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Changsheng Chen

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

1992Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint ProgramPhD in Physical Oceanography
1989Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMS in Physical Oceanography
1983Ocean University of ChinaMS 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

Teaching

Courses

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.

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.

Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in Marine Science or Technology under a faculty advisor.

Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in Marine Science or Technology under a faculty advisor.

Research for and preparation of doctoral dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must provide a thorough survey of the research activities in the research topic area and it must present original and innovative research ideas and preliminary results as well as a defined research scope and directions. PhD students must have passed this course before registering for doctoral dissertation research credits. Graded P/F.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

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.

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.

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.

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