Prof Albert S. Chen | Engineering | University of Exeter

Prof Albert S. Chen

Associate Professor of Water and Human Environment

Telephone: 01392 724054

Extension: (Streatham) 4054

For students
During the COVID-19 crisis, I will be reachable via email (a.s.chen@exeter.ac.uk), Microsoft Teams, Skype (Albert.Chen.TW) or social media (see below) as usual. If you need to discuss with me, feel free to contact me in any means and I will respond to you asap. Stay safe and be healthy!

Job opportunity
PDRF in ULTIMATE Water, Application deadline: 30 August 2020

I am an Associate Professor at the Centre for Water Systems (CWS), University of Exeter with over 20 years of experience in Water and Human Environment studies. My research interests include water resources, hydrology and hydraulic modelling, urban drainage, flood forecasting and early warning, innovation technology applications, water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus, climate change impact to critical infrastructure, prediction of water-borne disease, hazard impact assessment, mitigation and resilience strategies. I have participated in more than 40 international projects, and published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and 70 peer-reviewed conferences papers.

I am currently leading multiple ongoing research projects with a total grant value exceeding £4m, funded by EU H2020, UKRI, NERC and Royal Academy of Engineering. Through those project, I am collaborating with international leading academics and industries to develop novel approaches for tackling water management challenges that our human society is facing.

Honours/Awards

EUvsVirus Hackathon Other Domain Winner, European Commission, 2020
Water Control Room Forum, Exeter, 2018
Keynote speaker and expert debate panel, FloodExpo 2017
University of Exeter Above and Beyond Silver Award, 2017
OpenDataHack WINNER - GET CREATIVE challenge, ECMWF, 2017
The First Winner team of Flood Hack, ECMWF, 2016
University of Exeter Merit Award of year 2012/13/14
Outstanding Reviewer of Year 2012, Journal of Hydroinformatics
University of Exeter Contribution point of year 2011/12
University of Exeter Merit Award of year 2010/11
The ERES (European Real Estate Society)/JPR (Journal of Property Research) Award 2011 for the Best Paper in Real Estate Economics
Graduate Students & Post-Doctoral Researchers Study Abroad Program, 2005, National Science Council, Taiwan

Academic Activities

2020-date, Editorial Board member, Journal of Flood Risk Management
2020-date, Inha International Advisory Committee (IIAC) for Inha Post-Graduate Program in Smart City Engineering, Korea
2019-date, Policy Action Group Lead, European Commission ICT4Water Cluster
2017-date, Associate Editor, Urban Water Journal
2017-2019, Coordinator, Urban Flood Modelling and Risk Management Working Group, IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics
2016, Visiting Scholar, University of Messina, Italy
2013,2014, Visiting Scholar, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Teaching

ECMM124 Hydroinformatics Tools
ECMM132 Urban Drainage and Waste Water Management
ECMM162 Water Management in Developing Countries
ECM3158 Water Resources and Pollution Control
ECM3156 Civil Engineering Hydraulic
ECM3175 Individual project
ECMM102 Group project

Call for papers

Special Issue: Challenges and Perspectives in Flood Risk Management and Resilience, Water

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