Publications

Analysis on multi-well effects with the wellbore-aquifer coupled model on compressed air energy storage in aquifers with daily cycles in Dezhou, Shandong of China

Yi Li, Dongming Han, Jia Zhang, Yaning Liu, Ruihui Chen

Applied Energy · 421 · 128251 · 2026 · Journal article

Assigned to the journal issue dated October 15, 2026.

Application of multifidelity proper orthogonal decomposition-based surrogate models to rarefied gas dynamics

Andrew Kitterman, Nijat Rustamov, Yaning Liu, Saman A. Aryana

Physics of Fluids · 38(6) · 062021 · 2026 · Journal article

Hierarchical Dirichlet processes for moment-independent global sensitivity analysis

Michael T. Schmidt, Yaning Liu

Reliability Engineering & System Safety · 272, Part 3 · 112656 · 2026 · Journal article

Operational performance of compressed CO2 energy storage in aquifers under dynamic reservoir pressure through coupled surface-wellbore-reservoir modeling

Yinjiang Liu, Yi Li, Xian Luo, Yi Li, Yaning Liu

Energy · 347 · 140424 · 2026 · Journal article

Subsurface evolution and operational suitability of compressed air energy storage in aquifers under multi-timescale cycling

Xian Luo, Yi Li, Yinjiang Liu, Jin Xu, Yunhao Li, Geng Gong, Guijin Zhang, Yaning Liu

Applied Thermal Engineering · 307 · 133167 · 2026 · Journal article

Coupled nonlinear wellbore multiphase flow and thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of compressed air energy storage in aquifers

Yi Li, Qian Zhou, Hao Yu, Yi Li, Yinjiang Liu, Leqing Huang, Dong Tang, Guijin Zhang, Yaning Liu

Applied Energy · 377, Part A · 124441 · 2025 · Journal article

Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of inter-seasonal compressed air energy storage in aquifers

Yi Li, Luping Cai, Xian Luo, Yi Li, Dong Tang, Guijin Zhang, Yaning Liu

Journal of Energy Storage · 123 · 116753 · 2025 · Journal article

Coupled wellbore-aquifer numerical analysis of underground performance of compressed air energy storage in heterogeneous aquifers

Yi Li, Chaobin Guo, Jingrui Wang, Ruihui Chen, Yaning Liu

Journal of Energy Storage · 114, Part A · 115794 · 2025 · Journal article

Modeling underground performance of compressed air energy storage in a practical flat aquifer: Insights on the permeability effects

Yi Li, Ping Xue, Yi Li, Yaning Liu, Jingrui Wang, Wenjie Yin

Energy · 322 · 135592 · 2025 · Journal article

Underground performance assessment of compressed CO2 energy storage in aquifers by thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling method

Yi Li, Yinjiang Liu, Hao Yu, Xian Luo, Yi Li, Dong Tang, Guijin Zhang, Yaning Liu

Energy · 324 · 135945 · 2025 · Journal article

A novel application of data-consistent inversion to overcome spurious inference in genome-wide association studies

Negar Janani, Kendra A. Young, Greg Kinney, Matthew Strand, John E. Hokanson, Yaning Liu, Troy Butler, Erin Austin

Genetic Epidemiology · 48(6) · 270–288 · 2024 · Journal article

Study on the applicability of compressed carbon dioxide energy storage in aquifers under different daily and weekly cycles

Yi Li, Hao Yu, Yi Li, Dong Tang, Guijin Zhang, Yaning Liu

Renewable Energy · 222 · 119987 · 2024 · Journal article

The effects of formation inclination on the operational performance of compressed carbon dioxide energy storage in aquifers

Yi Li, Yinjiang Liu, Jie Cui, Hao Yu, Yi Li, Dong Tang, Guijin Zhang, Yaning Liu

Renewable Energy · 237, Part A · 121536 · 2024 · Journal article

The impacts of geothermal gradients on compressed carbon dioxide energy storage in aquifers

Yi Li, Jie Cui, Hao Yu, Yi Li, Dong Tang, Guijin Zhang, Yaning Liu

Renewable Energy · 231 · 120954 · 2024 · Journal article

The underground performance analysis of compressed air energy storage in aquifers through field testing

Yi Li, Hao Wang, Jinsheng Wang, Litang Hu, Xiaohua Wu, Yabin Yang, Peng Gai, Yaning Liu, Yi Li

Applied Energy · 366 · 123329 · 2024 · Journal article

Exploring students’ learning support use in digital game-based math learning: A mixed-methods approach using machine learning and multi-cases study

C. Dai, F. Ke, Y. Pan, Y. Liu

Computers & Education · 194 · 2023 · Journal article

Full cycle modeling of inter-seasonal compressed air energy storage in aquifers

Y. Li, H. Yu, Y. Li, X. Luo, Y. Liu, G. Zhang, D. Tang, Y. Liu

Energy · 263 Part D · 2023 · Journal article

Numerical verification on the feasibility of compressed carbon dioxide energy storage in two aquifers

Y. Li, H. Yu, Y. Xiao, Y. Li, Y. Liu, X. Luo, D. Tang, G. Zhang, Y. Liu

Renewable Energy · 207 · 2023 · Journal article

Potential influences of leakage through a high permeability path on shallow aquifers in compressed air energy storage in aquifers

Y. Li, Y. Liu, Y. Li, B. Hu, P. Gai

Renewable Energy · 209 · 2023 · Journal article

A comparison of compressed carbon dioxide energy storage and compressed air energy storage in aquifers using numerical methods

Y. Li, H. Yu, D. Tang, Y. Li, G. Zhang, Y. Liu

Renewable Energy · 187 · 2022 · Journal article

Evaluation of rural water supply sustainable operation and management based on cyclic correction framework – a case study of Chongqing, China

L. Fan, Y. Li, W. Luo, W. Qiao, W. Li, F. Liu, Y. Liu

Water Supply · 22(2) · 2022 · Journal article

Numerical study on the impacts of layered heterogeneity on the underground process in compressed air energy storage in aquifers

Y. Li, Y. Li, Y. Liu

Journal of Energy Storage · 46 · 2022 · Journal article

The Influence Research on Nitrogen Transport and Reaction in the Hyporheic Zone with an In-Stream Structure

R. Sun, J. Dong, Y. Li, P. Li, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, J. Feng

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 19 · 2022 · Journal article

A coupled optimization of groundwater remediation alternatives screening under health risk assessment: An application to a petroleum-contaminated site in a typical cold industrial region in Northeastern China

R. Chen, Y. Teng, H. Chen, W. Yue, X. Su, Y. Liu, Q. Zhang

Journal of Hazardous Materials · 407 · 2021 · Journal article

Compressed air energy storage in aquifers: basic principles, considerable factors, and improvement approaches

Y. Li, Y. Li, Y. Liu, X. Cao

Reviews in Chemical Engineering · 37(5) · 2021 · Journal article

Randomized quasi-Monte Carlo methods in global sensitivity analysis

G. Ökten, Y. Liu

Reliability Engineering and System Safety · 210 · 2021 · Journal article

Numerical investigation of a novel approach to coupling compressed air energy storage in aquifers with geothermal energy

Y. Li, Y. Liu, B. Hu, Y. Li, J. Dong

Applied Energy · 279 · 2020 · Journal article

Numerical study on the hydrodynamic and thermodynamic properties of compressed carbon dioxide energy storage in aquifers

Y. Li, H. Yu, Y. Liu, G. Zhang, D. Tang, Z. Jiang

Renewable Energy · 151 · 2020 · Journal article

Performance assessment of a newly developed and highly stable sandy cementitious grout for karst aquifers in China

Y. Li, G. Zhang, H. Jiang, Y. Liu, C. Kuang

Environmental Earth Sciences · 79 · 2020 · Journal article

Effects of cementitious grout components on rheological properties

J. Liu, Y. Li, G. Zhang, Y. Liu

Construction and Building Materials · 227 · 2019 · Journal article

Efficient Bayesian Parameter Inversion Facilitated by Multi-Fidelity Modeling

Y. Liu

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal · 34(2) · 2019 · Journal article

Evaluation of van Genuchten-Mualem model on the relative permeability for unsaturated flow in aperture-based fractures

J. Sheng, T. Huang, Z. Ye, B. Hu, Y. Liu, Q. Fan

Journal of Hydrology · 576 · 2019 · Journal article

The parabolic variational inequalities for variably-saturated water flow in heterogeneous fracture networks

Z. Ye, Q. Jiang, C. Yao, Y. Liu, A. Cheng, S. Huang, Y. Liu

Geofluids · 2018 · 2018 · Journal article

Thermodynamic analysis of a novel supercritical compressed carbon dioxide energy storage system through advanced exergy analysis

Q. He, H. Liu, Y. Hao, Y. Liu, W. Liu

Renewable Energy · 127 · 2018 · Journal article

Implicit sampling combined with reduced order modeling for the inversion of vadose zone hydrological data

Y. Liu, G.S.H. Pau, S. Finsterle

Computers & Geosciences · 108 · 2017 · Journal article

A hybrid reduced-order model of fine-resolution hydrologic simulations at a polygonal tundra site

Y. Liu, G. Bisht, Z. M. Subin, W. J. Riley, G.S.H. Pau

Vadose Zone Journal · 15(2) · 2016 · Journal article

Accurate and efficient prediction of fine-resolution hydrologic and carbon dynamics from coarse-resolution models

G.S.H. Pau, C. Shen, W. Riley, Y. Liu

Water Resources Research · 52 · 2016 · Journal article

Accurate construction of high dimensional model representation with applications to uncertainty quantification

Y. Liu, M.Y. Hussaini, G. Ökten

Reliability Engineering & System Safety · 152 · 2016 · Journal article

Evaluation of multiple reduced-order models to enhance confidence in global sensitivity analyses

Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, G.S.H. Pau, S. Oladyshkin, S. Finsterle

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control · 49 · 2016 · Journal article

Global sensitivity analysis for the Rothermel model based on high dimensional model representation

Y. Liu, M.Y. Hussaini, G. Ökten

Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 45 · 2015 · Journal article

Global sensitivity analysis used to interpret biological experimental results

A. M. Jarrett, Y. Liu, N. G. Cogan, M. Y. Hussaini

Journal of Mathematical Biology · 71(1) · 151–170 · 2015 · Journal article

Parametric uncertainty quantification in the Rothermel model with randomised quasi-Monte Carlo methods

Y. Liu, E. Jiménez, M.Y. Hussaini, G. Ökten, Scott Goodrick

International Journal of Wildland Fire · 24(3) · 307–316 · 2015 · Journal article

Optimization of a Monte Carlo Variance Reduction Method Based on Sensitivity Derivatives

Y. Liu, M.Y. Hussaini, G. Ökten

Applied Numerical Mathematics · 72 · 2013 · Journal article

Variance reduction method based on sensitivity derivatives, Part 2

E. Jiménez, Y. Liu, M.Y. Hussaini

Applied Numerical Mathematics · 74 · 2013 · Journal article

A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition–Based Gradient Boosting Machine for Efficient Surrogate Modeling

Andrew Kitterman, Yaning Liu, Michal Kopera

SSRN · 6758467 · 2026 · Preprint

Preprint posted May 13, 2026.

On Monitoring Brain Health from the Depths of Sleep: Feature Engineering and Machine Learning Insights for Digital Biomarker Development

Brice V. McConnell, Yaning Liu, Ashis K. Biswas, Brianne M. Bettcher, Lindsey M. Medenblik, Josiane L. Broussard, Brendan P. Lucey, Alberto R. Ramos, Vitaly O. Kheyfets

bioRxiv · 2024.02.27.581950 · 2024 · Preprint

First Semester in Numerical Analysis with Python

Y. Liu, Giray Ökten

Open Textbook Library · 2020 · Book

Probability and Simulation: A Python Companion

Y. Liu, Giray Ökten

Python companion to Probability and Simulation (Springer) · 2020 · Book companion

Python supplementary material; the main textbook is authored by Giray Ökten.

Uncertainty and robustness in weather derivative models

A. Göncü, Y. Liu, G. Ökten, M.Y. Hussaini

Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods 2014 · 351–365 · 2016 · Book chapter

Accurate and efficient Bayesian parameter inversion based on low-fidelity model solutions

Y. Liu

International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium · 2018 · Conference paper

Efficient reduced-order models for evaluating the impact of CO2 and brine leakage on groundwater

Y. Liu, L. Zheng

Proceedings of 2018 TOUGH Symposium · 2018 · Conference paper

Bayesian parameter inversion with implicit sampling for a vadose zone hydrological model

Y. Liu, G.S.H. Pau, S. Finsterle

Proceedings of TOUGH Symposium · 2015 · Conference paper

Global sensitivity analysis for the Rothermel model based on high dimensional model representation

Y. Liu, M.Y. Hussaini, Giray Ökten

4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference Proceedings · 2013 · Conference paper