
PUBLICATIONS BY TOPICS
* indicates corresponding author; advised students are marked in bold
Urban Hydrological Modeling & Green Infrastructure Optimization
-
K. Macro, L. S. Matott, A. Rabideau, S. Hamed Ghodsi, and Z. Zhu*. “OSTRICH-SWMM: A New Multi-Objective Optimization Tool for Green Infrastructure Planning with SWMM”. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2019, 113: 42-47. (pdf)
-
M. Shahed Behrouz, Z. Zhu*, L. S. Matott, and A. Rabideau. “A new tool for automatic calibration of Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)”. Journal of Hydrology, 2020, 581:124436. (pdf)
-
S. H. Ghodsi, Z. Zhu*, H. Gheith, A. Rabideau, M. N. Torres, and K. Meindl. “Modeling the Effectiveness of Rain Barrels, Cisterns, and Downspout Disconnections for Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows in a City-Scale Watershed.” Water Resources Management, 2021. (pdf)
-
S. H. Ghodsi*, Z. Zahmatkesh, E. Goharian, R. Kerachian, and Z. Zhu. “Optimal Design of Low Impact Development Practices in Response to Climate Change”. Journal of Hydrology, 2020, 580:124266. (pdf)
-
A. Roseboro, M. N. Torres*, Z. Zhu, and A. Rabideau. “The impacts of climate change and porous pavement on combined sewer overflows: A case study of the City of Buffalo, New York, USA”. Frontiers in Water, 2021. (pdf)
-
M. N. Torres*, A. Rabideau, S. H. Ghodsi, Z. Zhu, and L. S. Matott. “Spatial design strategies and performance of porous pavements for reducing combined sewer overflows”. Journal of Hydrology, 2022. (pdf)
-
M. N. Torres*, J. E. Fontecha, J. L. Walteros, Z. Zhu, Z. Ahmed, J. P. Rodríguez, and A. Rabideau. “City-scale optimal location planning of Green Infrastructure using piece-wise linear interpolation and exact optimization methods.” Journal of Hydrology, 2021. (pdf)
-
M. N. Torres*, J. E. Fontecha, Z. Zhu, J. Walteros, and J. P. Rodríguez. “A participatory approach based on stochastic optimization for the spatial allocation of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems for rainwater harvesting”. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2020, 123:104532. (pdf)
-
L. Wang, Q. Hu*, Y. Wang, Z. Zhu, L. Li, Y. Liu, and T. Cui. “Using Copulas to evaluate rationality of rainfall spatial distribution in a design storm”. Water, 2018, 10(6), 758. (pdf)
-
J. E. Fontecha, A. Nikolaev, J. L. Walteros*, and Z. Zhu. “Scientists Wanted? A Literature Review on Incentive Programs that Promote Pro-Environmental Consumer Behavior: Energy, Waste, and Water”. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022. (link)
Urban Waterways
-
A. M. Saharia, Z. Zhu*, and J. F. Atkinson. “Compound flooding from lake seiche and river flow in a freshwater coastal river”. Journal of Hydrology, 2021. (pdf)
-
A. M. Saharia, Z. Zhu*, N. Aich, M. Baalousha, and J. F. Atkinson. “Modeling the transport of titanium dioxide nanomaterials from combined sewer overflows in an urban river.” Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 696: 133904. (pdf)
-
V. Vijayashanthar, J. Qiao, Z. Zhu*, P. Entwistle, and G. Yu. “Modeling Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Urban Waterways using Artificial Neural Networks”. ASCE-Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2018, 144(6): 05018003. (pdf)
-
Z. Zhu*, V. Morales, M. García. “Impact of Combined Sewer Overflows on Urban River Hydrodynamic Modeling: A Case Study of the Chicago Waterway”. Urban Water Journal, 2017, 14(9): 984-989. (pdf)
-
J. Quijano*, Z. Zhu, V. Morales, B. Landry, M. García. “Three-dimensional Model to Capture the Fate and Transport of Combined Sewer Overflow Discharges: A Case Study in the Chicago Area Waterway System”. Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 576: 362-373. (pdf)
-
Z. Zhu*, N. Oberg, V. Morales, J. Quijano, B. Landry, M. García. “Integrated Urban Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling in Chicago, Illinois”. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2016, 77(3): 63-70. (pdf)

- Confucius -
“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew”
温故而知新
Urban Water
* indicates corresponding author; advised students are marked in bold
Rivers
-
H. Li*, Z. Tan, H. Ma, Z. Zhu, G. Abeshu, S. Zhu, S. Cohen, T. Zhou, D. Xu, and L. R. Leung. “A new large-scale suspended sediment model and its application over the United States”. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2022. (pdf)
-
G. Abeshu, H. Li*, Z. Zhu*, Z. Tan, and R. Leung. “Median bed-material sediment particle size across rivers in the contiguous U.S.”. Earth System Science Data, 2022. (pdf)
-
H. Khorasani, J. Xu, T. Nguyen, Z. Kralles, P. Westerhoff, N. Dai, and Z. Zhu*. “Contribution of Wastewater- Versus Non-Wastewater-Derived Sources to Haloacetonitriles Formation Potential in a Wastewater-Impacted River.” Science of the Total Environment, 2021. (pdf)
-
D. Yin, L. Wang*, Z. Zhu, S. Clark, Y. Cao, J. Besek, and N. Dai. “Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Cropland Change Affecting Water Quality: Evidence from Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing.” International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2021, 96:102272. (pdf)
-
C. Liao, J. B. Xavier*, and Z. Zhu*. “Enhanced inference of ecological networks by parameterizing ensembles of population dynamics models constrained with prior knowledge.” BMC Ecology, 2020, 20:3. (pdf)
-
Z. Zhu, D. T. Soong*, T. Garcia, M. Shahed Behrouz, S. E. Butler, E. A. Elizabeth, M. J. Diana, J. J. Duncker, and D. H. Wahl. “Using Reverse-time Egg Transport Analysis for Predicting Asian Carp Spawning Grounds in the Illinois River”. Ecological Modelling, 2018, 384(9): 53-62. (pdf)
-
Z. Zhu*, J. LeRoy, B. Rhoads, and M. García. “HydroSedFoam: A New Parallelized Two-dimensional Hydrodynamic, Sediment Transport, and Bed Morphology Model”. Computers & Geosciences, 2018, 120(11): 32-39. (pdf)
-
Z. Zhu*, D. Motta, P. R. Jackson, M. García. “Numerical Modeling of Simultaneous Tracer Release and Piscicide Treatment for Invasive Species Control in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago, Illinois”. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2017, 17(2): 211-229. (pdf)
-
A. Goodwell, Z. Zhu, D. Dutta, J. Greenberg, P. Kumar*, M. García, B. Rhoads, R. Holmes, G. Parker, D. Berretta, R. Jacobson. “Assessment of Floodplain Vulnerability during Extreme Mississippi River Flood 2011”. Environmental Science & Technology, 2014, 48(5): 2619-2625. (pdf)
Lakes
-
L. Li, J. Qiao, L. Wang, G. Yu, H. Li, C. Liao*, and Z. Zhu*. “Interpretable tree-based ensemble model for predicting beach water quality”. Water Research, 2022. (pdf)
-
H. Khorasani and Z. Zhu*. “Phosphorus Retention in Lakes: A Critical Reassessment of Hypotheses and Static Models”. Journal of Hydrology, 2021. (pdf)
-
L. Wang, Z. Zhu*, L. Sassoubre, G. Yu, C. Liao, Q. Hu, and Y. Wang. “Improving the Robustness of Beach Water Quality Modeling using an Ensemble Machine Learning Approach.” Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 765:142760. (pdf)
-
Y. Hui*, J. F. Atkinson, Z. Zhu, D. Schlea, and T. Redder. “Invasive Dreissenid Mussel Effects on Phosphorus Dynamics in Lake Ontario: Insights from Integrated Hydrodynamic-Ecological Modeling.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2021. (pdf)
-
Y. Hui, Z. Zhu*, J. F. Atkinson, and A. M. Saharia. “Impacts of Phosphorus Loading Temporal Pattern on Benthic Algae Growth in Lake Ontario.” Journal of Hydrology, 2021:126449. (pdf)
-
Y. Hui*, D. Farnham, J. F. Atkinson, Z. Zhu, and Y. P. Feng. “Circulation in Lake Ontario: A Numerical and Physical Model Analysis.” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2021. (pdf)
-
Y. Hui, Z. Zhu*, and J. F. Atkinson. “Mass Balance Analysis and Calculation of Wind Effects on Heat Fluxes and Water Temperature in a Large Lake”. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2018, 44: 1293-1305. (pdf)
Oil Spills
-
Y. Li, Z. Zhu*, D. Soong*, H. Khorasani, S. Wang, F. Fitzpatrick, and M. Garcia. “FluOil: A Novel Tool for Modeling the Transport of Oil-Particle Aggregates in Inland Waterways”. Frontiers in Water, 2022. (pdf)
-
S. Wang*, Y. Yang, Z. Zhu, L. Jin, and S. Ou. “Riverine Deposition Pattern of Oil–Particle Aggregates Considering the Coagulation Effect.” Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 739:140371. (pdf)
-
Z. Zhu*, D. Waterman, M. García. “Modeling the Transport of Oil-Particle Aggregates Resulting from an Oil Spill in a Freshwater Environment”. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2018, 18(4), 967-984. (pdf)
-
F. A. Fitzpatrick*, M. Boufadel, R. Johnson, K. Lee, T. Graan, A. Bejarano, Z. Zhu, D. Waterman, D. Capone, E. Hayter, S. Hamilton, T. Dekker, M. H. García, and J. S. Hassan. “Oil-Particle Interactions and Submergence from Crude Oil Spills in Marine and Freshwater Environments – Review of the Science and Future Science Needs”. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1076, 2015. (pdf)
