Dr. T.F. May Chui

Professor T.F. May CHUI
Associate Professor (Water and Environmental Engineering)

BS, Lafayette College, USA
MS, Stanford University, USA
PhD, Stanford University, USA

 

 

Office: HW 6-24
Phone: +852 3917 4687
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: maychui@hku.hk
Homepage: https://www.civil.hku.hk/maychui/

 

Teaching Activities
  • ENGG1350 Thermofluid Mechanics
  • CIVL3021 Water Resources Engineering
  • CIVL6029 Groundwater Hydrology
  • CIVL6050 Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics
  • CIVL6061/8015 Special Topics in Water and Environmental Engineering

 

Research Interests
  • Sustainable water resource development and management
  • Numerical modeling of coupled hydrologic and ecologic processes
  • Interactions between surface water and groundwater

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects
  • Incorporating ecological principles into green infrastructures designs in ultra-urban environment
  • Porous pavement hydrological monitoring and experiments
  • Hydrological study of Shui Hau for nature conservation management
  • Design of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in hilly areas of Hong Kong
  • Hydrological and ecological responses of tidal marshes to environmental changes in semi-enclosed bays
  • Transition to green drainage system via optimal low impact development retrofits
  • Incorporation of hyporheic zone into stream rehabilitation Developing sustainable Hong Kong through low impact development: from science to innovation policy
  • Influence of water and energy exchange between vegetated areas and shallow open water on wetland evapotranspiration

 

Professional Activities
  • Committee member, Drinking Water Safety Advisory Committee of HK Government
  • Editorial board member, Environmental Modeling & Assessment, Geoscience Letters
  • Associate editor, Journal of Hydro-environment Research
  • Secretary, Hydrological Sciences Section of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society

 

10 Selected Representative Publications
  • Yang, Y., & Chui, T. F. M.* (2023). Profiling and pairing catchments and hydrological models with latent factor model. Water Resources Research, 59(6), e2022WR033684.
  • Chen, B., & Chui, T. F. M.* (2022). Optimal design of stepped bioretention cells for slopes. Journal of Hydrology, 615, 128697.
  • Huang, P., & Chui, T. F. M.* (2022). Hyporheic exchange in a meandering pool-riffle stream. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR031418.
  • Luo, S., & Chui. T. F. M.* (2022). Sea-level rise predicted to reduce exotic mangrove distribution and biomass in coastal wetlands in southern China. Journal of Hydrology, 612,128234.
  • Yang, Y., & Chui, T. F. M.* (2021). Modeling and interpreting hydrological responses of sustainable urban drainage systems with explainable machine learning methods. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(11), 5839–5858.
  • Yang, Y., & Chui, T. F. M.* (2021). Reliability assessment of machine learning models in hydrological predictions through metamorphic testing. Water Resources Research, 57, e2020WR029471.
  • Huang, P., & Chui, T. F. M.* (2021). Hyporheic exchange in a straight pool‐riffle stream with floodplain. Water Resources Research, 57(7), e2020WR029182.
  • Zhang, K., & Chui. T. F. M.* (2020). Assessing the impact of spatial allocation of bioretention cells on shallow groundwater - An integrated surface-subsurface catchment-scale analysis with SWMM-MODFLOW. Journal of Hydrology, 586, 124910.
  • Yang, Y., & Chui. T. F. M.* (2018). Optimizing surface and contributing areas of bioretention cells for stormwater runoff quality and quantity management. Journal of Environmental Management, 206, 1090-1103.
  • Chui, T. F. M.*, Liu, X., & Zhan, W. (2016). Assessing cost-effectiveness of specific LID practice designs in response to large storm events. Journal of Hydrology, 533, 353-364.

 

For more information of Professor T.F.M. Chui, please visit her homepage and HKU Scholars Hub.