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Prof. Tso-Ren Wu

update date : 2025-04-25

 

prof. wu's photo E-mail: tsoren@ncu.edu.tw
EXT: 65687
Office: S-352

Research expertise: Tsunami Science, Local Scour Simulation, Storm Surge Simulation, 3D Numerical Modeling, Two-way Coupled Moving-Solid Model, Landslide and Debris Flow Simulation

Lab: Tsunami Science Research Group

 

Educational background

School Department Degree
Cornell University, USA Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD
National Central University Civil and Environmental Engineering Master
National Chung Hsing University Department of Soil and Water Conservation BS

 

Experiences

Date Job
2024/02 ~ Director, Earth Science Research Promotion Center, National Science and Technology Council
2024 ~ 2026 Ocean Sciences President, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society(AOGS)
2022/08 ~ Director, Interdisciplinary program of Earth System Sciences, National Central University
2021/08 ~ Professor, Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University
2016 ~ 2021 Associate Vice President for International Affairs, Office of International Affairs, National Central University
2014/08 ~ 2016/07 Director, Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University
2013/08 ~ 2021/07 Associate Professor, Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University
2006/08 ~ 2013/07 Assistant Professor, Institute of Hydrological Sciences, National Central University
2004 ~ 2006 Post-doctorate Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, USA
1994 ~ 1998 Research Assistant, Agricultural Engineering Research Center

 

Journal Papers

Year Title
2023 Nhat-Minh Truong*, Yu-Chiao Wang, Hwa Chien, and Tso-Ren Wu, 2023: Analysis of the Surface Current off the Taiwanese International and Local Harbors Using High-Frequency Coastal Radar Data. Journal of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 19(1), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.6266/JOCOE.202311_19(1).0008 (Open new window)
張明南*、王又巧、錢樺、吳祚任,2023:利用高頻海岸雷達數據分析台灣國際港口和地區港口的表面海流。海岸及海洋工程學刊19卷1期,第87-100頁。
2023 Thi-Hong-Nhi Vuong, Tso-Ren Wu*, Yi-Xuan Huang, and Tai-Wen Hsu, 2023: Numerical Analysis of Local Scour of the Offshore Wind Turbines in Taiwan. Marine Science and Engineering, 11(5), 936. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11050936 (Open new window)
2023 Chun-Wei Lin, Tso-Ren Wu*, Yu-Lin Tsai, Shu-Chun Chuang, Chi-Hao Chu, and Chuen-Teyr Terng, 2023: Member Formation Methods Evaluation for a Storm Surge Ensemble Forecast System in Taiwan. Water, 15(10), 1826. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15101826 (Open new window)
2023 Le-Em Huynh*, Chia-Ren Chu, and Tso-Ren Wu, 2023: Hydrodynamic loads of the bridge decks in wave-current combined flows. Ocean Engineering, 270, 113520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113520 (Open new window)
2023 Haekal A. Haridhi, Bor Shouh Huang*, Kuo Liang Wen, Arif Mirza, Syamsul Rizal, Syahrul Purnawan, Ilham Fajri, Frauke Klingelhoefer, Char Shine Liu, Chao Shing Lee, Crispen R. Wilson, Tso-Ren Wu, Ichsan Setiawan, and Van Bang Phung, 2023: Tsunami scenario triggered by a submarine landslide offshore of northern Sumatra Island and its hazard assessment. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23(2), 507-523. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-507-2023 (Open new window)
2022 Tien-Chi Liu, Tso-Ren Wu*, and Shu-Kun Hsu, 2022: Historical tsunamis of Taiwan in the 18th century: the 1781 Jiateng Harbor flooding and 1782 tsunami event. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(8), 2517-2530. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2517-2022 (Open new window)
2022 Chia-Ren Chu*, Le-Em Huynh, and Tso-Ren Wu, 2022: Large Eddy Simulation of the wave loads on submerged rectangular decks. Applied Ocean Research, 120, 103051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2022.103051 (Open new window)
2022 Yu-Lin Tsai, Tso-Ren Wu*, Eric Yen, Chuan-Yao Lin, and Simon C. Lin, 2022: Parallel-Computing Two-Way Grid-Nested Storm Surge Model with a Moving Boundary Scheme and Case Study of the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan. Water, 14(4), 1308. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040547 (Open new window)
2021 Chia-Ren Chu*, Truc Thi Thu Tran, and Tso-Ren Wu, 2021: Numerical Analysis of Free-Surface Flows over Rubber Dams. Water, 13(9), 124445. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13091271 (Open new window)
2021 Jie Yang*, Chuan-yao Lin, Haijiang Liu, Linlin Li, Tso-ren Wu, Peitao Wang, Benxia Li, and Philip L.-F. Liu, 2021: Effects of Island Topography on Storm Surge in Taiwan Strait during Typhoon Maria. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 147(2). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000619 (Open new window)
2021 Tso-Ren Wu, Hong-Yueh Lo, Yu-Lin Tsai*, Li-Hung Ko, Mei-Hui Chuang, and Philip L.-F. Liu, 2021: Solitary Wave Interacting with a Submerged Circular Plate. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering147(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000605 (Open new window)
2020 Jann-Yenq Liu*, Chi-Yen Lin, Yuh-Ing Chen, Tso-Ren Wu, Meng-Ju Chung, Tien-Chi Liu, Yu-Lin Tsai, Loren C. Chang, Chi-Kuang Chao, Dimitar Ouzounov, and Katsumi Hattori, 2020: The source detection of 28 September 2018 Sulawesi tsunami by using ionospheric GNSS total electron content disturbance. Geoscience Letters, 7, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-020-00160-w (Open new window)
2020 Yu-Lin Tsai, Tso-Ren Wu*, Chuan-Yao Lin, Simon C. Lin, Eric Yen, and Chun-Wei Lin, 2020: Discrepancies on Storm Surge Predictions by Parametric Wind Model and Numerical Weather Prediction Model in a Semi-Enclosed Bay: Case Study of Typhoon Haiyan. Water, 12(12), 3326. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123326 (Open new window)
2020 Eric Yen*, Simon C. Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Yu-Lin Tsai, and Meng-Ju Chung, 2020: Knowledge-Building Approach for Tsunami Impact Analysis Aided by Citizen Science. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 315. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00315 (Open new window)
2020 Thi-Hong-Nhi Vuong, Tso-Ren Wu*, Chun-Yu Wang, and Chia-Ren Chu, 2020: Modeling the Slump-Type Landslide Tsunamis Part II: Numerical Simulation of Tsunamis with Bingham Landslide Model. Applied Sciences, 10(19), 6872. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10196872 (Open new window)
2020 Tso-Ren Wu*, Thi-Hong-Nhi Vuong, Chun-Wei Lin, Chun-Yu Wang, and Chia-Ren Chu, 2020: Modeling the Slump-Type Landslide Tsunamis Part I: Developing a Three-Dimensional Bingham-Type Landslide Model. Applied Sciences, 10(18), 6501. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10186501 (Open new window)
2020 Chia-Ren Chu, Tso-Ren Wu*, Yuan-Fu Tu, Shun-Kai Hu, and Chia-Lin Chiu, 2020: Interaction of two free-falling spheres in water. Physics of Fluids, 32(3), 033304. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130467 (Open new window)
2019 Jann-Yenq Liu*, Chi-Yen Lin, Yu-Lin Tsai, Tien-Chi Liu, Katsumi Hattori, Yang-Yi Sun, and Tso-Ren Wu, 2019: Ionospheric GNSS Total Electron Content for Tsunami Warning. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 13(05n06), 1941007. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431119410070 (Open new window)
2019 Mien-Tze Kueh, Wen-Mei Chen, Yang-Fan Sheng, Simon C. Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, Eric Yen, Yu-Lin Tsai, and Chuan-Yao Lin*, 2019: Effects of horizontal resolution and air–sea flux parameterization on the intensity and structure of simulated Typhoon Haiyan (2013). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 19(7), 1509-1539. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1509-2019 (Open new window)
2018 Chia-Ren Chu*, Yi-Ru Wu, Tso-Ren Wu, and Chung-Yu Wang, 2018: Slosh-induced hydrodynamic force in a water tank with multiple baffles. Ocean Engineering, 167, 282-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.08.049 (Open new window)
2018 Yu-Sheng Sun*, Po-Fei Chen, Chien-Chih Chen, Ya-Ting Lee, Kuo-Fong Ma, and Tso-Ren Wu, 2018: Assessment of the peak tsunami amplitude associated with a large earthquake occurring along the southernmost Ryukyu subduction zone in the region of Taiwan. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(8), 2081-2092. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2081-2018 (Open new window)
2018 Chu Chia-Ren*, Lin Yu-An, Wu Tso-Ren, and Wang Chung-Yue, 2018: Hydrodynamic force of a circular cylinder close to the water surface. Computers & Fluids, 171, 154-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.05.032 (Open new window)
2018 Wei‐An Chao*, Tso‐Ren Wu, Kuo‐Fong Ma, Yu‐Ting Kuo, Yih‐Min Wu, Li Zhao, Meng‐Ju Chung, Han Wu, Yu‐Lin Tsai, 2018: The Large Greenland Landslide of 2017: Was a Tsunami Warning Possible? Seismological Research Letters, 89(4), 1355-1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8010014 (Open new window)
2018 Tso-Ren Wu, Thi-Hong-Nhi Vuong, Jun-Wei Lin, Chia-Ren Chu, and Chung-Yue Wang, 2018: Three-Dimensional Numerical Study on the Interaction Between Dam-Break Wave and Cylinder Array. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 12(2), 1840007. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431118400079 (Open new window)
2017 Chia-Ren Chu*, Ting-Wei Lan, Ren-Kai Tasi, Tso-Ren Wu, and Chih-Kai Yang, 2017: Wind-driven natural ventilation of greenhouses with vegetation. Biosystems Engineering, 164, 221-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.10.008 (Open new window)
2017 Ming-Hong Chen*, Chun-Wei Lin, Tso-Ren Wu, and Chin-Cheng Huang, 2017: Scour Behavior Analysis for the Mono-Pile Substructure of the Offshore Wind Turbine. Journal of Taiwan Energy, 4(3), 249-266.
陳銘宏*、林君蔚吳祚任、黃金城,2017:離岸風機單樁式支撐結構之水動力與沖刷分析。臺灣能源期刊4卷3期,第249-266頁。
2016 Chia-Ren Chu*, Chun-Hsuan Chung, Tso-Ren Wu, and Chung-Yue Wang, 2016: Numerical Analysis of Free Surface Flow over a Submerged Rectangular Bridge Deck. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142(12). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001177 (Open new window)
2015 Bing-Ru Wu*, Siao-Syun Ke, Tso-Ren Wu, and Kun-Sung Liu, 2015: Tsunami Inundation Map and Its Application on Evacuation Planning in Taiwan. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 9(5), 1540004. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431115400047 (Open new window)
2015 Chang Lin*, Ming-Jer Kao, Guang-Wei Tzeng, Wei-Ying Wong, James Yang, Rajkumar V. Raikar, Tso-Ren Wu, and Philip Li-Fang Liu, 2015: Study on Flow Fields of Boundary-Layer Separation and Hydraulic Jump during Rundown Motion of Shoaling Solitary Wave. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 9(5), 1540002. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431115400023 (Open new window)
2015 Simon C. Lin, Tso-Ren Wu*, Eric Yen, Hsin-Yen Chen, John Hsu, Yu-Lin Tsai, Chun-Juei Lee, and Philip, L.-F. Liu, 2015: Development of a tsunami early warning system for the South China Sea. Ocean Engineering, 100, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.02.003 (Open new window)
2015 Chang Lin*, Po-Hung Yeh, Ming-Jer Kao, Min-Hsuan Yu, Shih-Chun Hsieh, Sung-Chen Chang, Tso-Ren Wu, and Ching-Piao Tsai, 2015: Velocity Fields in Near-Bottom and Boundary Layer Flows in Prebreaking Zone of a Solitary Wave Propagating over a 1:10 Slope. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 141(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000269 (Open new window)
2015 G.A. Zarruk*, E.A. Cowen, T.-R. Wu, and P.L.-F. Liu, 2015: Vortex shedding and evolution induced by a solitary wave propagating over a submerged cylindrical structure. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 52, 181-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2014.11.001 (Open new window)
2014 Tso-Ren Wu, Chia-Ren Chu*, Chih-Jung Huang, Chung-Yue Wang, Ssu-Ying Chien, and Meng-Zhi Chen, 2014: A two-way coupled simulation of moving solids in free-surface flows. Computers & Fluids, 100, 347-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.05.010 (Open new window)
2014 Chia-Ren Chu*, Ssu-Ying Chien, Chung-Yue Wang, and Tso-Ren Wu, 2014: Numerical simulation of two trains intersecting in a tunnel. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 42, 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2014.02.013 (Open new window)
2014 Tso-Ren Wu, Helsin Wang*, Yung-Yen Ko, Jiunn-Shyang Chiou, Shih-Chun Hsieh, Cheng-Hsing Chen, Cheng Lin, Chung-Yue Wang, and Mei-Hui Chuang, 2014: Forensic Diagnosis on Flood-Induced Bridge Failure. II: Framework of Quantitative Assessment. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000393 (Open new window)
2013 Chia-Ren Chu*, Chao-Yen Chang, Chih-Jung Huang, Tso-Ren Wu, Chung-Yue Wang, and Ming-Yi Liu, 2013: Windbreak protection for road vehicles against crosswind. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 116, 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2013.02.001 (Open new window)
2013 ZHENHUA HUANG*, TSO-REN WU, and SYAMSIDIK, 2013: RECENT RESEARCH ON TSUNAMI HAZARDS FOR SUMATRA AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AREA. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 7(1), 1303001. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431113030012 (Open new window)
2013 Zhenhua Huang*, Tso-Ren Wu, Tzu-Yu Chen, and Shawn Y. Sim, 2013: A possible mechanism of destruction of coastal trees by tsunamis: A hydrodynamic study on effects of coastal steep hills. Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 7(2), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2012.06.004 (Open new window)
2013 Shou-Yeh Gong, Tso-Ren Wu, Fernando P. Siringan, Ke Lin, and Chuan-Chou Shen*, 2013: An abrupt backreef infilling in a Holocene reef, Paraoir, Northwestern Luzon, Philippines. Coral Reefs, 32, 293-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-0982-0 (Open new window)
2012 Kai Cheng Hu, Shih Chun Hsiao*, Hwung Hweng Hwung, and Tso Ren Wu, 2012: Three-dimensional numerical modeling of the interaction of dam-break waves and porous media. Advances in Water Resources, 47, 14-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.06.007 (Open new window)
2012 TSO-REN WU*, 2012: DETERMINISTIC STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL LARGE TSUNAMI HAZARD IN TAIWAN. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 6(3), 1250034. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431112500340 (Open new window)
2011 T.-R. Wu and T.-C. Ho, 2011: High resolution tsunami inversion for 2010 Chile earthquake. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 11(12), 3251-3261. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-3251-2011 (Open new window)
2011 Tso-Ren Wu*, Chih-Jung Huang, Mei-Hui Chuang, Chung-Yue Wang, and Chia-Ren Chu, 2011: DYNAMIC COUPLING OF MULTI-PHASE FLUIDS WITH A MOVING OBSTACLE. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 19(6), Article 8. https://jmstt.ntou.edu.tw/journal/vol19/iss6/8 (Open new window)
2011 吳祚任*,2011:2011日本福島海嘯之研究與省思 若發生馬尼拉海溝地震‧預測海嘯將於13分鐘達我核三廠。土木水利:中國土木水利工程學會會刊38卷2期,第001-007頁。https://www.hyread.com.tw/hyreadnew/search_detail_new.jsp?sysid=00131095 (Open new window)
2011 王鶴翔、王仲宇、陳正興、林呈、吳祚任,2011:橋梁基礎抗洪能力之整合評估方法。地工技術127期,第51-60頁。https://tpl.ncl.edu.tw/NclService/JournalContentDetail?SysId=A11015066 (Open new window)
2009 Tso-Ren Wu* and Hui-Chuan Huang, 2009: Modeling tsunami hazards from Manila trench to Taiwan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 36(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.12.006 (Open new window)
2009 Zhenhua Huang*, Tso-Ren Wu, Soon Keat Tan, Kusnowidjaja Megawati, Felicia Shaw, Xiaozhen Liu, and Tso-Chien Pan, 2009: Tsunami hazard from the subduction Megathrust of the South China Sea: Part II. Hydrodynamic modeling and possible impact on Singapore. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 36(1), 93-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.08.007 (Open new window)
2009 Kusnowidjaja Megawati*, Felicia Shaw, Kerry Sieh, Zhenhua Huang, Tso-Ren Wu, Yunung Lin, Soon Keat Tan, and Tso-Chien Pan, 2009: Tsunami hazard from the subduction megathrust of the South China Sea: Part I. Source characterization and the resulting tsunami. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 36(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.11.012 (Open new window)
2008 Tso-Ren Wu, Po-Fei Chen*, Wu-Ting Tsai, and Guan-Yu Chen, 2008: Numerical Study on Tsunamis Excited by 2006 Pingtung Earthquake Doublet. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 19(6), 705-715. https://doi.org/10.3319/TAO.2008.19.6.705(PT) (Open new window)
2008 Po-Fei Chen, Andrew V. Newman, Tso-Ren Wu*, and Ching-Ching Lin, 2008: Earthquake Probabilities and Energy Characteristics of Seismicity Offshore Southwest Taiwan. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 19(6), 697-703. https://doi.org/10.3319/TAO.2008.19.6.697(PT) (Open new window)
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