Wen-Ching Chuang
Degree Program:
PhD in Sustainability
Other Degrees:
BA in Journalism, Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2001
MA in Journalism, National Taiwan University, Taipei,
Taiwan, 2003
Master of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, 2007
Research Interests:
Urban studies on linkages of climate change, urban morphology and human health
vulnerability; remote sensing applications of urban regions; objected-based and
pixel-based approaches for land-cover classifications; climate change adaptation
policy analysis.
Publications/Conference Presentations:
Peer Reviewed Publication
- Golden, J.S.,
W. Chuang, and W. Stefanov. In press.
An Expert System Approach to Enhance Land
Cover Parameterizations for Modeling Urban
Climate and Biocomplexity Systems. Accepted
by the Journal of Earth Interactions in
January, 2009. In press.
- Chuang,W.,
J.S Golden, D.A Hartz, and C. Sister.
In prep. Urban Morphology and Human Health
Vulnerability: An Empirical Study of Heat
Vulnerability in Chicago. Submitting to
the Journal of Environmental Science & Policy
by June 2009.
- Hartz, D.A.,
J.S. Golden, C. Sister, W. Chuang,
A.J. Brazel. In review. A Biometeorology Study
of Heat Health Incidents in Chicago, IL. Submitted
to International Journal of Biometeorology
in April, 2009.
- Sister, C.,
C. Boone, J. S. Golden, D. A. Hartz,
and W. Chuang. In review. An examination of place-based
socio-economic risk factors for heat morbidity
in Chicago, Illinois. Submitted to Health and
Place in April, 2009.
Conference Poster/Paper Presentations
- Chuang, W., and J.S. Golden. 2007.
An Object Based Approach for Urban Land Cover
Classifications of Engineered Surfaces. 1st
Climate Change & Human
Health Vulnerability Conference (US EPA, US
CDC, NOAA and ASU). November 14-16,2007. Tempe,
Arizona
- Chuang, W.,
and J.S. Golden. 2008. An Object Based
Approach for Urban Land Cover Classifications
of Engineered Surfaces. GELSS Symposium at
Arizona State University. February, 1st 2008.
Tempe, Arizona.
- Chuang, W.,
and R. Aggarwal. 2008. Governance
of Environmental Impacts of High-Tech Industry
in Developing Countries: Top down versus Bottom-up
Approaches. Science & Technology
in Society: An International, Interdisciplinary
Graduate Student Conference, April 5-6, 2008
Washington DC
- Chuang, W.,
C. Sister, D. A. Hartz, and J. Golden.
2009. The relationship between urban morphology
and heat vulnerability in the City of Chicago.
American Meteorological Society 89th Annual
Meeting. January 10-15, 2009. Phoenix, Arizona
- Hartz, D.A., W. Chuang, C. Sister, and J. S. Golden. 2009.
Climate linkages to heat related emergency
(911) calls in Chicago, Illinois 2003–2006. American
Meteorological Society 89th Annual Meeting.
January 10-15, 2009. Phoenix, Arizona
- Sister, C.E.. C.G. Boone, J. Golden, D. Hartz,
and W.C. Chuang. 2009. Mapping social vulnerability
to heat wave in Chicago. American Meteorological
Society 89th Annual Meeting. January 10-15,
2009. Phoenix, Arizona.
- Chuang, W.,
S.W. Myint, and J. S. Golden. 2009.
Modeling and predicting heat-health vulnerability
using data derived from remote sensing: A
case study of Chandler, Arizona. The Association
of American Geographers (AAG) 2009 Annual
Meeting March 22- March 27, 2009. Las Vegas,
Nevada
- Chow, W.,
and W. Chuang. 2009. Vulnerability to
Extreme Heat in Metro Phoenix: Spatial, Temporal
and Demographic Dimensions. The Association
of American Geographers (AAG) 2009 Annual
Meeting March 22- March 27, 2009. Las Vegas,
Nevada.
- Chuang, W., S.W. Myint, and J.S Golden. 2009.
Modeling and predicting heat-health vulnerability
using data derived from remote sensing: A
case study of Chandler, Arizona. The Arizona-Nevada
Academy of Science 53rd Annual Meeting. April
4th, 2009. Tucson, Arizona.
Honors/Awards/Other Accomplishments:
2005-2007, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Alumni Fellowship, University
of Michigan.
2007, Sustainable Energy Felllowship (ASU, University of Michigan, Cornell
University, Duke University, and MIT)
Academic/Professional Affiliation:
Student member of Association of American Geographers, American Meteorological
Society, and the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
Curriculum vita
