Yumei Wang
Yumei Wang directs the Geohazards section of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and on the board of directors for the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup.
Wang served as a Congressional Fellow in the U.S. Senate and worked as a geotechnical consultant in California. She is the past chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering. In 2006, she was recognized as Government Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers Oregon Section.
As a risk engineer, Wang was influential in enacting public policy regarding Oregon statewide earthquake risk management, including the development of earthquake safety laws and establishing the nation’s first state seismic rehabilitation grant program. She participated in post-earthquake engineering investigations, including the 2010 Chile earthquake and 2004 Sumatra earthquakes and tsunamis. She has appeared in a variety of media as a commentator on earthquake risk and preparedness, including the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and BBC and Discovery science documentaries.
Wang has a bachelor's in geological sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an master's in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Related Resources from Yumei Wang
Oregon’s Seismic Rehabilitation Grant Program: AKA Courtney Grants