Xiusheng Yang

Professor

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Education:

• PhD 1988 Agricultural Engineering, Ohio State University
• MS 1985 Agricultural Engineering, Cornell University
• BS 1982 Agricultural Mechanization, China Agricultural University

Professional Experience:

• 2002 – Present Professor of Resources Engineering, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, 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 and the Environment, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
• 1991 – 1997 Assistant Professor of Resources Engineering, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, 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

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate Courses

• NRE 3145 Meteorology
• NRE 3146 Climatology
• NRE 3674 Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resources of China
• NRE 3675 Environmental and Natural Resources of China
• NRE 4175 Environmental Meteorology

Graduate Courses

• NRE 5145 Environmental Biophysics
• NRE 5605 Environmental Data Analysis
• NRE 6000 Research Methods in Natural Resources

Research Interests:

• Natural resources engineering and modeling
• Multimedia transport processes
• Atmospheric-hydrologic-ecologic interactions
• Biomass feedstock, bioenergy
• Biometeorology, forest micrometeorology, microclimatology
• Urban food production, controlled environment agriculture, GREENBOX technology