Steven Huang

*** * ****** **, ***. A**, Philadelphia, PA, 19144

ac6hp6@r.postjobfree.com, 404-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenhuang83/

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2011.08 – 2017.12 Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering (GPA 4.0) M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering (GPA 4.0) M.S. Earth and Atmospheric Science (GPA 4.0)

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 2002.09 – 2008.06 M.S. Agricultural Engineering (GPA 4.0)

B.S. Agricultural Engineering (GPA 3.8)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Scientist, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 2018.02 – present Integrated Multi-sector Multi-scale Modeling (IM3) of Energy-water-food Nexus (DOE)

• Developed an agent-based model (ABM) based on Bayesian Inference mapping and Cost-loss ratio to quantify the uncertainty in human decision-making processes

• Coupled the ABM with a river-routing and reservoir management model to assess changes of irrigation area and the associated impacts to regional water availability

• Collaborated with other scientific teams to build coupled model framework to investigate cross- sectoral interactions between water, energy and food Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2014.08 – 2017.12 Improvements on Land Surface Processes Modeling (NASA)

• Derived new parameterizations of surface temperature, soil moisture, and air temperature to facilitate the existing land surface model performance

• Conducted model calibration and sensitivity analysis to weather inputs and soil texture parameters

• Validated the capability and generality of the model in capturing daily and seasonal variations of land surface processes

New Estimates of Global Surface Energy Budget (NASA)

• Conducted high-resolution simulations of global evapotranspiration, surface sensible, and ground/ocean heat fluxes.

• Managed 4TB of remote sensing datasets from NASA and NOAA and 2TB of model outputs

• Performed quantitative analysis of model results including cross-comparison, time series analysis, uncertainty estimation, and sensitivity analysis

• Established interactive online database for public inquiry and provided effective data visualization to facilitate spatial-temporal and uncertainty analysis Observatory Installation and Design (NSF)

• Collaborated with a group of 30 researchers to design and install an observatory in South Carolina

• Conducted data processing and cleansing to provide datasets with standardized format to other teams Research Assistant, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 2009.01 – 2010.12 Sustainable Reservoir Planning and Assessment (Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan)

• Led a group of five members on operational framework development and collected historical data for reservoir sustainability assessment

• Performed integrated analysis of reservoir sustainability and adaptive plans regarding climate change

• Consolidated scientific reports from other teams and represented the teams in project meetings Strengthening Water Supply System Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change (MOEA)

• Developed system dynamic model of multiple water supply systems in Southern Taiwan

• Conducted water demand and supply analysis to quantify local water resources. Downscaled climate change projections from IPCC report to analyze climate change impacts at regional scale

• Performed risk and vulnerability assessment for agricultural, industrial, and municipal water usage under climate change

Identifying Coping Ranges and Adaptive Capacity in Changing Climate for a Water Supply System (MOEA)

• Initiated numerical model design and performed model calibration and validation using historical data

• Delivered scientific reports and organized project meetings as the group leader TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SKILLS

• Programming Languages: Python, R, SQL, MATLAB, Visual Basic

• General Software: ROMS, HEC-RAS, Processing MODFLOW, LINGO, Vensim, LaTeX

• Academic Fields: Optimization, Multiple-criteria Decision Analysis, Land/Ocean-Atmospheric Interactions, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Climatology, Hydrology, Groundwater, Climate Change, Water Resource Management, Engineering Economics, System Dynamics

• Specialized Expertise: Environmental Modeling, Environmental Data Analysis, Optimization Algorithms, Time Series Analysis, Bayesian Inference, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Lasso/Ridge Regression, k-NN, k-Means, SVM, Random Forests, Decision Tree Analysis, Naive Bayes Classifier, PCA, Land Surface Modeling, Hydrologic Modeling, Groundwater Modeling, Ocean Modeling

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Hydraulic Engineering Lab 2012.08 – 2013.12

• Led two group lessons for weekly laboratory session Teaching Assistant, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Climate Change and Environmental Ecology 2008.02 – 2008.06

• Managed class of 40 graduate students and led group discussions Heuristic Algorithms and Water Resources Management 2007.09 – 2008.01

• Managed class of 30 graduate students and led group discussions PUBLICATIONS

• Huang, S.-Y., Deng, Y., and Wang, J. (2017), Revisiting the global surface energy budgets with maximum entropy-production model of surface heat fluxes, Clim. Dyn., 49(5-6), pp 1531-1545.

• Huang, S.-Y., and Wang, J. (2016), A coupled force-restore model of surface temperature and soil moisture using the maximum entropy production model of heat fluxes, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 7528–7547

• Huang, S. Y., and Wang, J. (2017), A force-restore model of near-surface air temperature using a new parameterization of sensible heat flux, American Geophysical Union (AGU), New Orleans.

• Huang, S. Y., and Wang, J. (2016), An assessment of the inter-annual variations and trends in the continental-scale surface heat fluxes, AGU, San Francisco.

• Wang, J., Parolari, A., and Huang, S. Y. (2014), Soil moisture and vegetation controls on surface energy balance using MEP model of ET, AGU, San Francisco.

• Huang, S. Y., Deng, Y., and Wang, J. (2014), Re-evaluation of the Earth’s surface energy balance using a new method of heat fluxes, AGU, San Francisco

• Huang, S. Y., and Wang, J. (2013), Force-restore model of surface temperature using a new parameterization of ground heat flux, AGU, San Francisco

• Chen, Y. J., Huang, S. Y., and Tung, C. P. (2009) Development of an optimization model for conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater, AGU, San Francisco

• Huang, S. Y., Tung, C. P., Hsu, C. S., and Tan, C. C. (2007) Groundwater management model to meet the goals of water supply and ecological baseflow, AGU, San Francisco AWARDS

Government Scholarships to Study Abroad (Ministry of Education, Taiwan) 2012

• Two-year fellowship, funded for USD $16,000 per year Student Research Fellowship (Ministry of Education, Taiwan) 2005

• Government fellowship program for supporting students to conduct independent research Presidential Award (National Taiwan University) 2004, 2006

• Top 5% of students in the department

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