Michelle H. Teng

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: Holmes Hall 337
Phone: (808) 956-5060
E-mail: mteng@hawaii.edu
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Area of Specialty and Research Interest:

  • hydrodynamics, coastal and hydraulic engineering: water wave generation and propagation, coastal flooding due to storm surge and tsunamis, sediment transport, bridge scour.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, 1990
  • M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1987
  • B.E., Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1985

Professional Registration:

  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), civil engineering, license #9788-C, Hawaii, since 1999.

Experience:

  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1998 - present.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1992 - 1998.
  • Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, summer 1994.
  • Postdoc, California Institute of Technology, 1990-1992.
  • Consultant, Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research, California, 1990-1991.

Courses Taught:

  • CEE270: Applied Mechanics I: Statics
  • CEE271: Applied Mechanics II: Dynamics
  • CEE320: Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals
  • CEE330: Environmental Engineering
  • CEE421: Engineering Hydraulics
  • CEE422: Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • CEE622: Fluid Mechanics
  • CEE630: Water Resources Systems Planning and Management - Part 5: Coastal Engineering and Management

Professional Activities:

  • Member, Scientific Committee, the 2012 ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (ASCE EMI-2012).
  • Member, Turbulence Technical Committee, Engineering Mechanics Institute, ASCE, 2006 to present.
  • Chair, Fluids Technical Committee, Division of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2002-2004.
  • Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2002-2004.
  • Guest Editor, with K.H. Wang, R. Baddour, and M. Hajj, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Special Issue: Recent Developments in Modeling of Linear and Nonlinear Water Waves, and Turbulent Flows. Vol.125, No.7, 1999.
  • Special Editor, with K.H. Wang and H.C. Chen, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Special Issue: Advanced Experimental Techniques in Environmental Fluid Mechanics. Vol.129, No.10, 2003.
  • Member, Technical Program Committee, International Offshore and Polar Engineering (ISOPE) Annual Conference Series, 1998-2003.
  • Member, Tsunami Technical Review Committee, State Civil Defense, State of Hawaii, 1999-2005.
  • Member, Coastal Readiness Steering Committee, Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii, 2007.

Awards and Honors:

  • Hi Chang Chai Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002, 2007, 2011.
  • Faculty Member, Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society, since 1995.
  • ASCE Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993.
  • Charles Lee Powell Foundation Graduate Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 1989-1990.

Research Grants:

  1. Teng, M.H. (P.I.) “Numerical modeling and wave tank studies on wave energy conversion devices”, funded by DoE National Marine Renewable Energy Center (P.I. Rocheleau), the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, 09/15/08 - 09/14/14.
  2. Ooi, P. (P.I.) and Teng, M.H (Co-P.I.) "Evaluation of the new SRICOS-EFA method for predicting scour in Hawaiian rivers", Hawaii State Department of Transportation, 06/15/10 – 06/14/13.
  3. Ray, C. (P.I.), Teng, M. (Co-P.I.) and Moravcik, P. (Co-P.I.) "Assessment and improvement of the campus drainage plan for UH Manoa", UH Manoa Office of Facilities and Grounds, 08/15/10 – 08/14/12.
  4. Lynett, P. (P.I., Texas A&M University), Liu, P.L.-F. (Co-P.I., Cornell University), Mercado, A. and von Hillebrandt-Andrade (Co-P.I., University of Puerto Rico) and Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.) "TSUNAMOS: a validated, multi-scale tsunami model for hybrid numerical-experimental simulation", funded by National Science Foundation, 10/01/06-08/31/12.
  5. Teng, M.H. (P.I.) and Cheng, E.D.H. (Co-P.I.) “Enhanced hydraulics design for highway bridges and culverts”, funded by Hawaii Department of Transportation, 10/09/06 – 12/31/12.
  6. Choi, S.K. (P.I.), Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.), Ray, C. (Co-P.I.) and Allen, J. (Co-P.I.) "Re-circulating flume for laboratory research on unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs)", Office of Naval Research (ONR), 05/12/08 – 05/31/11.
  7. Ray, C. (P.I.) and Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.) "Infiltration of storm water from highway operations to reduce coastal pollution", Hawaii State Department of Transportation, 11/01/07 – 10/30/11.
  8. Young, J. (P.I., Princeton University) and Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.) Enhanced sediment transport due to transient wave loadî, funded by National Science Foundation, 11/1/06-4/30/08.
  9. Choi, S.K. (P.I.) and Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.) “3-D laser velocimetry for enhanced laboratory research on undersea vehicles”, funded by Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), 02/18/05 – 02/17/07.
  10. Teng, M.H. (P.I.) and Cheng, E.D.H. (Co-P.I.) “Instrumentation and monitoring of sand plugging and bridge scour at selected streams in Hawaii”, funded by Hawaii Department of Transportation, 05/15/00 – 12/31/06.
  11. Teng, M.H. (P.I.) and Cheung, K.F. (Co-P.I.) "An improved prediction model for tsunami run-up and coastal inundation in Hawaii: Phase I: model development and verification", funded by NOAA Sea Grant College Program and NOAA Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), 03/01/99-06/29/01.
  12. Teng, M.H. (P.I.) and Cheung, K.F. (Co-P.I.) "An improved prediction model for tsunami run-up and coastal inundation in Hawaii: Phase II: inundation risk analysis for Hawaii", funded by NOAA Sea Grant College Program and NOAA Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), 03/01/01-06/30/03.
  13. Cheung, K.F. (P.I.) and Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.) "A real-time simulation package for storm surge and wave run-up", funded by NASA Office of Earth Science, 09/01/99-12/31/01.

Selected Publications:

Journals and Books

  1. Zhou, H. and Teng, M.H. 2010 Extended fourth order depth-integrated model for water waves and currents generated by submarine landslides. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 136, No. 4, pp. 506 -516.
  2. Zhou, H., Teng, M.H., Lin, P., Gica, E. and Feng, K. 2009 Predicting run-up of breaking and non-breaking long waves by applying the Cornell COMCOT model. Nonlinear Wave Dynamics (ed. P. Lynett), World Scientific Publishing Co., pp. 147-163.
  3. Gica, E., Teng, M.H., Liu, P. L.-F., Titov, V. and Zhou, H. 2007 Sensitivity analysis of source parameters for earthquake-generated distant tsunamis. ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Special Issue on Tsunami Engineering (ed. H.R. Riggs), Vol. 133, No. 6, pp. 429-441.
  4. Lee, J. L., Teng, M.H. and Kang, I.N. 2005 Modeling of sediment transport in a coral reef environment. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 42, pp. 303-308.
  5. Shi, A., Teng, M.H. and Sou, I. M. 2005 Propagation of solitary waves in branching channels. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 131, No.8, pp. 859-871.
  6. Chwang, A.T., Teng, M.H. and Valentine, D. (ed.) 2005 Advances in engineering mechanics - reflections and outlooks. In honor of Professor Theodore Y. Wu. Book published by World Scientific Publishing Co.
  7. Shen, H.H., Cheng, A.H.D., Wang, K.H., Teng, M.H. and Liu, C.C.K. (ed.) 2002 Environmental fluid mechanics – theories and applications. Book published by ASCE Press.
  8. Teng, M.H. 2000 Boussinesq solution for solitary waves in uniform channels with sloping side walls. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Series C, Vol.214, pp.781-787.
  9. Shi, A., Teng, M.H. and Wu, T.Y. 1998 Propagation of solitary waves through significantly curved shallow water channels. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 362, pp.157-176.
  10. Teng, M.H. and Wu, T.Y. 1997 Effects of channel cross-sectional geometry on long wave generation and propagation. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 9, No. 11, pp.3368-3377.
  11. Teng, M.H. and Wu, T.Y. 1997 Effect of disturbance length on resonantly forced nonlinear shallow water waves. International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp.262-268.
  12. Teng, M.H. 1997 Solitary wave solution to Boussinesq equations. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp.138-141.
  13. Teng, M.H. and Wu, T.Y. 1994 Evolution of long waves in variable channels. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.266, pp.303-317.
  14. Teng, M.H. and Wu, T.Y. 1992 Nonlinear water waves in channels of arbitrary shape. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.242, pp.211-233.

Conferences

Gica*, E., Teng, M.H. and Liu, P. L.-F. 2004 Probabilistic risk analysis of run-up and inundation in Hawaii due to distant tsunamis. AGU Fall 2004 Meeting in San Francisco, California, December 13-17, 2004.

* Received the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Outstanding Student Paper Award in Ocean Sciences.

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