Jennifer G. Duan

Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
Professor of Biosystems Engineering
Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty

Degrees

  • PhD Computational Hydroscience and Engineering
    • University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, United States
    • Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of Meandering Migration Processes with an Enhanced Two Dimensional Model

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2018 - Ongoing)
  • Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (2014 - 2017)
  • Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, the University of Arizona (2011 - Ongoing)
  • Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, the University of Arizona (2006 - 2011)
  • Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Nevada Higher Education System (2005 - 2006)
  • National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Lab., University of Minnesota (2005 - 2005)
  • Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Nevada Higher Education System (1999 - 2005)
  • Center for Computational Hydro-science and Engineering, University of Mississippi (1994 - 1999)
  • Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University (1992 - 1993)

Interests

Teaching

Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Computational Hydraulics, Sediment Transport Engineering
 

Research

My research area is hydraulics and sediment transport focusing on experimental study of turbulence flow field and computational simulation of flow and sediment transport in rivers. My research objective is to advance the fundamental knowledge and develop the state-of-the-art computational models in the area of hydraulics and sediment transport through basic and applied research.

Courses

Mechanics of Fluids

CE 218 (Fall 2024)
CE 218 (Spring 2024)
CE 218 (Fall 2023)
CE 218 (Spring 2023)
CE 218 (Spring 2022)
CE 218 (Fall 2021)
CE 218 (Spring 2021)
CE 218 (Spring 2020)
CE 218 (Fall 2019)
CE 218 (Spring 2019)
CE 218 (Fall 2018)
CE 218 (Spring 2018)
CE 218 (Fall 2017)
CE 218 (Spring 2017)
CE 218 (Spring 2016)
 

Open-Channel Flow

ABE 422 (Spring 2018)
ABE 522 (Spring 2018)
ABE 522 (Spring 2017)
CE 422 (Spring 2024)
CE 422 (Fall 2021)
CE 422 (Spring 2019)
CE 422 (Spring 2018)
CE 422 (Spring 2017)
CE 522 (Spring 2024)
CE 522 (Fall 2021)
CE 522 (Spring 2019)
CE 522 (Spring 2018)
CE 522 (Spring 2017)
 

Sedimentation Engr

ABE 622 (Fall 2016)
CE 424 (Fall 2024)
CE 424 (Fall 2022)
CE 424 (Spring 2020)
CE 524 (Fall 2024)
CE 524 (Fall 2022)
CE 524 (Spring 2020)
CE 622 (Fall 2016)
 

Spc Tpc Hydr+Wtr Res Eng

CE 429 (Spring 2016)
CE 529 (Spring 2016)
 

Internship

CE 493 (Spring 2018)
CE 493 (Fall 2017)
CE 593 (Summer I 2022)
CE 593 (Summer I 2020)
CE 593 (Spring 2019)
 

Research Topics

CE 596A (Fall 2022)
CE 596A (Fall 2021)
CE 596A (Fall 2018)
 

Independent Study

CE 599 (Fall 2023)
CE 599 (Spring 2023)
CE 599 (Fall 2022)
CE 599 (Spring 2022)
CE 599 (Fall 2021)
CE 599 (Spring 2020)
CE 599 (Fall 2019)
CE 599 (Fall 2018)
CE 599 (Spring 2018)
CE 599 (Spring 2017)
CE 599 (Fall 2016)
 

Master's Report

HWRS 909 (Fall 2021)
 

Thesis

CE 910 (Spring 2023)
CE 910 (Fall 2022)
CE 910 (Spring 2022)
CE 910 (Spring 2021)
CE 910 (Fall 2020)
CE 910 (Spring 2020)
CE 910 (Spring 2017)
 

Dissertation

CE 920 (Spring 2024)
CE 920 (Fall 2023)
CE 920 (Spring 2023)
CE 920 (Fall 2022)
CE 920 (Spring 2022)
CE 920 (Fall 2021)
CE 920 (Fall 2020)
CE 920 (Spring 2020)
CE 920 (Fall 2019)
CE 920 (Spring 2019)
CE 920 (Fall 2018)
CE 920 (Spring 2018)
CE 920 (Fall 2017)
CE 920 (Spring 2017)
CE 920 (Fall 2016)
CE 920 (Spring 2016)

Licensure & Certification

  • Diplomat, American Academy of Water Resource Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers (2006)
  • Professional Engineer, State of Arizona Board of Professional Registration (2012)
  • Professional Engineer, Nevada Board of Professional Registration (2002)

Selected Publications

Chapters

  • Duan, J. G. (2001). Simulation of Streambank Erosion Processes with a Two-Dimensional Numerical Model. In Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling. Springer, Boston, MA. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0575-4_13

Journals/Publications

  • Al-Asadi, K., Abbas, A. A., Dawood, A. S., & Duan, J. G. (2023). Calibration and Modification of the Hargreaves–Samani Equation for Estimating Daily Reference Evapotranspiration in Iraq. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 28(5). doi:10.1061/jhyeff.heeng-5877
  • Duan, J. G., & Arjmandi, A. (2023). Quantify Post Wildfire Curve Number for Arid Watersheds. AGU23.
  • Duan, J. G., Engel, F. L., & Cadogan, A. (2023). Discharge estimation using video recordings from small unoccupied aircraft systems. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 149(11), 04023048.
  • Duan, J. G., Yu, C., & Ding, Y. (2023). Numerical Simulation of Sediment Transport in Unsteady Open Channel Flow. Water, 15(14), 2576. doi:10.3390/w15142576
  • Duan, J. G., & Al-Asadi, K. (2022). On bed form resistance and bed load transport in vegetated channels. Water, 14(23), 3794.
  • Duan, J. G., & Al-Asadi, K. (2022). On bed form resistance and bed load transport in vegetated channels.. Water(Switzerland), 14(23). doi:doi:10.3390/w14233794
  • Gerba, C. P., Duan, J. G., Tousi, E. G., & Gundy, P. M. (2022). Resuspension and Attachment of PhiX174 in Sediment Laden Flow. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 148(6). doi:10.1061/(asce)ee.1943-7870.0001996
  • Qi, K., Tousi, E. G., Duan, J. G., Gundy, P. M., Bright, K. R., & Gerba, C. P. (2022). Entrainment of E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes from sediment in irrigation canal. International Journal of Sediment Research, 37(6), 701--714.
  • Tousi, E. G., Duan, J. G., Gundy, P. M., & Gerba, C. P. (2022). Resuspension and attachment of PhiX174 in sediment laden flow. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 148(6), 04022018.
  • Boccelli, D. L., Lansey, K. E., Meixner, T., Scott, C. A., Crosson, C., Boccelli, D. L., Albrecht, T. R., Achilli, A., Shrestha, P. P., Pincetl, S., Zuniga-teran, A. A., Shrestha, P. P., Pincetl, S., Mack, E. A., Duan, J. G., Daigger, G. T., Crosson, C., Cath, T. Y., Albrecht, T. R., & Achilli, A. (2021). Net Zero Urban Water from Concept to Applications: Integrating Natural, Built, and Social Systems for Responsive and Adaptive Solutions. ACS ES&T Water, 1(3), 518-529. doi:10.1021/acsestwater.0c00180
  • Bright, K. R., Tousi, E. G., Gundy, P. M., Gerba, C. P., & Duan, J. G. (2021). Evaluation of E. coli in sediment for assessing irrigation water quality using machine learning.. The Science of the total environment, 799, 149286. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149286
  • Bright, K. R., Tousi, E. G., Gundy, P. M., Gerba, C. P., Duan, J. G., & Bright, K. R. (2021). Experimental Study of PhiX174 Resuspension from Mobile Bed Sediment. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering-asce, 147(5). doi:10.1061/(asce)ir.1943-4774.0001549
  • Ahamed, T., Duan, J. G., & Jo, H. (2020). Flood-fragility analysis of instream bridges – consideration of flow hydraulics, geotechnical uncertainties, and variable scour depth. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 17(11), 1494-1507. doi:10.1080/15732479.2020.1815226
  • Ahamed, T., Duan, J. G., & Jo, H. (2021). Flood-fragility analysis of instream bridges-consideration of flow hydraulics, geotechnical uncertainties, and variable scour depth. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 17(11), 1494-1507. doi:doi:10.1080/15732479.2020.1815226
  • Ahamed, T., Shim, J., Jeong, J., Jo, H., & Duan, J. G. (2020). An efficient outlier removal algorithm for sonar-based bridge scour monitoring. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation. doi:doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2020.1815226

Proceedings Publications

  • Duan, J. G., & Qi, K. (2023, August). Case study: sediment transport simulation at Munds Draw watersheds. In 40th IAHR Congress, Vienna, Austria.
  • Duan, J. G., & Zhou, K. (2023, August). Turbulence flow field and local scour around three-pier group. In Proceedings of 40th IAHR Congress, Vienna, Austria.
  • Qi, K., & Duan, J. G. (2023, May). Case Study: Surface Runoff Simulation using HMS for Arid Watershed. In 2023 EWRI World Environment and Water Resources Congress: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty., 1, 1242-1250.
  • Shim, J., Shim, J., Jo, H., & Duan, J. G. (2019). APPLICATION OF SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS MODEL TO SIMULATE PIER SCOUR IN LABORATORY DAM BREAK FLOW. In 38th IAHR World Congress - "Water: Connecting the World".
  • Duan, J. G., Jo, H., Shim, J., & Ahamed, T. (2018, March). Flood fragility analysis of instream bridges. In SPIE Smart Structures/NDE.
  • Zhou, K., Duan, J. G., Rosenberg, A., & Shim, J. (2018, Jan). Application of KINEROS2 for Simulating Surface Runoff and Sediment Yield in Desert Watershed. In 18th World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018, 489-497.
  • Duan, J. G., Jo, H., Jeong, J., Shim, J., & Ahamed, T. (2017, May). Advanced signal processing of sonar measurement for bridge scour monitoring. In the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress.
  • Duan, J. G., Poteuck, M., Rosenberg, A., & Zhou, K. (2017). Simulating Watershed Erosion in BMGR Using AGWA Model. In ASCE EWRI 2017 World Environment and Water Resources Congress.
  • Ahamed, T., Shim, J., Jo, H., & Duan, G. (2016). Feasibility Test of Low-Cost Sonar Sensors for Bridge Scour Monitoring. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016.
  • Jo, H., Duan, J. G., & Shim, J. (2016, Spring). Simulating Sediment Transport around a Bridge Pier Using Open FOAM Software. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress.
  • Touhid, A., Shim, J., Jo, H., & Duan, J. G. (2016, Spring). Feasibility Test of Low-cost Sonar Sensors for Bridge Scour Monitoring. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress.
  • Duan, J. G., & Bai, Y. (2015). Using a two-dimensional watershed model to estimate flood magnitude and frequency under changing climate. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015, 1163-1172.
  • Al-Asadi, K., & Duan, J. G. (2014). Three-Dimensional Simulation of Tidal Flow in Vegetated Marsh Area. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2014.
  • Yu, C., & Duan, J. G. (2014). Modeling Meandering Channel by Two-Dimensional Shallow Water Equations. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1.
  • Yu, C., & Duan, J. G. (2014). Two-Dimensional Finite Volume Model for Sediment Transport in Unsteady Flow. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2014.

Poster Presentations

  • Meixner, T., Zuckerman, M. P., Duan, J. G., & Crosson, C. (2019, 12/2019). Advances in Green Infrastructure Research, Development, and Community Adoption III. AGU Fall Meeting.

Presentations

  • Duan, J. G., & Stahmer, G. (2023, May). Simulation of Post-fire Sediment Transport Using HEC-RAS Model. 2023 EWRI World Environment and Water Resources Congress: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty.. Henderson, NV: ASCE EWRI.
  • Duan, J. G. (2020, 12/2020). Experimental and Computational Fluvial Hydraulics. Invited Web Seminar. Tucson, AZ: School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R China.
  • Duan, J. G. (2019, 6/2019). Experimental Study of Bed Load Particle Velocity Using Particle Tracking. Invited Seminar. Wuhan, PR China: State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China.

Others

  • Duan, J. G., & Stahmer, G. (2022, Feb). Sediment Transport Model for Canyon Del Oro Wash. Technical Report, Pima County Regional Flood Control District.
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