CEMI People

I am a Research Scientist at the Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, the University of Utah.

Address:

1460E, 115S, FASB 383, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112.
Work phone: (801) 585-0540, fax: (801) 581-7065

Education:

Ph.D. in Geophysics (Speciality: New Method and New Technique for Groundwater surveying in the Karst and Tor Regions in the Southern part of China), China University of Geosciences, June 2000

M.S.D. in Geophysics, China University of Geosciences, June 1992

Bachelor's Degree, Department of Geophysics, China University of Geosciences, July 1982

Professional Career:

Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, SLC, USA, 2000-present (Post Doctoral Fellow).

Director of Surveying Control Technology and Instrument Teaching and Research Section: Department of Geophysics, CUG, Wuhan City, P.R.China, 1997-2000

Vice-chairman of Department of Geophysics, CUG, Wuhan City, P.R.China, 1993-1995

Teaching Experience:

Associate Professor: Department of Geophysics, CUG, Wuhan City, P.R.China, 1995-2000

Lecturer: Department of Geophysics, CUG, Wuhan City, P.R. China, 1989-1995

Teaching Assistant: Department of Geophysics, CUG, Wuhan City, P.R.China, 1982-1989

Professional experience:

Electromagnetic Methods: DC, MT, CSAMT, IP, SIP, NMR, ...

Mathematical Methods: 1-D Analytic, 2-D & 3-D Finite-difference and Finite elements Modeling

Programming skills: C, Fortran, BASIC

Publications:

    1. Michael S. Zhdanov, Le Wan, Alexander Gribenko, Martin Cuma, Kerry Key and Steven Contable, 2009, Large-scale 3D inversion of marine magnetotelluric data: case study from Gemini Prosrect, gulf of Mexico, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2009 Annual Meeting, 317-334
    2. Le Wan and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2009, Joint inversion of marine gravity and gradiometry data in offshore geophysical exploration, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2009 Annual Meeting, 261-278.
    3. Le Wan, Pichet Puahengsup, Michael S Zhdanov, 2008, Digital Filters for Electromagnetic Migration of Marine Electromagnetic Data, The 19th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth, Beijing, China, October 23-29, 2008, pp. 407-412
    4. Michael S Zhdanov, Le Wan, Arun Kumar, Alex Gribenko, Martin Cuma, Kerry Key, Steven Constable, 2008, Rigorous 3D Inversion of Marine Magnetotelluric Data in Offshore Hydrocarbon Exploration, The 19th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth, Beijing, China, October 23-29, 2008, pp. 745-750
    5. Le Wan and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2008, Focusing inversion of marine full-tensor gradiometry data in offshore geophysical exploration, Technical Program Expanded Abstracts with Authors' Biographies, SEG Las Vegas 2008 (ISSN 1052-3812)
    6. Le Wan and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2008, Focusing inversion of marine full-tensor gradiometry data in offshore geophysical exploration, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2008 Annual Meeting, 307-328.
    7. Pechet Puahengsup, Le Wan, and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2008, Digital filters for electromagnetic migration of marine electromagnetic data, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2008 Annual Meeting, 227-272.
    8. Le Wan, Pechet Puahengsup, and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2007, Frequency domain 3-D electromagnetic migration and imaging of sea-bottom geoelectrical structures, Technical Program Expanded Abstracts with Authors' Biographies, SEG San Antonio 2007 (ISSN 1052-3812), pp. 594-597
    9. Arun Kumar, Le Wan , and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2007, Regularization analysis of three-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion, Technical Program Expanded Abstracts with Authors' Biographies, SEG San Antonio 2007 (ISSN 1052-3812), pp. 482-485
    10. Le Wan, Pichet Puahengsup, and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2007, Frequency domain 3D electromagnetic migration and imaging of sea-bottom geoelectrical structures, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2007 Annual Meeting, 93-108.
    11. Arun Kumar, Le Wan, and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2007, Rigorous Three dimensional MT inversion based on the integral equation method, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2007 Annual Meeting, 295-318.
    12. Le Wan, Michael S. Zhdanov, Steve Constable, and Kerry Key, 2006, Rigorous 3-D Inversion of Marine MT Data, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2006 Annual Meeting, 229-254.
    13. Michael S. Zhdanov, and Le Wan, 2005, Rapid seabed imaging by frequency domain electromagnetic migration, Technical Program Expanded Abstracts with Authors' Biographies, SEG Houston 2005 (ISSN 1052-3812), pp. 518-521.
    14. Le Wan and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2005, Rapid Seabed Imaging by Frequency Domain Electromagnetic Mogration, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2005 Annual Meeting, 169-185.
    15. Michael S. Zhdanov, Le Wan, Steve Constable and Kerry Key, 2004, New Development in 3-D Marine MT Modeling and Inversion for Off-shore Petroleum Exploration, Technical Program Expanded Abstracts with Authors' Biographies, SEG Denver 2004 (ISSN 1052-3812), 588-591.
    16. Michael S. Zhdanov, Nikolay Golubev, Le Wan, Olex Ingerov, Leo Fox, 2004, Cascade 3-D Inversion of Magnetotelluric Date, Technical Program Expanded Abstracts with Authors' Biographies, SEG Denver 2004 (ISSN 1052-3812), 688-691.
    17. Le Wan and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2004, New Development in 3-D Marine MT Modeling and Inversion for Petroleum Exploration, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2004 Annual Meeting, 311-332.
    18. Michael S. Zhdanov and Le Wan, 2003, Three Dimensional Marine Magnetotellurics for Petroleum Exploration, Technical Program Expanded Abstracts with Authors' Biographies, SEG Dallas 2003 (ISSN 1052-3812), 541-544.
    19. Le Wan and Michael S. Zhdanov, 2003, Three Dimensional Modeling and Inverion of Sea-bottom MT Data for Petroleum Exploration, Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion Proceedings of 2003 Annual Meeting, 279-294.

------------------Before 2000------------------
    1. Yanzhong Luo and Le Wan , Finite difference modeling for uniform electrical field on 2-D irregular topography, Computing Techniques for Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration ( ISSN 1001-1749 ), Vol. 6, No. 4, 15-26, 1984.
    2. Yanzhong Luo and Le Wan , Establishing a coordinate system for conform mappings (A fast way to reduce topographic effects on electrical exploration), Computing Techniques for Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration ( ISSN 1001-1749 ), Vol. 8, No. 1, 23-31, 1986.
    3. Le Wan , 1-D generalized inversion for CSAMT data, Annual of The Chinese Geophysical Society, 1992, Seismological Press (ISBN 7-5028-0704-7/P.472), 132.
    4. Le Wan , Y. Luo, R. Ma, Fast approximate calculation for CSAMT 1-D forward, Annual of The Chinese Geophysical Society, 1993, Seismological Press, (ISBN 7-5028-0967-8/P.597), 198, 1993.
    5. Le Wan and Y. Luo, X. Cui, SIP data processing and interpretation system in SUN computers, Annual of The Chinese Geophysical Society, 1995, Petroleum Industry Press, (ISBN 7-5021-1585-4), 380, 1995.
    6. Le Wan , Y. Luo, Data processing and interpretation in CSAMT, The Advanced Development of Applied Geophysics, (ISBN 7-5625-1075-X) China University of Geosciences Press, 20-29, 1996.
    7. Le Wan , Y. Luo, One-dimensional inverse algorithm of bipolar source CSAMT method, Contributions to The Exploration Geophysics and Geochemistry, Vol. 20, ( Collected Works of Electrical Method ),     Geological Publishing House, (ISBN 7-116-02167-1/P.1626), 91-102, 1996.
    8. Y. Luo, L. Wan , Z. He, A new near-field correction method for CSAMT data - The full frequency domain apparent resistivity method, Contributions to The Exploration Geophysics and Geochemistry, Vol. 20, ( Collected Works of Electrical Method ), Geological Publishing House, (ISBN 7-116-02167-1/P.1626), 69-77, 1996.
    9. Y. Luo, L. Wan , L. Yang, Equivalent dipolar source approximate calculation for One-dimension direct problem of bipolar source CSAMT method, Contributions to The Exploration Geophysics and Geochemistry, Vol. 20, ( Collected Works of Electrical Method ), Geological Publishing House, (ISBN 7-116-02167-1/P.1626), 78-90, 1996.
    10. Y. Luo, L. Wan , Controlled source audio-frequency magnetotellurics, The New Development of Electrical Exploration, Geological Publishing House, (ISBN 7-116-02079-9/P.1562), 1996.
    11. Le Wan , Y. Pan, Utilize NMR to detect karst water resources, Annual of The Chinese Geophysical Society, 1998, Xian Cartographic Publishing House, (ISBN 7-80545-663-1/K.491), 147, 1998.
    12. Le Wan , B. Zhang, Y. Pan, Application of geophysics methods in treating pollution process, Urban Environment, No. 1, March, 1999.
    13. Le Wan , Y. Pan, Detecting of karst water in China with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, Computerized Tomography Theory and Applications, (ISSN 1004-4140), Vol. 8, No. 3, 1999.
    14. Le Wan , Z. Yuan, Y. Pan, The nuclear magnetic induced system (NUMIS) and its applications to the groundwater exploration, Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration (ISSN 1000-8918, CODEN: WYHUEZ, CN11-1906/P), Vol.23, No.5, Oct. 1999.

Awards:

Personal:
1. "Excellent Teacher", The Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, 1995.
2. "Excellent Youth Teacher", FOK YING TUNG EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 3rd Prize, 1998.

Scientific Research Program:
   1."Research on Computer Algorithm and Applied Technology in Electrical Prospecting",
           The Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Excellent achievement 3rd Prize, 1984.
   2."The Digestion and Absorbtion in IPS-3 SIP System",
           The Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Excellent achievement 3rd Prize, 1986.
   3."Applied Software on Electrical Prospecting"
           The Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Excellent achievement 3rd Prize, 1989.
   4."Applied Software on Electrical Prospecting in Dual-68000 computer"
           The Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Excellent software 3rd Prize, 1989.
   5."Theory and Application Research on CSAMT"
           The Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, Excellent achievement 3rd Prize, 1996.

Teaching Program:
"Research and Practice in the Reform of Teaching Geo-specialties and Raising the Ability of Students"
The Hubei Province Excellent Achievement 2nd Prize, 1997.