Dr. Zhangshuan Hou

Office: 717 Natural Sciences Complex Phone: 716.645.6800 ext.3984 Email: hou2@buffalo.edu Website: Home Page Title: Assistant Professor Degree: PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Specialty: Near Surface Geophysics, Geostatistics and Stochastic Hydrogeology, Vadose Zone Hydrology, Climate Change.

Courses Offered

Applied Geophysics, Geostatistics

Research Interests

My research includes intensive field observations using geophysical techniques (seismic, electromagnetic, resistivity, ground-penetrating-radar, etc.), development and evaluation of geophysical data interpretation techniques, flow and transport models, and hydrogeological/hydrogeophysical inversion approaches.

Recent Publications

Hou, Z., Y. Rubin, and J. Chen, On Application of Ray-tracing Methods When Using Tomographic GPR in Vadose Zone Hydrology, Journal of Applied Geophysics, submitted.

Chen, J., G. M. Hoversten, D. Vasco, Z. Hou, and Y. Rubin, 2007, A Sampling-based Bayesian Model for Gas Saturation Estimation Using Geophysical Data, Geophysics, 72(6), P. WA85-WA95 .

Hou, Z., Y. Rubin, G. M. Hoversten, D. Vasco, and J. Chen, 2006, Reservoir Parameter Identification Using Minimum Relative Entropy-Based Bayesian Inversion of Seismic AVA and Marine CSEM Data, Geophysics, 71(6), P.O77-O88.

Hou, Z., and Y. Rubin, 2005, On MRE Concepts and Prior Compatibility Issues in Vadose Zone Inverse and Forward Modeling, Water Resour. Res., 41, W12425, doi:10.1029/2005WR004082.

Hoversten, G.M., F. Cassassuce, E. Gasperikova, Y. Rubin, Z. Hou, and D. Vasco, 2005, Direct Reservoir Parameter Estimation Using Joint Inversion of Marine Seismic AVA & CSEM Data, Geophysics, 71(3), P.C1-C13, May-June.

Hou, Z., and X. Li, 2000, Analysis of Global Climate Change and External Forcing Factors, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 36(5), 641-650.

Li, X., and Z. Hou, 1999, Rotated Complex Empirical Orthogonal Functions (RCEOF) Analyses: Theory and Examples, Acta Meteor. Sinica, 13, 212-225.