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The Deng Research Group at LSU specializes in environmental restoration of impaired waterbodies and watersheds through sensor network-based monitoring, watershed-based modeling, and LID-based mitigation to promote water environment sustainability. The Deng Research Group is especially interested in the human-induced land-water interaction: how land-use/climate change impacts watercourses and watersheds through changing water quality and quantity, and how impaired waterbodies in turn impact human health and land-use in terms of LID/BMP implementation. Current research includes (1) Feasibility Study of Satellite-Assisted Detection and Forecasting of Oyster Norovirus Outbreaks; (2) Development of Sensor Assisted Water Quality Nowcasting and Forecasting Environment for Coastal Beaches; (3) Remote Sensing Detection of Water Quality Indicators for Oyster Norovirus Outbreaks; and (4) Development of Ex-situ Sensor System for Water Quality Monitoring.

Dr. Deng is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), and NASA Earth E/PO community. His international service includes manuscript reviewers for over 40 internationally circulated journals, proposal reviewers, and session chairs of international conferences. His national service includes Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, proposal review panels, and such committees as ASCE/EWRI Committees on Sustainability, Environmental Health & Water Quality, Environmental Sensing and Cyber-Infrastructure, and Wetland Hydrology. His local community service includes the East Baton Rouge City-Parish Engineer Selection Board and the edition of a "Stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) Handbook" for the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge. Dr. Deng has developed a strong externally funded research and education program, Water Environment Sustainability, directed towards promoting environmental sustainability, enhancing water security, and protecting human health. He has published over 40 refereed journal papers. His research has led to the development of a number of internationally recognized methods/models for tracking pollutant dispersion and transport in river systems. The methods/models have been widely used in various textbooks and in the engineering design of floating sensor network, river restoration projects, and constructed wetlands.