Interests:
Research Interests:
- Water quality modeling
- Hydrodynamics in Lakes, reservoir, and estuaries
- Hydrologic analysis and modeling
- Hydraulics analysis and modeling
- Stormwater management
Keywords:
- Lakes
- Hydraulic Modeling
- Hydrologic Modeling
- Water Quality Modeling
- Climate Change Impacts
- Fish Habitat
- Stormwater Management
- Computational Hydraulics
Dr. Fang's research experience in water resources engineering includes assessing performance of sediment basins at highway construction sites, evaluation of scour potential of cohesive soils, estimation of volumetric and rate-based runoff coefficients using observed rainfall and runoff data, development of modified rational unit hydrograph, regional unit hydrograph and storm hyetograph development, rainfall loss estimation using non-linear programming, estimation of time parameters for Texas watersheds, synthesis of storm drainage design, and study of sediment transport in gravel-bed rivers.
His research experience in environmental hydrodynamic/ecological modeling includes one-dimensional lake water quality modeling (studying impacts of global warming on fish habitats in small lakes in the contiguous USA), two-dimensional reservoir water quality modeling (studies on three Texas reservoirs), three-dimensional computational hydraulics modeling using FLOW-3DÒ (specializing in free-surface flow simulations) and EFDC (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code), and water quality monitoring in estuaries.
