Dr. Quan Dau is a sessional instructor and postdoctoral research associate at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Khon Kaen University and has worked as a research assistant at the Water Resources and Environmental Institute in Thailand, a research associate at Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Research Institute of Agriculture-Food-Environment in France, and a consultant at UNESCO Vietnam. Dr. Dau’s research mainly focuses on water science and global climate change, including the hydrological cycle, water resources planning and management, remote sensing, artificial intelligence, climate change adaptation, irrigation water management, socio-economic projection, and reservoir operating management.
Volunteers
Program & Events Coordinator: CSCE PEI Section
Assistant Editor: Bulletin of Sigma Academy
Secretariat: PEOPLE 2022 International Conference
Technician: CWRA 2023 National Conference
Teaching Courses
ENV 2130/BIO 2130 – Integrated Watershed Management
ENV 3320 – Environmental Innovation and Change Management
ENV 2040 – Methods of Environmental Inquiry
ACC 3010 – Global Climate Systems/Science
ACC 4020 (1/2) – Uncertainty and Probability in Climate Change (class+LAB)
Publications
Zhang S, Wang X, Kinay P, Dau Q. (2024). Climate Change Impacts on Potato Storage. Foods. 13(7):1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13071119
Wang, X; Dau Q.V; Aziz, F. (2023). Real-time peak flow prediction based on signal matching. Environmental Modelling & Software, 172, 105926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105926
Dau, Q.V.; Wang, X.; Shah, M.A.R.; Kinay, P.; Basheer, S. (2023). Assessing the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Current Coastal Ecosystems—A Canadian Case Study. Remote Sens, 15, 4742. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15194742
Adeloye J.A. & Dau Q.V. (2023). A systems-based probing of climate and societal perturbations on water resources management. Development in Environmental Science, 14, 107-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18640-0.00003-1
Dau, Q.V., Kangrang, A., Kuntiyawichai, K. (2023). Probability-based rule curves for multi-purpose reservoir system in the Seine river basin, France. Water, 15, 1732. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15091732
Rustum R, Adeloye JA. & Dau Q.V. (2022). Water resource planning and climate change. Water and Climate Change. p. 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99875-8.00004-5
Dau Q.V & Adeloye A. (2021). Influence of reservoir joint operation on performance of the Pong-Bhakra multipurpose, multi-reservoir system in northern India. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 147(11): 04021076. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)wr.1943-5452.0001462
Dau Q.V & Adeloye A. (2021). Water security implications of climate and socio-economic stressors. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 66:7, 1097-1112. https://www.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2021.1909032
Dau Q.V, Momblanch A. & Adeloye A. (2021). Adaptation in a Himalayan water resources system under a sustainable socio-economic pathway in a high-emission context. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(3), 04021003, 1-21. https://www.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002064
Dau Q.V,Kuntiyawichai K & Adeloye JA. (2021). Future changes in water availability due to climate change projections for Huong Basin, Vietnam. Environ. Process. 8, 77–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-020-00475-y
Dau Q.V., Kuntiyawichai, K. (2021). Potential impacts of climate and socio-economic changes on future water demand in the Himalayas, India. Geographia Technica, 16(2):1-8. https://www.doi.org/10.21163/GT_2021.162.01
→ More Contribution
Dau Q.V & Kuntiyawichai K. (2020). Identifying adaptive reservoir operation for future climate change scenarios: A case study in Central Vietnam. Water Resources, 47(2): 189-199. https://www.doi.org/10.1134/S009780782002013X
Adeloye JA & Dau Q.V. (2019). Hedging as an adaptive measure for climate change induced water shortage at the Pong reservoir in the Indus Basin Beas River, India. Science of the Total Environment, 687: 554-566.https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.021
Adeloye JA, Wuni I, Dau Q.V, Soundharajan B-S, Kasiviswanathan KS. (2019). Height-Area-Storage functional models for evaporation loss inclusion in reservoir planning analysis. Water, 11, 1413. https://www.doi.org/10.3390/w11071413
Dau Q.V, Kuntiyawichai K, & Fransiscus XS. (2018). Drought severity assessment in the lower Nam Phong river basin, Thailand. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 40(4):985-992. https://www.doi.org/10.14456/sjst-psu.2018.99
Dau Q.V, Kuntiyawichai K, & Vichian P. (2017). Quantification of flood damage under potential climate change impacts in Central Vietnam. Irrigation and Drainage, 66(5): 842-853. https://www.doi.org/10.1002/ird.2160
Kuntiyawichai K, Dau Q.V, & Saengdavanh I. (2017). Community engagement for irrigation water management in Lao PDR. Journal of Water and Land Development, No.35: 121-128. https://www.doi.org/10.1515/jwld-2017-0075
Kuntiyawichai K, Vichian P, Ramasamy J, & Dau Q.V. (2017). Climate change vulnerability for the Greater Mekong Sub-region. CMU Journal of Natural Science. 16(3):165-173. https://www.doi.org/10.12982/CMUJNS.2017.0013
Kuntiyawichai K. Dau Q.V, Winai S, & Fransiscus XS. (2016). An assessment of flood hazard and risk zoning in the lower Nam Phong river basin. International Journal of Technology, 7: 1117-1124. https://www.doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v7i7.4871
Dau Q.V & Kuntiyawichai K. (2015). An assessment potential of climate change impacts on flood risk in Central Vietnam. European Scientific Journal, 11(10): 667-681
Proceedings
Dau Q.V, Dorchies, D. Bader, J. (2021). Many-objective risk assessment framework for guiding operational decisions on multiple reservoirs. EGU General Assembly. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10676
Dau Q.V & Adeloye JA. (2020). Effects of climate and socio-economic changes on basin water resources management: A case study in the Beas-Sutlej River Basin, India. Book Chapter: Hydrology and Water Resources In Nigeria, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) – ISSN:231-6686, pp.141-158
Dau Q.V & Adeloye JA (2020). Understanding the effects of climate change and socio-economic changes in water allocation adaptation in Indian Himalayas. Water Conclave, Roorkee, India. Link
Dau Q.V & Kuntiyawichai K. (2016). Potential impacts of climate change on reservoir flood control in the Huong river basin, Vietnam. Proceeding in 4th APG Symposium and 9th EADC. Hokkaido, Japan, pp. 41-46 Link
Kuntiyawichai K, Vichian P, Ramasamy J, & Dau Q.V. (2015). Climate change vulnerability mapping for Greater Mekong Sub-region. Final Report: TH/SC/15-01, UNESCO Library, Thailand, 49p Link
Tools
Optimised reservoir Download and Mannual
Reservoir management dashboard Tried version and Final version
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