Speech title Watershed runoff simulations, from lumped to distributed modeling- Can we open the black box? Speaker Kwan Tun Lee Ph.D Present positions Distinguished Professor, Department of River & Harbor Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University
Education Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. (August 1993 – July 1994) Post-Doctoral Associate Research Fellow, Hydraulic Research Laboratory, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (August 1991 – July 1992) Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (July 1991) M.S. in Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (June 1985) B.S. in Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (June 1981) Experience Dean, College of Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2012/11 – 2018/11)Guest Professor, Civil Engineering College, Fuzhou University, Fujian, China (2015/01- ) Guest Research Scientist, Pacific Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia (2014/01-2016/12) Specialty Runoff simulation in ungauged watersheds, Applications of digital elevation model and geographic information system, Flood/landslide prediction and disaster prevention Honors Outstanding Engineering Professor Award, Chinese Society of Engineers (2019) Best Discussion Award, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE (2018) Best Paper Award, Journal of Chinese Agricultural Engineering Association (2015, 2018) Service Award of the Society of Mechanics, Taiwan (2015) Distinguished Professor of Hydrological Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean Univ. (2010 – )