ZHONGHUA ZHANG

                                               

                                                      Ph.D.candidate

 

                                                                                     Departmentof Civil and Environmental Engineering

                                                                                     TheJerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building

                                                                                     473Via Ortega, Office M17

                                                                                     Stanford,CA 94305

 

                                                                                     Office:  (650) 723-1825

                                                                                     Fax:     (650) 725-9720

                                                                                     Email:  zhonghua at stanford dot edu

 

 

Education

 

B.S.   (2003)             Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

M.S.  (2005)             Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA

Ph.D.  (in process)     Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA

 

 


Research

 

l   Numerical Simulations of Nonlinear Internal Waves in the South China Sea. (Ph.D. Dissertation, Advisor: Oliver Fringer)

l    Exchange Flow in the Red Sea.

l    Hydrologic Interaction between Searsville Reservoir and the Surrounding Groundwater.

l    The Impacts of Seepage Water on the Renewability of Groundwater. (Undergraduate Thesis, Advisor: Heping Hu and Guangheng Ni) 

 

 

Teaching Assistant

 

l   CEE 262A Hydrodynamics, Fall 2007 

l   CEE 262C  Modeling & Simulation for Civil& Environmental Engineers, Summer 2005

 

 

Publications and Presentations

 

l        Z. Zhang, O. B. Fringer and S. R. Ramp. "The Generation of Nonlinear Wavetrains in the South China Sea", Journal of Geophysical Research. (in preparation)

l        Z. Zhang and O. B. Fringer. "Internal Wave Generation at the Luzon Strait", Journal of Geophysical Research.  (in preparation)

l        Z. Zhang and O. B. Fringer. "The Energetics of Nonlinear Internal Wave in the South China Sea ", Geophysical Research Letter.  (in preparation)

l        O. B. Fringer and Z. Zhang, 2008. "High-Resolution Simulations of Nonlinear Internal Gravity Waves in the South China Sea".

l        Z. Zhang and O. B. Fringer, 2008. "Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Internal Gravity Waves in the South China Sea", Second NSF CMG Workshop. 

l        Z. Zhang and O. B. Fringer, 2008. "Numerical Simulation of the Generation of Nonlinear Internal Gravity Waves in the South China Sea", Eos Trans. AGU, Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl.

l        Z. Zhang and O. B. Fringer, 2006. "Simulation of Nonlinear Internal Wave Generation in the Northeastern South China Sea", Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS13A -1533.

l        Z. Zhang and O. B. Fringer, 2006. "A Numerical Study of Internal Wave Generation in the Luzon Strait ", The Sixth International Symposium on Stratified Flows, Perth, Australia.

l        Z. Zhang and O. B. Fringer, 2006. "Propagation and Interaction of Nonlinear Internal Solitary Waves in the South China Sea", Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS15A-15.