Sean Shieh
Mineral Physics
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1998
Office: BGS 1066
Phone: (519) 850-2467
Fax: (519) 661-3198
Email: sshieh@uwo.ca
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Mineral physics; high-pressure and high-temperature
experiment using a diamond anvil cell; Material study under extreme
P-T conditions; Structures and dynamics of the Earth's and planetary
interiors; Characterization of materials (e.g. equation of state, phase
transition, elasticity, strength, rheology) using synchrotron X-ray
and Raman spectroscopy; Exploration of novel and super-hard materials;
Material-fluid interaction.
Selected Publications
Shieh, S.R., T.S. Duffy, A.
Kubo, G. Shen, V.B. Prakapenka, N. Sata., K. Hirose, Y. Ohishi,
Equation of state of the post-perovskite phase synthesized from a
natural (Mg,Fe)SiO3 orthopyroxene, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103,
3039-3043, 2006.
Shieh,
S.R., A. Kubo, T.S. Duffy, V.B. Prakapenka, G. Shen, High-pressure
phases in SnO2 to 117 GPa, Phys. Rev. B 73, 014105, 2006.
Shieh,
S.R., T.S. Duffy, G. Shen, In-situ x-ray diffraction study of SiO2 at
deep lower mantle conditions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 235, 273-282,
2005.
Shieh,
S.R., T.S. Duffy, G. Shen, Elasticity and strength of calcium silicate
perovskite at lower mantle pressures, Phys. Earth Plane. Inter.
143-144, 93-105, 2004.
(Most Cited Paper 2004-2007 Award)
Shieh,
S.R. T.S. Duffy, B. Li, Strength and elasticity of SiO2 across the
stishovite-CaCl2–type phase, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 255507, 2002.
Courses Taught
Earth Sciences 2241: Hazardous Earth (2007 - )
Earth Sciences 3321: Physics of the Earth I (2005)
Earth Sciences 4421: Physics of the Earth II (2005 - 2006)
Earth Sciences 4424: Advanced Mineral Physics (2006 - )
Earth Sciences 4490: Senior thesis (2006 - 2007, coordinator)
Geophysics 9528: Spectroscopy of Materials (2007 - )
Students
Linada Kaci (M.Sc., 2009-)
Zhong Ying Mi (Ph.D, 2008-)
Arslan Akhmetov (M.Sc., 2007- 2008)
Jin Bao Wang (Ph.D, 2004-2006)
Han-Wei Huang (B.Sc., 2003-2004, M.Sc., 2004-2006)
Tzu-Ying Kuo (B.Sc., 2004-2005)
If you are interested in Mineral Physics and material study under extreme conditions, please feel free to contact me (sshieh@uwo.ca). M.Sc. and Ph.D. students are welcome.
