Chunhui LU Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

u  Simulation and evaluation of groundwater flow and pollutant transport

u  Exploitation and protection of groundwater in coastal zone

u  Sponge city

RESEARCH PROGRAMS:

u  Over 10 projects supported by US Geological Survey, United States Department of Energy, Australian Research Agency, Australian National Water Authority and Monash University.

TEACHING ACTIVITY:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

u  Over 40 academic papers are collected in SCI

u  Lu, C.*, Shi, L., Chen, Y., Xie, Y., and C.T. Simmons (2016), Impact of kinetic mass transfer on free convection in a porous medium, Water Resources Research, 52, doi:10.1002/2016WR018724.

u  Lu, C.*, Xin, P., Li, L., and J. Luo (2015), Steady state analytical solutions for pumping in a fully bounded rectangular aquifer, Water Resources Research, 51(10), 8294-8302. (Featured article)

u  Lu, C.*, Xin, P., Li, L., and J. Luo (2015), Seawater intrusion in response to sea-level rise in a coastal aquifer with a general-head inland boundary, Journal of Hydrology, 522, 135-140.

u  Lu, C.*, Werner, A.D., Simmons, C.T., and J. Luo (2015), A correction on coastal heads for groundwater flow models, Groundwater, 53(1), 164-170.

u  Lu, C.*, and J. Luo (2014), Groundwater pumping in head-controlled coastal systems: The role of lateral boundaries in quantifying the interface toe location and maximum pumping rate, Journal of Hydrology, 512, 147-156.

u  Lu, C.*, and A.D. Werner (2013), Timescales of seawater intrusion and retreat, Advances in Water Resources, 59, 39-51. (Top 25Hottest article)

u  Lu, C.*, Werner, A.D., Simmons, C.T., Robinson, N.I., and J. Luo (2013), Maximizing net extraction using an injection-extraction well pair in a coastal aquifer, Groundwater, 51(2), 219-228.(Reported by Flinders News)

u  Lu, C.*, Werner, A.D., and C.T. Simmons (2013), Threats to coastal aquifers, Nature Climate Change, 3(7), 605.

u  Lu, C., Chen, Y., and J. Luo (2013), Steady-state freshwater-seawater mixing zone in stratified coastal aquifers, Journal of Hydrology, 505, 24-34.

u  Lu, C., Chen, Y., and J. Luo (2012), Boundary condition effects on maximum groundwater withdrawal in coastal aquifers, Groundwater, 50(3), 386-393.

u  Lu, C., Du, P., Chen, Y., and J. Luo (2011), Recovery efficiency of aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) with mass transfer limitation, Water Resources Research, 47(8), W08529.

u  Lu, C.and J. Luo (2010), Dynamics of freshwater-seawater mixing zone development in dual-domain formations, Water Resources Research, 46, W11601.

u  Lu, C., Kitanidis, P.K., and J. Luo (2009), Effects of kinetic mass transfer and transient flow conditions widening mixing zones in coastal aquifers, Water Resources Research, 45, W12402.