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faculty
Changsheng Chen, PhD
Commonwealth Professor & Montgomery Charter Chair
SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
Contact
508-910-6388
508-910-6371
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School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 226
Education
| 1992 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program | PhD in Physical Oceanography |
| 1989 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MS in Physical Oceanography |
| 1983 | Ocean University of China | MS in Meteorology |
Teaching
- MAR650: Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
- MAR513: Numerical Methods in Ocean Sciences
- MAR599: Special Topics-Arctic Ocean Dynamics and Its Roles to Climate Change
- MAR599: Special-Topic: Ocean Circulation Theory
- MAR599: Special Topic: Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem.
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
General topics of interest and relevance to civil & environmental engineering applications. Topics may include subject matter related to transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, structures design, water resources, fluid mechanics, and/or environmental science and engineering. Laboratory and field exercises may supplement lecture material. Course can be repeated with change of content.
General topics of interest and relevance to civil & environmental engineering applications. Topics may include subject matter related to transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, structures design, water resources, fluid mechanics, and/or environmental science and engineering. Laboratory and field exercises may supplement lecture material. Course can be repeated with change of content.
General topics of interest and relevance to civil & environmental engineering applications. Topics may include subject matter related to transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, structures design, water resources, fluid mechanics, and/or environmental science and engineering. Laboratory and field exercises may supplement lecture material. Course can be repeated with change of content.
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial analytic and modeling techniques, and error analysis. The course is designed to help students gain first-hand experience in data input, data management, data analyses, and result presentation in a geographical information system through labs and projects.
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial analytic and modeling techniques, and error analysis. The course is designed to help students gain first-hand experience in data input, data management, data analyses, and result presentation in a geographical information system through labs and projects.
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial analytic and modeling techniques, and error analysis. The course is designed to help students gain first-hand experience in data input, data management, data analyses, and result presentation in a geographical information system through labs and projects.
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial analytic and modeling techniques, and error analysis. The course is designed to help students gain first-hand experience in data input, data management, data analyses, and results presentation in geographical information system through labs and projects.
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial analytic and modeling techniques, and error analysis. The course is designed to help students gain first-hand experience in data input, data management, data analyses, and results presentation in geographical information system through labs and projects.
Analysis and management of geographic information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation and data storage, spatial analytic and modeling techniques, and error analysis. The course is designed to help students gain first-hand experience in data input, data management, data analyses, and results presentation in geographical information system through labs and projects.
Training in the use of the unstructured grid, Finite-Volume, Ocean Community Model (FVCOM). Lectures will cover dynamical principles used to develop advanced unstructured grid finite-volume ocean models with a focus on FVCOM, as well as practical training on how to configure FVCOM for various ocean application cases. The course consists of 13 lectures and 14 project assignments, which will be arranged weekly. Students will be expected to give a presentation summarizing their findings upon completion of each project. Additionally, the instructor will conduct virtual oral examinations with individual students to assess their achievements in the course.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
An advanced treatment of a special topic in specific areas of marine sciences and technology with an emphasis on recent developments. The subject matter varies according to the interests of the instructor and the students.
Register for this course.
Training in the use of the unstructured grid, Finite-Volume, Ocean Community Model (FVCOM). Lectures will cover dynamical principles used to develop advanced unstructured grid finite-volume ocean models with a focus on FVCOM, as well as practical training on how to configure FVCOM for various ocean application cases. The course consists of 13 lectures and 14 project assignments, which will be arranged weekly. Students will be expected to give a presentation summarizing their findings upon completion of each project. Additionally, the instructor will conduct virtual oral examinations with individual students to assess their achievements in the course.
Register for this course.
Research
Research activities
- Multi-scale resolving global-regional-coastal-esturine integrated FVCOM model development
- Arctic Ocean modeling, the Gulf of Maine/New England ecosystem dynamics
- Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS) development and operations
- Coastal ocean acidification/ecosystem/water quality
- FVCOM development and improvement
Research
Research awards
- $ 419,462 awarded by New Bedford Port Authority for Tracking and Modelling the Behavior and Position of Fishing Vessels and their Towed Gears in Wind Energy Areas
- $ 919,368 awarded by Responsible Offshore Science Alliance for Connectivity and Dispersal of Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, within Southern New England
- $30,000 awarded by UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE for Analysis of ECOA Cruise Data
- $ 147,155 awarded by NE REG ASSOC OF COASTAL OCEAN OBSERV SYS for Meeting Local Resilience Needs Through National and Pan-Regional Collaboration
- $ 214,085 awarded by Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) for Modernizing IOOS in the Northeast to Build Equity and Resilience in a Changing Climate
Research
Research interests
- Modeling and observational exploration of coastal ocean circulation
- Oceanic frontal processes
- Biological and physical interactions
- Arctic Ocean and Climate Change
- Multi-scaling ocean model developments
Select publications
- Chen, C., G. Gao, Y. Zhang, R. C. Beardsley, Z. Lai, J. Qi, H. Lin (2016).
Circulation in the Arctic Ocean: Results from a high-resolution coupled ice-sea nested Global-FVCOM and Arctic-FVCOM system
Progress in Oceanography, 141, 60-80. - Zhang, Y., C. Chen, R. C. Beardsley, G. Gao, Z. Lai, B. Curry, C. M. Lee, H. Lin, J. Qi, and Q. Xu (2016).
Studies of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago water transport and its relationship to basin-local forcings: Results from AO-FVCOM
Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121, doi:10.100. - Sun, Y., C. Chen, R. C. Beardsley, D. Ullman, B. Butman, H. Lin (2016).
Surface circulation in Block Island Sound and adjacent coastal and shelf regions
Progress in Oceanography, 143, 26-45.