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Yi Mei

Title

Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Fellow, Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment

Education

M.S., Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
M.E., Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
B.S., Hydrology and Water Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China

Research Interests

  • Hydrological regulation on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) transport in watersheds
  • Groundwater-surface water interactions and their effects on DOC export
  • Hydrological and water chemistry modeling at multiple scales

Publications

Mei, Y., G. M. Hornberger, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and A. K. Aufdenkampe (2012). "Estimation of dissolved organic carbon from hillslope soils to a headwater stream." Water Resources Research, 48, W09514, doi:10.1029/2011WR010815.

Mei, Y. and J. C. Wu (2009). "A new method for reducing the numerical error in solving the problem of contaminant transport in groundwater." Advances in Water Science, 120(15): 639-645 (In Chinese).

Mei, Y. and J. C. Wu (2008). "A study of the seepage flow model of a pumped storage power station in northeastern China based on FEMWATER." Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, 35(6): 1-5 (In Chinese).

Mei, Y. and J. C. Wu (2008). "The construction of the 3-D mesh for FEMWATER." Journal of Geotechnical Investigation and Surveying, 9: 28-31 (In Chinese).

Presentations

Mei, Y., G. M. Hornberger, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and A. K. Aufdenkampe (2011, December). Modeling the Temporal Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Headwater Stream, Southeastern Pennsylvania . American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Mei, Y., G. M. Hornberger, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and A. K. Aufdenkampe (2010, December). The Delivery of Dissolved Organic Carbon from Forest Soils to a Headwater Stream . American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Mei, Y., G. M. Hornberger, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, A. K. Aufdenkampe, and Y. P. Tsang (2009, December). Transient Dissolved Organic Carbon through Soils . American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Patents

Wu, J. C., X. B. Zhu, and Y. Mei (2009). Method for reducing errors in groundwater solute transfer numerical simulation. Chinese Patent ID CN101582096, http://ip.com/pat/CN101582096A.

Hobbies and Interests

Karaoke, soccer, music, traveling, and juggling