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    Civil and Architectural Engineering

    College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

    Jianting (Julian) Zhu

    Professor of Civil Engineering
    Graduate Program Director, Civil & Architectural Engineering
    Director, Center for Computational Hydrology and Hydrosciences

    Room 3081, Engineering Building
    University of Wyoming
    College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
    Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
    1000 E. University Avenue
    Laramie, WY 82071
    e-mail: jzhu5@uwyo.edu
    Office Phone: 307-766-4375

    Jianting (Julian) Zhu

    Education:

    • B.S. Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University
    • M.S. Fluid Mechanics, Peking University
    • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University
    • Postdoc, Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo

    Research Interests:

    • Vadose Zone Hydrology
    • Groundwater Hydrology
    • Hydrological Modeling
    • Stochastic Hydrology
    • Contaminant Transport
    • Uncertainty and Climate Change
    • Ecohydrology
    • Soil Physics

    Teaching:

    • Fluid Dynamics, University of Wyoming
    • Thermodynamics, University of Wyoming
    • Hydraulic Engineering, University of Wyoming
    • Hydrology, University of Wyoming
    • Groundwater Hydrology, University of Wyoming
    • Advanced Subsurface Hydrology, University of Wyoming
    • Uncertainty in Hydrology, University of Wyoming
    • Hydrometeorology, University of Wyoming
    • Geostatistics, University of Nevada Las Vegas
    • Hydrogeology, University of Saskatchewan
    • Advanced Hydrogeology, University of Saskatchewan
    • Reservoir Mechanics University of Saskatchewann

    Awards:

    • Paper Featured in CSA Magazine of Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, and American Society of Agronomy, 2017
    • American Geophysical Union (AGU) Research Spotlight, 2017
    • Best Theoretical-Oriented Paper Award, ASCE-EWRI’s Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, 2016
    • American Society of Civil Engineers Irrigation & Drainage Council Honorable Mention, 2016
    • ECHN-IAH Coolest Paper of 2015, International Association of Hydrogeologists, 2016
    • Excellence for Associate Editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSAJ), 2014
    • Maki Chair Award, Desert Research Institute, 2010
    • Peter B. Wagner Medal of Excellence, Desert Research Institute, 2008
    • NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Canada, 1996-1998
    • Bruce and Dorothy Rosetti Scholarship, Dalhousie University, Canada, 1994-19958

    Technical Editor

    • Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSAJ)

    Recent Sole-Author Journal Papers in 2020:

    • Zhu, J., Coupling effect of power-law fluid properties and scaled fractal characteristics on flow through fractured media, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2020.125073. 2020.

    • Zhu, J., Flow of power-law fluid through fractal discrete fracture network, The European Physical Journal Plus, https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00684-2. 2020.

    • Zhu, J., Starting pressure head gradient and flow of Bingham plastics through a scaled fractal fracture network, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2020.103577. 2020.

    • Zhu, J., Impact of yield stress and fractal characteristics on the flow of Bingham fluid through fracture network, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107637. 2020.

    • Zhu, J., Convective and conductive heat transfer of creeping flow in a multi-particle system, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106573. 2020.

    • Zhu, J., Unsaturated cell model of effective thermal conductivity of soils, SN Physical Sciencess, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03211-1. 2020.

    • Zhu, J., Impact of size distribution of cell model on the effective thermal conductivity of saturated porous media, International Journal of Thermophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-020-2611-4. 2020.

    • Zhu, J., Impact of fractal characteristics on evaporation and infiltration in unsaturated heterogeneous soils, Hydrological Sciences Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2020.1784421. 2020.

    Contact Us

    Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management

    EN 3074

    Dept. 3295

    1000 E. University Ave.

    Laramie, WY 82071

    Phone: (307)766-2390

    Email: cae.info@uwyo.edu

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