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Shih-Chieh Kao, Dr.

Senior Research Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States

Dr. Shih-Chieh Kao is a Senior Research Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). His research areas include high-performance computing, hydrologic modeling, flood simulation, hydro-climate impact assessment, and hydropower resource evaluation. Since 2011, he has been leading the SECURE Water Act Section 9505 Assessment on understanding the effects of climate change on national hydropower production. Kao is also a co-creator of the TRITON inundation model and the Dayflow dataset. He frequently reviews for over 20 scientific and engineering journals. Kao has received several awards, including the 2008 Purdue Civil Engineering Best Dissertation Award, the 2009 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering Outstanding Reviewer Award, the 2013 ICSH Statistical Hydrology Best Paper Award, and the 2020 Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Best Paper Award. In 2023, he was named a Fellow of the ASCE-EWRI. Additionally, Kao contributed to a NASEM study report on modernizing probable maximum precipitation estimates in a changing climate.

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