Clark C.K. Liu
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: POST Building 203F
Phone: (808) 956-7658
E-mail: liu@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
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Areas of Specialty and Research Interest:
- Primary research interests include water quality modeling, surface and
sub-surface hydrology, and marine environment and ocean resources.
Education:
- Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York 1976
- M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
1969
- B.S., Agricultural/Water Resources Engineering, National Taiwan University,
1966
Professional Registration:
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE), New York State. License # 49255,
since 1973
Experience:
- Assistant Professor (80-83), Associate Professor (83-89), Professor (89-present),
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
- Adjunct Research Associate, East-West Center, Environment & Policy
Institute, Hawaii. (86-87).
- Assistant Hydraulic Engineer (70-73), Senior Hydraulic Engineer (73),
Senior Sanitary Engineer (76-78), Senior Research Scientist (78-80),
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, New
York
Courses Taught:
- CEE271: Applied Mechanics II: Dynamics
- CEE330: Environmental Engineering
- CEE422: Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- CEE431: Water and Wastewater Engineering
- CEE432: Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
- CEE626: Surface Water Hydrology
- CEE627: Groundwater Hydrology
- CEE631: Water Quality Management
- CEE644: Water Quality Modeling
Professional Activities:
- Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
(84-85).
- Visiting Professor, National Taiwan University (1987, 1995).
- Chairman, U.S. - Japan Workshop in Ocean Engineering Research, Hawaii,
March 1990.
- Organizing Committee and Proceedings Editor - ASCE Ground Water in
the Pacific Rim Countries Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1991.
- Session Chairman, International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ)
the Water Quality International '94, Budapest, Hungary, July 1994.
- Co-chairman, U.S. - Taiwan Workshop in Deep Ocean Water and Ocean
Resources Development, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, March 1995. Invited Keynote
Speaker, Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar, Taipei, Taiwan,
ROC, November 1998.
- Technical Program Co-Chair, American Water Resources Association
(AWRA) Specialty Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 27-29, 2005.
- Member, Editorial Board:
Journal of Toxicity Assessment, John Willy & Sons,
New York (87-90)
Journal of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China (88-present)
Journal of the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taipei,
R.O.C. (93- present)
Awards and Honors:
- Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999.
Research Grants:
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Analytical Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling
for the Estimation of Sustainable Yield of Pearl Harbor Aquifer', funded
by Hawaii Commission on Water Resources, May 1, 2004 - December 31,
2005.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Wind-powered Reverse Osmosis Water Desalination
for Pacific Islands and Remote Coastal Communities', funded by US Bureau
of Reclamation (USBR), October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Wind-powered Reverse Osmosis Desalination:
System Control and Fouling Prevention', funded by US National Science
Foundation (NSF), March 1, 2001 – February 28, 2003.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Removal of Nitrogenous Aquaculture Wastes
By a Wind-Powered Reverse Osmosis System', funded by US Geological
Survey (USGS), March 1, 2001 – February 28, 2002.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Wind-powered Reverse Osmosis Desalination,
System Design, Operation and Feedback Control', funded by Industrial
Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, January 1998 – December
2000.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Artificial Upwelling and Mixing, Phase II',
funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), January 1996 – February
2001.
- Takahashi, K.T. (P.I.) and Liu, C.C.K. (Co-P.I.) 'U.S. – Taiwan
Joint Seminar: Deep Ocean Water and Ocean Resources Development', funded
by National Science Foundation (NSF), July 1994 – June 1997.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Development and Testing of a Wave-Driven
Artificial Upwelling Device', funded by National Science Foundation
(NSF), January 1992 – December 1995.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) ' Numerical Simulation of Synoptic/Mesoscale
Ocean Currents and Eddies', funded by the International Center for
High Technology Research (PICHTR), October 1988 – December 1989.
- Liu,
C.C.K. (P.I.) and Loague, K. (Co-P.I.) 'Compatibility of Physically
Based and Linear System Solute Transport Modeling Approaches and Their
Conjunctive Application', funded by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
August 1987 – August
1990.
- Green, R.E. (P.I.) and Liu, C.C.K. (Co-P.I.) 'Pesticide Mobility
Assessment Methodology for Agricultural Soils Contributing Recharge
to Groundwater in Hawaii', funded by U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), June 1984 – July 1987.
- Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Modeling Analysis of Pesticide Transport
in Soils of Kunia Area in Central Oahu, Hawaii', funded by U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), August 1981 – August 1983.
Selected Publications:
Refereed Journal Papers
- Qin, G., Liu, C.C.K., Richman, N.H. and Moncur, J.E.T. (2005). Aquaculture
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse by Wind-driven Reverse Osmosis Membrane
Technology: A Pilot Study on Coconut Island, Hawaii, Aquacultural
Engineering, Vol. 32, pp. 365-378.
- Liu, C.C.K., Sou, I.M., and Lin, H. (2003). Artificial upwelling
and near-field mixing of nutrient-rich deep-ocean water plume, Marine
Environmental Engineering, Vol.7, No.1, pp.1-14.
- Liu, C.C.K., Migita, R. and Park, J.W. (2002). System development
and testing of wind-powered reverse osmosis desalination for remote
Pacific Islands, Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, Vol.2,
No. 2, pp. 123-129.
- Liu, C.C.K., Park, J. W., Migita, R. and Qing, G. (2002). Experiments
of a prototype wind-driven reverse osmosis desalination system with
feedback control, Desalination, Vol. 150, No.3, pp.277-287.
- Cheng, A.H., Liu,
C.C.K., Shen, H., Teng, M.H., and Wang, K.H. (2002). Fluid mechanics – An
essential part of an environmental engineering curriculum, Journal
of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Vol. 128, No. 4, pp. 201-205.
- Cho, H., Park, J. and Liu, C.C.K. (2002). Effects of Molecular
Structures on the Solubility Enhancement of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds
by Environmental Amphiphiles, Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 999-1003.
- Liu, C.C.K., Dai, J., Lin., H. and Guo, F. (1999). Hydrodynamic
performance of wave-driven artificial upwelling. ASCE Journal
of Engineering Mechanics Division, Vol.125, No.7, pp.728-732.
- Liu, C.C.K. (1996). Linear Systems Theory and Modeling of River
Water Quality, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Environmental
Engineering (Taipei), Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 51-58.
- Liu, C.C.K., and Qiao J. (1995). Artificial upwelling in regular
and random waves, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp.337-350.
- Azimi-Zonooz,
A., and Liu, C.C.K. (1994). Stochastic analysis of the relationship
between saturated hydraulic conductivity variance and solute dispersion
in heterogeneous soils. Soil Contamination, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 225-248.
- Liu, C.C.K., Loague, K.M. and Feng, J.S. (1991). Fluid flow
and solute transport in unsaturated heterogeneous soils. Contaminant
Hydrology, Vol.7, pp. 261-283.
- Liu, C.C.K. (1988). Solute transport modeling in heterogeneous
soils: conjunctive application of physically based and linear system
approaches. Contaminant Hydrology, Vol.3, pp. 97-111.
- Liu, C.C.K.
Tamrakar, N.K. and Green, R.E. (1987). Biodegradation and adsorption
of DBCP and the Mathematical Simulation of its Transport in Tropical
Soils. Toxicity Assessment, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp.239-252.
- Liu, C.C.K., Lau, L.S. and Mink, J.F. (1983) Groundwater model
for a thick freshwater lens. Ground Water, Vol. 21(3), pp. 293-300.
- Liu, C.C.K. (1982). Filtering of dissolved oxygen data in stream
water quality analysis. Water Resources Bulletin (Now Journal
of American Water Resources Association, Vol. 18, No.1, pp.15-20.
- Liu, C.C.K. and Brutsaert, W.H. (1978). A non-linear analysis
of the relationship between rainfall and runoff for extreme floods.
Water Resources Research, Vol. 14, No.1, pp.75-83.
Book Chapters and Contributions
- Liu, C.C.K., Ice, C., Levy, J.K., and Moncur, J. (2005). Institution,
Policies, and Technologies for Sustainable Watershed Management in
the Asia-Pacific, Water Resources Impact, American Water Resources
Association (AWRA), Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 6-9.
- Liu, C.C.K. (2004). Calibrating Steady-state Water Quality Models
with Field Data, Chapter 5-1, Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainable
Water Management, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 665-670.
- Liu, C.C.K. and Neill, J.J. (2002). Linear Systems Approach to
River Water Quality Analysis, In ASCE Book: Environmental Fluid
Mechanics – Theories
and Application (edited by Shen, H., et al.), American Society
of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Chapter 12, pp.421-458.
- Liu, C.C.K. and Park, J.W. (2002). Water Desalination, In: McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Ninth Edition, Vol.19,
pp. 404-406, (Invited contribution).
- Liu, C.C.K. (2002). Wastewater Reuse, In: McGraw-Hill 2002 Yearbook
of Science & Technology, pp.406-409, (Invited contribution).
- Liu, C.C.K., Ewart, C. and Huang, Q. (1991). Response of a Basal
Water-Body to Forced Draft, In ASCE Book: Ground Water in Pacific
Rim Countries, (edited by Peters, J. et al.), American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp.36-42.
- Erlewine, T.L., and Liu, C.C.K. (1987). Ground Water Models,
ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No.40 – Ground
Water Management, Third Edition, American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE), pp.138-151.
- Liu, C.C.K. (1986). Surface Water Quality Analysis. Chapter 1, Handbook
of Environmental Engineering (edited by Wang, L and Pereira, N.C.),
Humana Press, Chapter 1, pp.1-59.
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