Dr. Fang's News (Awards)

2019 Conducted four Alabama Technical Assistant Program (ATAP) one-day seminars at Huntsville, Birmingham (May 14-15), Mobile, and Montgomery (May 29-30) on "Runoff Control With National Stormwater Calculator."
2019 Auburn University SGA's (Student Government Association) 2018-2019 Faculty Member of the Year in the Graduate School (April 8).
2018 Keynote speaker at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in the University of Minnesota (May 1).
2014 Fellow of the ASCE Environmental & Water Resources Institute (F.EWRI, Induction, and Information)
2014 Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (F.ASCE)
2007 Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE), credential from the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE)
2005 “James M. Robbins Excellence-in-Teaching Award” in the Southwest District of Chi Epsilon – National Civil Engineering Honor Society.
2004 “John B. Hawley Award” in Recognition of Technical Paper of Outstanding Merit with Dr. Cleveland at the University of Houston and Dr. Thompson at the Texas Teach University from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Texas Section
2001 University Scholar Award (Lamar University)
2000 Who's Who in Science and Engineering
2000 Andrew Green College of Engineering Performance Award (Lamar University)
1998 Lamar University Merit Award

Graduate Student's News

Zuhier Alakayleh graduated in December 2019 and became an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Mutah University, Jordan in January 2020.
Xiaoning Li (PhD, August 2019) was recognized as one of the top international students in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering during the annual International Student Recognition Banquet (April 17).
Sagar Tamang (MS 2018 at Auburn, PhD student at U of Minnesota) received the Master's Thesis Award from Auburn University (April 27).
Dr. Liping Jiang (graduated in December 2016) became an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Montana Tech, Butte, MT, in August 2017.
Dr. Gang Chen (graduated in May 2016) became a faculty member in the College of Hydrology and Water Resources in Hohai University, Nanjing, China in May 2017.
Dr. Nirajan Dhakal (graduated in 2012) became an Assistant Professor of Environmental and Health Sciences program in Spelman College, Atalana in 2015.
Dr. Suresh Sharma (graduted in 2012, co-chair with Dr. Srivastava in Biosystems Engineering) became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Youngstown State University, Ohio in 2013.

Useful Programs and Spreadsheet Models

The Open Channel Flow Calculator for “Chapter 19 - Flow in Open Channels” by Xing Fang and Heinz G. Stefan in “Fluid Flow Handbook,” Editor Jamal Saleh, McGraw-Hill, 2002. Basic equations of channel geometry - Table19.1
Normal and Critial Depths in Horseshoe Tunnels
Normal and Critical Depths in Eight Channel Types
Normal and Critical Depths in Arch and Elliptical Pipe Cross Sections (ASCE paper and spreadsheet in 2014)