Professor Hung Tao Shen received his Ph.D. in Mechanics and Hydraulics from the University of Iowa. Dr. Shen joined the faculty of Clarkson University in 1976 and has served as the chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and associate dean of Engineering. He was a visiting faculty member at US Army CRREL, Lulea University, Iwate University, the Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Research Center, and Nanyang Technological University. He was also a visiting chair professor at Sichuan University, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, and China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR). His primary research interests are cold region hydraulics, oil and chemical spill modeling, and sediment transport. Professor Shen was the editor of the Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE. He is a recipient of the Harold R. Peyton Cold Regions Engineering Award (2000), the CAN-AM Civil Engineering Amity Award (2000), and the Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award (2007), all from the ASCE; the IAHR Ice Research and Engineering (2008); and the Larry Gerard Medal (2001, 2015) and Bernard Michel Award (2023) of the CRIPE-CGU.