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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.