Dr. Ruijie Zeng
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
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Education
PhD, 2017, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS, 2012, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS, 2010, Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Education
PhD, 2017, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS, 2012, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS, 2010, Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Research
My research focuses on understanding watersheds as coupled nature-human systems, in particular hydroclimate processes change due to irrigation development at watershed and regional scales. I work on water resources system analysis, with an emphasis on using data mining techniques to provide better decision-making support for water resources planning and management.
Hydroclimatic Variability:
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Hydrologic Modeling on Surface- and Ground-water Interaction due to Irrigation
Hydropower vs. Irrigation: A Global Assessment
Publications
Zeng, R., and Cai, X., (2018). Hydrologic observation, model, and theory congruence on evapotranspiration variance: Diagnosis of multiple observations and land surface models, Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR022723
Zeng, R., Cai, X., Ringler, C., & Zhu, T. (2017). Hydropower versus irrigation - An analysis of global patterns. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5f3f
Zeng, R., and X. Cai (2016), Climatic and terrestrial storage control on evapotranspiration temporal variability: Analysis of river basins around the world, Geophysical Research Letters, 43(1), 185-195, doi: 10.1002/2015GL066470
Zeng, R., and X. Cai (2015), Assessing the temporal variance of evapotranspiration considering climate and catchment storage factors, Advances in Water Resources, 79(0), 51-60, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.02.008
Cai, X., R. Zeng, W. Kang, J. Song, and A. Valocchi (2015), Strategic Planning for Drought Mitigation under Climate Change, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 141(9), 04015004, doi: doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000510
Zeng, R., and Cai X. (2014), Analyzing streamflow changes: irrigation-enhanced interaction between aquifer and streamflow in the Republican River basin, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18(2), 493-502, doi: 10.5194/hess-18-493-2014
Ding, W., C. Zhang, Y. Peng, R. Zeng, H. Zhou, and X. Cai (2015), An analytical framework for flood water conservation considering forecast uncertainty and acceptable risk, Water Resources Research, 51(6), 4702-4726, doi: 10.1002/2015WR017127
Dang, Q., M. Konar, J. Reimer, G. Baldassarre, X. Lin, and R. Zeng (2016), A theoretical model of water and trade, Advances in Water Resources, 89, 32-41, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.12.016
M. Levy, M. Garcia, P. Blair, X. Chen, S. Gomes, D. Gower, J. Grames, L. Kuil, Y. Liu, L. Marston, P. McCord, M. Roobavannan, R. Zeng (2016), Wicked but worth it: student perspectives on socio-hydrology, Hydrological Processes, 30(9), 1467-1472, doi: 10.1002/hyp.10791
Student Opportunities
I have positions for a PhD on the following areas:
1) assessing the impacts of human activities (e.g., irrigation, water use and land use)on hydrologic processes based on observations form in-situ measurements and remote sensing products with machine-learning or statistical techniques;
2) improving the prediction capability of hydrologic models by improving the human dimension representation;
3) improving the understanding of inter-connections between hydrologic systems and agricultural, ecologic and economic systems.
Given the interdisciplinary nature of our research, students with a wide range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including civil engineering, hydrology, earth sciences, remote sensing, mathematics and statistics. Experience with numerical simulation, statistics and spatial data analysis is desired.
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Dr.Zeng with a current CV and academic transcripts. For general information about graduate admission requirements, deadlines and how to apply, please refer to the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment graduate applications site (https://ssebe.engineering.asu.edu/graduate-applications/).
ISTB4, Room 379