Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Howard H. Chang, Ph.D, P.E.

Address:  P.O. Box 9492

                Rancho Santa Fe, CA  92067-4492

Phone:      (858) 756-9050; (619) 594-6380

Fax:        (858) 756-9460

Office:      E-421B

E-mail:    changh@mail.sdsu.edu

 

 

Dr. Howard Chang is on the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at San Diego State University, and a registered civil engineer in California and Arizona.  He has taught 17 different courses at San Diego State University.  In recent years, the courses have included E 120 Engineering Problem Analysis, CE 444 Applied Hydraulics, CE 495 Civil Engineering Design, CE 530 Open Channel Hydraulics, and CE 638 Sedimentation and River Engineering. 

 

Dr. Chang’s research is in the area of water resources engineering pertaining to river hydraulics, sedimentation, and erosion.  He has published over 100 refereed papers in journals and conference proceedings.  He is the author of several computer models for channel design and river hydraulics as well as the book, Fluvial Processes in River Engineering, published in 1988 by John Wiley & Sons.   This book has been adopted as a graduate text at other institutions.

Dr. Chang has been active in floodplain mapping, hydrology and watershed modeling, hydrological simulation, flood control channel design, floodwater detention basin and sediment basin design, river channel erosion analyses, and sedimentation studies.  He has developed major computer programs.  Among them, the FLUVIAL-12 program for river sedimentation was evaluated by the National Academy of Sciences as a national standard for river engineering.  The program is now used worldwide by professionals to simulate stream scour for the design of channels and hydraulic structures such as bridges and levees.  Among professional activities, he has taught short courses on river and sedimentation engineering, hydrology for flood control, and the use of the HEC-2 and FLUVIAL-12 programs.  He has also served as a consultant for consulting firms; local, state and federal governmental agencies; and the United Nations.

Detailed Resume

FLUVIAL-12 Information Page

Fluvial Processes in River Engineering Information Page


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