Curriculum Vitae for Kejun Yang

General Information

Name	Kejun Yang
Nationality	Chinese
Title	Professor, Dr.
Address	State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics & Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
Email	yangkejun@163.com

Research Interests

Dr. Yang’s research interest mainly focuses on flow structure, sediment transport and fluvial geomorphology in a river channel. He has been involved in studies on the complex behavior of flow movement and sediment transport in compound channels, including flow resistance, mechanism of momentum transfer, conveyance capacity in non-vegetated and vegetated compound channels, and flow resistance and sediment transport in a self-formed compound channel. Particularly, he is interested in flow patterns in rigid bed compound channels with vegetated floodplains, the interaction between vegetated floodplains and a mobile bed main channel, and the relationship between vegetation and fluvial processes. In addition, Dr. Yang is also interested in beload transport and fluvial processes in reservoir fluctuated backwater areas, flash flood mechanism, armoring characteristics of river channels, and stochastic analysis of sediment motion.

Education

2001-2006	Sichuan University, China Doctor of Philosophy in Hydraulics and River Dynamics, (Thesis title, “Flow resistance and sediment transport in compound channels”)
1995-1999	Wuhan University, China Bachelor's degree in River Engineering

Career Summary

2009-2011	Academic Visitor (with Professor Koji Shiono), Loughborough University, UK
2008-present	Deputy Director, Department of River Research, Sichuan University, China
2013-present	Professor in Hydraulics and River Dynamics, Sichuan University, China
2008-2013	Associate Professor in Hydraulics and River Dynamics, Sichuan University, China
2006-2008	Lecturer in Hydraulics and River Dynamics, Sichuan University, China
1999- 2001	Assistant Engineer, Sichuan Province Water Resources and Hydropower Exploration  and Design Institute, Ministry of Water Resources, China

Major Grants:

As Principal Investigator:

  2016-2020  Beload Transport and Fluvial Processes in Reservoir Fluctuated Backwater Areas, Key project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 3,450,000 RMB Yuan ($526,000)

  2013-2016 The influence of vegetation on sediment transport and fluvial processes in meandering compound channels, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 820,000 RMB Yuan ($125,000)

  2015-2018 The influence of vegetation on sediment transport and fluvial processes in confluent channels, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 840,000 RMB Yuan ($128,000)

  2008-2010 Interaction between main channel/floodplain flow and bed load motion in totally mobile channels, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 200,000 RMB Yuan ($31,000)

Professional Membership

  Member of World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research

  Member of IAHR

  Member of IAHR China Chapter

  Editorial Board of Journal of Hydrodynamics

  Reviewer of more than 10 international journals

Honors and Awards

  Sichuan Provincial academic and technical leaders reserve candidate, 2014

  New Century Excellent Talents in University of China, 2013

  Award of National Excellent Doctor Degree Dissertation in China, 2009

  Basic laws of flow movement and sediment transport in compound channels, The first class award, Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education, China, 2007

Refereed Journal Publications

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[1]   Liu Chao, Shan Yuqi, Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun. Method for assessing discharge in meandering compound channels, Water Management, ICE, 2016, 169(1): 17-29. (Corresponding author)

[2]   Nie Ruihua, Wang Hongjun, Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun. Estimation of the grain-size distribution using Semisupervised affinity propagation, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 2015, 20(12): 04015040. (Corresponding author)

[3]   Yang Yang, Cao Shuyou, Li Wenping, Yang Kejun, Experimental study on breach process of landslide dams by overtopping and its initiation mechanisms, Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2015, 27(6): 872-883.

[4]   Yang Kejun, Liu Xingnian, Cao Shuyou, Huang Er. Stage-discharge prediction in compound channels, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 2014, 140(4): 06014001. (Corresponding author)

[5]   Liu Chao, Wright N, Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun. An analytical model for lateral depth-averaged velocity distributions along a meander in curved compound channels, Advances in Water Resources, 2014, 74: 26-43. (Corresponding author)

[6]   Yang Kejun, Nie Ruihua, Liu Xingnian, Cao Shuyou. Modeling depth-averaged velocity and boundary shear stress in rectangular compound channels with secondary flows, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 2013, 139(1): 76-83.

[7]   Liu Chao, Luo Xian, Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun, Modeling depth-averaged velocity and bed shear stress in compound channels with emergent and submerged vegetation, Advances in Water Resources, 2013, 60: 148-159. (Corresponding author)

[8]   Jiang Beihan, Yang Kejun, Cao Shuyou, An analytical model for the distributions of velocity and discharge in compound channels with submerged vegetation, PLos One, 2015, 10(7): 1-17. (Corresponding author)

[9]   Liu Chao, Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun, Predictive model for stage-discharge curve in compound channels with vegetated floodplains, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2014, 35(12): 1495-1508. (Corresponding author)

[10]  Liu Chao, Shan Yuqi, Yang Kejun, Liu Xingnian. The characteristics of secondary flows in compound channels with vegetated floodplains, Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2013, 25(3): 422-429. (Corresponding author)

[11]  Yang Fengguang, Liu Xingnian, Cao Shuyou, Yang Kejun, Huang Er. Study on bed load transport for uniform sediment in laminar flow. Science China Technological Sciences, 2010, 53(9): 2414–2422.

[12]  Cao Shuyou, Lee, Kwan Tun, Ho Juiyi, Liu Xingnian, Huang Er, Yang Kejun. Analysis of Runoff in Ungauged Mountain Watersheds in Sichuan, China using Kinematic-wave-based GIUH Model. Journal of Mountain Science, 2010, 7(2): 157-166.

[13]  Yang Fengguang, Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun, Cao Shuyou. Study on the angle of repose of nonuniform sediment. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2009, 21(5): 685-691.

[14]  Zeng Lin, Zhou, Xiaoquan, Yang KeJun. Three-dimensional numerical modeling of flow behavior in asymmetric compound channels with vegetated floodplains. Journal of Sichuan University (Engineering Science Edition), 2009, 41(Suppl.2): 266-269.

[15]  Yang Fengguang, Cao Shuyou, Liu xingnian, Yang Kejun. Design of groundwater level monitoring network with ordinary kriging. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2008, 20(3): 339-346.

[16]  Yang, Kejun, Cao Shuyou, Knight D W. Flow patterns in compound channels with vegetated floodplains. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 2007, 133(2): 148-159.

[17]   Yang, Kejun, Cao Shuyou, Liu Xingnian. Flow resistance and its prediction methods in compound channels. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2007, 23(1): 23-31.

[18]  Wang Hua, Yang Kejun, Cao Shuyou, Liu Xingnian. Computation of momentum transfer coefficient and conveyance capacity in compound channels. Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B, 2007, 19(2): 225-229. (Corresponding author)

[19]  Yang Kejun, Cao Shuyou, Liu Xingnian. Research on system dynamics model of conveyance capacity in symmetric compound channels. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2005, 17 (3): 295-300.

[20]  Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun, Cao Shuyou, Shi Bing. An experimental study of flow patterns and width adjustment in self-formed channels. 4th German-Chinese Workshop on Unsteady Sediment Transport, Sichuan University, Chengdu, October, 1-16. Journal of Sichuan University (Engineering Science Edition), 2005, 37(supp.): 106-111. (Corresponding author)

[21]  Zhang Zhixiang, He Wenshe, Yang Kejun. An investigation of stochastic nature of bed load motion in Chuanjiang River. Journal of Sichuan University (Engineering Science Edition), 2005, 37(supp.): 112-117.

[22]  Shi Bing, Cao Shuyou, Liu Xingnian, Yang Kejun. Vectorial bed load equation and river width dynamic adjustment modeling. 4th German-Chinese Workshop on Unsteady Sediment Transport, Sichuan University, Chengdu, October12-16, 2004. Journal of Sichuan University (Engineering Science Edition), 2005, 37(supp.): 124-127.