About

Dr. David Zhu is a Professor at Ningbo University in China. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, Canada where he was a faculty member for 25 years. He is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canada's NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Urban Drainage. His research focuses on sustainable urban drainage and sustainable hydropower power. He has published over 250 SCI journal papers, and received a number of national and international awards for his research work: including ASCE 2022 Hydraulic Structures Medal, 2018 Karl Emil Hilgard Prize, and 2017 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award, as well as CSCE Dagenais Award for outstanding contributions in hydrotechnical engineering in Canada. Dr. Zhu completed his PhD at the University of British Columbia and his BSc at Shanghai Jiaotong University in China.

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Scientist/Researcher/Academic

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Universities and Academia

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His research focuses on sustainable urban drainage and sustainable hydropower power.

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