Recent Papers

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Thermodynamics of Agricultural Sustainability: The Case of US Maize Agriculture, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2008 (accepted)
Frictional Granular Mechanics: A Variational Approach, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng, 2008 (submitted)
Mechanical properties of granular materials: a variational approach to grain-scale simulations, Int. J. Numer. Anal. Meth. Geomech., 2008 (accepted)
Exponential growth, energetic Hubbert cycles, and the advancement of technology, Archives of Mining, Polish Academy of Sciences
SPE 114223 Micromechanics of Hydrate Dissociation in Marine Sediments by Grain-Scale Simulations
On prediction of wind-borne plumes with simple models of turbulent transport - J. Vadose Zone
Science Letter, Vol. 312, p. 1747, 2006
The Real Biofuel Cycles - Online Supporting Material for Science Letter
The Earth, Energy, and Agriculture - Boulder Climate Change Conference

Pore space morphology analysis using maximal inscribed spheres - Physica A

Multiscale-stabilized solutions to one-dimensional systems of conservation laws
Thermodynamics of Energy Production from Biomass - CRPS
Low-frequency asymptotic analysis of seismic reflection from a fluid-saturated medium
Dynamic reconstruction of sedimentary rock and simulation of its mechanical properties
Thermodynamics of the Corn-Ethanol Biofuel Cycle - CRPS
SPE 90084  - Direct Prediction of the Absolute Permeability of Unconsolidated and Consolidated Reservoir Rock
SPE 88973 - Three-phase displacement theory: Towards an Improved Description of Relative Permeabilities, SPEJ
Ethanol from Corn: Clean Renewable Fuel for the Future, or Drain on Our Resources and Pockets?
SPE 84369 - Multiscale Modeling of Three-Phase Flow
SPE 84296 - Robust Determination of the Pore Space Morphology in Sedimentary Rocks
SPE 83587 - Physics-based Reconstruction of Sedimentary Rocks
The Mathematical Model of Non-Equilibrium Effects in Water-Oil Displacement,  SPEJ
SPE 83445 - Relative Permeabilities in Co-Current Displacements with Gravity
Multiscale finite element methods for miscible and immiscible flow in porous media
Impact of Oil-Water Drainage and Imbibition on Subsequent Gas Injection: A Three-Phase Pore Network Model - Phys. Rev E.
Secondary Imbibition in NAPL-Invaded Mixed-Wet Sediments
Analytical solution to the Riemann problem of three-phase flow in porous media, TiPM
Relative permeabilities for strictly hyperbolic models of three-phase flow in porous media, TiPM
On Barenblatt's Model of Spontaneous Countercurrent Imbibition, TiPM
SPE 77646: Lost Hills Field Trial:  Incorporating New Technology for Reservoir Management
SPE 77539: Three-phase displacement theory: An improved description of relative permeabilities 
SPE 75231: Multiple-scale stabilized finite elements for the simulation of  tracer injection and waterfloods
SPE 75169: The Mathematical Model of Non-Equilibrium Effects in Water-Oil Displacement
SPE 75193: Three-Phase Hydraulic Conductances in Angular Capillaries
SPE 75230: Oil Deposits in Diatomites: A New Challenge for Subterranean Mechanics 
Impact of Wettability Alteration on Two-Phase Flow Characteristics of Sandstones -  A Quasi-Static Model, WRR 
Extension of the Hoshen-Kopelman Algorithm to a Non-Lattice Environment, Physica A
Mulitscale finite element methods for miscible and immiscible flow in porous media
On Vertical Diffusion of Gases in Horizontal Reservoirs, TiPM
Impact of Rock Micro- and Macrostructure on the Behavior of Two-Phase Fluid Flow
SPE 71610: Use of Satellite Radar Images for Surveillance and Control of  Two Giant Oilfields in California
Support-Operators Method in the Identification of Permeability Tensor Orientation  - SPEJ
Control of Water Injection into a Layered Formation  - SPEJ
Verification of a Complete Pore Network Simulator of Drainage and Imbibition - SPEJ
Use of InSAR in Surveillance and Control of a Large Field Project
Shape Factor and Hydraulic Conductance in Noncircular Capillaries: II. Two-Phase Creeping Flow - JCIS
Shape Factor and Hydraulic Conductance in Noncircular Capillaries: I. One-Phase Creeping Flow - JCIS
Control of Fluid Injection into a Low Permeability Rock, II - Control Model - TIPM 
Control of Fluid Injection into a Low Permeability Rock, I - Hydrofracture Growth - TIPM 
Fick's Experiments Revisited  - Archives for Exact Science
Passive Characterization of Hydrofracture Properties Using Signals From Hydraulic Pumps
Lossy Transmission Line Model of Hydrofractured Well Dynamics
SPE 59595 - Using Crosshole Electromagnetics (EM) for Reservoir Characterization and Waterflood Monitoring
SPE 59372 - Support-Operators Method in the Identification of Permeability Tensor Orientation - accepted by SPEJ
SPE59312 - Verification of a Complete Pore Network Simulator of Drainage and Imbibition
SPE59300 - Control of Water Injection into a Layered Formation - accepted by SPEJ
SPE59295 - Waterflood Surveillance and Supervisory Control
SPE39698 - Control of Fluid Injection into a Low-Permeability Rock - 1. Hydrofracture Growth
SPE38307 - Statistical Characterization of Metal-Contaminated Fills
SPE38290 - Linear Transient Flow Solution for Primary Oil Recovery with Infill and Conversion to Water Injection
SPE38264 - A Comparison of Mapping Schemes for Reservoir Characterization
Linear transient flow solution for primary oil recovery with infill and conversion to injectors
Mechanistic Foam Flow Simulation in Heterogeneous and Multidimensional Porous Media
SPE35721 - Neural Networks for Field-Wise Waterflood Management in Low Permeability, Fractured Oil Reservoirs

A Sequential Semi-Implicit Algorithm for Computing Discontinuous Flows in Porous Media  

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