FRANCIS C. K. TING

 
NAME AND ADDRESS

EDUCATION

RESEARCH/ EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH INTERESTS

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS

CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS

PREVIOUS RESEARCH GRANTS

HONORS AND AWARDS

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

HOBBIES

NAME AND ADDRESS:

Dr. Francis C. K. Ting

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD 57007-0495

Office: [605] 688-5997 Fax: [605] 688-5878

Email: Francis.Ting@sdstate.edu

 

EDUCATION:

 

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1989

MS, Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1983

B.Sc. (Honors), Civil Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom, 1982

 

RESEARCH/EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

 

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2005-present

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota State University, 1995-2005

Assistant Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, 1994-1995

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1990-1994

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware, 1989-1990

 

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:

 

Registered Professional Civil Engineer - Montana

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

Breaking waves, fluid turbulence, sediment transport, bridge scour, river hydraulics 

 

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS:

Ting, F. C. K. (2008). Large-scale turbulence under a solitary wave: Part 2 Forms and evolution of coherent structures. Coastal Eng., 55, 522-536.

Ting, F. C. K. (2006). Large-scale turbulence under a solitary wave. Coastal Eng., 53, 441-462.

Ting, F. C. K., Briaud, J.-L, Chen, H. C., Gudavalli, R., Perugu, S. and Wei, G. (2003). Closure to "Flume tests for scour in clay at circular piers". J Hydraulic Eng., ASCE, 129, No. 7, 556-557.

Johnson, K. R. and Ting, F. C. K. (2003). Measurements of water surface profile and velocity field at a circular pier. J. Eng. Mech., ASCE, 129, 502-513.

Ting, F. C. K. (2002).  Laboratory study of wave and turbulence characteristics  in narrow-band irregular breaking waves.  Coastal Eng., 46, 291-313.

Ting, F. C. K. (2001.)  Laboratory study of wave and turbulence velocities in a broad-band irregular wave surf zone.  Coastal Eng., 43, 183-208.

Ting, F. C. K., Briaud, J.-L, Chen, H. C., Gudavalli, R., Perugu, S. and Wei, G. (2001).  Flume tests for scour in clay at circular piers.  J Hydraulic Eng., ASCE, 127, No. 11, 969-978.

Briaud, J.-L., Chen, H. C., Kwak, K. W., Han, S. W. and Ting, F. C. K. (2001).  Multi-flood and multi-layer method for scour rate prediction at bridge piers.  J Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 127, No. 2, 114-125.

Briaud, J.-L., Ting, F. C. K., Chen, H. C., Han, S. W. and Kwak, K. W. (2001) . Erosion function apparatus for scour rate predictions.  J Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 127, No. 2, 105-113.

Briaud, J.-L., Ting, F. C. K., Chen, H. C., Gudavalli, R., Perugu, S. and Gengsheng, W. (1999).  SRICOS: Prediction of scour rate in cohesive soils at bridge piers. J Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 125, No. 4, 237-246.

Hershberger, D. A. and Ting, F. C. K. (1996).  Study of wind waves in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., ASCE, 122, No. 5, 239-244.

Ting, F. C. K. and Kirby, J. T. (1996).  Dynamics of surf zone turbulence in a spilling breaker. Coastal Eng., 27, 131-161. (Download Experimental Data)

Ting, F. C. K. and Lemasson, W. J. (1996). Dynamic response of fluid mud in a submarine trench to water waves. Coastal Eng., 27, 97-121.

Ting, F. C. K. and Kirby, J. T. (1995).  Dynamics of surf zone turbulence in a strong plunging breaker. Coastal Eng., 24, 177-204. (Download Experimental Data)

Ting, F. C. K. and Kirby, J. T. (1994).  Observation of undertow and turbulence in a laboratory surf zone. Coastal Eng., 24, 51-80.

Ting, F. C. K. and Kim, Y. K. (1994).  Vortex generation in water waves propagating over a submerged obstacle. Coastal Eng., 24, 23-49.

Ting, F. C. K. (1994).  Wave interaction with fluid mud in a rectangular trench. J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., ASCE, 120, No. 2, 154-178.

Ting, F. C. K. (1992).  On forced internal waves in a rectangular trench. J. Fluid Mech., 235, 255-283.

Ting, F. C. K. and Raichlen, F. (1988).  Wave interaction with a rectangular trench in a density-stratified fluid. J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., ASCE, 114, No. 5, 615-636.

Ting, F. C. K. and Raichlen, F. (1986). Wave interaction with a rectangular trench.  J. Waterw. Port Coastal Ocean Eng., ASCE, 112, No. 3, 454-460.

 

CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS:

Experimental Study of Coherent Structures in Breaking Waves, Francis Ting, National Science Foundation, September 2005 - August 2008.

Evaluation of SRICOS Method on South Dakota Cohesive Soils, Francis Ting and Allen Jones, South Dakota Department of Transportation./Mountain Plains Consortium, January 2007 - December 2008.

 

PREVIOUS RESEARCH GRANTS:

Turbulence Dynamics in Irregular Breaking Waves, Francis Ting, Office of Naval Research, April 2000-August 2004.

Acquisition of Multi-Purpose Open-Channel Flume for Water Flow Studies, Francis Ting, Alexandra Moutsoglou and Darrell DeBoer, National Science Foundation, October 2000-September 2003.

Acquisition of a Particle Image Velocimetry System for Measurement of Fluid Velocity Field, Francis Ting and Vernon Schaefer, National Science Foundation, October 1998-September 2000.

Proposed Hydrologic Analysis of Buffer Strip along the Northern Portion of L-31N, Francis Ting and Vernon Schaefer, National Park Service, September 1997-February 2000.

Engineering Analysis of the Modified Water Deliveries Project of the Central and South Forida Project, Francis Ting, National Park Service, September 1996-March 1998.

Using Computing and Modern Measuring Equipment in Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Experiments, Francis Ting, Mark Kennedy and Thomas Van Lent, National Science Foundation, July 1996-June 1999.

Scour Rate of Cohesive Soil, Jean-Louis Briaud, Francis Ting and H. C. Chen, Texas Department of Transportation, September 1994-August 1997.

Feasibility Study of Hydraulic Modeling Facility for Scour Problems, Francis Ting and Jean-Louis Briaud, Texas Department of Transportation, September 1994-August 1994.

Bank Erosion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, J. Zhang and Francis Ting, July 1992-August 1993.

Dynamics of Surf Zone Turbulence, Francis Ting, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, January 1992-August 1994.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

College of Engineering, Researcher of the Year, 2002

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT: 

Fluid Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Hydraulic Engineering
Basic Coastal Engineering 
Ocean Engineering Laboratory

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT:

Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Hydrodynamics of Free-Surface Flows
Coastal Engineering
Coastal Sediment Processes
Estuary Hydrodynamics

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Sanjay Havaldar (Ph.D.) 

FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS: 

Y. K. Kim (M.S., 1993), D. A. Hershberger (M.S., 1993), W. J. Lemasson (M.S., 1994), N. J. Sultan (Ph.D., 1995), S. R. Gudavalli (Ph.D., 1997), Tina Englund (M.S., 1998), Shirish Bhat (M.S., 1999), Angeline Teng (M.S., 2000), Kent Johnson (M.S., 2002), Ryan Louwagie (M.S. 2003), Erik Peterson (M.S., 2003), Jeremy Gilb (M.S., 2005) 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Society of Civil Engineers
American Geophysical Union

HOBBIES:

Playing piano, hiking, reading history books.