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Dr. Ping Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Geology
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: 813-974-9170
Fax:
813-974-2654
Email:
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Geology,
University of South Florida,
1995.
Dissertation:
Nearshore Sediment Transport--Field Measurement and
Prediction.
Oceanography, Texas
A&M University, 1992.
M.S. in Geology,
Tongji University, Shanghai, China,
1991.
Thesis: Barrier Island
Depositional Systems in Northeastern Shandong Peninsula,
China.
B.S. in Geology,
Tongji University, Shanghai, China,
1988.
MEMBERSHIP IN
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Society For
Sedimentary Geology (SEPM).
The Coastal Education
and Research Foundation (CERF).
American Shore and
Beach Preservation Association
(ASBPA).
American Association
of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
American Association
of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG).
American Geophysical
Union (AGU).
ASSOCIATE
EDITOR:
ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean
Engineering
Journal of Coastal
Research.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
AND SERVICES:
Steering Committee
and Section Chair: International conference on Coastal
Sediment'07: New Orleans, Louisiana
Organizing Committee
and Section Chair: International conference on Coastal
Sediment'03: Clearwater, Florida
Section Chair: International Coastal Symposium,
Brazil, 2004.
Section Organizer and
Chair: Southeastern GSA conference, Biloxi, Mississippi,
2005
Reviewer of numerous journals on coastal research and
sedimentary geology
Proposal Reviewer for numerous funding agencies including
NSF, Sea Grant, etc.
AREAS OF RESEARCH
INTEREST:
Coastal
geology.
Coastal sedimentary
processes.
Nearshore sediment
transport.
Nearshore wave and
current dynamics.
Coastal
morphodynamics.
Coastal engineering
and management.
Aeolian sand
transport.
RESEARCH AND
TEACHING EXPERIENCES:
08/01-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of
South Florida.
01/98-08/01
Assistant Professor of Research, Coastal Studies Institute,
Louisiana State University.
01/97-01/98
Research Associate, Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana
State University.
01/97-01/98
Instructor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana
State University.
10/95-12/96
Research Associate, Coastal Research Laboratory, University
of South Florida.
03/96-06/96
Visiting Research Scientist, Conrad Blucher Institute for
Surveying and Science, Texas A&M University &endash;
Corpus Christi.
06/92-10/95
Research Assistant, Coastal Research Laboratory, University
of South Florida.
PUBLICATIONS:
Peer-Reviewed
Journals and Book Chapters
Li, C., Chen, G., Yao, M., and Wang, P.,
1991. The influences of suspended load on the
sedimentation in the coastal zones and continental shelves
of China. Marine Geology, 96:
341-352.
Li, C. and Wang,
P., 1991. Stratigraphy of the Late Quaternary
barrier-lagoon depositional systems along the coast of
China. Sedimentary Geology, 72:
189-200.
Wang, P. and Li, C., 1992. Roundness parameters in
barrier-lagoon systems in northeastern Shandong Peninsula,
China: limitations to environmental discrimination.
Sedimentary Geology, 77: 143-152.
Li, C. and Wang,
P., 1994. Stratigraphic models of barrier-lagoon
systems in the coastal zones of China. In Zhou Di et al.
(eds.), Oceanology of China Seas, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, the Netherlands, v. 2:
457-464.
Wang, P.,
Kraus, N.C., and Davis, R.A., Jr., 1998. Total rate of
longshore sediment transport in the surf zone: field
measurements and empirical predictions. Journal of
Coastal Research, 14(1): 269-283.
Wang, P.,
Davis, R.A., Jr., and Kraus, N.C., 1998. Cross-shore
distribution of sediment textures under breaking
waves. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 68:
497-506.
Wang, P.,
1998. Longshore sediment flux in the water column and
across the surf zone. Journal of Waterway, Port,
Coastal and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, 124:
108-117.
Wang, P. and Davis, R.A., Jr., 1998. A beach profile model for
a barred coast &endash; case study from Sand Key,
west-central Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, 14(3):
981-991.
Wang, P.,
Stone, G.W., and Pepper, D.A., 1998. A preliminary
assessment of hydrodynamic responses to detached, segmented
breakwaters, south-central Louisiana. Journal of
Coastal Research, Special Issue 26:
201-207.
Wang, P.
and Kraus, N.C., 1998. Horizontal water trap for measurement
of aeolian sand transport. Earth Surface Processes and
Landforms. 24: 65-70.
Pepper, D.A., Stone,
G.W., and Wang, P., 1998. A preliminary
assessment of wave, current, and sediment interactions on
the Louisiana shoreface adjacent to the Isles
Dernieres. Recent Research in Coastal Louisiana,
35-45.
Wang, P. and Kraus, N.C., 1999. Longshore sediment transport
rate measured by short-term impoundment. Journal of
Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, 125:
118-126.
Wang, P. and Davis, R.A., 1999. Depth of closure and the
equilibrium beach profile &endash; A case study from Sand
Key, West-Central Florida. Shore and Beach, 67:
33-42.
Stone, G.W., Wang,
P., Pepper, D.A., Grymes, J.M., Roberts, H.H., Zhang,
X., Hsu, S.A., and Huh, O.K., 1999. Studying the
importance of hurricanes to the Northern Gulf of Mexico
coast. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union,
80: 301, 305.
Li, C., Wang
P., Fan, D., and Zhang, J., 1999. Late Quaternary
stratigraphical framework and potential environmental
problems in the Changjiang Delta Region. Acta
Geographical Sinica, 54 (in Chinese with English
abstract).
Li, C., Wang
P., Fan, D., and Li, T., 1999. Sedimentation rate
and sedimentary break in tidal deposits. Marine
Geology and Quaternary Geology, 19 (in Chinese with English
abstract).
Li, C., Wang
P., Fan, D., and Li, T., 1999. Tidal flat
sedimentation and hiatus in the Shanghai area, China.
Quaternary Sciences, 43 (in Chinese with English
abstract).
Davis, R.A., Wang,
P., and Silverman, B.R., 2000. Comparison of the
performance of three adjacent and differently constructed
beach nourishment projects on the Gulf peninsula of
Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, 16:
396-408.
Li, C., Wang,
P. (corresponding author), Fan D., Dang, B., and Li, T.,
2000. Open coast intertidal deposits and the
preservation potential of individual lamina: a case study
from east-central China. Sedimentology, 47:
1039-1051.
Li, C., Wang,
P., Fan, D., and Deng, B., 2000. Bruun rule and its
application to the coastal zone of China. Marine Geology and
Quaternary Geology, 20(1): 87-92 (in Chinese with English
abstract).
Li, C., Wang,
P. (corresponding author), Sun, H., Zhang, J., Fan, D.,
Deng, B., 2002. Late Quaternary stratigraphic
framework and evolution, Yangtze Delta, China.
Sedimentary Geology, 152,
133-158.
Wang, P.,
Smith, E.R., and Ebersole, B.A., 2002. Large-Scale
Laboratory Measurements of Longshore Sediment Transport
Under Spilling and Plunging Breakers. Journal of
Coastal Research, 18, 118-135.
Fan, D, Li, C.,
Archer, A. W., and, Wang, P., 2002. Temporal
distribution of diastems in deposits of an open-coast
tidal-flat with high suspended sediment
concentrations. Sedimentary Geology, 152,
173-181.
Wang, P.,
Ebersole, B.A., Smith, E.R., and Johnson, B.D., 2002.
Temporal and spatial variations of surf-zone currents and
suspended-sediment concentration. Coastal Engineering,
46, 175-211.
Wang, P.,
Ebersole, B.A., and Smith, E.R., 2003. Beach profile
evolution under plunging and spilling breakers.
Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering,
ASCE, 129(1), 41-46.
Wang, P. and
Kraus, N.C., 2004. Laboratory investigation of groin
notching. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue
33, 342-367.
Li, C., Wang,
P. (corresponding author), and Fan, D, 2004. Open
coast tidal flat deposits. In M. Schwartz, ed.,
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, pp.
1206-1209.
Wang, P. and
G.W. Stone, 2004. Nearshore wave measurement. In
M. Schwartz, ed., Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, pp.
869-874.
Wang, P., 2004. Nearshore sediment transport measurement.
In M. Schwartz, ed., Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, pp.
866-869.
Wang, P. and
Kraus, N.C., 2005. Beach profile equilibrium and
patterns of wave decay and energy dissipation across the
surf zone elucidated in a large-scale laboratory
experiment. Journal of Coastal Research, v.21,
522-534.
Wang, P.,
2004. Measuring longshore sediment transport in a
large-scale 3-dimensional laboratory facility. Journal
of Coastal Research, Special Issue 39, in
press.
Tidwell, D.K., and
Wang, P., 2004. Processes and patterns of
sedimentation at Blind Pass, Florida. Journal of
Coastal Research, Special Issue 39, in
press.
Fan, D, Li, C., and
Wang, P., 2004. Influences of storm
erosion/deposition on rhythmites of the late-Ordovician
upper Wenchang formation around Tonglu, Zhejiang province,
China. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 74,
527-536.
Stone, G.W., Baozhu,
Liu, Pepper, D.A., Wang, P., 2004. The
importance of extratropical and tropical cyclones on the
short-term evolution of barrier islands along the northern
Gulf of Mexico, USA. Marine Geology, 210,
63-78.
Fan, D, Li, C., Wang,
D., Wang, P., Archer, A.W., and Greb, S.F.,
2004. Morphology and sedimentation on open-coast
intertidal flats of the Changjian Delta, China.
Journal of Coastal Research, SI 43,
23-35.
Wang, P., Kirby, J.H., Haber, J.D., Horwitz, M.H., Knorr, P.O., and
Krock, J.R., in press. Morphological and
sedimentological impacts of Hurricane Ivan and immediate
post-storm beach recovery along the northwestern Florida
barrier-island coasts, Journal of Coastal
Research.
Li, C., Wang, P. (corresponding author), Fan, D., Yang, S., 2006. Characteristics and formation of Late Quaternary incised-valley-fill sequences in sediment-rich deltas and estuaries: case studies from China. SEPM Special Publication No. 85, in press.
Fan, D, Guo, Y., Wang, P., and Shi, Z., 2006. Cross-shore variations in morphodynamic processes of an open-coast mudflat in the Changjiang Delta, China: with an emphasis on storm impacts. Continental Shelf Research, 26, 517-538.
Elko, N.A. and Wang,P., (in press). Immediate profile and planform evolution of a beach nourishment project with hurricane influences. Coastal Engineering.
40) Wang, P. and Horwitz, M.H., (in press). Erosional and Depositional Characteristics of Regional Overwash Deposits Caused by Multiple Hurricanes. Sedimentology.
Edited
Conference Proceedings
Wang, P. and
Davis, R.A. Jr., 1994. Field measurement of longshore
sediment transport in the surf zone: Preliminary
results. Proceedings of 1994 National Conference on
Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach
Preservation Association, Tallahassee,
413-428.
Wang, P. and
Davis, R.A. Jr., 1994. Field measurement of longshore
sediment transport rate in the surf zone (abs.). EOS,
Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 75(44):
338.
Wang, P. and
Davis, R.A., Jr., 1995. Longshore sediment transport
in the surf zone: field measurements and empirical
predictions (abs.). First SEPM Conference on
Sedimentary Geology, 125.
Davis R.A., Jr., and
Wang, P., 1997. Hurricane Opal induced changes
on natural and nourished beaches, west-central Florida.
Proceedings of 25th International Conference on Coastal
Engineering, ASCE, New York,
2982-2993.
Wang, P. and
Davis, R.A., Jr., 1997. A beach profile model for
barred coast: with a case study from Sand Key, west-central
Florida. Proceedings of 1996 National Conference on
Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach
Preservation Association, Tallahassee,
320-335.
Li, C., Wang,
P., Sun, H., Chen, J., 1998. Late Quaternary
stratigraphic framework and evolution, Yangtze Delta, China
(abs.). World Delta Symposium.
43.
Stone, G.W., Zhang,
X., and Wang P., 1998. A net longshore sediment
transport model for the Louisiana coast: Mississippi Bight
to the western flank of the ancient Lafourche delta (abs.).
World Delta Symposium. 6.
Stone, G.W., Zhang,
X., and Wang P., 1998. Forecasting wave energy
changes along the Louisiana coast and implications for
accelerated wetland loss (abs.). World Delta Symposium.
38.
Stone, G.W., Zhang,
X., and Wang P., 1998. Significance of
Louisiana's barrier islands in mitigating the wave climate
in adjacent bays and fringing marshes (abs.). World
Delta Symposium. 59.
Wang, P. and
Kraus, N.C., 1999. Longshore sediment transport rate
measured by short-term impoundment and quantification of
uncertainties. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments'99,
ASCE, 770-785.
Stone, G.W. and
Wang P., 1999. Unanticipated nearshore response
to detached, segmented breakwaters along Raccoon Island,
Louisiana, U.S.A. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments'99, ASCE,
2057-2072.
Stone, G.W. and
Wang P., 1999. The importance of cyclogenesis
on the short-term evolution of Gulf coast barriers.
Transactions, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Society,
XLIX, 478-486.
Pepper, D.A., Stone,
G.W., and Wang, P., 1999. Bottom boundary layer
parameters and sediment transport on the Louisiana
inner-shelf during cold front passages. Transactions, Gulf
Coast Association of Geological Society, XLIX,
433-439.
Smith, E.R., and
Wang, P., 2001. Longshore sediment transport as
a function of energy dissipation. Proceedings of Waves
2001: the 4th International Symposium on Ocean Wave
Measurements and Analysis, ASCE Press,
810-820.
Wang, P.,
Ebersole, B.A., Smith, E.R., and Johnson, B.D., 2003.
Temporal and spatial variations of surf-zone currents and
suspended-sediment concentration. Proceedings of
Coastal Sediments'03, ASCE.
Smith, E.R., Wang,
P., and Zhang, J., 2003. Evaluation of the CERC
formula using large-scale laboratory data. Proceedings
of Coastal Sediments'03, ASCE.
Tidwell, D.K.,
Wang, P., Davis, R.A., Vinther, N., and Elko, N.A.,
Hydrodynamics and sediment pathways at Blind Pass,
Florida. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments'03,
ASCE.
Wilhoit, J. C. ,
Davis, R. A., and Wang, P., 2003, Hydrodynamic and
geomorphic characteristics of a natural tide-dominated
inlet; a case study at Bunces Pass, Florida,. Proceedings of
Coastal Sediments'03, ASCE.
Horwitz, M.H. and Wang, P., 2005, Sedimentological characteristics and internal architecture of two overwash fans from Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne. Transactions Gulf Coast Association of Geological Society.
O’Neal-Caldwell, M., Wang, P., Horwitz, M.H., Kirby, J.H., and Guha, S., 2005, Regional overwash from hurricanes Frances-Jeanne and Ivan. Transactions Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies.
Guha, S., Kruse, S., Wang, P., and Conor, C., 2006. Time-frequency representation of GPR signals from coastal and volcanic deposits. Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar.
Technical Reports
and Newspaper Articles:
Wang, P.,
Kraus, N.C., and Heilman, D.J., 1996. Wind-Blown Sand
at Packery Channel. Progress Report, Conrad Blucher
Institute of Surveying and Science, Texas A&M
University-Corpus Christi, TX.
Wang, P.,
Kling, J.A., and Davis, R.A., Jr., 1996. Regional Wave
Analysis at Egmont Ebb-Tidal Shoal and Surrounding Areas
Using RCPWAVE. Technical Report, Coastal Research
Laboratory, Department of Geology, University of South
Florida, Tampa, FL.
Wang, P.,
1997. Wind, not waves, may cause silting
problem. Corpus Christi Caller Times &endash; Forum,
Sept. 6, 1997.
Stone, G.W., Wang,
P., and Zhang, X., 1998. Wave Height Measurements
at the Raccoon Island Breakwaters Demonstration Projection
(TE-29): Technical Report, Coastal Studies Institute,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
LA.
Stone, G.W., Wang,
P., and Zhang, X., 1999. Wave Height Measurements At The
Lake Salvador Shoreline Protection Demonstration Project
(Ba-15): Technical Report, Coastal Studies Institute,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
LA.(peer-reviewed)
Wang, P., Ebersole, B.A., and Smith, E.R.,
2002. Longshore Sand Transport &endash; Initial
Results from the Large-Scale Sediment Transport
Facility. ERDC/CHL CHETN-II-46, March 2002, U.S. Army
Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg,
Mississippi.(peer-reviewed)
Hamilton, D.G., Bruce, E.A., Smith, E.R., and Wang,
P., 2001. Development of A Large-Scale Laboratory
Facility for Sediment Transport Research. Technical
Report, ERDC/CHL TR-01-22, U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi,
158p.(peer-reviewed)
Smith, E.R., Ebersole, B.A., and Wang, P.,
2004. Dependence of total longshore sediment transport
rates on incident wave parameters and breaker type.
ERDC/CHL CHETN-II-46, March 2002, U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center, Vicksburg,
Mississippi
CURRENT AND
RECENT PROJECTS:
PI (Wang), Assessing Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination at Blind Pass, Florida (Collaborative research among NOAA, USACE, and Pinellas County, Florida): 2006-2008.
PI (Wang), Shoreline and Bathymetry Study at Homosassa River, Florida (Southwest Florida Water Management District): 2006 – 2007.
PI (Wang), Physical Monitoring of the Sand Key and Treasure Island/Long Key Nourishment Projects (Pinellas County, Florida): 2006-2008.
CO-PI (Wang and Davis), Sarasota County Comprehensive Inlet Management Program Big Pass and New Pass (Sarasota County): 2005-2007.
PI (Wang), Shoreline and Bathymetry Study at Manatee River and Chassawihzika River, Florida (Southwest Florida Water Management District): 2004 - 2005.
PI (Wang), Sedimentary characteristics and stratigraphy at Dona-Roberts Bay, Florida. (Mote Marine Laboratory): 2005.
PI
(Wang), SERG: Morphological Impacts and
Post-storm Recovery of Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan,
and Jeanne, Florida Gulf Coast (National Science
Foundation): 2004-2005.
PI
(Wang), Shoreline and Bathymetry Study at
Anclote River, Little Manatee River, and Weeki Wachee River,
Florida (Southwest Florida Water Management District): 2004
- 2005.
PI
(Wang), Shoreline Study for Evaluating Storm
Effect on Pinellas County Gulf Beaches (Pinellas County,
Florida): 2004-2007.
PI
(Wang), Performance Monitoring of Upham Beach
Nourishment during the First Six Months, Florida (Pinellas
County, Florida): 2004 - 2005.
PI
(Wang), Shoreline and Bathymetry Study at Peace
River, Shell Creek, and Dona-Roberts Bay, Florida (Southwest
Florida Water Management District):
2004.
PI (Wang and
Davis), Evaluating Storm Effect on Pinellas County
Gulf Beaches (Pinellas County, Florida): 2003-2008.
PI (Wang), A Field Study on Sediment Budget and Inlet
Processes at Blind Pass, Florida (U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center): 2002 &endash;
2004.
PI
(Wang), Laboratory Study on Longshore Sediment
Transport Processes at the Longshore Sediment Transport
Facility (U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development
Center): 2001 - 2004.
PI
(Wang), Beach Dynamics and Shoreline Management
Study for Treasure Island, Pinellas County, Florida
(Pinellas County, Florida): 2003 - 2004.
Co-PI (Davis and Wang ), Historical
Investigation of the Dynamics of Big Sarasota Pass, Florida
(Sarasota County, Florida):
2003-2004.
PI (Wang and
Davis), Investigation of Beach Erosion Processes at
Upham Beach, Pinellas County, Florida (Pinellas County,
Florida): 2003 -2004.
PI
(Wang), Bathymetry Study at Charlotte Harbor,
Florida (Southwest Florida Water Management District): 2003
- 2004.
PI
(Wang), A Collaborative Study on Hydrodynamics
and Sediment Processes at a Laboratory Idealized Tidal Inlet
(U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center):
2002 - 2003.
PI (Wang and
Davis), Beach Dynamics and Sediment Budget for
Treasure Island, Pinellas County, Florida (Pinellas County,
Florida): 1998 &endash;2003.
PI
(Wang), Field Study on Channel-filling
Processes at Blind Pass Inlet, Florida (U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center):
2002.
PI (Wang,
Stone, and Rouse), Study of Longshore Sediment
Transport Using the New Large-Scale Laboratory Facility
(Louisiana Sea Grant College Program): 2000 &endash;
2001.
PI
(Wang), Laboratory Study on Groin Notching
(U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center):
1999-2000.
Co-PI (Stone,
Wang, and Roberts), Impacts of Hurricane
Georges and Recovery along the NE Gulf Coast (National
Science Foundation): 1999 -
2000.
Co-PI (Stone and
Wang), Supplemental Beach, Nearshore, and
Wave-Current Monitoring due to Unanticipated Coastal
Response (Louisiana Department of Natural Resources):
2000 - 2001.
Co-PI (Stone and
Wang), A Continuous Monitoring Shallow Water
Hydrodynamic and Meteorological Station Designed for
National Park Service (National Park Service): 1997
&endash; 2000.
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