Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering 2017 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA
B.S. Atmospheric Physics 2011 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China

Research fellow Monash University 2017 - 2020

Atmospheric boundary layer, environmental fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, soil moisture dynamics, hydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, fog dynamics

• The Melbourne Experiment: The change of atmospheric variables during COVID-19 lock-down in the Melbourne area
• Similarity function for katabatic flow from observational data
• Studied the turbulence effects on the snowflake sensor by means of computational fluid dynamics
• Studied the mean velocity and temperature profiles in the atmospheric sur- face layer under unstable conditions proposed a new scaling function with a theoretical
• Studied the diurnal cycle of turbulent fluctuations behaviour over different surfaces in the atmospheric boundary layer, modelled the temperature variance budgets with new scaling terms
• Studied a valley fog case and its interactions with mountainous flow dynamics over complex terrains
• Studied soil moisture dynamics, evaporation, and land-atmosphere interactions in arid alpine environments based on observational data

Kyle E. Fitch, Chaoxun Hang, Ahmad Talaei, and Timothy J. Garrett, (2020) Numerical simulations and observations of surface wind effects on Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,doi:10.5194/amt-2020-296-RC1
Roman-Cascon, C., Yague, C., Arrillagaa, J.A., Lothonb, M., Pardyjakc, E. R., Lohoub, F., Incland, R. M., Sastrea, M., Maquedaa, G., Derrienb, S., Meyerfeldb, Y., Hang, C., Camparguezb, P., Turkib, I., (2019) Observational characterization of diurnal mountain winds and their impacts on CO2 mixing ratios at three contrasting sites. Atmospheric Research,221, pp 111-126
Hang, C., Nadeau, D., Pardyjak, E. R., Parlange, M.B. (2018) A comparison of near-surface potential temperature variance budgets for unstable atmospheric flows with contrasting vegetation cover flat surfaces and a gentle slope. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, DOI 10.1007/s10652-018- 9647-z
Hang, C., Nadeau, D., Gultepe, I., Hoch, S., Roman-Cascon, C., Pryor, K., Fernando, H.J.S., Creegan, E., Leo, L., Silver, Z., Pardyjak, E. R., (2016), A Case Study of the Mechanisms Modulating the Evolution of Valley Fog. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173, Issue 9, pp 3011– 3030
Gultepe, I., Fernando, H.J.S., Pardyjak, E. R., Hoch, S. W., Silver, Z., Creegan, E., Leo, L. S., Pu, Z., Wekker, S. De, Hang, C. (2016), An Overview of MATERHORN Mountain Ice Fog Project: Observations and Predictability. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173, Issue 9, pp 2983 – 3010
Hang, C., Nadeau, F. D., Jenson, D. D., Hoch, W. S., Pardyjak, R. E. (2015), Playa Soil Moisture and Evaporation Dynamics During the MATERHORN Field Program. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 159, Issue 3, pp 521 – 538
Fernando, H. J S, Pardyjak, E. R., Di Sabatino, S., Chow, F. K., De Wekker, S. F J, Hoch, S. W., Hacker, J., Pace, J. C., Pratt, T., Pu, Z., Steenburgh, W. J., Whiteman, C. D., Wang, Y., Zajic, D., Balsley, B., Dimitrova, R., Emmitt, G. D., Higgins, C. W., Hunt, J. C R, Knievel, J. C., Lawrence, D., Liu, Y., Nadeau, D. F., Kit, E., Blomquist, B. W., Conry, P., Coppersmith, R. S., Creegan, E., Felton, M., Grachev, A., Gunawardena, N., Hang, C. et al. (2015), The MATERHORN : Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96, 1945 – 1968

Guest Lecture – Monash University 2019
• Introduction to Environmental Engineering - Climate Change
Teaching Assistant – University of Utah
• Laboratory TA for Fluid Dynamics Fall 2012
• Laboratory TA for Heat Transfer Spring 2013
• Laboratory TA for Fluid Dynamics Fall 2013
• Head Laboratory TA for Heat Transfer Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant – Michigan Technological University
• Laboratory TA for Physics Fall 2011
• Laboratory TA for Physics Spring 2011