Dr. Joshua Fu

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Fu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The focus of his research work includes air quality modeling in State of TN, US and Asia by using advanced models such as Models-3/CMAQ and CAMx; development of real-time mobile source emissions for AQ models, international air quality modeling assessment; global climate change with the effects of air quality; development of cost-effective control strategies and alternative standards for managing tropospheric ozone and particulate matter; development of environmental decision support system on identification and demonstration of how decision support and optimization can assist in the development of large-scale environmental management and policies; information technology research on the applications of a large-scale global climate and air quality modeling assessment. While working in the USEPA National Supercomputing Center, Dr. Fu was a developer of the Automated Data Transfer System (ADTS) using computer automation technique that is well-known USEPA AIRNOW. Dr. Fu has taught air quality dispersion modeling and advanced air quality management in the Department.

Dr. Fu has obtained state/national/international grants (PI and co-PI) including intercontinental air pollutants transport, East Asia/China air quality modeling assessment and Beijing air quality modeling assessment for the 2008 Olympic Game, the impacts of agricultural emissions to air quality such as particulate matters and visibility in Tennessee, Tennessee air quality and transportation, the Great Smoky Mountain air quality and health assessment, Houston air toxics modeling, a decision support system (development of cost effective control strategies and cost-benefit analysis with high performance computing) for air quality management. Those projects are funded by USEPA (including STAR grant), USDOT, the State of Tennessee, National Renewable Energy Laboratory/DOE and the US-Taiwan bilateral air quality modeling collaboration project funded by US-Taiwan bilateral governments.

Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Environmental System Analysis), North Carolina State University
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
BS in Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Research Areas

• Energy, climate change and air quality


• Assessment of intercontinental transport and climatic effects of air pollutants: Global and Regional Modeling of Ozone and Particular Matter


• Transportation and air quality


• Air Toxics Modeling – link to homeland and international security


• Develop environmental modeling and decision support tools for complex multi-discipline ecosystem


• Genetic algorithm and stochastic based optimization applications in a high performance computing


• Data management and information technology applications in environmental management systems


• Reliability, uncertainty, and risk analysis in civil and environmental systems


• Large scale simulation and implementation in Environmental Systems


• Human dimension and sustainability in environmental systems

Selected Publications

Lam, Y-F., J. S. Fu* (2009) Investigating Downscaling Techniques for the Linkage of Global and Regional Air Quality Modeling. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion, 9, 16011-16050.

Diaz, L.A., J. S. Fu*, and G. D. Reed (2009) Seasonal Distribution and Modeling of Diesel Particulate Matter in the Southeast US. Environment International 35, 956–964.

Zhang, Q., D. G. Streets, G. R. Carmichael, K. He, H. Huo, A. Kannari, Z. Klimont, I. Park, S. Reddy, J. S. Fu, D. Chen, L. Duan, Y. Lei, L. Wang, and Z. Yao (2009) Asian emissions in 2006 for the NASA INTEX-B mission, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 5131-5153.

Fu, J. S., Streets, D. G., Jang, C. J., Hao, J., He, K., Wang, L., Zhang, Q. (2009) Modeling Regional/Urban Ozone and Particulate Matter in Beijing, China, Journal of Air and Waste Management 59, 37-44.

Fu, J. S., F.L. Yeh, C. J. Carey, R. J. Chen and M. T. Chuang (2009). Air Quality Modelling – An Investigation of The Merits of CMAQ In The Analysis of Trans-boundary Air Pollution From Continents to Small Islands. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. Vol. 10, 22-31.

Hou, X., G. Zhuang, Y. Lin, J. Li, Y. Jiang, J. S. Fu (2009). The emission of fine organic aerosol from the traditional charcoal broiling in China. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. Volume 61, Issue 2 (2008), Page 119-131.

Li, J., G. Zhuang, K. Huang, Y. Lin, Q. Wang, Y. Guo, J. Guo, S. Yu, J. S. Fu (2009) The Chemistry of heavy haze over Urumqi, central Asia. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry: Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 57-73.

Díaz, L.A., J. S. Fu*, and G. D. Reed (2008) Modeling and Source Apportionment of Diesel Particulate Matter in the Southeastern United States. Environment International 34, 1-11.

Fu, J. S., C. C. Jang, D. G. Streets, Z. Li, R. Kwok, R. Park, Z. Han (2008). MICS-Asia II: Evaluating Gaseous Pollutants in East Asia Using An Advanced Modeling System: Models-3/CMAQ System. Atmospheric Environment 42, 3571–3583.

Carmichael, G. R., T. Sakurai, D. Streets, Y. Hozumi, H. Ueda, S.U. Park, C. Fung, Z. Han, M. Kajino, M. Engardt, C. Bennet, H. Hayami, K. Sartelet, T. Holloway, Z. Wang, A. Kannari, J. S. Fu, K. Matsuda, N. Thongboonchoo, M. Amann (2008). MICS-Asia II: The Model Intercomparison Study for Asia Phase II: Methodology and Overview of Findings. Atmospheric Environment 42, 3468-3490.

Chuang, M.T., J. S. Fu, C. J. Jang, C.C. Chan, P.C. Ni, C.T. Lee (2008). Simulation of A Long-range Transport Aerosols from the Asian Continent to Taiwan by a Southward Asian High-pressure System. Science of the Total Environment 406, 168-179.

Xu, J., Zhang, Y., Fu, J. S., and Wang, W (2008). Process Analysis of Typical Ozone Episode in Summer over Beijing Area, Science of the Total Environment 399, 147-157.

Wang, L., J. Hao, K. He, S. Wang, J. Li, Q. Zhang, D. Streets, J. S. Fu, C. J. Jang, H. Takekawa and S. Chatani (2008) Modeling Study on PM10 Pollution in Beijing: Regional Contributions and Control Implications, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 58: 1057-1069.

Díaz-Robles, L. A., J. C. Ortega, J. S. Fu, G. D. Reed, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, and J. A. Moncada-Herrera (2008). A Hybrid ARIMA and Artificial Neural Networks Model to Forecast Particulate Matter in Urban Areas: The Case of Temuco, Chile. Atmospheric Environment 42, 8331-8340

Li, L., C. Chen, C. Huang, H. Huang, J. S. Fu, C. J. Jang, D. G. Streets (2008) Regional Air Pollution Characteristics: Simulation of Ozone and PM2.5 Over Yangtze River Delta Region. Environmental Science Vol 29, No. 1, 238-247.

Streets, D. G., J. S. Fu, C. Jang, J. Hao, K. He, X. Tang, Y. Zhang, Z. Li, Q. Zhang, L. Wang, B. Wang, and C. Yu (2007) Air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Atmospheric Environment: 41, (3), 480-492. One of the most 5 downloaded article since it was published

Miller, T. L., J. S. Fu, B. Hromis, J. Storey, J. Parks (2007) Diesel Truck Idling Emissions – Measurements At A PM2.5 Hot Spot, Transportation Research Records: Journal of the Transportation Research Board No.2011, 49-56.

Doraiswamy P., W. T. Davis, T. L. Miller and J. S. Fu (2007) Source Apportionment of Fine Particles in Tennessee using A SOURCE-ORIENTED Model. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 57, 407-419.

US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (2007) USEPA and SEPA, US-China Joint Economic Study: Economic Analyses of Energy Saving and Pollution Abatement Policies for the Electric Power Sectors of China and the United States, One of Contributors and project member: J. S. Fu http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/international/china/JES_Summary.pdf

Streets, D. G., J. S. Fu, C. Jang, J. Hao, K. He, X. Tang, Y. Zhang, Z. Li, Q. Zhang, L. Wang, B. Wang, and C. Yu (2006). Highlighted in Editor’s Choice on Atmospheric Science Research: Clean Competition, Science, vol 314, November 24.

Fu, J. S., E. D. Brill, Jr., and S. Ranjithan (2006). Conjunctive Use of Models to Design Cost-Effective Ozone Control Strategies. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 56:800-809.