Harry V. Wang

Associate Professor of Marine Science

Email: [[wang]]
Phone: (804) 684-7215
Office: Andrews Hall 239
Department: Physical Sciences

Education

• B.A., National Taiwan University
• M.S., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests

My main research interests are in coastal and estuarine physical processes and the consequence of their transport properties; in particular, the transports driven by wind, wave, tide, density and affected by the Coriolis force and turbulent mixing. My recent works emphasize the use of numerical computational methods to simulate the current, water level, salinity, temperature as well as their coupled environmental conditions such as water quality, sediment and larval transport. My future goal is to make use of computer models as primary tools to integrate the interdiscipline research.

Current Projects

• Water quality modeling in the Baltimore Harbor, Back River and the Upper Chesapeake Bay
• Toxic and sediment modeling in Baltimore Harbor and the adjacent Upper Chesapeake Bay
• Watershed and water quality modeling in the Upper Western Shore of Maryland
• Predicting the distribution of sea nettles in the Chesapeake Bay
• Integrated modeling approach for TMDL development of Virginia small coastal basin with fecal coliform impairment
• Craney Island eastward expansion project

Selected Publications

• Park, Kyeong, H. V. Wang and S. Kim (2008): “A model study of the estuarine turbidity maximum along the main channel of the Upper Chesapeake Bay” Estuaries and Coasts. 31:115–133
• Chi-Fang Wang; Harry V. Wang, and Albert Y. Kuo (2008); “Mass conservative transport scheme for the application of the ELCIRC model to water quality computation” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Volume 134, Issue 8, pp.1166-1171.
• Shen J. and H. V. Wang (2007): “Determining the age of water and long-term transport timescale of the Chesapeake Bay”. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 68 (1-2), 1-16
  Stamey, B. H. V. Wang and M. Koterba (2007): “Predicting the next storm surge flood”. Sea Technology, August 2007, p10-15
• Shen, J, H. V. Wang, M. Sisson, W. Gong (2006). “Storm tide simulation in the Chesapeake Bay using an unstructured grid model”. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 68 (1-2), 1-16
• Shen, J., Gong, W., Wang, H. V. (2006). “Water level response to 1999 hurricane Floyd in the Chesapeake Bay”. Continental Self Research, 26, 2484-2502
• Wang, H. V., Joe Cho, Jian Shen, and Ya Ping Wang (2005): “What Has been learned about storm surge dynamics from Hurricane Isabel model simulations?” Hurricane Isabel in Perspective Conference, Baltimore, MD., Proceeding of a Conference, Chesapeake Bay Consortium, pp117-125.
• Lin, Jing., H. V. Wang, J-H Oh, K. Park, S-C Kim, J. Shen and A. Kuo, (2003):" A New Approach to Model Sediment Resuspension in Tidal Estuaries." Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 19, No. 1, p76-88.
• Brown, C. W., R. R. Hood, Z. Li, M. B. Decker, T. F. Gross, J. E. Purcell and H. V. Wang, (2002):"Forecasting System predicts Presence of Sea Nettles in Chesapeake Bay." EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol 83, No.30. p321-326.
• Xu, Jiangtao, Shenn-yu Chao, Raleigh R. Hood, Harry Wang, W. C. Boicourt (2002): Assimilating high-resolution salinity data into a model of a partially mixed estuary. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 107, No. C7, p 11-1 11-14.
• Wang, Harry V. and Billy J. Johnson, (2000): "Validation and Application of the Second Generation Three Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model of Chesapeake Bay". Water Quality and Ecosystem Modeling, Vol 1, p51-90.
• Hood, Raleigh R, H. V. Wang, J. E. Purcell, E. D. Houde and L. W. Harding Jr, 1999: "Modeling Particles and Pelagic Organisms in Chesapeake Bay: Convergent Features Control Plankton Distributions". Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 104, no. C1, pp1223-1243.
• Wang, H. and Michael Amei, 1998: "Modeling Flow Through Multiple Inlets and Over Barrier Beaches" Journal of Coastal Research, special issue number 26, pp.173-180.
• Wang, H., Billy H. Johnson and Carl Cerco, 1997:"The Chesapeake Bay Experience", Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Alexandria, Virginia.
• Wang, H. and S. Chao, 1996: "Intensification of Sub-tidal Surface Currents over a Deep Channels in the Upper Chesapeake Bay". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol 42, pp. 1-15.
• Chao, S.Y., W.C. Boicourt and H. Wang (1996). Three-layered circulation in reverse estuaries. Continental Shelf Res., 16, 1379-1397.
• Wang, H. and S.Y. Chao (1995). The lateral inhomogeneity of the subtidal surface currents in the upper Chesapeake Bay. In: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Watershed: The Chesapeake Experiment, P. Hill and S. Nelson, Eds, CRC publication No. 149, 102-108.
• Johnson, H. B., H. V. Wang and K. W. Kim, 1995: "Can Numerical Estuarine Models be Driven at the Estuary Mouth?" Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, San Diego, California. pp. 255-267.

Current Students

• Yuepeng Li, Ph.D. degree graduate student
• Kyoung-Ho Cho, Ph.D. degree graduate student
• Taiping Wang, Master degree graduate student
• Jie Gao, Master degree graduate student
• Yi-Cheng Teng, Ph.D. degree graduate student

Past Students

• Momo Chen, M.S.
• Jing Lin, Ph.D.
• Hui Liu, M.S.
• Jeong Hwan Oh, Ph.D.
• Yongsik Sin, Ph.D.
• Meng Xia

Courses Taught/Teaching

• MS554 Principle of Numerical Computing
• MS613 Ocean Dynamics
• MS612 Estuarine Hydrodynamic I, and MS613 Estuarine Hydrodynamic II
• MS615 Hydrodynamics Modeling of Estuarine and Coastal Waters
• MS617 Water Quality Models

Professional Memberships

• Member of American Geophysical Union
• Member of American Society of Civil Engineering

Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Efforts

• Integrated modeling approach for TMDL development of Virginia small coastal basin with fecal coliform impairment (collaborate with Dr. Carl H. Hershner, Center for Coastal Resource Management).
• Fisheries Habitat: Spatial Dynamics and the Protection of Critical Habitats to Conserve Spawning Stock and Recruitment in Exploited Marine Species with Complex Life Cycles (collaborate with Dr. Romuald N. Lipcius, Department of Fishery Sciences).