Mr. Chang is currently a PhD candidate at Cornell University and expects to graduate soon in August 2017. Che-Wei received his Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Engineering Division) from National Taiwan University, where he focused on studying the rheological properties of debris/mud flow.

Before joining Prof. Liu’s group, he spent one year (2011-2012) at Virginia Tech as a doctoral student, working on flow-induced particle movements and associated turbulent coherent structures.

During his PhD, Che-Wei has been working on wave-vegetation interactions and the associated dissipation processes based on the homogenization theory. His work involves mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, and data analysis. He has established a numerical model for estimating wave attenuation by coastal forest of arbitrary shape.

In addition to research work, he had been a teaching assistant for several different courses at both Cornell and Virginia Tech, e.g. Fluid mechanics, Experimental methods in fluid dynamics, Coastal engineering and Water resources engineering. He enjoyed teaching, helping and interacting with students. This enthusiasm has earned him as one of the best teaching assistants in 2015 – John E. Perry Teaching Assistant Prize.

• Coastal & ocean engineering
• Wave-vegetation-structure interactions
• Coastal hydrodynamics and sediment transport
• Nearshore/estuarine processes
• Tsunami, storm surges/waves and coastal hazard reduction
• Numerical modeling and experimental fluid mechanics