Jian Shen

Research Associate Professor of Marine Science

Email: [[shen]]
Phone: (804) 684-7359
Office: Holben House 105
Department: Physical Sciences

Education

• B.S., Shanghai Teacher's University
• M.A., College of William and Mary
• Ph.D., College of William and Mary

Research Interests

Estuarine circulation; numerical model simulations of hydrodynamics and water quality in estuaries and coastal sea; numerical modeling of watershed processes; inverse modeling of estuarine water quality; storm surge and inundation predictions.

Current Projects

• Development of hydrodynamic and Water Quality Models for the Lynnhaven River System, funded by Army Corps of Engineers.
• Support for Use Case Scenarios and Development of Coupling Mechanisms to Wave and Rainfall Effects on Storm Surge Models, funded by SURA
• Development of Fecal Coliform TMDLs for Shellfish Growing Waters in the Chesapeake Bay, funded by Maryland, Maryland Department of the Environment
• Evaluation of storm surge models for the Florida coast, funded by FEMA through Florida International University.
• Development of DO and Fecal Coliform TMDLs for Onancock Creek, funded by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
• Integrated modeling approach for TMDL development of Virginia's small coastal basins with fecal coliform, funded by Virginia Environmental Quality.
• Development of pH TMDLs for Western Maryland, funded by Maryland Department of the Environment.
• Development of a Watershed-Tidal Prism Model for Jarrett Bay and It's Tributaries for Supporting Fecal Coliform TMDL Studies, funded by North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources

Selected Publications

• Shen, J., Gong, W., Wang, H. V. Water Level Response to 1999 Hurricane Floyd in the Chesapeake Bay, Continental Self Research (in press)
• Shen, J., Jia, J., Sisson, M. Inverse Estimation of Nonpoint Sources of Fecal Coliform for Establishing Allowable Load for Wye River, Maryland, Water Research (in press)
• Lin, J., Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L.P., Shen, J., Malin, M., Durako, M. Dissolved Oxygen Stratification in Two Micro-tidal Partially-mixed Estuaries. Estuarine,Coastal and Shelf Science (in press)
• Shen, J., Zhang, K., Xiao C., Gong, W. Improved prediction of storm surge inundation using a high-resolution unstructured grid model. Journal of Coastal Research (in press)
• Shen, J., Lin, J. 2006. Modeling Study of the Influences of Tide and Stratification on Age of Water in the Tidal James River. Coastal and Shelf Science, 68, 101-112.
• Shen, J., Wang, H., Sisson, M., Gong, W. 2006. Storm Tide Simulation in the Chesapeake Bay Using an Unstructured Grid Model. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 68, 1-16.
• Shen, J. 2006. Optimal Estimation of Parameters for an Estuarine Eutrophication Model. Ecological Modelling, 191, 521-537.
• Shen, J., Gong, W., Wang, H., 2005. Simulation of Hurricane Isabel using the Advanced Circulation Model (ADCIRC). Hurricane Isabel in perspective. Proceedings of a conference. Chesapeake Research Consortium. K. G. Sellner (ed.), 107-116.
• Shen, J., Parker, P., Riverson, J., 2005. A new approach for a windows-based watershed modeling system based on a database-supporting architecture. Environmental Modelling and Software, 20, 1127-1138.
• Shen, J., Sun, S., Wang, T., 2005. Development of the fecal coliform total maximum daily load using loading simulation program C++ and tidal prism model in estuary shellfish growing areas: A case study in the Nassawadox Coastal Embayment, Virginia. Journal of Environmental Science and Health (Part A), 40 (9), 1791-1807.
• Shen, J., Haas, L., 2004. Calculating Age and Residence Time in the Tidal York River Using Three-Dimensional Model Experiments. Coastal and Shelf Science, 61, 449-461.
• Shen, J., Boon, J., Kuo, A.Y. 1999. A numerical study of a tidal intrusion front and its impact on larval dispersion in the James River estuary, Virginia, Estuary, 22(3), 681-692.
• Shen, J., Kuo, A.Y. 1999. Numerical investigation of an estuarine front and its associated topographic eddy, ASCE, Journal of Waterways, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 125 (3), 127-135.
• Park, K., Shen, J., Kuo, A.Y. 1998. Application of a multi step computation scheme to an intratidal estuarine water quality model, Ecological Modeling, 110, 281-292.
• Shen, J., Kuo, A.Y. 1998. Application of inverse method to calibrate an estuarine eutrophication model, ASCE, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 124 (5), 409-418.
• Shen, J. and Kuo, A.Y. 1996.Inverse estimation of parameters for an estuarine eutrophication model, ASCE, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 122 (11), 1031-1040
• Kuo, A.Y., Shen, J., Hamrick, J.M. 1996. The effect of acceleration on bottom shear stress in tidal estuaries, ASCE, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 122 (2), 75-83.

Current Students

• Yuepeng Li, Ph.D. Student (co-advising with Harry Wang)

Past Students

• Taiping Wang, M.S. Student (co-advised with Harry Wang)

Professional Memberships

• American Geophysical Union

Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Efforts

• Development of Fecal Coliform TMDLs for Shellfish Growing Waters in the Chesapeake Bay (collaborate with Dr. Tom R Fisher, University of Maryland)
• 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)
• Evaluation of storm surge models for the Florida coast (collaborate with Dr. K. Zhang, Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University)