Civil and Environmental Engineering

Old Dominion University, USA

Assistant Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2012 Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, USA

2006 M.E., Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China

2003 B.E., Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China

Publications (Selected)

1. Lou, S., Yang, Z., Chen, S., Liu, S., Ma, G., & Fedorova, I. V. (2025). Dynamics of blue carbon across various estuaries: Key drivers and pathways. Water Research, 124644.
2. Su, S. F., & Ma, G. (2025). Boussinesq modeling of typhoon-induced infragravity oscillations in Hualien Harbor, eastern Taiwan: Influence of the adjacent coast. Coastal Engineering, 104789.
3. Yang, Z., Lou, S., Chen, S., Ma, G., Fedorova, I. V., Liu, S., & Tu, J. (2025). Driving factors of TOC concentrations in four different types of estuaries (canal, urban, agricultural, and natural estuaries) identified by machine learning technique. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 214, 117701.
4. Xu, G., Xie, W., Xu, Y., Xue, S., Chen, X., & Ma, G. (2024). Comparative study on hydrodynamic characteristics of T-deck and box-deck bridges under freak waves. Ocean Engineering, 299, 117301.
5. Lou, S., Chen, X., Zhou, S., Ma, G., Liu, S., Radnaeva, L. D., & Fedorova, I. V. (2023). Numerical study of sediment suspension affected by rigid cylinders under unidirectional and combined wave–current flows. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1105112.
6. Xue, P., Wagh, A., Ma, G., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Liu, T., & Huang, C. (2022). Integrating deep learning and hydrodynamic modeling to improve the Great Lakes Forecast. Remote Sensing, 14(11), 2640.
7. Kirby, J. T., Grilli, S. T., Horrillo, J., Liu, P. L. F., Nicolsky, D., Abadie, S., Ma, G, & Zhang, C. (2022). Validation and inter-comparison of models for landslide tsunami generation. Ocean Modelling, 170, 101943.
8. Huang, C., Anderson, E., Liu, Y., Ma, G., Mann, G., & Xue, P. (2022). Evaluating essential processes and forecast requirements for meteotsunami-induced coastal flooding. Natural Hazards, 110(3), pp.1693-1718.
9. Huang, C., Zhu, L., Ma, G., Meadows, G. A., & Xue, P. (2021). Wave climate associated with changing water level and ice cover in Lake Michigan. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 746916.
10. Zhang, C., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., Ma, G., & Grilli, S. T. (2021). A two-layer non-hydrostatic landslide model for tsunami generation on irregular bathymetry. 2. Numerical discretization and model validation. Ocean Modelling, 160, 101769.
11. Zhang, C., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., Ma, G., & Grilli, S. T. (2021). A two-layer non-hydrostatic landslide model for tsunami generation on irregular bathymetry. 1. Theoretical basis. Ocean Modelling, 159, 101749.
12. Feng, X., Ma, G., Su, S. F., Huang, C., Boswell, M. K., & Xue, P. (2020). A multi-layer perceptron approach for accelerated wave forecasting in Lake Michigan. Ocean Engineering, 211, 107526.
13. Chen, M., Lou, S., Liu, S., Ma, G., Liu, H., Zhong, G., & Zhang, H. (2020). Velocity and turbulence affected by submerged rigid vegetation under waves, currents and combined wave–current flows. Coastal Engineering, 159, 103727.
14. Feng, X., Dong, B., Ma, G., & Feng, W. (2020). Topographic and hydrodynamic influence on rip currents and alongshore currents on headland beaches in China. Journal of Coastal Research, 95(SI), pp.468-473.
15. Li, L., Shi, F., Ma, G., & Qiu, Q. (2019). Tsunamigenic potential of the Baiyun slide complex in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(8), pp.7680-7698.
16. Lou, S., Chen, M., Ma, G., Liu, S., & Zhong, G. (2018). Laboratory study of the effect of vertically varying vegetation density on waves, currents and wave-current interactions. Applied Ocean Research, 79, pp.74-87.
17. Niroomandi, A., Ma, G., Ye, X., Lou, S., & Xue, P. (2018). Extreme value analysis of wave climate in Chesapeake Bay. Ocean Engineering, 159, pp.22-36.
18. Su, S. F., & Ma, G. (2018). Modeling two-dimensional infragravity motions on a fringing reef. Ocean Engineering, 153, pp.256-267.
19. Grilli, S. T., Shelby, M., Kimmoun, O., Dupont, G., Nicolsky, D., Ma, G., & Shi, F. (2017). Modeling coastal tsunami hazard from submarine mass failures: effect of slide rheology, experimental validation, and case studies off the US East Coast. Natural hazards, 86(1), pp.353-391.
20. Lou, S., Liu, S., Dai, C., Tao, A., Tan, B., Ma, G., & Chalov, S. R. (2017). Heavy metal distribution and groundwater quality assessment for a coastal area on a Chinese Island. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 26(2).
21. Shi, F., Chickadel, C. C., Hsu, T. J., Kirby, J. T., Farquharson, G., & Ma, G. (2017). High-resolution non-hydrostatic modeling of frontal features in the mouth of the Columbia River. Estuaries and Coasts, 40(1), pp.296-309.
22. Derakhti, M., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., & Ma, G. (2016). Wave breaking in the surf zone and deep-water in a non-hydrostatic RANS model. Part 1: Organized wave motions. Ocean Modelling, 107, pp.125-138.
23. Wu, W. C., Ma, G., & Cox, D. T. (2016). Modeling wave attenuation induced by the vertical density variations of vegetation. Coastal Engineering, 112, pp.17-27.

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WoS Researcher ID: H-9493-2014