Clark C.K. Liu

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: Holmes 383
Phone: (808) 956-7658
E-mail: clarkliu@hawaii.edu
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Areas of Specialty and Research Interest:

  • Hydrology/hydraulics, Water resources engineering, Environmental fluid mechanics, Desalination and water purification, Deep ocean water utilization and open ocean mariculture

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., Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1966

Professional Registration:

  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE), New York State. License # 49255, since 1973

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1980-present
  • Program Director for Environmental Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2008-09
  • Visiting Professor, National Taiwan University, 1987, 2002
  • Adjunct Research Associate, East-West Center, Environment & Policy Institute, 1986-87.
  • Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1984-85.
  • Senior Hydraulic Engineer, Senior Sanitary Engineer, Senior Research Scientist, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 1970-80.
  • Civil Engineer, Hazlet & Erdal Consulting Engineers, Washington, DC 1969.

Courses Taught:

  • CEE 270/CEE271: Applied Mechanics
  • 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:

  • Member, US Environmental Protection Agency National Workgroup on the Verification of Water Quality Models (1979).
  • Member, Governor's Task Force on Groundwater Contamination and Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s study on the movement and persistence of agricultural chemicals in soil (1983).
  • Contributing author of the ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice, No.40 "Groundwater Management, Third Edition" (1987).
  • Member, North China Water Project (1987-88).
    (Jointly sponsored by the East West Center, USA and the State Science and Technology Commission, China)
  • Technical Advisor, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration Workgroup on water Quality Assessment of Tansui River in Northern Taiwan (1988-89).
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Toxicity Assessment, John Wiley & Sons (1988-90)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Sciences (1989 - present), Beijing (http://www.jesc.ac.cn)
  • Co-Chair, US-Japan Cooperative Workshop in Ocean Engineering Research, Kona, Hawaii (1990). (Co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation, USA and the Science and Technology Agency, Japan)
  • Member of the Organizing Committee and Proceedings Editor, American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE Symposium on Ground water in the Pacific Rim Countries, Honolulu (1991)
  • Member, Graduate Council, University of Hawaii at Manoa, (1991-94)
  • Member, State of Hawaii Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Facilities, State of Hawaii (1992-95).
  • Reviewer, ASCE Manuals of Practice, No. 28 "Hydrology Handbook, Second Edition" (1996).
  • International Editor, Journal of Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering (1993 - 2006), Taipei
  • President, Association of Chinese Scholars in Hawaii (1993-94)
  • Technical Advisor, Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan (http://www.itri.org.tw/engI) (1994-95).
  • Co-Chair, US-Taiwan Joint Workshop on Deep Ocean Water and Ocean Resources Development (1995) (Co-sponsored by National Science Foundation, USA and National Science Council, ROC)
  • Co-author, ASCE Book of “Environmental Fluid Mechanics” (2002)
  • Member, Council on Program Reviews (CORP), University of Hawaii at Manoa (2000-03)
  • Co-chair, AWRA Specialty Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, American Water Resources Association (2005)
    Contributing Author, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, (2005)
  • Secretary, National Council of the Chinese Institute of Engineers in USA (http://www.cieusa.org) (2006-07)
  • President, Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineering and Science Association (http://www.oceesa.org) (2008)
  • Editorial Board, International Journal of Environmental Engineering (www.interscience.com) (2009-present)

Awards and Honors:

  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (1999)
  • Engineer of Distinction Award, University of Mississippi Alumni Association (2009)

Research Grants:

  1. Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Determination of the Relationship between Biodiversity and the Trophic Status of Wahiawā Reservoir ', funded by US Geological Survey (USGS), March 1, 2010 – February 28, 2011.
  2. Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) ‘Survey and Modeling Analysis of MS4 Highway Storm Runoff on Oahu, Hawaii’ funded by Hawaii Department of Transportation, September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2010.
  3. Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) ‘Modeling and Drainage Design for the Kaloi Gulch Watershed in Southern Oahu’ funded by R.M. Towill Corporation, May 15, 2007- December 31, 2008.
  4. Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Hydrologic Analysis of Hawaii Watersheds for Flood Control and Environmental Conservation', funded by US Geological Survey (USGS), March 1, 2006 – February 28, 2008.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Liu, C.C.K. (P.I.) 'Artificial Upwelling and Mixing, Phase II', funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), January 1996 – February 2001.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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

  1. Liu, C.C.K., Xia, W. and Park, J.W., (2006). A Wind-driven Reverse Osmosis System for Wastewater Reuse and Nutrient Recovery, Desalination, Vol. 202, pp.24-30.
  2. 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, Vol.7, No.2, pp.6-9.
  3. 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, Aquaculture Engineering, Vol. 32, pp.365-378.
  4. Liu, C.C.K., Sou, I.M., and Lin, H. (2003). Artificial upwelling and near-field mixing of a nutrient-rich deep-ocean water plume, Marine Environmental Engineering, Vol.7, No.1, pp.1-14.
  5. Park, S. and Liu, C.C.K. (2003). Experiment and Simulation of a Wind-driven Reverse Osmosis Desalination System, Water Engineering Research, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 1-17.
  6. Liu, C.C.K., Park, J.W., Migita, R. and Qing, G. (2002). Prototype Experiments of a Wind-Driven Reverse Osmosis Desalination System, Desalination, Vol. 150, No. 3, pp. 277-287.
  7. 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.
  8. 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, Vol.2, No. 2, pp. 123-129.
  9. Cheng, A.H., Liu, C.C.K., Shen, H., Teng, M., and Wang, H.W. (2002). Fluid mechanics – An essential part of an environmental Engineering curriculum, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers), Vol. 128, No.4, pp. 201-205.
  10. Liu, C.C.K. Dai, J., Lin., H. and Guo, F. (1999). Hydrodynamic Performance of Wave-Driven Artificial Upwelling, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.125, No.7, pp.728-932.

Book

Shen, H., Cheng, A.H., Wang, H.W., Teng, M. and Liu, C.C.K. (2002). Environmental Fluid mechanics – Theories and Application, ASCE Book, American Society of Civil Engineers.

Book Chapters and Contributions

  1. Liu, C.C.K. (2009). Wind-powered reverse osmosis water desalination for Pacific Islands and Remote Coastal Communities, Report No. 128 of the Desalination and Water Purification Research and Development Program, US Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Denver, Colorado (http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/water/publications/reportpdfs/report128.pdf).
  2. Liu, C.C.K., 2007. RAM2 Modeling and the Determination of Sustainable Yield of Hawaii Basal Aquifer, Project Report PR-2008-06, Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii, 81p. (http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/cwrm/publishedreports/PR200806.pdf)
  3. Liu, C.C.K., (2005). Artificial Upwelling of Nutrient-rich Deep Ocean Water for Open Ocean Mariculture, in: Recent Advances in Marine Science and Technology, PACON International, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 291-300.
  4. Liu, C.C.K. (2004). Calibrating Steady-state Water Quality Models with Field Data, Chapter 5-1, In: Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainable Water Management, Lee and Lam (ed.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 665-670.
  5. Liu, C.C.K., and Neill, J.J. (2002). Chapter 12. Linear Systems Approach to River Water Quality Analysis, In: Environmental Fluid Mechanics – Theories and Application, Shen et al., (ed.), ASCE Book, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp.421-457.
  6. Liu, C.C.K. and Park, J.W. (2002). Water Desalination, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Ninth Edition, Volume 22, the McGraw-Hill, New York, pp.404-406.
  7. Liu, C.C.K. (2002). Wastewater Reuse, In: The McGraw-Hill 2002 Yearbook of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill, New York, pp.406-408.

Complete list of Clark Liu's publications

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