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Dr. Zhuping Sheng is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center and Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. He is an explorer for alternative water sources for arid and semi-arid regions with expertise in hydrogeology, interaction of surface water and groundwater, management strategies of regional water resources and aquifer mechanics. He received his Ph. D. degree from University of Nevada, Reno, USA, M. Sci. degree from Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and B. Eng. degree from Tongji University, China.
The water harvesting and underground transmission system called a karez in the Uygur language, or kan er jing in Mandarin, has provided sustainable water supplies in some communities of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), China for over 2,000 years. These water systems have also been used in countries in North Africa and West Asia, as well as other Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
