Jennifer G. Duan
· Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, Professor of Biosystems Engineering, Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Member of the Graduate FacultyUniversity of Arizona · Architectural Engineering
Active 1995–2025
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About
Jennifer G. Duan is a Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, as well as a Professor of Biosystems Engineering, Hydrology, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona. She is a member of the Graduate Faculty in Civil Engineering. Her research interests focus on hydraulics and sediment transport, with an emphasis on experimental studies of turbulence flow fields and computational simulation of flow and sediment transport in rivers. She aims to advance fundamental knowledge and develop state-of-the-art computational models in hydraulics and sediment transport through both basic and applied research. Duan holds a PhD in Computational Hydroscience and Engineering from the University of Mississippi. Her professional experience includes ongoing roles at the University of Arizona since 2011, with previous positions at the Desert Research Institute, the University of Minnesota, Tsinghua University, and the University of Mississippi. She is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resource Engineers and a licensed Professional Engineer in Arizona and Nevada. Her contributions include teaching courses related to fluid mechanics, open channel flow, computational hydraulics, and sediment transport engineering, alongside a prolific publication record in her field.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Environmental science
- Geology
- Geotechnical engineering
- Physics
- Structural engineering
- Ecology
- Geography
- Environmental resource management
Selected publications
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Local Scour around Three-Pier Group
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 2020 · 50 citations
The prediction of bridge-pier scour has been mostly aimed for a single pier of various sizes, shapes, and alignments with flow. For the case of multiple piers, widely used manuals still recommend using single-pier scour formulas with an equivalent diameter, regardless of pier separation and angle of attack. In this paper, we present the results of a new set of laboratory experiments conducted to address the local scour around a group of three piers with different sizes, spacing, and attacking an…
Structure and Infrastructure Engineering · 2020 · 43 citations
Floods, bridge scour, and flood-associated loads have caused over sixty percent of bridge failures in the U.S. Current practices for the vulnerability assessment of instream bridges under the effect of such flood largely rely on qualitative methods, such as visual inspection, without considering uncertainties associated with structural behaviors and flood loads. Recently, numerical methods have been investigated to quantitatively consider such uncertainty effects by adapting fragility analysis c…
ACS ES&T Water · 2020 · 25 citations
Innovation in urban water systems is required to address drivers of change across natural, built, and social systems, including climate change, economic development, and aged infrastructure. Water systems are complex socio-technical systems that interact with biophysical systems to supply and reclaim water. We present a vision for enhancing urban water system resilience through a net zero urban water (NZUW) approach, which meets the needs of a given community with a locally available and sustain…
Evaluation of E. coli in sediment for assessing irrigation water quality using machine learning
The Science of The Total Environment · 2021-07-28 · 24 citations
articleCorrespondingOn Bed Form Resistance and Bed Load Transport in Vegetated Channels
Water · 2022-11-22 · 16 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingA set of laboratory experiments were conducted to study the impact of vegetation on bed form resistance and bed load transport in a mobile bed channel. Vegetation stems were simulated by using arrays of emergent polyvinyl chloride (PVC) rods in several staggered configurations. The total flow resistance was divided into bed, sidewall, and vegetation resistances. Bed resistance was further separated into grain and bed form (i.e., ripples and dunes) resistances. By analyzing experimental data usin…
Recent grants
SGER: Preliminary Investigation of Flow and Non-uniform Sediment Transport in Meandering Channels
NSF · $80k · 2008–2010
SGER: Experimental Study of Bed Load Sediment Sorting around Spur Dikes
NSF · $28k · 2006–2008
NSF · $412k · 2009–2015
Frequent coauthors
- 14 shared
Brian D. Barkdoll
Michigan Technological University
- 13 shared
Richard Mark French
Purdue University West Lafayette
- 11 shared
Chunshui Yu
University of Arizona
- 10 shared
Jaeho Shim
University of Idaho
- 9 shared
Kang Zhou
University of Arizona
- 9 shared
Xudong Fu
Tsinghua University
- 8 shared
Pierre Y. Julién
Colorado State University
- 8 shared
He Li
Awards & honors
- Diplomat, American Academy of Water Resource Engineers, Amer…
- Professional Engineer, State of Arizona Board of Professiona…
- Professional Engineer, Nevada Board of Professional Registra…
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