Civil and Architectural Engineering

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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.