Hung Tao Shen

Biography

Dr. Shen enjoys collaboration with international colleagues. His main research interest is in cold regions hydraulic engineering. He has introduced the analytical framework for river ice processes. He also developed the transport capacity theory for frazil ice jams and the theory on ice jam dynamics. His research group has developed comprehensive computer models for river ice processes. These models have been applied to rivers worldwide.

Education Background

Mechanics and Hydraulics Ph.D. - 1974 University of Iowa
Water Resources Engineering ME - 1969 Asian Institute of Technology
Civil Engineering B.S. - Chung Yuan University

Experience

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Clarkson University, Present
Distinguished Research Professor in Hydraulic Engineering Clarkson University , Present 
Professor Emeritus Present
Professor 2014
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, School of Engineering 2012
Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2010
Assoc. professor 1983
Asst. Professor 1981
Visiting Chair Professor, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Present
Visiting Chair Professor, State Key Lab. of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering Sichuan University, 2022
Visiting Professor, Gdansk University of Technology, 2019
Visiting Professor, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI) Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Distinguished Visiting Professor Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, 2017
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Japan Ministry of Education Iwate University, and Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Research Center, 1999
Visiting Professor Lulea University, 1991
Research Hydraulic Engineer U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab., 1984
Engineering Analyst, Sargent & Lundy, 1976     

Teaching Interests

• River hydraulics
• Cold regions hydraulic engineering
• Sediment transport
• Hydrodynamics dispersion

Research Interests

• River and sea ice processes
• Transport of pollutants in surface waters
• Mathematical modeling of surface water hydraulics
• Current projects include river ice modeling; river dynamics; sediment transport and river channel Morphology under ice conditions

Awards

Honors

National and International Awards

• Bernard Michel Award, CRIPE, Canadian Geophysical Union, 2023
• Ice Research and Engineering Award, IAHR, 2008 
• Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award, ASCE, 2007
• R. Larry Gerard Medal, Canadian Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section - CRIPE, 2001 & 2015
• Harold R. Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE, 2000
• CAN-AM Civil Engineering Amity Award, ASCE, 2000
• ASCE Engineering Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1977

Other Honors

• Distinguished Alumni Award, Asian Institute of Technology, 2012
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Chung Yuan University, Taiwan, 2007
• Inaugural Member, Multi-Million Dollar Club, Research Division, Clarkson University 
• Albert D. Merrill Awards, Outstanding Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, 1989 and 1991
• John W. Graham, Jr., Faculty Research Award, Clarkson University, 1981

Awards Received by Graduate Students

• Jiajia Pan, Best Paper Award, 18th Canadian River Ice Workshop, Quebec City, 2015 
• Ian Knack, Best Student Paper Prize, IAHR 21st Int’l Symposium on Ice, Dalian, 2012
• Lianwu Liu, Best Paper Award, 11th Canadian River Ice Workshop, Ottawa, 2001
• D.J. Kerr, Best Student Paper Prize, IAHR 14th Int’l Symposium on Ice, Potsdam, 1998
   

Publications

Books

• Wang, J., Beletsky, D., and Shen, H.T., eds. Proceedings, 23rd IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Ann Arbor, 2016. ISSN: 2414-6331.
• Shen, H.T., 河冰研究 (River Ice Research), in Chinese, Yellow River Water Resources Publisher, 2014. 
• Shen, H.T., ed., Ice in Surface Waters, Vols. 1 & 2, Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, 1998 & 1999, 1099p.
• Shen, H.T., ed., Frontiers in Hydraulic Engineering, Proceedings, ASCE Hydraulics Division Specialty Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1983, 617p.

Journal articles

• Huang, F., and Shen, H.T. 2023. Dam Removal Effect on the Lower St. Regis River Ice Jam Floods, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Accepted for publication.
• Kolerski, T., and Shen, H.T. 2023. A Numerical Model Study on Grasse River Ice Control Structures, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 1-11.
• Pan, J., Guo, X., Shen, H. T., Wang, T., Fu, H., Guo, Y., Li, J., and Chen, Y. 2023. Transverse flow distributions in ice-covered channels, River, 1-13.
• Li, C., Yang, Z., Shen, H.T., and Mou, X. 2022. Freeze-thaw effect on riverbank stability, Water, 2022, 14, 2479.
• Pan, J., and Shen, H.T. 2022. Modeling ice cover effect on river channel bank stability, Environmental Fluid Mechanics.
• Zhai, Z., Liu, L., Shen, H.T., and Ji, S. 2022. A numerical model for river ice dynamics based on discrete element method, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 60. Issue 4, 2022, 543-556.
• Lees, K., Clark, S.P., Malenchak, J., Shen, H.T., and Knack, I. 2021. Numerical simulation of freeze-up jamming in a skim ice regime, Cold Regions Science and Technology.
• Pan, J., and Shen, H.T. 2021. Two-Dimensional Modeling of Seasonal Freeze and Thaw in an Idealized River Bank, International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation,15(6), 176-182, ISNI:0000000091950263.
• Pan, J., Shen, H.T., and Cheng, N.-S. 2020. Bed and wall shear stress in rectangular open channels, Journal of Hydraulic Research.
• Knack, I.M., Huang, F.B., and Shen, H.T. 2020. Modeling Fish Habitat Availability in Ice Affected Rivers, Cold Regions Sci. and Tech.
• Pan J., Shen, H.T., and Jasek, M. 2020. Anchor Ice Effects on River Hydraulics, Cold Regions Science and Technology, 174.
• Zhao, S., Shen, H.T., Shi, X., Li, C-Y., and Li, C. 2020. Wintertime Surface Heat Exchange for the Inner Mongolia Reach of the Yellow River, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 56(2): 348–356. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12831 . 
• Wazney, L., Clark, S.P., Malenchak, J., Knack, I., and Shen, H.T. 2019. Numerical simulation of river ice cover formation and consolidation at freeze-up, Cold Regions Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2019.102884 .
• Pan, J., and Shen, H.T. 2019. Tsunami Intrusion and River Ice Movement, Water, 2019 (11), 1290; doi:10.3390/w11061290.
• Fan, L., Mao, Z-Y. Shen, H.T. 2019. Hydraulic resistance of river ice jams, Journal of Hydrodynamics, 31(3), p. 504-511.
• Knack, I.K., and Shen, H.T. 2018.  A Numerical Model Study on Saint John River Ice Breakup, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 45: 817-826, dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2018-0012.
• Knack, I.K., and Shen, H.T. 2018.  A Numerical Model for Sediment Transport and Bed Change with River Ice, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 56(6), 844-856. 
• Knack, I.K., and H.T. Shen, 2017. Numerical Modeling of Ice Transport in Channels with River Restoration Structures, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 44: 813–819.
• Shen, H. T. 2016. River Ice Processes, Chapter 14, In Advances in Water Resources, Handbook of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 16, C.T. Yang and L.K. Wang, Eds., Springer International Publishing. Humana Press, Inc., NJ, USA, 483-530.
• Kolerski, T., and Shen, H.T. 2015. Possible Effects of the 1984 St. Clair River Ice Jam on Bed Changes, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 42(9):696–703. 
• Knack, I.M., Shen, H.T., and Huang, F-B. 2015. A Numerical Model Study on Ice Impact on Lake Superior Outflow Limit, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 42(9), 1-9.
• Knack, I.M. and Shen, H.T. 2015. Sediment Transport in Ice Covered Channels, International Journal of Sediment Research, 30 (1), 63-67. 
• Yao, Y., Huang, Z.-H., Lo, E. Y. M., and Shen, H.T. 2014. A Preliminary Laboratory Study of Motion of Floating Debris Generated by Solitary Waves Running up a Beach, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 09/2014; 08(03):1440006. 
• Li, C., Li, C.-Y., and Shen, H.T. 2014. Characteristics of Surface Ice Movement in a Channel Bend with Intake and the Layout of Ice Deflection Booms, Advances in Water Science, 25(2), 233-238. 
• Kolerski, T., Shen, H.T., and Kioka, S. 2013. A Numerical Model Study on Ice Boom in a Coastal Lake, Journal of Coastal Research, 29(6A), 177–186.
• Shen, H.T. 2011. River Ice Hydrology, Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, V.P. Singh, U.K. Haritashya (Eds.), Springer, 939-943.
• Shen, H.T. 2010. Mathematical Modeling of River Ice Processes, Cold Regions Science and Technology, 62(1), 3-13, 2010.
• Shen, H.T., Gao, L., Kolerski, T., and Liu, L. 2008. Dynamics of Ice Jam Formation and Release, Journal of Coastal Research, S52, 25-32.
• Tuthill, A., Liu, L., and Shen, H.T. 2004. Modeling Ice Passage at Navigation Locks, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE, 18(3), 89-109.
• Ye, S.Q., Deoring, J., and Shen, H.T. 2004. A Laboratory Study of Frazil Evolution in a Counter-Rotating Flume, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, V.31, 899-914.
• Shen, H.T. 2003. Research on River Ice Processes: Progress and Missing Links, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE, 17(4), 134 -142. 
• Shen, H.T., Xu, Q., and Yapa, P.D. 2003. Modeling Lamprecide Transport in the St. Marys River, Journal of Great Lakes Research, 29(Sup.1), 694-705.
• Shen, H.T. and Liu, L. 2003. Shokotsu River Ice Jam Formation, Cold Regions Sc. and Tech., 37(1), 35-49.
• Kerr, D.J., Shen, H.T., and Daly, S.F. 2002. Evolution and Hydraulic Resistance of Anchor Ice on Gravel Bed, Cold Regions Sc. and Tech., 35/2, 101-114.
• Xia, X., and Shen, H.T. 2002. Nonlinear Interaction of Ice Cover with Shallow Water Wave in Channels, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 467, 259-267. 
• Stone, B., and Shen, H.T. 2002. Hydraulic Resistance of Flow in Channels with Cylindrical Roughness, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 128(5), ASCE, 500-506.
• Shen, H.T., Su, J., and Liu, L. 2000. SPH Simulation of River Ice Dynamics, Journal of Computational Physics, 165(2), 752-770.