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Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu
Ph.D, Cornell University
Assistant Professor

Office: 205 Ocean Engineering Lab
Phone: (302) 831-4172
Fax: (302) 831-3640
Email: thsu@UDel.Edu
Curriculum Vitae:  pdf
Web Page:  http://www.coastal.udel.edu/~thsu/

[ Short Bio | Education | Awards | Research | Select Publications | Courses ]

Short Bio

Research Interests:
 Sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics, coastal engineering, multi-phase flow

Education

2002: Ph.D, Cornell University
1999: Master, Cornell University
1994: Bachelor, National Taiwan University

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award: 2007
Coastal Ocean Postdoctoral Scholarship: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2003.
DeFrees Fellowship: Cornell University, 2000 - 2002.

Research Projects

High Resolution Numerical Modeling of Cohesive Sediment Transport
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Naval Research (Coastal Geosciences)
Website: http://www.coastal.udel.edu/~thsu/Fluidmud.htm

Oct 2008 - Sep 2010

Collaborative Research: The dynamics of sediment-laden river plume and initial deposition off small mountainous rivers
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (OCE)

Duration: Sep 2009 - Aug 2012

CAREER: 3D Multiphase Sediment Transport Modeling Framework
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (OCE)
Website: http://www.coastal.udel.edu/~thsu/CAREER.htm

March 2007 - Feb 2012

Select Publications

Yu*, X, and Hsu, T.-J., and Hanes, D. M. Sediment transport under wave groups- the relative importance between wave shape and boundary layer streaming, J. Geophys. Res., accepted.
 
Pedrozo-Acuna, A., Torres-Freyermuth, A., Zou, Q., Hsu, T.-J., Reeve, D. E., Diagonostic investigation of impulsive pressures induced by plunging breakers impinging on gravel beaches, Coastal Eng., accepted.
 
Scott N. V., Hsu, T.-J., Cox, D. Steep wave, turbulence, and sediment concentration statistics and their implications to sediment transport, Cont. Shelf Res., accepted.
 
Son*, M., and Hsu, T.-J., (2009) The effect of variable yield strength and variable fractal dimensional on flocculation of cohesive sediment, Water Res., 43, 3582-3592.
 

Hsu T.-J., Yu*, X., (2009) Sand transport under nearshore wave and current and its implication to sandbar migration, Nonlinear Wave Dynamics, Selected paper of the symposium hold in honor of Philip L.-F. Liu’s 60th birthday, Editor: Patrick Lynett, World Scientific, 247-266.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Ozdemir* C. E., Traykovski P. A., (2009) High resolution numerical modeling of wave-supported gravity-driven fluid mud transport, J. Geophysical Res., 114, C05014,
doi:10.1029/2008JC005006.

 

Bhaganagar, K., and Hsu, T.-J., (2009) Direct numerical simulation of flow over 2D and 3D ripples and implication to sediment transport: steady flow, Coastal Eng., 56(3), 320-331.

 

Kennedy, A. B., Slatton K. C., Hsu. T.-J., Starek, M., and Kampa, K, (2008) Hurricane-induced sandwave in the nearshore ocean, Marine Geology, 250, 276-280.

 

Amoudry, L., Hsu, T.-J., and Liu, P. L.-F., (2008) Two-phase model for sand transport in sheet flow regime, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C03011, doi:10.1029/2007JC004179

 

Son*, M., and Hsu, T.-J. (2008) Flocculation model of cohesive sediment using variable fractal dimension, Environmental Fluid Mech., 8, 55-71.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Traykovski P. A., and Kineke, G. C., (2007). On modeling boundary layer and gravity driven fluid mud transport, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C04011, doi:10.1029/2006JC003719.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Elgar, S. and Guza, R. T., (2006). Wave-induced sediment transport and onshore sandbar migration, Coastal Engineering, 53, 817-824.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Raubenheimer, B. (2006). A numerical and field study on inner-surf and swash sediment transport, Continental Shelf Research, 26, 589-898.

 

Amoudry, L., Hsu, T.-J., and Liu, P. L.-F. (2005) Schmidt number and near-bed boundary condition effects on a two-phase dilute sediment transport model, J. Geophys. Res., 110(C9), C09003, doi:10.1029/2004JC002798.

 

Chang, K-A, Hsu, T.-J., and Liu, P. L.-F., (2005) Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle. Part II: Cnoidal waves, Coastal Engineering, 52(3), 257-283.

 

Hsu, T.-J. and Liu, P. L-F., (2004) Toward Modeling Turbulent Suspension of Sand in the Nearshore, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C6), C06018, doi:10.1029/2003JC002240.

 

Hsu, T.-J. and Hanes, D.M., (2004) The effects of wave shape on sheet flow sediment transport, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C5), C05025, doi:10.1029/2003JC002075.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Jenkins, J.T., and Liu, P. L.-F, (2004) On two-phase sediment transport: sheet flow of massive particles. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (A), 460(2048), 2223-2250.

 

Hsu, T.-J., Jenkins, J.T. and Liu, P. L.-F, (2003) On two-phase sediment transport: dilute flow, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C3), 3057, doi:10.1029/2001JC001276

 

Hsu, T.- J., Sakakiyama, T. and Liu, P. L-F., (2002) A numerical model for wave motions and turbulence flows in front of a composite breakwater, Coast. Eng., 46(1), 25-50.

 
Chang, K-A, Hsu, T.-J., and Liu, P. L.-F. (2001) Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle. Part I: Solitary waves, Coast.
Eng., 44(1), 13-36.

Courses Taught

2009-2010
Fall CIEG 667 Physics of Cohesive Sediment Transport
 
2008-2009
Spring CIEG 678 Transport and Mixing Processes
Spring CIEG 306 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory


Highlights
Jack Puleo has won the NSF Early Career Development Award
Jack Puleo, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study swash zone sediment transport. The swash zone is the area near the shoreline where waves wash up and down the beach face.

The five-year $444,229 award is aimed at developing a broader understanding of the physics of coastal sediment transport in this area, thereby leading to significant improvement in the ability to predict such coastal phenomena as beach erosion and beach nourishment performance.

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