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Wan Yang

Professor, Geology and Geophysics

Disciplines

  • Geology
  • Geophysics and Seismology

Research Interests

  • Sedimentology and depositional systems, including modern and ancient, siliciclastic (marine and nonmarine) and carbonate, and outcrop and subsurface studies
  • Stratigraphy, including modern and ancient, siliciclastic (marine and nonmarine) and carbonate, outcrop and subsurface (core, wireline, and 2-D and 3-D seismic), and qualitative and quantitative studies
  • Geological indicators of paleoclimate and climatic controls on sedimentology and basin filling

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  1. Geology

Discipline

    1. Geology
    2. Geophysics and Seismology 9
    3. Geological Engineering 3
    4. Geochemistry 3
    5. Engineering 3

Research Interest

    1. Geochemistry 2
    2. Petrology 2
    3. Academic excellence 1
    4. Aggregate sizing and shape measurement 1
    5. Applied Mineralogy 1
    1. Applying collaborative, technology enhanced and experiential learning themes to student and faculty engagement 1
    2. Archeology 1
    3. Asteroids 1
    4. Asthenospheric flow 1
    5. BEST (Basic Engineering Software for Teaching) Dynamics 1
    6. Biostratigraphic, palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic reconstructions 1
    7. CO2 and CO2 foam flooding 1
    8. Chemical EOR methods, including polymer flooding, polymer-surfactant flooding, MEOR (biosurfactant), and Wettability alteration for carbonate reservoirs 1
    9. Comets 1
    10. Conformance control to reduce excess water production using gels, expecially preformed particle gels 1
    11. Continental crust 1
    12. Continental rift 1
    13. Critical mineral supply chain resilience 1
    14. Crustal and mantle seismic anisotropy 1
    15. Crustal thickness and composition 1
    16. Distance Learning 1
    17. Earthquake seismology 1
    18. Economic geology 1
    19. Environmental Geochemistry 1
    20. Environmental geological engineering 1
    21. Evolution of Mahajanga Basin, NW Madagascar 1
    22. Exploration geophysics 1
    23. Exploration of Earth's interior using geophysical methods especially passive and active seismology. 1
    24. Extra-Terrestrial Mining and Excavation 1
    25. Fingerprinting ore-forming processes and development of innovative exploration tools 1
    26. Genesis of magmatic, metasomatic and hydrothermal ore deposits in the crust and upper mantle 1
    27. Geologic mapping 1
    28. Geological Engineering 1
    29. Geological carbon sequestration 1
    30. Geological indicators of paleoclimate and climatic controls on sedimentology and basin filling 1
    31. Geophysical technologies 1
    32. Geophysics 1
    33. Geotechnical Construction 1
    34. Geotechnical, structural and environmental engineering investigations 1
    35. Geotechnics 1
    36. Groundwater circulation well technologies 1
    37. Groundwater remediation 1
    38. Hazard mitigation 1
    39. Hydrogeology, Hydrocarbon and mineral exploration 1
    40. Imaging technologies for the mining, blasting, and materials handling industries 1
    41. Isotopic Geochemistry 1
    42. Joint characterization 1
    43. Landslide Hazard Evaluation 1
    44. Loess 1
    45. Mantle flow 1

Organization

    1. Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering 18
    2. Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE) 7
    3. Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center 2
    4. College of Engineering and Computing 2
    5. Freshman Engineering 1

Position

    1. Faculty Member 15
    2. Emeritus Faculty 3