Prof. WONG Teng Fong

Prof. WONG Teng Fong 黃庭芳

Education

1981 Ph.D. Geophysics MIT
1976 M.S. Applied Mechanics Harvard
1973 B.S. Applied Mathematics Brown

Academic Employments

2020 – present Emeritus Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2015 – present Research Professor, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University
2013 – 2019 Professor & Founding Director, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1992 – 2015 Professor, 2004-2007: Chair, 1986-1992: Associate Professor, 1982-1986: Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
1981 – 1982 Postdoctoral associate, MIT

Research Fields and Current Research Interests

  • Experimental rock deformation
  • Rock physics applied to energy resources
  • Earthquake mechanics
  • Environmental hydrogeology

Honours and Awards

2017 Fellow of American Geophysical Union.
2010 Louis Néel Medal of the European Geosciences Union (in the areas of rock magnetism, rock physics and geomaterials).
2003 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.
1986 Basic Research Award, The U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics

Professional Activities

Current

2020 – present Joint Research Schemes (Physical Sciences) panel, Hong Kong Research Grants Council
2016 – present Vice-President, Rock Physics Committee, Chinese Geophysical Society

Past

2013 – 18 Physical Sciences panel, HK Research Grants Council
2017 – 19 Grants review panel, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, U. S. Geological Survey
2004 – 2008 Advisory board, San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), EarthScope.
2006 Physical Sciences panel, HK UGC Research Assessment Exercise
2002 Chair, Physical Properties of Earth Materials Committee, American Geophysical Union
1989 – 1992 Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research
1988 – 2012 Visiting professorship at: ANU, MIT, ETH Zurich, USTC, ENS Paris, Strasbourg, CUHK

Teaching

Current

ESSC3010 Continuum Mechanics (2016-17)
ESSC3100 Structural Geology (2016-17)
ESSC3320 Hydrogeology (2016-17)
ESSC4110 Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics
EASC5001 Introduction to Research in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences I (2016-17)

Past

ESSC3800 Global Environmental Change
EASC5002 Introduction to Research in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences II

College Affiliation in CUHK

  • Lee Woo Sing College

Books

  • Paterson, M.S. and Wong, T.-f., Experimental Rock Deformation – The Brittle Field, 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag, New York, 348 pp., 2005.
  • 陈颙、黄庭芳、刘恩儒《岩石物理学》。合肥:中国科学技术大学出版社, 584 页, 2009. (Chen, Y., T.-f. Wong, and E. Liu, “Rock Physics”, USTC Press, Hefei, 584 pp, 2009.)

Selected Recent Publications

Complete publication list can be found in my Google Scholar profile.

  1. Wong, T.-f., Anisotropic poroelasticity in a rock with cracks, J. Geophys.Res. Solid Earth, 122, 7739–7753, doi:10.1002/2017JB014315, 2017.
  2. Sun, W.C., and T.-f. Wong, Prediction of permeability and formation factor of sandstone with multiscale lattice Boltzmann/finite element simulation on microtomographic images, Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 106, 269-277, 2018.
  3. Meng, F., P. Baud, H. Ge, and T.-f. Wong, The effect of stress on limestone permeability and effective stress behavior of damaged samples, J. Geophys.Res. Solid Earth, 124, doi: 10.1029/2018JB016526, 2019.
  4. Huang, L., P. Baud, B. Cordonnier, F. Renard, L. Liu, and T.-f. Wong, Synchrotron X-ray imaging in 4D: Multiscale failure and compaction localization in triaxially compressed porous limestone, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 528, 115831, 2019.
  5. Jiang, G., X. Qiao, X. Wang, R. Lu, L. Liu, H. Yang, Y. Su, L. Song, B. Wang, and T.-f. Wong, GPS observed horizontal ground extension at the Hutubi (China) underground gas storage facility and its application to geomechanical modeling for induced seismicity, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 530, 115943, 2020.
  6. Meng, F., X. Li, P. Baud, and T.-f. Wong, Effective stress law for the permeability and pore volume change of clayey sandstones, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB019765. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019765, 2020.
  7. Choo, J., A. Sohail, F. Fei, and T.-f. Wong, Shear fracture energies of stiff clays and shales, Acta Geotechnica, 16, 2291–2299, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-021-01145-5, 2021.
  8. Baud, P., S. Hall, M. Heap, Y. Ji, and T.-f. Wong, The brittle-ductile transition in porous limestone: failure mode, constitutive modeling of inelastic deformation and strain localization, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB021602, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021602, 2021.
  9. Cai, C., N. Vlassis, L. Magee, R. Ma, Z. Xiong, B. Bahmani, T.-f. Wong, Y. Wang, W.C. Sun, Equivariant geometric learning for digital rock physics: Estimating formation factor and effective permeability tensors from Morse graph, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, 20, 1-24, 2023.
  1. Meng, F., L. Huang, P. Baud, and T.-f. Wong, Strain localization in 4D imaged by X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation: Discrete compaction bands in Leitha limestone, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 171, 105160, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105160, 2023.

Patents

  • Smith, C., R. Paulsen, and T.-f. Wong, Ultrasonic Seepage Meter, U.S. Patents 6,874,371 (4/5/2005); 7,107,859 (9/19/2006)

Research Grants

  • 3D cracking behavior of rocks under true triaxial stress conditions: Mechanistic modeling and investigations, RGC/GRF (co-I).
  • Investigation of characteristics and mechanism of earthquakes associated with the Hutubi gas reservoir, NSFC/RGC joint scheme.
  • Experimental and digital rock physics in relation to hydraulic and electrical transport properties of porous sandstone, RGC/GRF.
  • Effective stress laws for fluid flow and deformation of limestone as a dual porosity medium, RGC/GRF.
  • Failure Mode, strain localization and permeability evolution in volcanic rock, PROCORE – France/Hong Kong Research Scheme.
  • Permeability of carbonate rocks: From petrophysical measurements to 3D digital rock physics and back, PROCORE – France/Hong Kong Research Scheme.
  • Source characteristics of induced earthquakes associated with shale gas production in Weiyuan, Sichuan, NSFC/RGC joint scheme (co-I).
  • Towards a multiscale understanding of compaction localisation in highly porous sandstone based on a hierarchical multiscale modelling approach, RGC/GRF (co-I).

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