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

Allows completion of a numbered course formally in the graduate program listing but not being offered as a scheduled class.

Allows completion of a numbered course formally in the graduate program listing but not being offered as a scheduled class.

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.

Structures and dynamics of ocean ecosystems. The dynamics of global to local scale biophysical interaction processes are explored in terms of basic dynamic principles. Existing ecosystem models are used to solve some realistic coastal ecosystem problems. There is a strong emphasis on solving process oriented problems requiring integration of lecture materials. A term paper is required.

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.

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

  • $ 481,850 awarded by NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN for Assessing Cumulative Impact of Offshore Wind Energy Development on Sea Scallop Laval Transport and Settlement in Southern New England Waters (RSA)
  • $ 571,878 awarded by United States Coast Guard for Development of a Fully Coupled, Nonhydrostatic, Marine Infrastructure-Resolving Atmospheric And Ocean Model System in the Northeast US
  • $ 100,000 awarded by National Science Foundation for LTER: Scales of Variability in Ecosystem Dynamics and Production on the Changing Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES II)
  • $ 100,000 awarded by MA Division of Marine Fisheries for Mass Sewage Treatment Plan Outfall Modeling FY24
  • $ 338,729 awarded by Office of Naval Research for UMassD MUST IV: Development of A Fully Coupled, Nonhydrostatic, Marine Infrastructure-resolving (up to ~ 1 m resolution), Atmospheric and Ocean Model System

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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