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Ruijie Zeng

Assistant Professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Dr. Zeng works on enhancing mechanistic understanding, predictable capability, hydrologic modeling and sustainable management of watersheds.

Dr. Zeng is the recipient of:

  • The NSF CAREER Award in 2023
  • The ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2020
Dr. Ruijie Zeng at construction site of Xiluodu dam, China
Ruijie at construction site of Xiluodu Dam (4th largest hydroelectricity station with 13.8 GW installed capacity and 5th tallest dam at 285m).

Current member

Diming Liao

Graduate Research Assistant

Ph.D student 2023 – Present

Working with Evaporation Temporal Variance Decomposition to help improving weather forecast

Zhongxing Deng

Graduate Research Assistant

Ph.D student 2023 – Present

Monitoring barge to help mitigate the inland waterway supply chain disruptions due to seasonal droughts

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Elizabeth Eason

Undergraduate Research Assistant

2023 – Present

Antonio Blair

Graduate Research Assistant

M.S. student 2024 – Present

Investigating sustainable hydrogen production by evaluating potential sites for floating photovoltaic installations


Alumni

Now Assistant Scientist (Tenure-track) at University of Kansas

Ph.D 2020 – 2024

Qianqiu’s research is dedicated to enhancing the accuracy and utility of hydrologic models for human-water system interactions through advanced quantification methods to facilitate informed decision-making for effective water resource management.

Chuncheng Yao

Now Civil Infrastructure Engineer at AZTEC Engineering Group, Inc.

Ph.D 2020 – 2024

Chuncheng worked on developing image processing, computer vision and machine learning algorithm to detect engineered hydrologic features (e.g., agricultural drainage, urban stormwater infrastructure) in natural and built environment.

Weiwei Ren

Now Senior Engineer at Chinese Academy of Science

Ph.D 2018-2021

Weiwei’s research focuses on combining machine learning with physically-based modeling to improve the understanding of cryospheric ecohydrology in changing environments.