004.

 

Chang, K-A, Hsu, T-J, and Liu, P. L.-F., Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle. Part II: Cnoidal waves, Coastal Engineering, 52(3), 257-283, 2005.

 

Amoudry, L., Hsu, T-J, and Liu, P. L.-F. On a two-phase dilute sediment transport model: near bed boundary condition and turbulent suspension, J. Geophys. Res., 110 (C9), C09003, 2005.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Raubenheimer, B. A numerical and field study on inner-surf and swash sediment transport, Cont. Shelf Res., accepted.

 

 

Manuscripts Submitted:

 

Hsu, T-J, Elgar, S. and Guza, R. T., A Wave-resolving approach for onshore sandbar migration, submitted.

 

Hsu, T-J, A parameterization of bottom stress in the wave-current boundary layer, submitted.

 

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

 

Liu, P. L.-F., Hsu, T-J, Lin, P., Losada, I. J., Vidal, C. and Sakakiyama, T., The Cornell breaking wave and structure (COBRAS) model, Proceedings of the International Conference Coastal Structures'99, Santander, Spain. p169-174, 1999.

 

Hsu, T-J, Jenkins, J.T., Liu, P. L.-F., Modeling of Sediment Suspension--A Two-Phase Flow Approach, Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS61D-06, 2000.

 

Hsu, T-J, Sakakiyama, T., and Liu, P. L.-F. Numerical modeling of tsunami wave forces and overtopping on coastal structures, International Tsunami Symposium Proceeding, Session 7, No. 7-9. 2001.

 

Hsu, T-J, Jenkins, J.T., Liu, P. L.-F. Modeling of Sediment Transport--A Two-Phase Flow Approach, Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics ‘01, ASCE, p578-587, 2001.

 

Hsu, T-J, Jenkins, J.T., Liu, P. L.-F., Simulation of sediment suspension using two-phase approach, Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis, ASCE, p1386-1396, 2001.

 

Hsu, T-J, Jenkins, J.T., Liu, P. L.-F.,  (2002) "Sediment vertical flux in unsteady sheet flow", Eos Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS72C-08, 2002.

 

Hsu, T-J, Jenkins, J.T., Liu, P. L.-F. Modeling sheet flow using two-phase flow approach, Coastal Sediments ‘03, ASCE, Clearwater beach, FL, 2003.

 

Liu, P. L.-F. and Hsu, T-J Modeling cross-shore sediment transport using two-phase flow approach, Coastal Sediments ‘03, ASCE, Clearwater beach, FL, 2003.

 

Hsu, T-J and Elgar S., A simple physical-based approach for nearshore sandbar migration, Eos Trans. AGU, 84 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31G-10, 2004.

 

Hanes, D. M. and Hsu, T-J, The effects of wave induced pressure gradients on sheet flow sediment transport, Eos Trans. AGU, 84 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31G-04, 2004.

 

Hsu, T-J, and Hanes, D. M., Toward improved sediment transport parameterization under nearshore waves using a two-phase sheet flow model, 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Paper No. 44, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.

 

Long, W., Hsu, T-J, and Kirby, J. T., Modeling cross-shore sediment transport processes with a time domain Boussinesq model, 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Paper No. 126, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.

 

Hsu, T-J and Raubenheimer, B., Sediment transport in the inner-surf and swash zones. Eos Trans. AGU, 85 (??), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS24A-04, 2005.

 

Hsu, T-J, On a multi-phase modeling framework for sediment transport, 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Chicago, 2005.

 

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

University of Delaware, Civil & Environmental Engineering, March 2002.

 

Oregon State University, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Science, Jun. 2002.

 

National Taiwan University, Engineering Science & Ocean Engineering, Jan. 2003.

 

Cornell University, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Seminar, Civil & Environmental Eng., Feb. 2003.

 

University of Delaware, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Feb. 2003.

 

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Civil Engineering, March 2003.

 

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Seminar, March 2003.

 

Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, Aug. 2003.

 

Coastal Ocean Forum - A Shortcourse and Workshop on Coastal Change, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, April 2004.

 

Summer Lecture Series for Undergraduate Student Research Fellows, Sediment transport on beaches, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2004.

 

University of Florida, Civil and Coastal Engineering, Nov. 2004.

 

University of California, Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fed. 2005.

 

Universidad de Cantabria, Ocean and Coastal Research, Santander, Spain, April 2005.