简介

Tiao Chang joined the Ohio University faculty in 1982. He has written more than 100 technical articles and papers for professional publications on his principal research interests of water resources and environmental engineering, drought management, reservoir operation, open channel flow computation, application of GIS/GPS, zebra mussel problem prevention in water intakes, flood control, watershed erosion, and sediment deposits. Through the support of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Chang has developed a unique drought monitoring method by combining five hydrologic parameters and an optimal reservoir operation method for drought management using flood-control reservoirs. Chang has also found a way to alleviate problems caused by Zebra mussels, which inhibit water flow in pipes on the Great Lakes and many rivers, by making the environment in the pipes unsuitable for the mussels, without the use of chemicals. His research, supported by the Sea Grant College Program, has resulted in three United States patents.