Professional Summary - Bureau of Economic Geology

Hui Wang
Professional Summary
January 20, 2015
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The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, TX 78713-8924
(512) 471-9299
[email protected]
Professional Preparation
Academic Background
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, December 2011
M.S. Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, China, 2006
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University, China, 2003
Professional Appointments
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at
Austin (January 2012 - Present).
Research Assistant, CCEE, NCSU (2008 - 2012).Development and evaluation of methodology
for seamless integration of weather and climate information in improving 15-day ahead
precipitation and streamflow forecasts over the continental U.S.; proposal of probabilistic
reservoir management approach for meeting ecological releases and hydropower generation
utilizing monthly streamflow forecasts; analysis of hydroclimatic variability and covariability in
precipitation, streamflow, temperature, and tree-ring data over the southeastern U.S. using
singular spectrum analyses and idenfication of process and basin controls that modulate
precipitation and streamflow variability; tailoring of a monthly to daily precipitation disaggregation
algorithm for implementation swith different general circulation models (GCM's) and IPCC
scenarios.
Research Assistant, University of South Carolina (2007 - 2008).Implementation of Bayesian
Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm for contaminant source characterization in water
distribution systems under stochastic water demands; proposal of adaptive water quality
sampling method for detecting contaminant source in urban water distribution systems;
investigation of coupled Markov Chain Monte Carlo-Support Vector Regression (MCMC-SVR)
method to identify contaminant sources in water distribution systems.
Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, China (2003 2006).Development of visualization tool for wastewater treatment processes; design of
wastewater treatment facilities for printing and dying plant.
Dissertations
Multi-timescale streamflow forecasting in sustainable water resources management
Areas of Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Bayesian uncertainty analysis in environmental and water resources system
Hydroclimatology
Hydrologic modeling
Sustainable water resources management
Awards
Awards and Honorary Societies
Best Technical Paper, 2nd place, ASCE-EWRI Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011
Excellent Graduate Student Award, Wuhan University, 2005
Excellent Undergraduate Student Award, Wuhan University, 2002
Service
External Committees Participation
Reviewer, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE Environmental and Water Resources
Institute (EWRI), 2011
Reviewer, Journal of Water and Climate Change, IWA, 2011
Reviewer, Proceedings, ICE--Water Management, 2011
Presentations
Presentations
Utility of monthly updated GCM forecasts in improving seasonal streamflow forecasting:
presented at 26th Conference in Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana,
2012.
Incorporating ecological flow requirement in sustainable reservoir operation: presented at WRRI
13th Annual Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2011.
Low-frequency oscillation in annual precipitation and streamflow over southeastern United
States: presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2011.
Interannual to decadal variability in hydroclimatic data: analysis and implications to water
resources management: presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2010.
Activities of a Professional Nature
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Duncan, I. J., and Wang, H., 2014, Estimating the likelihood of pipeline failure in CO2
transmission pipelines: new insights on risks of carbon capture and storage: International
Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 21, p. 49-60., http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.11.005.
Duncan, I. J., and Wang, H., 2014, Evaluating the likelihood of pipeline failures for future
offshore CO2 sequestration projects: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 24, p.
124-138, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.02.004.
Wang, H., and Duncan, I. J., 2014, Likelihood, causes, and consequences of focused leakage
and rupture of U.S. natural gas transmission pipelines: Journal of Loss Prevention in the
Process Industries, v. 30, p. 177-187, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2014.05.009.
Peng, S., Chen, J., and Wang, H., 2001, The mechanisms and models of transport of volatile
organic contaminants in unsaturated soils, Acta Pedologica Sinica, v. 38, no. 3, p. 315-323 (in
Chinese with English abstract).
Non Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Wang, H., and Duncan, I. J., 2014, Understanding the nature of risks associated with onshore
natural gas gathering pipelines: Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, v. 29, p.
49-55, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2014.01.007.
Wang, H., 2011, A frameword for incorporating ecological releases in sustainable reservoir
operation, in EWRI Congress, Palm Springs, California. Second Place, Best Student Technical
Paper.
Wang, H., and Harrison, K. W., 2011, Bayesian inference of contaminant source in water
distribution systems, in EWRI Congress, Palm Springs, California.
Jin, X., Wang, H., and Ranjithan, R. S., 2010, Bayesian inference of groundwater contamination
source identification, in EWRI Congress, Rhode Island.
Wang, H., and Harrison, K. W., 2010, Adaptive Bayesian contamination source characterization
in water distribution system, in EWRI Congress, Rhode Island.
Wang, H., Sankarasubramania, A., and Ranjithan, R. S., 2010, Seamless integration of climate
and weather information to improve medium-range precipitation forecast, in EWRI Congress,
Rhode Island.
Harrison, K. W., and Wang, H., 2009, A Markov chain Monte Carlo implementation of Bayesian
contaminant source characterization in water distribution systems under stochastic demands, in
EWRI Congress, Kansas.
Published Abstracts
Sinhua, T., Wang, H., Lu, P., Waight, K., Knowe, G. E., and Sankarasubramania, A., 2012,
Utility of monthly updated GCM forecasts in improving seasonal streamflow forecasting (abs.), in
26th Conference on Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting.
Wang, H., and Sankarasubramania, A., 2011, Low-frequency oscillation in annual precipitation
and streamflow over southeastern United States (abs.), in AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
Wang, H., Ranjithan, R. S., and Sankarasubramania, A., 2011, Incorporating ecological flow
requirement in sustainable reservoir operation (abs.), in WWRI 13th Annual Conference,
Raleigh, N.C.
Wang, H., Sankarasubramania, A., and Ranjithan, R. S., 2010, Interannual to decadal variability
in hydroclimatic data: analysis and implications to water resources management (abs.), in AGU
Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

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