Che-Wei CHANG

Profile Information

Affiliation: 防災研究所, 京都大学

Degree: Ph.D.(Cornell University)

Contact information: chang.chewei.5zkyoto-u.ac.jp
Researcher number: 20866826
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1900-4226
J-GLOBAL ID: 201901010774110861
researchmap Member ID: B000370525

External link: http://cheweichang.com

My research interests mainly involved in coastal engineering, coastal disaster reduction and nearshore hydrodynamics. I work towards a better understanding of the nearshore processes caused by ocean waves/flows, and aim to provide a better solution to the reduction of coastal hazards.

My current study at Kyoto University is on the effects of green infrastructures (ecosystem-based solutions) on the reduction of coastal disasters considering climate change: Eco-DRR. Specifically, I am investigating mangrove forests and their effectiveness as a coastal protection against tsunami, storm surge and extreme waves. Different approaches (numerical + physical modelings & field works) are applied to quantify mangrove effects by well addressing their structural complexity.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Oct, 2020 - Present

Assistant Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Kyoto University
Sep, 2017 - Sep, 2020

Postdoctoral Researcher, Disaster Prevention Research Institute Division of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Disasters, Kyoto University
2012 - 2017

Research Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Education

- Aug, 2017

Ph.D., School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Awards

Mar, 2020

2019 Outstanding Reviewer, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Feb, 2020

Best Presentation Award, Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute

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2015

John E. Perry Teaching Assistant Prize, Cornell University

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2013

Joseph H. DeFrees Fellowship, Cornell University

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2012

Olin Fellowship, Cornell University

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2011

G.V. Loganathan Memorial Fellowship, Virginia Tech

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2008

Taipei County Government Scholarship, Taipei County Government

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2007

Taipei County Government Scholarship, Taipei County Government

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2007

Sinotech Scholarships, Sinotech Engineering Consultants, INC

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2006

Taipei County Government Scholarship, Taipei County Government

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Papers

高潮・高波同時生起実験に基づく越波量に及ぼす潮位変動の影響の検討

Kenta MATSUKI, Yurika KODA, Tomohiro YASUDA, Tetsuya HIRAISHI, Nobuhito MORI, Che-Wei CHANG

Japanese Journal of JSCE, 79(17) n/a-n/a, 2023
An Experimental Study of Mangrove‐Induced Resistance on Water Waves Considering the Impacts of Typical Rhizophora Roots

Che‐Wei Chang, Nobuhito Mori, Naoki Tsuruta, Kojiro Suzuki, Hideaki Yanagisawa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(6), Jun, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Parameterization of Mangrove Root Structure of Rhizophora stylosa in Coastal Hydrodynamic Model

Nobuhito Mori, Che-Wei Chang, Tomomi Inoue, Yasuaki Akaji, Ko Hinokidani, Shigeyuki Baba, Masashi Takagi, Sotaro Mori, Hironoshin Koike, Miho Miyauchi …

Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Jan 4, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Effect of flexible coastal vegetation on waves in water of intermediate depth

Jie Hu, Chiang C. Mei, Che-Wei Chang, Philip L-F. Liu

Coastal Engineering, 168 103937-103937, Sep, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Green infrastructure for the reduction of coastal disasters: a review of the protective role of coastal forests against tsunami, storm surge, and wind waves

Che-Wei Chang, Nobuhito Mori

Coastal Engineering Journal, 1-16, Jun 5, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author
PHYSICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF TSUNAMI INUNDATION IN COASTAL URBAN AREA

Nobuki Fukui, Nobuhito Mori, Che-Wei Chang, Yu Chida, Tomohiro Yasuda, Takashi Yamamoto, Andrew Kennedy, Zhongduo Zhang, Andrew Copp

Coastal Engineering Proceedings, (36v) 14-14, Dec 28, 2020
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MANGROVE EFFECTS ON COASTAL PROTECTION

Che-Wei Chang, Nobuhito Mori, Naoki Tsuruta, Kojiro Suzuki, Hideaki Yanagisawa

Coastal Engineering Proceedings, (36v) 12-12, Dec 28, 2020 Lead authorCorresponding author
Application of Boussinesq Modeling on Water Waves through Mangroves

Che-Wei Chang, Nobuhito Mori

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B2 (Coastal Engineering), 76(2) I_49-I_54, Dec, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF TSUNAMI AND STORM SURGE INUNDATION USING COASTAL CITY MODEL

Nobuki FUKUI, Nobuhito MORI, Che-Wei CHANG, Yu CHIDA, Tomohiro YASUDA, Takashi YAMAMOTO

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B2 (Coastal Engineering), 76(2) I_373-I_378, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Engineering functional evaluation of mangrove forests for coastal disaster reduction

Che-Wei Chang, Nobuhito Mori

Hydrolink, 4 110-113, Dec, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvited
Estimation of wave force coefficients on mangrove models

Che-Wei Chang, Nobuhito Mori, Naoki Tsuruta, Kojiro Suzuki

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.B2 (Coastal Engineering), 75(2) I_1105-I_1110, Oct, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Long waves dissipation and harmonic generation by coastal vegetation

Che-Wei Chang, Philip Li-Fan Liu

Applied Ocean Research, 82 210-224, Jan, 2019 Lead authorCorresponding author
HARMONICS GENERATION BY COASTAL FORESTS

Che-Wei Chang, Philip L.-F. Liu

Coastal Engineering Proceedings, (36) 50-50, Dec 30, 2018 Lead authorCorresponding author
Wave attenuation by coastal forests

Che-Wei Chang

Cornell University, Aug, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Periodic water waves through a heterogeneous coastal forest of arbitrary shape

Che-Wei Chang, Philip L. -F. Liu, Chiang C. Mei, Maria Maza

COASTAL ENGINEERING, 122 141-157, Apr, 2017 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Modeling transient long waves propagating through a heterogeneous coastal forest of arbitrary shape

Che-Wei Chang, Philip L. -F. Liu, Chiang C. Mei, Maria Maza

COASTAL ENGINEERING, 122 124-140, Apr, 2017 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Periodic water waves through an aquatic forest

Philip L. -F. Liu, Che-Wei Chang, Chiang C. Mei, Pedro Lomonaco, Francisco L. Martin, Maria Maza

COASTAL ENGINEERING, 96 100-117, Feb, 2015 Peer-reviewed

Presentations

Engineer the nature for coastal disaster reduction and resilience

Che-Wei Chang

Hakubi Project Annual Report Meeting, Apr 15, 2022 Invited
Recent investigation on the protective function of mangroves against coastal waves

Che-Wei Chang

The 43rd Ocean Engineering Conference (Taiwan), Nov 18, 2021 Invited
The potential of nature-based infrastructure for the reduction of coastal disaster risks

Che-Wei Chang

199th Hakubi Seminar, Jun 22, 2021
Application of Boussinesq modeling on water waves through mangroves

Che-Wei Chang

Nov 10, 2020
Experimental Study Of Mangrove Effects On Coastal Protection

Che-Wei Chang

37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2020), Oct 7, 2020
Modeling of Coastal Waves and Hydrodynamics in Mangrove Forests

CHANG, Che-Wei

Kyoto University - DPRI Annual Meeting (2020), Feb, 2020
Estimation of wave force coefficients on mangrove models

Che-Wei Chang

66th Japan Coastal Engineering Conference (JSCE), Oct, 2019
On the interactions of water waves with mangrove trees: physical modeling in two scales

Che-Wei Chang

Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 16th Annual meeting, Jul, 2019
Study of vegetation effects on water waves

Che-Wei Chang

National Chiao Tung University, Mar, 2019 Invited
Physical modeling of coastal protection by mangrove trees against storm waves

Che-Wei Chang

DPRI Annual Meeting 2019, Feb, 2019
Modeling of storm wave attenuation by mangrove forests

Che-Wei Chang

DPRI-NCDR Joint Workshop, Nov, 2018
Harmonics generation by coastal forests

Che-Wei Chang

36th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2018), Aug, 2018
An experimental study on wave damping by a model mangrove forest

Che-Wei Chang

Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 15th Annual meeting, Jun, 2018
Modeling of wave damping by coastal vegetation

Che-Wei Chang

DPRI Annual Meeting 2018, Feb, 2018
Modeling of interactions between long waves and coastal vegetation

Che-Wei Chang

Coastal Engineering Seminar, National University of Singapore, May, 2017 Invited
Periodic water waves through a circular forest

Che-Wei Chang

34th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2014), Jun, 2014
Periodic waves through coastal vegetation

Che-Wei Chang

6th Annual CEE Graduate Research Symposium, Mar, 2014

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

巨礫分布特性にもとづく１万年スケールのスーパー台風評価についての国際共同研究

科学研究費助成事業国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化(B)), 国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化(B)), 日本学術振興会, Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2025

森信人, 渡部靖憲, 安田誠宏, 中條壮大, 下園武範, 二宮順一, 志村智也, 宮下卓也, 張哲維
Quantitative Evaluation of Coastal Forests on Natural Disaster Mitigation - Considering the Complexity of Vegetation Structures

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2023

CHANG Che-Wei
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)