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Zhuping Sheng, Ph.D., P.E., P.H.
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Dr. Zhuping Sheng, Professional Engineer (P.E.) and Professional Hydrologist (P.H.), is a Professor at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at El Paso, and Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, The Texas A&M University. His areas of expertise are in analysis of hydrological processes, numerical modeling, integrated water resources management, managed aquifer recharge, and aquifer mechanics. His current research focuses on irrigation system efficiency, conjunctive uses and management of surface and groundwater resources and evaluation of reclaimed water systems by working in collaboration with federal, state and local agencies. He is leading the development of the Rio Grande Project coordinated water resources database and Geographic Information System and numerical models being used for protection of water quality and conjunctive uses of shared transboundary surface water and groundwater in an arid region. He has conducted water resources research and consulting work as well as professional services in China, Georgia, Mexico, Qatar and the United States. He has served and is currently serving on the several technical committees of National Research Council of National Academies, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Resources Association and other organizations.
Selected Publications
Kong, X.*, Wang, S., Liu, B., Sun, H., Sheng, Z. (2018). Impact of Water Transfer on Interaction between Surface Water and Groundwater in the Lowland Area of North China Plain. 09 May 2018, Hydrological Processes, doi: 10.1002/hyp.13136
Bushira, K.M*, Gebregiorgis, Y. B., Verma, R.K., Sheng, Z. (2018). Cut soil slope stability analysis along National Highway at Wozeka–Gidole Road, Ethiopia. April 2018, Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. doi: 10.1007/s40808-018-0465-6
Wang, S., Yuan, R., Tang, C., Song, X., Currell, M., Yang, Z., Sheng, Z. (2018). Combination of CFCs and stable isotopes to characterize the mechanism of surface water-groundwater interaction in a headwater basin of the North China Plain. Hydrological Processes, 32 (11): 1571-1587. doi: 10.1002/hyp.11494.
Zhang N., Li, X., Sheng, Z. (2018). The new formula of calculating depth of a tension crack in the upper surface of a sliding slope using inflection principle. Journal of Engineering Geology, 26(1): 157-163. doi:10.13544/j.cnki.jeg.2018.01.017.
Zhang N., Sheng, Z., Qi S. (2018). Noncircular curve searching for determining the minimum safety factor in designing homogenous slope. Journal of Engineering Geology, 26(1): 241-248. doi:10.13544/j.cnki.jeg.2018.01.024.
He, Y., Chen, X., Sheng, Z., Lin, K., Gui, F. (2018). Water allocation under the constraint of total water use quota: A case from Dongjiang River Basin, South China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63(1): 154-167. doi: 10.1080/02626667.2017.1417596.
Smith, WB., Miller, G.R., Sheng, Z. (2017). Assessing Aquifer Storage and Recovery Feasibility in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 14: 92-108. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.10.007
Bushira, K.M., Hernandez, J.R., Sheng, Z. (2017). Surface and groundwater flow modeling for calibrating steady state using MODFLOW in Colorado River Delta, Baja California, Mexico. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 3 (2): 815–824. doi:10.1007/s40808-017-0337-5.
Sheng, Z., Jia, S. Michelsen, A., Abudu. S. (2017). Lessons learned from long term water resources plans: top town vs. bottom up, XVI World Water Congress, Cancun Mexico, May 29-June 2 [8p].
Abudu S., Sheng Z., Michelsen A., Rodriguez, O, King J.P. (2016). Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient for Pecan Trees in El Paso, Texas, Proc. Irrigation Show and Education Conference, December 4-7, Las Vegas, NV, [8p].
Abudu S., Sheng Z., He J., Cui C., Bayinmengke. (2016). Prospects on drip irrigation development in Xinjiang, China, Proc. Irrigation Show and Education Conference, December 4-7, Las Vegas, NV, [8p].
Abudu, S., Sheng, Z., Cui, C., Saydi, M., Zamani-Sabzic, H., King, J.P. (2016). Integration of aspect and slope in snowmelt runoff modeling in a mountain watershed, Water Science and Technology, 9(4): 265-273. doi:10.1016/j.wse.2016.07.002
Li, Y., Shao, X., Sheng, Z., Guan W., Xiao, M. (2016). Water conservation and nitrogen loading reduction effects with controlled and mid-gathering irrigation in a paddy field. Pol. J. Environ. Stud, 25(3): 1-7.
Li, Y., Shao, X., Sheng, Z. (2016). Field experiments on reducing pollutants in agricultural-drained water using soil-vegetation buffer strips. Pol. J. Environ. Stud, 25(1): 183-192.
McDonald, A. K., Wilcox, B.P., Moore, G.W., Hart, C.R., Sheng, Z., Keith Owens M. (2015). Tamarix transpiration along a semiarid river has negligible impact on water resources, Water Resour. Res., 51, doi:10.1002/2014WR016866.
Sun, G., Michelsen, A., Sheng, Z., Fang, A.F., Shang, Y., Zhang, H. (2015). Featured Collection Introduction: Water for Megacities – Challenges and Solutions, Journal of AWRA, 51(3): 585-588. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12317.
Zhang, N., Sheng, Z. (2015). New analytical solutions for one dimensional steady-state flow in an unconfined aquifer with a sloping base. Journal of Engineering Geology (in Chinese), 23 (SUPPL.): 223-228.
Sheng, Z. Y. Liu. (2015). Evapotranspiration of flood-irrigated pecans under drought conditions in El Paso, TX, 2015 ASABE Irrigation Symposium, November 12-14, Long Beach, CA, [Peer-Reviewed paper].
Sheng, Z., & Zhao X. (2014). Special Issue on Managed Aquifer Recharge: Powerful management tool for meeting water resources challenges. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 20(3). doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001139.
Ahmed, N., Taylor, S.W., Sheng, Z. (eds.) (2014). Hydraulics of Wells: Design, Construction, Testing, and Maintenance of Water Well Systems, ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 127. ASCE, Reston, 498p.
Abudu, S., Sheng, Z., Cui, C., D. Guan. (2014). The karez system in China’s Xinjiang Region, in John Calabrese (ed.), Harvesting Water and Harnessing Cooperation: Qanat Systems in the Middle East and Asia, Middle East-Asia Project (MAP), Middle East Institute, January 18, 2014, available at: http://www.mei.edu/content/harvesting-water-and-harnessing-cooperation-qanat-systems-middle-east-and-asia.
Ganjegunte, G.K., Sheng, Z., Clark, J.A. (2014). Soil salinity and sodicity appraisal by electromagnetic induction in irrigated cotton soils. Land Degradation & Development. 25:228-235. doi: 10.1002/ldr.1162.
Zhang, N., Sheng, Z., Qi, S., He, J., Li S. (2014). Mechanisms and conditions of compression extrusion of a horizontal-dip thin soft rock strata. Journal of Engineering Geology (in Chinese), 22(4): 610-624.
Gutchick, V.P., Sheng, Z. (2013). Control of atmospheric fluxes from a pecan orchard by physiology, meteorology, and canopy structure: modeling and measurement. Agricultural Water Management, 129: 200-211. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.08.004
Liu, Y., Sheng, Z. (2013). Soil moisture statuses in an irrigated pecan field. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 139(1): 26-40.
McDonald, A.K., Sheng, Z., Hart, C.R., Wilcox, B.P. (2013). Studies of a regulated dryland river: surface-groundwater interactions. Hydrological Processes, 27(12): 1819–1828. doi: 10.1002/hyp.9340.
Sheng, Z., Fox, G., Abudu, S. (2013). Interconnection of atmospheric water, surface water, and groundwater. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 18(10): 1-2
Sheng, Z. (2013). Impacts of groundwater pumping and climate variability on groundwater availability in the Rio Grande Basin. Ecosphere, 4(1): Art5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES12-00270.1
Sheng, Z., Darr, M., King, J.P., Bumgarner, J., Michelsen, A. (2013). Mesilla Basin/Conejos-Médanos Section of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program, in Alley, W.M. (ed.) Five-Year Interim Report of the United States – Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program: 2007 – 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1059, Reston, VA: 19-30.