Journal Publications:
§ Student/Postdoc supervised

Ye Li§, Ye Zhang, S-Q Li, Xu Zhang, Uncertainty Analysis of CO2 Modeling in a Complex Faulted and Fractured Reservoir, Teapot Dome, Wyoming, Environmental Geoscience, in preparation.

S-Q Li§, Morteza Akbarabadi, Mohammad Piri, Ye Zhang, Commercial Carbon Sequestration: Achieving 99 % Storage Security within an Engineering Time Scale, Journal of Geophysical Research, in preparation.

S-Q Li§, Ye Zhang, Geological Modeling Uncertainty in Carbon Sequestration: a Design of Experiment and Response Surface Analysis, Environmental Science & Technology, in preparation.

Jianying Jiao§, Ye Zhang, Tensor Inversion of Intrinsic Permeabilities for Two-Dimensional Heterogeneous Reservoirs, Mathematical Geosciences (formerly, Mathematical Geology), in review.

Jianying Jiao§, Ye Zhang, Two-Dimensional Physical-Based Inversion of Confined and Unconfined Aquifers under Unknown Boundary Condition, Advances in Water Resources, in review.

Ye Zhang, Reducing Uncertainty in Calibrating Aquifer Flow Model with Multiple Scales of Heterogeneity, Ground Water, in review.

Ye Zhang, Nonlinear Inversion of an Unconfined Aquifer: Simultaneous Estimation of Heterogeneous Hydraulic Conductivities, Recharge Rates, and Boundary Condition, Water Resources Research , in review.

Juraj Irsa§, Ye Zhang, Three-Dimensional Aquifer Inversion with Unknown Boundary Conditions, Journal of Hydrology, in revision.

Guang Yang§, Ye Zhang, S-Q Li, Uncertainty Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in an Inclined Deep Saline Aquifer, AAPG Bulletin, in revision.

Juraj Irsa§, Ye Zhang (2012) A New Direct Method of Parameter Estimation for Steady State Flow in Heterogeneous Aquifers with Unknown Boundary Conditions, Water Resources Research, 48, W09526, , doi:10.1029/2011WR011756 [PDF].

S-Q Li§, Ye Zhang, Xu Zhang, Chungan Du (2011) Geologic Modeling and Fluid-Flow Simulation of Acid Gas Disposal in Western Wyoming, AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 96, No. 4, p. 635-664. [PDF]. [Fig. 7 (color)].

Baozhong Liu§, Ye Zhang, Xu Zhang (2011) Acid Gas Storage in a Deep Saline Aquifer: Numerical Sensitivity Study to evaluate Parameter and Model Uncertainty, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, Vol. 15, No. 4, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000061.

S-Q Li§, Ye Zhang, Xu Zhang (2011) A Study of Conceptual Model Uncertainty in Large Scale CO2 Storage Simulation, Water Resources Research, 47, W05534, doi:10.1029/2010WR009707. [PDF]

Baozhong Liu§, Ye Zhang (2011) CO2 Modeling in a Deep Saline Aquifer: a Predictive Uncertainty Analysis using Design of Experiment, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 45, No. 8, p. 3504-3510, DOI: 10.1021/es103187b. Online link [Supporting Information]

Ye Zhang, Baozhong Liu§, Carl W Gable (2011) Homogenization of Hydraulic Conductivity for Hierarchical Sedimentary Deposits at Multiple Scales, Transport in Porous Media , Vol. 87, Issue 3, p. 717-737, doi: 10.1007/s11242-010-9711-8. [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Carl W Gable, Ben Sheets (2010) Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity Of Three-Dimensional Heterogeneous Porous Media: An Upscaling Study Base on An Experimental Stratigraphy, Journal of Hydrology, V. 388, No. 3-4, p. 304-320, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.009. [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Carl W Gable, George Zyvoloski, Lynn Walter (2009) Uinta Basin: Hydrogeochemistry and Gas Compositions: A Regional Scale Overview, AAPG Bulletin, V. 93, No. 8, p. 1087-1118, doi: 10.1306/05140909004. [Article] [Supplemental]

Ye Zhang (2008) Hierarchical Geostatistical Analysis of an Experimental Stratigraphy, Mathematical Geoscience (formerly Mathematical Geology), doi:10.1007/s11004-008-9180-6. [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Carl W Gable (2008) Two-Scale Modeling of Solute Transport in an Experimental Stratigraphy, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 348, p. 395-411, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.017 [PDF] Online link

William Milliken, Marjorie Levy, Sebastian Strebelle, Ye Zhang (2007) The Effect of Geologic Parameters and Uncertainties on Subsurface Flow: Deepwater Depositional Systems, SPE 114099. [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Mark Person, Carl W Gable (2007) Representative Hydraulic Conductivity of Hydrogeologic Units: Insights from an Experimental Stratigraphy, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 339, p. 65-78, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.03.007 [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Carl W Gable, Mark Person (2006) Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity of an Experimental Stratigraphy - Implications for Basin-Scale Flow Simulations, Vol. 42, W05404, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2005WR004720. [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Mark Person, Chris Paola, Carl W Gable, Xian-Huan Wen, J M Davis (2005) Geostatistical Analysis of an Experimental Stratigraphy, Vol. 41, W11416, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2004WR003756. [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Mark Person, Enrique Merino, Michael Szpakiewcz (2005) Evaluation of Soluble Benzene Migration in the Uinta Basin, Geofluids, Vol. 5, No. 2, 106-123. [PDF]

Ye Zhang, Mark Person, Enrique Merino (2005) Hydrologic and Geochemical controls on Soluble Benzene Migration in Sedimentary Basins, Geofluids, Vol. 5, No. 2, 83-105. [PDF]

Proceedings, Reports, & Manuscripts:
Ye Zhang (2010) DOE Final Report, A numerical scoping study of acid gas disposal at Moxa Arch, Wyoming, 24 p.

Ye Zhang (2009) Book proposal review, Elsevier, 5 p.

Ye Zhang (2008) Book proposal review, Oxford University Press, 5 p.

Ye Zhang (2008) Book proposal review, Cambridge University Press, 7 p.

Ye Zhang, Lynn Walter (2007) Uinta Basin: hydrogeochemistry and gas geochemistry, Progress Report, American Chemical Society, 92 p.

Ye Zhang, Carl W Gable, Mark Person (2006) Evaluation of solute macrodispersion in an experimental stratigraphy, unpublished manuscript, 45 p.

Ye Zhang, Mark Person, Michael Szpakiewcz (2004) Evaluation of Soluble Benzene migration in the Rocky Mountain basins: Uinta Basin and Mexico Hat, NPTO Final Technical Report, DOE, 252 p.

Ye Zhang, Mark Person, Enrique Merino, Michael Szpakiewcz (2003) Evaluation of hydrologic and biogeochemical controls on soluble benzene migration within the Uinta Basin using computer models and field sampling, AAPG Extended Abstract, AAPG Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 11-14, 15 p., peer-reviewed.

Theses:
Guang Yang (2012) Uncertainty Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in an Inclined Deep Saline Aquifer, M.S. Thesis, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 106 p. [PDF]

Ye Zhang (2005) Estimation of Representative Hydrological Parameters Using an Experimental Stratigraphy, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 195 p.

Ye Zhang (2004) Geostatistical Analysis of An Experimental Stratigraphy, M.S. Thesis, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 86 p.

Ye Zhang (1998) Boundary Element Modeling of Groundwater Discharge at a Leaky Foundation Site, Hangzhou, China, B.S. Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, P.R. China, 65 p.

Lecture Notes:
Ye Zhang (2008) Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Modeling (GEOL 5200), Lecture Notes, 233 p.

Ye Zhang (2007) Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology (GEOL 4444/5444), Lecture Notes, 243 p.

Ye Zhang (2007) Introduction to Geostatistics (GEOL 5210), Lecture Notes, 150 p.