Background Information: 

Dr. Qingtao Sun is an assistant professor at Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo. He received the Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 2017, and then worked successively in Wave Computation Technologies, Inc. and Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Dr. Sun’s research interests include numerical modeling technique on electromagnetics and acoustics and its applications. To date, he has published 34 SCI papers on top-tier journals, such as IEEE TGRS, TAP, and TMTT, and received more than 600 journal citations according to Google Scholar, and has 5 granted US patents and 1 granted China patent. Dr. Sun received Outstanding PhD Dissertation Awards from Duke University, and Honorable Mention Award from 2016 IEEE AP-S paper competition. He was a member of Youth Editorial Committee of Petroleum Science, which is honored as the National Leading Journal. Dr. Sun, as one of the kernel technical members of Halliburton, developed novel acoustic logging techniques and tools for both logging-while-drilling and wireline, and received the Inventor Awards by the company. In addition, he received Outstanding Achievement Award for Scientific Research in Higher Education Institutions by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Progress Award by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, and Science and Technology Award by Dongying City.

Research Field:

• Computational EM and its application in integrated circuit EDA modeling and geophysical exploration

• Multiphysics modeling (EM, acoustics, elastics, and heat transfer)

• Differential equation and machine learning

• Inverse problem and imaging

• EM modeling algorithms with quantum computing

• Non-destructive testing with EM and ultrasonic waves.

Educational Background:

2012-2017: PhD. (majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering), Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University 

2009-2012: Master (majoring in Geodetection and Information Technology), School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China)

2005-2009: Bachelor (majoring in Exploration Technology and Engineering), School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China)

Work Experience:

2023-Present: Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Assistant professor

2017-2023: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Senior scientist, Principal scientist

2017-2017: Wave Computation Technologies, Inc., Research associate

Academic Part-time Jobs (Partial):

2020-2022: Petroleum Science, Youth Editorial Committee

2023: ACES 2023, TPC member

2021: PIERS2021, SC1&SC5 Session Organizer 

Journal Review: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Remote Sensing, Petroleum Science, Photonics Technology Letters, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Interpretation, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Awards and Honors:

2023: Inventor Awards, Halliburton

2017: Outstanding PhD Dissertation Awards, Duke University

2016: Honorable Mention Award, IEEE AP-S paper competition

2015: URSI Travel Fellowship Grant Award, USNC/URSI

2012: Outstanding Achievement Award for Scientific Research in Higher Education Institutions, Ministry of Education

2012: Science and Technology Progress Award, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation

2012: Science and Technology Award, Dongying City.

Representative Works:

General Information

More than 30 SCI papers, 12 of them as the first or corresponding author, and among the 12, 11 papers belong to Q2 or above in journal ranking. Received more than 600 journal citations according to Google Scholar.

Google Scholar：

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-2-I69kAAAAJ&hl=en

10 Representative Works (* refers to the corresponding author)

1. Q. Sun, R. Zhang, K. Chen, N. Feng, and Y. Hu, Anisotropic modeling with geometric multigrid preconditioned finite element method, Geophysics, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 1-21, 2022.

2. Q. Sun, R. Zhang, and Y. Hu, Finite-element modeling of time-domain controlled source electromagnetic survey with weighted Laguerre polynomials, Geophysics, vol. 86, no. 6, E383-E389, 2021.

3. Q. Sun, R. Zhang, and Y. Hu, Domain decomposition based discontinuous Galerkin time domain method with weighted Laguerre polynomials, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 2021.

4. Q. Sun and Y. Hu, Fast geometric multigrid preconditioned finite-difference frequency-domain method for borehole electromagnetic sensing, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 2021.

5. Q. Sun, R. Zhang, Q. Zhan, and Q. H. Liu, 3-D implicit-explicit hybrid finite difference/spectral element/finite element time domain method without a buffer zone, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 5469-5476, 2019.

6. Q. Sun, Q. Zhan, R. Zhang, and Q. H. Liu, Mixed total field/scattered field based discontinuous Galerkin frequency-domain method for subsurface sensing, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 3354-3360, Dec. 2018.

7. Q. Sun, Q. Zhan, Q. Ren, and Q. H. Liu, Wave equation-based implicit subdomain DGTD method for modeling of electrically small problems, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 1111-1119, Apr. 2017.

8. Q. Sun, Q. Ren, Q. Zhan, and Q. H. Liu, 3-D domain decomposition based hybrid finite-difference time-domain/finite-element time-domain method with nonconformal meshes, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 3682-3688, Oct. 2017.

9. Q. Sun, R. Zhang, Q. Zhan, and Q. H. Liu, Multiscale hydraulic fracture modeling with discontinuous Galerkin frequency-domain method and impedance transition boundary condition, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 6566-6573, 2017.

10. Q. Sun, R. Zhang, Q. Zhan, and Q. H. Liu, A novel coupling algorithm for perfectly matched layer with wave equation based discontinuous Galerkin time domain method, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 2017.2