Education:
M.S. Geology, Indiana University, 2006-2008
B.S. Geology and Mathematics, Peking University, 2002-2006

UTIG Advisor: Peter Flemings

Research Topic:
I am interested in quantitative modeling of crustal fluid and geomorphology problems, especially in the areas where the two interact with each other. I am currently studying failure in unconsolidated sands caused by breaching. This is a type of slowly retrogressive and high angle failure. It is common in fluvial, coastal, and submarine environments.

Publications
You, Y., Flemings, P., Mohrig, D., 2011, Dynamics of dilative slope failure, Geology, accepted.

Bense V.F., Person, M.A., Chaudhary, K., Yao, Y., Cremer, N., Simon, S. 2008, Thermal anomalies indicate preferential flow along faults in unconsolidated sedimentary aquifers, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, no. 24.

You, Y. and Person, M., 2008, The role of pore pressure generation in sediment transport within half-grabens, Basin Research, v. 20, no. 3.

Meeting Abstracts (as presenter):
You Y., Flemings P., Mohrig, D., 2010, Breaching: a slope failure driven by pore pressure dissipation, AGU annual meeting, San Francisco.

You Y., Flemings P., Mohrig, D., 2010, Breaching: a slope failure driven by pore pressure dissipation, SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Long Beach.

You Y., Flemings P., Mohrig, D., 2009, Failure caused by breaching in subaqueous sand, AGU annual meeting, San Francisco.

Flemings, P., Yao Y., Sawyer, D., Schneider, J., 2008, Forward modeling pore pressure evolution in the Ursa Basin, offshore Louisana, Gulf of Mexico, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

You, Y., and Person, M., 2008, Faults as conduit and barrier systems for oil and brine migration, AAPG Annual Meeting, San Antonio.

You, Y., and Person, M., 2007, The Role of Pore pressure generation in sediment transport within alluvial basins, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver.

Awards
Outstanding student paper, American Geophysics Union.
2011, Best poster, SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences.
Chevron Scholarship, The University of Texas at Austin.
2010 (Spring), Ewing Worzel fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin.
2009, John and Elizabeth M. Teagle Scholarship in Petroleum Geology, University of Texas at Austin.
2008, Chevron Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin.
2008, ConocoPhilips Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin.
2006, Malcom & Slyvia Boyce Fellowship, Indiana University.
2002-2005, Peking University Geology Scholarship.