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Engineering and Technology

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National Ranking
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Earth Science

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Overview

Hongbin Zhan is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and engineering, with a focus on groundwater flow, contamination studies, hydraulic fracturing, reservoir analysis, and related fields.

The scientist's publication record highlights contributions particularly in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with 190 and 155 publications respectively. Specific subfields include Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Ocean Engineering.

Main topics covered by their research include:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Landslides and related hazards

Their work has been published in a range of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Hydrology (40 publications)
  • Water Resources Research (10 publications)
  • Advances in Water Resources (10 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (10 publications)
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (6 publications)

Representative recent papers include:

  • Multiscale Study of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Sandstone in Three Gorges Reservoir Region Subjected to Cyclic Wetting-Drying of Yangtze River Water, 2020, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Layer-by-layer assembled dual-ligand conductive MOF nano-films with modulated chemiresistive sensitivity and selectivity, 2020, Nano Research
  • Quantitative evaluation of fracture geometry influence on nonlinear flow in a single rock fracture, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Iron oxides decorated graphene oxide/chitosan composite beads for enhanced Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solution, 2021, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Formation mechanism analysis of irrigation-induced retrogressive loess landslides, 2020, CATENA

Frequent collaborators in their research include Huimei Shan, Wenguang Shi, Quanrong Wang, Mohammad M. Sedghi, and Wenmin Yao, reflecting a consistent collaborative network across environmental engineering and related disciplines.

Hongbin Zhan has also contributed to academic book publications, including the 2024 title Art of Single-Well Push-Pull Test published by World Scientific.

Best Publications

  • A finite element solution for the fractional advection–dispersion equation

    Quanzhong Huang;Guanhua Huang;Hongbin Zhan

  • Integration of SWAP and MODFLOW-2000 for modeling groundwater dynamics in shallow water table areas

    Xu Xu;Guanhua Huang;Hongbin Zhan;Hongbin Zhan;Zhongyi Qu

  • Experimental study of turbulent unconfined groundwater flow in a single fracture

    Jiazhong Qian;Hongbin Zhan;Weidong Zhao;Fenggen Sun

  • Analytical solutions of contaminant transport from finite one-, two-, and three-dimensional sources in a finite-thickness aquifer.

    Eungyu Park;Hongbin Zhan

  • Groundwater flow to a horizontal or slanted well in an unconfined aquifer

    Hongbin Zhan;Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • Robust Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Enabled by Highly Conductive WSe2‐Based Superlattices with Tunable Interlayer Space

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  • A new mobile-immobile model for reactive solute transport with scale-dependent dispersion

    Guangyao Gao;Guangyao Gao;Hongbin Zhan;Shaoyuan Feng;Bojie Fu

  • Experimental study of the effect of roughness and Reynolds number on fluid flow in rough-walled single fractures: a check of local cubic law

    Jiazhong Qian;Zhou Chen;Hongbin Zhan;Hongbin Zhan;Houchun Guan

  • On different numerical inverse Laplace methods for solute transport problems

    Quanrong Wang;Hongbin Zhan

  • Significant contribution of single atomic Mn implanted in carbon nanosheets to high-performance sodium–ion hybrid capacitors

    Xiang Hu;Xiang Hu;Genxiang Wang;Junwei Li;Junheng Huang

  • Carbon-coated MoS1.5Te0.5 nanocables for efficient sodium-ion storage in non-aqueous dual-ion batteries

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  • Pore structure characterization of Chang-7 tight sandstone using MICP combined with N 2 GA techniques and its geological control factors

    Zhe Cao;Guangdi Liu;Hongbin Zhan;Chaozheng Li

  • Evidence of one-dimensional scale-dependent fractional advection–dispersion

    Guanhua Huang;Quanzhong Huang;Hongbin Zhan

  • Spatiotemporal deformation characteristics and triggering factors of Baijiabao landslide in Three Gorges Reservoir region, China

    Wenmin Yao;Changdong Li;Qingjun Zuo;Hongbin Zhan

  • Interface and Structure Engineering of Tin‐Based Chalcogenide Anodes for Durable and Fast‐Charging Sodium Ion Batteries

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  • Theoretical and experimental studies of coupled seepage-pipe flow to a horizontal well

    Chongxi Chen;Junwei Wan;Hongbin Zhan

  • Experimental evidence of scale-dependent hydraulic conductivity for fully developed turbulent flow in a single fracture

    Jiazhong Qian;Hongbin Zhan;Shaohe Luo;Weidong Zhao

  • Approximate Solutions for Forchheimer Flow to a Well

    Simon A. Mathias;Simon A. Mathias;Adrian P. Butler;Adrian P. Butler;Hongbin Zhan;Hongbin Zhan

  • Experimental study of solute transport under non-Darcian flow in a single fracture

    Jiazhong Qian;Hongbin Zhan;Hongbin Zhan;Zhou Chen;Hao Ye

  • Analytical solution of two-dimensional solute transport in an aquifer-aquitard system.

    Hongbin Zhan;Zhang Wen;Guanhua Huang;Dongmin Sun

  • Non-Darcian flow in a single confined vertical fracture toward a well

    Zhang Wen;Guanhua Huang;Hongbin Zhan

  • An analytical solution of two-dimensional reactive solute transport in an aquifer-aquitard system

    Hongbin Zhan;Zhang Wen;Guangyao Gao

  • An analytical solution for non-Darcian flow in a confined aquifer using the power law function

    Zhang Wen;Guanhua Huang;Hongbin Zhan

  • Hydraulics of a finite-diameter horizontal well with wellbore storage and skin effect

    Eungyu Park;Hongbin Zhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Guanhua Huang
Guanhua Huang China Agricultural University
Yanxin Wang
Yanxin Wang China University of Geosciences
Guangyao Gao
Guangyao Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qinhong Hu
Qinhong Hu The University of Texas at Arlington
Bojie Fu
Bojie Fu Peking University
Songhu Yuan
Songhu Yuan China University of Geosciences
Michael Manga
Michael Manga University of California, Berkeley
Robert E. Criss
Robert E. Criss Washington University in St. Louis
Shuangfang Lu
Shuangfang Lu Northeast Petroleum University
Brent E. Sleep
Brent E. Sleep University of Toronto

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