Honors and Awards

Encyclopedia 2022 Outstanding Contributor Award.  (pdf) MDPI’s 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (link) Outstanding Performance Award --- Science: "for his outstanding scientific research in using a global mesoscale model to improve our understanding of the physical processes associated with tropical cyclones". NASA/GSFC, Laboratory for Atmospheres, 2010   UMCP CMPS Research Discovery Award: University of Maryland at College Park, April 2010 Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award: "for outstanding scientific research using a global mesoscale model to improve understanding of the physical processes associated with tropical cyclones", NASA/GSFC/613.1, 2009 NASA DDCS Poster Winner Award: Bo-Wen Shen was the runner-up in the most readable poster category for "Hurricane Forecasts with a Global Mesoscale Model on the NASA Columbia Supercomputer" at the second Science Exploration Directorate New Year's Poster Party Blowout, NASA/GSFC, 2009 Outstanding Contractor Award in Science , NASA GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres, 2006 Outstanding Performance Award, NASA GMAO/SRT, 2005 Outstanding Contractor Award, NASA Laboratory for Atmospheres, 2004 Outstanding Performance Award, NASA GMAO/SRT, 2004 DAO Special Recognition Award, NASA DAO, 2002 Group Achievement Award, NASA DAO/STR, 2001 Outstanding Performance Award, Air Force Command Headquarters, Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan, 1994. Outstanding Performance Award, Weather Center of Weather Wing, ROCAF, Taiwan, 1994.

News focus in Science Magazine: Bo-Wen Shen was featured in Science magazine in August 2006 (PDF download). Highlights by AGU (2006): High-resolution hurricane modeling research (e.g., Shen et al. , 2006a,b) has been selected as an AGU Journal Highlight.  UMCP Research Breakthroughs (April 2010): A story entry derived from Shen et al. (2010, JGR) appeared in the April 2010 "Research Breakthroughs," to be disseminated by the Division of Research at the University of Maryland at College Park. (link) Marquis Who's Who in the World (28th-33rd edition, 2011-2016) Marquis Who's Who in America (64th-70th edition, 2010-2016) Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering (10th-12th, 2008-2009, 2011-2012, 2016-2017 edition)

Research Grants and Projects:

Pending Funding

• NASA AIST Proposal (PI: Shen): Integrating Multiscale Analysis and Machine Learning Methods for Detecting the Coexistence of Chaotic and Non-Chaotic Processes. $290,941 requested for 10/01/2019-09/30/2021.
• NSF Proposal (PI: Shen): Revealing Multiscale Interactions and Multiscale Predictability using a Generalized Lorenz Model. $255,024 requested for 06/01/2020-05/31/2023.

Grants (more than $2,000,000 ($400,000) awarded since 2006 (2014))

• SDSU CoS Startup Funds (PI: Shen): $134,000. September 2014 – June 2019.
• NSF REU (PI: Ponomarenko): "REU Site: San Diego State University Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates," $396,277.00. May 30, 2016 - August 30, 2018). No cost collaborator.

• NASA AIST CAMVis-MAP Project (PI: Shen): Integration of the NASA CAMVis and Multiscale Analysis Package (CAMVis-MAP) for Tropical Cyclone Climate Study. $1,107,494 awarded, April 2012 - August 2015.  (A joint proposal by researchers from SDSU, UMCP/ESSIC, ARC, JPL, GSFC.)  (SDSU received $274,580 of $360,727.00 for the period 08/13/2014 to 08/12/2015)
• NASA AIST CAMVis Project: Coupling NASA Advanced Multiscale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems for Improving Tropical High-impact Weather, PI with $711,380 awarded, 03/15/2009-03/14/2012. (A joint proposal by researchers from UMCP/ESSIC and three NASA Centers, including GSFC, ARC, and JPL.)
• (note that specific amounts for the following grants during the period of 2004 and 2009 were managed by PI or Institute PI.)
• NASA MAP Project (PI: Tao): Use high-resolution satellite observation to evaluate and advance NASA modeling ability for weather and short-term climate, CO-I, 10/01/2008-09/30/2012.
• NSF Project (PI: Randall): "Multi-scale modeling atmospheric processes", CO-I, 07/01/2006-06/30/2011.

• NASA AISR Project (PI: Palaniappan): Massively Parallel Imagery Assimilation Using the 3D multiscale multicomponent modeling framework (MMMF), CO-I and Science PI, 09/2007-08/2008.
• NASA Project (PI: Atlas): Application of Satellite Surface Wind data to Ocean Surface Analysis and Numerical Weather Prediction, CO-I, 01/2006-01/2009.
• NASA Project (Computational Lead: Shen; PI: Atlas): Experimental High-resolution Weather/Hurricane Prediction with the NASA finite-volume General Circulation Model, CO-I, 01/2004-01/2006.

Computational Projects (more than 9M CPU hours granted as PI)

• NASA HEC Project (PI:  Tao): “The use of high-resolution satellite and field campaign observations to evaluate and advance NASA's ability to model short-term climate”. 1,589,398 SBUs (Standard Billing Units) awarded. 10/01/2019-09/30/2020.
• NASA HEC Project (PI:  Tao): “The use of high-resolution satellite and field campaign observations to evaluate and advance NASA's ability to model short-term climate”. 1,589,399 SBUs (Standard Billing Units) awarded. 10/01/2018-09/30/2019.
• NASA HEC Project (PI:  Tao): “The use of high-resolution satellite and field campaign observations to evaluate and advance NASA's ability to model short-term climate”. 1,589,399 SBUs (Standard Billing Units) awarded. 10/01/2017-09/30/2018.
• NASA HEC Project (PI:  Tao): “The use of high-resolution satellite and field campaign observations to evaluate and advance NASA's ability to model short-term climate”. 1,425,237 SBUs (Standard Billing Units) awarded. 11/01/2016-09/30/2017.
• NASA HEC Project (PI: Shen):  "Integration of the NASA CAMVis and Multiscale Analysis Package (CAMVis-MAP) for Tropical Cyclone Climate Study." PI with ~1.086M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2015-04/30/2016.
• NASA HEC Project (PI: Shen):  "Integration of the NASA CAMVis and Multiscale Analysis Package (CAMVis-MAP) for Tropical Cyclone Climate Study." PI with ~1.1M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2014-04/30/2015.
• NASA HEC Project:  "Integration of the NASA CAMVis and Multiscale Analysis Package (CAMVis-MAP) for Tropical Cyclone Climate Study." PI with 1.188M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2013-04/30/2014.
• NASA HEC Project: Application of NASA Advanced Multiscale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems to Study Tropical Cyclogenesis. PI with 1.2M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2012-04/30/2013.
• NASA HEC Project:  "Integration of the NASA CAMVis and Multiscale Analysis Package (CAMVis-MAP) for Tropical Cyclone Climate Study." PI with 1.188M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2012-04/30/2013.
• NASA HEC Project (PI: Shen): Application of NASA Advanced Multiscale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems to Study Tropical Cyclogenesis. PI with 2.5M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2010-04/30/2011.
• NASA HEC Project (PI: Shen): Application of NASA Advanced Multi-scale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems to Study Tropical Cyclogenesis.  PI with 1.1M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2009-04/30/2010.
• NASA HEC Project (PI: Shen): Experimental Simulations of Tropical Cyclone Genesis with a Global Mesoscale Model. PI with 0.65M CPU hours awarded. 05/01/2008-04/30/2009.