Yu-Han Wang (王禹汗)

PhD Student of Geophysics

ETH Zürich

Welcome 👋

I am a second-year PhD student at the Swiss Seismological Service and the Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich. Before joining ETHZ, I earned my Master's degree in Geological Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai. Previously, I spent four years majoring in Civil Engineering at Central South University in Changsha, during which I also spent six months at Monash University (Melbourne) for my Bachelor's thesis. In my PhD project, I am keen on understanding the across-scale behavior of fault slip and earthquake cycles concerning fault-fluid interactions, using efficient numerical schemes. Broadly, my research interests focus on scientific computing, porous media, and granular matter, particularly in their correlation with a plethora of geological hazards.

Education:

PhD in Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Feb. 2023 - present

MEng in Geological Engineering, Tongji University, Sept. 2019 - Mar. 2022

BEng in Civil Engineering, Central South University, Sept. 2015 - Jun. 2019

Experience:

Visiting Research Student, University of Iceland, Aug. 2024 - Sept. 2024

Scientific Assistant, ETH Zürich, Feb. 2023 - present

Research Assistant (Remote), the University of Warwick, Jul. 2022 - Dec. 2022

CAE Algorithm Engineer, OptFuture (Peking), Sept. 2022 - Oct. 2022

Research Assistant, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Sept. 2019 - Mar. 2022

Exchange Research Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Dec. 2018 - Jun. 2019

Software:

OpenFOAM, LIGGGHTS, CFDEM, PFC, FLAC 2D/3D, PyTorch

Toolkits:

Git, L^aT_eX, Markdown, SketchUp

Languages:

Mandarin, English

Journal Reviewer:

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Earth and Space Science (AGU)

Journal of Mountain Sciences

Scientifc Reports

Memberships:

Student Member, European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Student Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Awards:

Outstanding Graduates by Tongji University, 2022

Outstanding Master Dissertation by Tongji University, 2022

National Scholarship for Graduate Students, 2021

National Scholarship for Graduate Students, 2020

National Fellowship for Graduate Students, 2019 - 2022

International Exchange Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates, 2018

Jiang Weiying Scholarship by a Hong Kong Entrepreneur, 2017