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Urban Environment Research Group Arizona State University |
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Faculty
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Dr. Zhihua Wang is an Assistant Professor in the School of
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SEBE), the Co-Director for
Climate System Research at National Center of Excellence (NCE) on SMART
Innovations, and a senior sustainability scientist in the Global Institute of
Sustainability (GIOS) at Arizona State University. Dr. Wang obtained the B.Eng and M.Eng degrees in Civil and Environmental
Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He obtained M.A.
and Ph.D. in the Departmental of Civil and Environmental Engineering at
Princeton University. His Ph.D. dissertation titled Surface exchange of
energy and water budgets in urban canopies, was advised by Prof. Elie Bou-Zeid and Prof. James Smith. Prior to his appointment in ASU, Dr.
Wang was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. From 2004 to 2006, Dr.
Wang works as a research project officer in the School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University. Dr. Wang is an
active member of American Meteorological Society (AMS), American Physical
Society (APS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Society of Civil
Engineers (ACSE) and International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC). Ph.D. dissertation: Surface exchange of energy and water budgets in urban
canopies. |
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Chenghao Wang |
Chenghao Wang joined SEBE as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2015. He
obtained the B.Eng in Hydrology and Water Resources
Engineering at China Three Gorges University in China. Before he joined
SSEBE, he has done research and participated in many research projects in
Engineering Research Center of Eco-environment in Three Gorges Reservoir
Region, Ministry of Education and Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation
Center for Water Resources Security for about three years, mainly focused on
environmental geology, biogeochemistry and hydrologic modeling based on
climate models. He also went to Ohio State University as a visit student in
2013 sponsored by Hubei Provincial Department of Education. He joined Urban
Climate Research Group at ASU as a graduate research associate in August
2015. His research will focus on stochastic modeling of atmospheric diffusion
and its application to urban air quality issues. Chenghao loves traditional Chinese
music and he is good at playing Guzheng. He always has a passion for sport,
like volleyball and Taekwondo. He also loves traveling and hiking. |
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Peiyuan Li |
Peiyuan Li joined Urban Environment Research Group as a Ph.D.
student in Fall 2017. Before studying in the US, he studied at Department of
Hydrology and Water Resources in Hohai University, Nanjing during 2010 to
2014 and obtained his Bachelor degree. After his
undergraduate years, Peiyuan pursed his M.S. study at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor in Environmental Engineering. Currently, Peiyuan is
working on the land surface transport processes (energy, vapor, and scalars),
with applications to the built environment. Apart from academic interests, Peiyuan
is also keen on outdoor and landscape photography. Traveling a lot, he has
visited 22 National Parks in the US and photoed
plenty of unique landscapes along with unusual weathers. He¡¯s also quite
familiar with all kinds of photo gears from film to digital and even aerial
equipment. While keep posting his photography on his Instagram(ipercy), he is running a personal website. Welcome to
visit his photography portfolio at ipercy.net. |
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Xueli Yang |
Xueli Yang joined
SEBE as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2019. She obtained her Bachelor
degree in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering at Tianjin Agricultural
University, and Master in Hydraulic Engineering from China Agricultural
University. During her graduate study in China Agricultural University, she
got the Scholarship from China Scholarship Council to study in University of
California, Riverside, where she conducted her research on modeling of soil
water movement. What she did before is the temporal and spatial variation in
soil moisture, and water movement and solute transport in salty area. She
joined Urban Climate Research Group at ASU as a graduate research assistant
in August, 2019. Her Ph.D. research will focus on
system-based urban environmental modeling. Xueli loves outdoor sports like
swimming and jogging, she took in a short marathon in 2016 held in Long
Beach, California. She regards jogging as a good way to relax herself. Also she enjoys music and literature. What her dream is to
travel around the world in the future. |
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Professor Fang Zhang |
Dr. Fang Zhang is a
visiting professor in the group since summer 2019. She obtained her M.S. degree
in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, and Ph.D. in Physical Geography
at Xinjiang University, China. Dr. Fang Zhang is also an associate professor
at the College of Resources & Environment Science at Xinjiang University
now, and her research focus on the climate change and carbon sequestration in
drylands in recent years. Fang Zhang loves fishing, hiking and
traveling, and very keen to participate in environmental protection
activities. |
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Former Students |
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Jiachuan Yang |
Ph.D. student, graduated in
December 2016. Now Assistant Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology. Ph.D.
dissertation: Urban Green Infrastructure: Modeling and Implications to
Environmental Sustainability M.S. student, graduated in
December 2012. M.S. thesis: Relative
efficiency of surface energy budgets over different land covers |
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Jiyun
Song |
Ph.D. student, graduated in
December 2016. Now Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. Ph.D. dissertation: Urban Microclimate Response to Landscape Changes via
Land-Atmosphere Interactions |
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Ruby
Upreti |
M.S. student, graduated in July 2017. M.S. thesis: Impact of land use land cover change on urban hydroclimate of
Colorado river basin |
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Previous Members & Visitors: |
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Fan
Huang Rachel
von Gnechten |
Visiting
Ph.D. student (2016-2017), Nanjing University Undergraduate
Honors thesis advisee (2016-2017) Honors thesis: The future of Phoenix metropolitan area: An analysis of
social economic implications of desert, green, or expanded cities |
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Qi
Li |
Visiting
Ph.D. student (2015 summer), Princeton University |
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Hannah
Housenga |
Undergraduate
Honors thesis advisee (2014-2015), co-advised with Prof. Kaloush |
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Chengping
Zhao |
Visiting
professor (2013-2014), Sichuan University |
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Xiaoxi
Zhao |
Visiting
student (2014 Fall), China Three Gorges University |
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Zheng
Zeng |
MSE
student (2014 spring), now Ph.D. student at University of North Carolina |
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David
Little |
Summer
undergraduate researcher (2012-2013) |
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Tina
Pourshams-Manzouri |
M.S.
student (graduated 2013 spring), co-advised with Prof. Kamil Kaloush |
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