Yang Named Borland Professor of Water Resources, Director of New Hydroscience and Training Center
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Dr. Chih Ted Yang
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Dr. Chih Ted Yang will join the Department of Civil Engineering as the Borland Professor of Water Resources and director of the newly formed Hydroscience and Training Center. Dr. Yang, who retired January 2, 2004, from the Bureau of Reclamation after 30 years of government service, brings a wealth of knowledge in the areas of sedimentation and river hydraulics to the department. Dr. Yang has served as an affiliate professor of Colorado State University's Department of Civil Engineering since 1993 and an adjunct professor of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Colorado at Denver since 1982.
Dr. Yang received his B.S. in Hydraulic Engineering in 1962 from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. He received his M.S. (1965) and Ph.D. (1968) in Hydraulic Engineering from Colorado State University. His first position was with the Illinois State Water Survey from 1968 to 1974. Dr. Yang began his Federal career in 1974 with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He began working with Reclamation in 1979 as a member of the technical review staff, served as Manager of the International and Technical Assistance Program from 1988 until 1994, and then as Manager of the Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group from 1994 to 2004.
Dr. Yang has published two theories, the Theory of Minimum Energy Dissipation Rate for river systems and the Theory of Unit Stream Power for sediment transport. These theories have advanced the understanding of sediment transport and river processes and provided the basis for Reclamation's GSTARS model series. Dr. Yang has more than 100 professional publications in hydraulics, hydrology, sedimentation, river morphology, and water resources engineering including two textbooks, Sediment Transport: Theory and Practice, McGraw Hill, Inc., 1996 and Coastal Aquacultural Engineering, Oxford & IBH, 1991.
Dr. Yang developed his renowned expertise in the area of sedimentation from participation in a wide variety of complex studies in the United States and abroad. He serves as the Vice President of the World Association of Sedimentation and Erosion Research and has received numerous honors and awards throughout his career including the 1972 Robert E. Horton Award from the American Geophysical Union, 1973 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1980 J.C. Stevens Award from ASCE, 1983 Reclamation Engineer of the Year Award from the National Society of Professional Engineers, 1991 Lecturer of the Year Award from the International Association of Hydraulic Research and the United Nations International Hydrologic Program, and the 1999 Hans Albert Einstein Award from ASCE.
Dr. Yang has a vision to develop a national and international reputation of excellence for the Hydroscience and Training Center. He is also eager to teach and conduct research in erosion and sedimentation. His research will focus on the areas of watershed erosion and stream restoration.