Jianting (Julian) Zhu, Ph.D., P.E.
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management
Professor, Graduate Program Director, Director of Center for Computational Hydrology and Hydrosciences
Education
- Postdoc, Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University
- M.S. Fluid Mechanics, Peking University
- B.S. Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University
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.
