Dr. Keqi Zhang - Position Titles:
- Laboratory for Coastal Research, Director
Department / Center: International Hurricane Research Center
Building and Room Number: AHC5-245
University / Organization: Florida International University
Telephone Number: (305) 348-8368
Email: zhangk@fiu.edu
Web site: https://case.fiu.edu/about/directory/people/zhangk.html
Biography
Education:
- Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1998
Research Interests:
- Development of algorithms to automatically identify ground and non-ground points and to extract three-dimensional shapes of buildings and trees from LiDAR measurements
- Development of Coastal and Estuarine Storm Tide (CEST) model for depicting hurricane evacuation zones and real-time surge forecasting
- Development of georeferenced, three-dimensional, visualization and animation platforms for hurricane-induced flooding and wind damage
- Examination of long-term trend and interdecadal variations in the number and severity of coastal storms using water level records from tide gauges
- Analysis of long-term and storm-induced beach erosion using shoreline position data from LiDAR measurements, GPS surveys, aerial photographs, and historical T-Sheets
- Analysis of the inundation processes of storm surge and sea level rise and their impacts on real property and population
- Estimation of the surface roughness using remote sensing data
- Examination of the interaction between storm surge, wave, and vegetation