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Dr.
Xiusheng (Harrison) Yang | Professor
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Education | Courses
Taught | Research
Interest | Work
Experience | Selected
Publications from 2000 | Honors |
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| Education |
| Ph.D. 1988 |
Agricultural Engineering |
Ohio State University |
| M.S. 1985 |
Agricultural Engineering |
Cornell University |
| B.S. 1982. |
Agricultural mechanization |
China Agricultural University |
| Courses
Taught |
| Undergraduate
Courses |
| NRME 241 Meteorology |
| NRME 242 Natural Resources Measurements |
| NRME 243 Analysis of Natural Resources Systems |
| NRME 271 Environmental Meteorology |
| Graduate
Courses |
| NRME 328 Environmental Biophysics |
| NRME 401 Research Methods in Natural Resources |
| RME 432 Environmental Data Analysis |
| Research
Interest |
- Natural resources engineering and modeling
- Multimedia transport processes
- Atmospheric-hydrologic-ecologic interactions
- Biometeorology/microclimatology
- Greenhouse engineering/greenhouse environment
control
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| Work
Experience |
| 2002-Present |
Professor of Resources Engineering, Department
of Natural Resources Management and Engineering,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut |
| 1999-Present |
Connecticut State Climatologist and Director,
the Connecticut State Climate Center |
| 1998 |
UPS Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Stanford University,
Stanford, California |
| 1997-2002 |
Associate Professor of Resources Engineering,
Department of Natural Resources Management and
Engineering, The University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut |
| 1991-1997 |
Assistant Professor of Resources Engineering,
Department of Natural Resources Management and
Engineering, The University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut |
| 1988-1991 |
Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Plant
Pathology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development
Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio |
| 1988 |
Visiting Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of
Agricultural Engineering, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana |
| Selected
Publications from 2000 |
| Luo, Y., X. Deng, S. Dong and X. Yang , 2004. Impact
of resources and technology on farming production
in Northwest China. Agricultural Systems
00:000-000 |
| C hen, H., X. Yang , and C. Perkins, 2004. Trend
and Variability of total gaseous mercury (TGM)
in the State of Connecticut, U.S.A. during 1997-1999. Water,
Air and Soil Pollution 151: 103-116 |
| Gao, Q., X. Li and X. Yang , 2003. Responses
of vegetation and primary production in north-south
China transect to global change under land use
constraint. Acta Botanica Sinica 45: 1274-1284 |
| Nadim, F., Stapcinskaite, M. Trahistis, C. Perkins,
R. Carley, S. Liu and X. Yang , 2003. The
effect of precipitation amount and atmospheric
concentrations on wet deposition fluxes of oxidized
and reduced nitrogen species in connecticut. Water,
Air and Soil Pollution 143: 315-335 |
| Luo, Y., X. Yang , R. Carley and C. Perkins.
2003. Effects of geographical location and land
use on atmospheric deposition of nitrogen in Connecticut.
Environmental Pollution 124: 437-448 |
| Luo, Y., X. Yang , R. Carley and C. Perkins.
2002. Nitrogen deposition onto Long Island Sound:
A Decade of Measurements. Atmospheric Environment
36: 4517-4528 |
| Gao, Q., M. Yu, X. Yang , and J. Wu. 2001. Scaling
simulation models for spatially heterogeneous ecosystems
with diffusive transportation. Landscape Ecology
16: 289-300 |
| Nadim, F., M. M. Trahiotis, S. Stapcinskaite,
C. Perkins, R. J. Carley, G. E. Hoag, and X. Yang
. 2001. Estimation of wet, dry and
bulk deposition of atmospheric nitrogen in Connecticut. J.
Environ. Monit. 3: 671-680 |
| Xu, X., X. Yang , D. R. Miller, J. J. Helble,
H. Thomas and R. Carley. 2000. A sensitivity analysis
on the atmospheric transformation and distribution
of mercury in northeast United States. Science
of the total environment 259: 169-181 |
| Gao, Q., M. Yu and X. Yang. 2000. An
analysis of sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystems
in China to climate change using spatial simulation. Climatic
Change 47: 373-400 |
| Xu, X., X. Yang , D. R. Miller, J. J. Helble
and R. Carley, 2000. A regional scale modeling
study of atmospheric transport and transformation
of Hg I. Model development and evaluation. Atmospheric
Environment 34: 4933-4944 |
| Xu, X., X. Yang , D.
R. Miller, J. J. Helble and R. Carley, 2000. A
regional scale modeling study of atmospheric transport
and transformation of Hg II. Simulation results. Atmospheric
Environment 34: 4945-4955 |
| Gao, Q., M. Yu and X.
Yang . 2000. A simulation analysis
of the relationship between regional primary production
and vegetation structure under climate change scenarios. Ecological
Modeling 131: 33-45 |
| Stoughton, T. E., D.
R. Miller, X. Yang and G. M. Hendrey. 2000. Footprint
climatology estimation of potential control ring
contamination at the Duke Forest FACTS-1 experiment
site. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 100:73-82 |
| Honors |
| National Award for Significant Contributions
to the Advancement of Science and Technology, MOE,
China, 2003 |
| CAS Overseas Outstanding
Scholars Award, June 2001 |
| Special Achievement
Merit Award, University of Connecticut and the
American Association of University Professors UCONN
Chapter, September 2000, 1999, 1997, 1995 |
| UPS Visiting Professorship,
Stanford University and UPS Foundation, January
1998 |
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Editorship
- Editor-in-chief, World Scientific Publishers
Book Series “ Advances in Agricultural
Science and Technology ”, 1999-present
- Member, Editorial Board of Transactions
of the CSAE, 1998-present
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Honorary Fellowship
- Member, Advisory Council, Consortium for
Atlantic Regional Assessment (CARA), 2003-present
- Senior Overseas Advisor, China Council for
the Promotion of Applied Technology Exchanges
with Foreign Countries (CCPAT), 2003-present
- Member, Review Board of China National Natural
Science Foundation (CNSF), 2003-present
- Member and Lead Author, UN Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment (MA) Program, 2003-present
- Advisor, China Ministry of Education International
Exchange Programs, 2003-present
- Assessor of Overseas Experts of Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2000-present
- Advisor, (China) Yangling State Demonstration
Zone of Agricultural Hi-tech Industries, 1999-present
- Fellow, the China-Cornell Fellowship Program,
March, 1996
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| Recipient of two outstanding
technical paper honorable mentions for two journal
articles published at The Transactions of the ASAE
at the 1991 Summer International Meeting of American
Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) |
| Recipient of the 1988
William E. Krauss Director's Award for Excellence
in Research, College of Agriculture and OARDC,
OSU |
| Gamma Sigma Delta (International
Honorary Society of Agriculture) |
| Alpha Epsilon (International
Honorary Society of Agricultural Engineering) |
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