Research Interests:

Sponge city, Urban Drainage System and Flood Control, Surface Water Modeling and Pollution Control

Social academic activities:

Reviewers for top SCI journals including Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT), and Current Pollution Reports (CPR).

Education background:

• 2010–2013: PhD in Civil Engineering/water resources, University of Kentucky，Lexington，KY，USA.
• 2001–2004: M.S. in Civil Engineering/water resources, University of Kentucky，Lexington，KY，USA.
• 1998–2001: M.S. in Municipal Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai. China.
• 1992–1996: B.E. in Water Supply and Drainage Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Working Experience:

• Associate Professor, Chongqing University, School of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing, China, Dec 2018 – present.
• Assistant Professor, Chongqing University, School of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing, China, Aug 2014 – Dec 2018.
• Senior Project Engineer: Stantec Consulting Services Inc. USA. Lexington, Kentucky, Jan 2004 – June 2010.
• Project Engineer: Chengdu Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute, Inc. Chengdu, Sichuan, China, July 1996 – August 1998.

Professional Affiliations:

• 《ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL》《J. of Hydraulic Engineering》SCI magazine reviewers
• IWA member (International Water Association)
• ASCE member (American Society of Civil Engineers)

Projects:

• PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program: Flow distribution mechanism and numerical modeling of coupled urban roadway and drainage pipe system (52070027), 2021-2024.
• PI, National Key R&D Program of China: Decision support system of healthy water system for the Three Gorges reservoir area (2017YFC0404703-02), 2017-2021.
• Co-PI, Chongqing Science and Technology Commission Key R&D project: Research and demonstration of Chongqing sponge city construction and operational technologies (cstc2018jszx-zdyfxmX0010), 2018-2021.
• Co-PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program: Sulfur in biological reseating facilities co-processes the denitrogen metabolism pathways of urban rainfall runoff (51878094), 2019-2022.
• Co-PI, Ministry of Science and Technology Major special program: Research and demonstration of stormwater low impact development in green buildings and subdivisions (2010ZX07320-001).
• Co-PI, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Key program: "Technical Guide of Sponge subdivisions ", 2017-2019.
• Project Secretary, National Key Research and Development Program: Integration and application of water cycle driving mechanism and water safety technology in Three Gorges Reservoir Area (2017YFC0404700), 2017-2021.

Major publications (top SCI):

• XU Lei, WU Zheng-song, SHAO Zhi-yu*, LI Shuang, CHAI Hong-xiang, GONG Hua-feng. Design Method and Application of Roadway Drainage Path Based on Coupled Hydraulic SWMM Model. China Water＆Wastewater, 2021.
• Shao, Z.*, Yost, S.A (2018) Numerical investigation of driving forces in a geyser event using a dynamic multi-phase Navier–Stokes model[J]., Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 12:1, 493-505, DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2018.1459322. (SCI)
• Deng S, Zhang X. , Shao Z.* , et al. An integrated urban stormwater model system supporting the whole life cycle of sponge city construction programs in China[J]. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2018.
• Yifan Chen, Zhiyu Shao*, Zheng Kong, Li Gu, Junhua Fang, Hongxiang Chai*. Study of pyrite based autotrophic denitrification system for low-carbon source stormwater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 2020, 37.
• Xiang Yu, Shao Zhiyu, Chai Hongxiang*, Ji Fangying, He Qiang. Functional microorganisms and enzymes related nitrogen cycle in the biofilm performing simultaneous nitrification and denitrification. Bioresource technology. 2020, 314:0-0.
• Shao, Z.*, Li, S., Lv, B., Chai, H., Ao, L., & Zhang, X., et al. (2018). Analysis of the sediment remobilization phenomenon in a rain garden using CSTR theory[J]. Journal of Water & Climate Change, jwc2018056. (SCI)
• Hongxiang Chai*, Yu Xiang, Rong Chen, Zhiyu Shao, Li Gu, Li Li, Qiang He. Enhanced simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in treating low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio wastewater: Treatment performance and nitrogen removal pathway. Bioresource technology. 2019, 280: 51-58.
• Hongxiang Chai*, Wenqian Li, Zhiyu Shao, Liang Li, Qiang He. Pollutant removal performance of an integrated system that combines a baffled vertical-flow wetland and a scenic water body. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2019, 26: 269-281.
• Shao Z*, Zhang X, Li S, et al. A Novel SWMM Based Algorithm Application to Storm Sewer Network Design[J]. Water, 2017, 9(10):747. (SCI)
• SHAO Zhi-yu*, ZHENG Zhuo-le, LI Shuang, ZHANG Xiao-yuan, CHAI Hong-xiang. Hydraulic Computation of Stage-discharge Curves for Multi-stage Outlets Used in Stormwater Retention Basin. China Water＆Wastewater, 2017,33(9). (CSCD)
• ZHANG Shang-yi*, LI Shuang, SHAO Zhi-yu*, GONG Hua-feng, ZHENG Zhuo-le, ZHANG Xiao-yuan, HE Qiang, CHAI Hong-xiang. Numerical Simulation of Local Flooding under Overpass Drainage Using Dynamic Hydraulic Models Based on SWMM. China Water＆Wastewater, 2017,33(19). (CSCD)
• ZHANG Shang-yi*, YANG Yan, SHAO Zhi-yu*, PENG Shao-han, GU Li, HE Qiang, CHAI Hong-xiang. Analysis and Inspiration of American Flood Ｒisk Mapping Technology[J]. China Water＆Wastewater, 2017,33(21):124-128. (CSCD)
• SHAO Zhi-yu*, ZENG Yi-ming, KANG We, HU Xue-bin, CHAI Hong-xiang. Current Features and Future Prospects of Low Impact Development Rainfall-runoff Models for Residential Building Areas. China Water＆Wastewater, 2016, 22, 63-67. (CSCD)

Awards:

• 1st Prize of the Geoinformatics Science and Technology Progress Award: Development of a Sponge city stormwater model and platform - Uwater (2018-01-16), 2018,
• 1st prize for scientific and technological progress in Chongqing：Research and applications of Low impact development technologies for controlling mountain city runoff pollutions (2018-J-1-11-R10), 2018.
• 1st Prize for China Industry-university-research Cooperation and Innovation Award: The treatment and industrialization of resource-reuse technologies for combined sewage in mountain cities (20189041), 2018

Patents:

• A method for determining the diameter and slope of urban stormwater pipe network based on SWMM simulation (The first inventor), ZL201610993074.9.
• A CAD, GIS, SWMM data co-transmission and management method, ZL201710236456.1.
• A first flush runoff disposal device, ZL2016102305770.
• A vertical green rainwater harvesting and reuse device, ZL201710229646.0.
• A rainwater divider and a rainwater disposal device that uses a rainwater divider, ZL109778981B.

Software Copyrights:

• Multi-stage storage facility calculation and design system based on hydraulic simulation V1.0 (2058180).
• Stormwater system with Low Impact Development simulation software for Green buildings and subdivisions V1.0 (1055163).
• Stormwater system with Low Impact Development simulation software for Green buildings and subdivisions V2.0 (1756515).