PANIA NEWELL portrait
  • Adjunct Faculty, School Of Computing
  • Adjunct Faculty, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, School Of Computing
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Civil And Environmental Engin
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(801) 213-3635

Publications

  • Morghan M Carr & Yanbo Wang, Majid Ghayoomi, Pania Newell (2023). Effects of 3D Printing on Clay Permeability and Strength. Springer Netherlands. Published, 07/01/2023.
  • Wen Wang & Qi-Zhi Zhu, Tao Ni, Bozo Vazic, Pania Newell, Stéphane PA Bordas (2023). An extended peridynamic model equipped with a new bond-breakage criterion for mixed-mode fracture in rock-like materials. Elsevier. Published, 06/01/2023.
  • Bozo Vazic & Pania Newell (2023). Towards the design of nature-inspired materials: Impact of complex pore morphologies via higher-order homogenization. Elsevier. Published, 06/01/2023.
  • Wen Wang & Qi-Zhi Zhu, Tao Ni, Bozo Vazic, Pania Newell, Stéphane PA Bordas (2023). Numerical simulation of interfacial and subinterfacial crack propagation by using extended peridynamics. Pergamon. Published, 04/15/2023.
  • Naweiluo Zhou & Giorgio Scorzelli, Jakob Luettgau, Rahul R Kancharla, Joshua J Kane, Robert Wheeler, Brendan P Croom, Pania Newell, Valerio Pascucci, Michela Taufer (2023). Orchestration of materials science workflows for heterogeneous resources at large scale. SAGE Publications. Published, 04/14/2023.
  • Bikash Dey & Weston Ortiz, Helen Cleaves, Anthony McMaster, Josh McConnell, Kristianto Tjiptowidjojo, Anne M Grillet, Robert B Secor, Pania Newell, Rekha R Rao (2023). A level set approach for the computational study of a yield stress fluid filling a thin mold. Elsevior. Published, 02/01/2023.
  • Bozo Vazic & Bilen Emek Abali, Pania Newell (2023). Generalized thermo-mechanical framework for heterogeneous materials through asymptotic homogenization. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Published, 01/2023.
  • Yida Zhang & , Pania Newell, Yunping Xi, Andrea Tyrrell, Mitul Sisodiya, Xiang Zhou, Yao Wang, Yanbo Wang (2022). Time-dependent THMC properties and microstructural evolution of damaged rocks in excavation damage zone. DOE-NEUP. Published, 11/06/2022.
  • Quan Xue & , Liwei Zhang, Kaiyuan Mei, Xiaochun Li, Pania Newell, Yan Wang, Xiaowei Cheng, Wei Zheng (2022). CO2-induced evolution of chemical, structural and mechanical properties of reinforced concrete: A review. Elsevier. Published, 10/24/2022.
  • Rekha Rao & , Joshua McConnell, Anne Grillet, Anthony McMaster, Helen Cleaves, Christine Roberts, Westo (2022). Stress Birth and Death: Disruptive Computational Mechanics and Novel Diagnostics for Fluid-to-Solid Transitions. Sandi Report. Published, 10/01/2022.
  • Computational modeling and experiments of an elastoviscoplastic fluid in a thin mold-filling geometry, J McConnell, W Ortiz, JC Sutherland, P Newell… - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2022. Published, 09/01/2022.
  • Bozo Vazic & Bilen Emek Abali, Pania Newell (2022). Determining parameters in generalized thermomechanics for metamaterials by means of asymptotic homogenization. arXiv. Published, 07/07/2022.
  • Bilen Emek Abali, Bozo Vazic & Pania Newell (2022). Influence of microstructure on size effect for metamaterials applied in composite structures. Mechanics Research Communications. Vol. 122, 103877. Published, 06/01/2022.
  • Pania Newell & Marta D'Elia, Hang Deng, Cedric Fraces, Krishna Garikipati, Lori Graham-Brady, Amanda Howard, George Karniadakis, Vahid Keshavarzzadeh, Robert M Kirby, Nathan Kutz, Chunhui Li, Xing Liu, Hannah Lu, Pania Newell, Daniel O'Malley, Masa Prodanovic, Gowri Sri (2022). Machine Learning in Heterogeneous Porous Materials. arXiv. Published, 02/04/2022.
  • Anne Grillet & Joshua McConnell, Anthony McMaster, Rajkumar Bhakta, Rekha Rao, Pania Newell, Weston Ortiz (2021). Computational models and experimental studies of mold filling in thin channels with yield stress fluids. Sandia National Laboratories. Published, 10/01/2021.
  • Anastasia Ilgen & Robert Choens, Andrew Knight, Jacob A Harvey, Mario Martinez, Hongkyu Yoon, Jennifer Wilson, Melissa Mills, Qiaoyi Wang, Michael Gruenwald, Pania Newell, Louis Schuler, Haley J Davis (2021). Isotopic fractionation as in-situ sensor of subsurface reactive flow and precursor for rock failure. Sandia National Laboratories. Published, 09/01/2021.
  • Joshua McConnell, Rekha Rao, Weston Ortiz & Pania Newell (2021). Computational Models for Fluid-to-Solid Transitions in Yield Stress Fluids. Sandia National Laboratories. Published, 07/01/2021.
  • Newell, P. (2018). Fluid-Driven Fracture in Geological Carbon Storage. International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application. Published, 11/12/2018.
  • Newell, P. (2018). Overview of Geological Carbon Storage (GCS). Elsevier. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Newell, P. (2018). Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formations: Process Coupling across Time and Spatial Scales. Elsevier. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Ilgen, A. (2018). Chemical-mechanical coupling associated with injection of CO2 into subsurface. Elsevier. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Thomas Dewers, Peter Eichhubl, Ben Ganis, Steven Gomez, Jason Heath, Mohamad Jammoul, Peter Kobos, Ruijie Liu, Jonathan Major, Ed Matteo, Pania Newell, Alex Rinehart, Steven Sobolik, John Stormont, Mahmoud Reda Taha, Mary Wheeler & Deandra White (2018). Heterogeneity, pore pressure, and injectate chemistry: Control measures for geologic carbon storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. Vol. 68, 203-215. Published, 01/01/2018.
  • Culp D., Newell P., Tupek M. & Hubler M. (2017). Multiphysics Simulations of Fracture using Phase Field. 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Published, 06/01/2017.
  • McCarty S. and Newell P. Impact of Elastic Moduli in Tension and Compression 
in Geomaterials, SAND2017-2258, Sandia National Laboratories, March 2017. 
. Published, 03/2016.
  • Bishop J., Martinez M. & Newell P. (2016). Simulating fragmentation and fluid-induced fracture in disordered media using random finite-element meshes. (pp. 349-366). Vol. 14, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering. Published, 01/01/2016.
  • Broome S.T., Flint G.M, Dewers T.A. and Newell P., Target soil impact verification: experimental testing and Kayenta constitutive modeling, SAND report, SAND2015-9786, Sandia National Laboratories, 2014. 
. Published, 11/2015.
  • Provost R., Newell P. and Matteo E., Cohesive zone modeling in geomaterials, SAND 
report, SAND2015-9373, Sandia National Laboratories, October 2015. 
. Published, 10/2015.
  • Borowski E. and Newell P., Numerical investigation of fracture in geomaterials, SAND 
report, SAND2015-7325, Sandia National Laboratories, September 2015. 
. Published, 09/2015.
  • Sobolik S., Gomez S., Matteo E., Dewers T.A., Newell P., Stormont J. and Reda Taha M.M., Geomechanical modeling to predict wellbore stresses and strains for the design of wellbore seal repair materials for use at a CO2 injection site, 49th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, June, 2015. 
. Published, 06/2015.
  • Newell P., Characterization and model calibration of PEEK, Memo, Sandia National Laboratories, June 2015. 
. Published, 06/2015.
  • Newell P., CREW-Matlab-memo, Memo, Sandia National Laboratories , April 2014. Published, 04/2014.
  • Dewers T.A., Newell P., Broome S., Heath J. and Bauer S., Geomechanical behavior of Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone reservoir lithofacies, Iowa Shelf, USA, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2013, Vol. 21, February 2014, pp 33-48. 
. Published, 02/2014.
  • Meshgin P. and Xi Y., Multi-scale composite models for effective thermal conductivity of PCM-concrete, Construction and Build Materials, Vol. 48, November 2013, pp. 371-378. 
. Published, 11/2013.
  • Newell P., Parameterizing Kayenta for PBX-9502, Memo, Sandia National Laboratories, 
October 2013. 
. Published, 10/2013.
  • Newell P., Computational homogenization, Memo, Sandia National Laboratories, 2013. 
. Published, 09/2013.
  • Martinez M.J., Newell P., Bishop J.E. and Turner D.Z., Coupled multiphase flow and geomechanics model for analysis of joint reactivation during CO2 sequestration operations, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 17, September 2013, pp. 148-160. 
. Published, 09/2013.
  • Martinez M.J., Newell P., and Bishop J.E., Coupled multiphase flow and geomechanics for analysis of caprock damage during CO2 sequestration operations, Proceedings. XIX International Conference on Water Resources CMWR 2012, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign IL., June 17-22, 2012. 
. Published, 06/2012.
  • Bishop J.E., Martinez M.J. and Newell P., A finite-element method for modeling fluid pressure induced discrete fracture propagation using random meshes, 46th US Rock Me- chanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Chicago, IL, June 24-27, 2012. 
. Published, 06/2012.
  • Meshgin P., Xi Y. and Li Y., Utilization of phase change materials and rubber particles to improve thermal and mechanical properties of mortar, Construction Building Material, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2011, pp. 713-721. 
. Published, 03/2012.
  • Meshgin P. and Xi Y., Effect of phase change materials on properties of concrete, ACI Journal of Material, Vol. 109, No. 1, 2012, pp. 71-80. 
. Published, 01/2012.
  • Martinez M.J., Stone M.C., Notz P. K., Tuner D.Z., Hopkins P.L., Subia S., Jove-Colon C., Moffat H. K., Bean J. E., Dewers T.A., Klise K., Red-Horse J., Field R., Mesh M., Davison S., Yoon H., Carnes B., Alger N., Bishop J.E. and Newell P., Computational thermal, chemical, fluid and solid mechanics for geosystems management, SAND2011-6643, Sandia National Laboratories, 2011. 
. Published, 09/2011.
  • Yu L., Qianqian Y., Xi Y. and Meshgin P., Properties of premixed rubberized insulation mortar, New Building Materials, No. 2, 2011, pp. 43-45. Published, 01/2011.
  • Xi, Y., Meshgin P., Na O. and Li Y., Premixed rubberized insulation mortar (PRIM), Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, September 2010. 
. Published, 09/2010.
  • Meshgin P. (Newell), Choi K.K. & Taha M.M. (2009). Experimental and analytical investigation of creep of epoxy adhesive at the concrete-FRP interfaces. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. Vol. 29, 56-66. Published, 01/2009.
  • Meshgin P., Choi K.K., Reda Taha M.M. and Maji A.K., Investigating long-term be- havior of epoxy at the concrete FRP interfaces, 8th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, FRPRCS-8, Greece, July 2007. 
. Published, 07/2007.

Research Keywords

  • Nano/micro architected porous materials
  • Multiscale modeling
  • Multiphysics simulation
  • Energy Geosciences
  • Damage and fracture
  • Constitutive modeling
  • Computational Mechanics

Presentations

  • Exploring fascinating world of porous materials: from topology to property, Graduate Seminar Series in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, November 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/03/2023.
  • Can Nanopores Hold the Power to Shape Macrofractures? Molecular Dynamics Simulations Combined with Phase-Field Answer, Advances in Computational Mechanics (ACM 2023), October 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/25/2023.
  • MD-Informed Phase-Field Fracture Modeling in Heterogeneous Porous Materials, The Society of Engineering Science Technical Meeting (SES) 2023, October 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/10/2023.
  • Phase-field fracture modeling informed by molecular dynamics simulation to investigate heterogeneous porous structures, The 17th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM17), July 2023. Other, Presented, 07/2023.
  • Investigation of hierarchical porous structures using phase-field fracture modeling informed by molecular dynamics simulation, The 15th International Conference on Fracture (ICF15), June 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Phase-Field Fracture Modeling Informed by Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Investigating Hierarchical Porous Structures, Engineering Mechanics Institute (ASCE-EMI), June 2023. Other, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Fascinating World of Porous Media: Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Fracture in Subsurface and Beyond, The University of Texas-Austin, March 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/03/2023.
  • Cutting-edge multi-scale computational tools to foster scientific discoveries in heterogeneous porous media, Duke University, January 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/20/2023.
  • Cutting-edge multi-scale computational tools to foster scientific discoveries in heterogeneous porous media. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2023.
  • The Be-All and the End-All: Hierarchical Nature-Inspired Materials. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2022.
  • The Be-All and the End-All: Hierarchical Nature-Inspired Materials, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, October 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2022.
  • Mechanics of Hierarchical Porous Materials: Design, Control, and Prediction. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2022.
  • Mechanics of Hierarchical Porous Materials: Design, Control, and Prediction, University of Michigan-Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE), September 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2022.
  • Influence of Pore Morphology on Mechanical Properties of Second Gradient Materials. Other, Presented, 06/2022.
  • A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Interplay Between Nanopores and Pre-Existing Fracture. Other, Presented, 06/2022.
    https://www.emi-conference.org/sites/emi-conferenc...
  • Geo-Inspired Systems: Design, Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Hierarchical Porous Materials. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2022.
  • Fracture in Heterogeneous Porous Materials from Molecular to Continuum Scales. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/11/2022.
    https://cgs.ca/calendar.php
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Buffalo: Fracture Investigation in Hierarchical Structured Porous Materials. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/02/2021.
    https://engineering.buffalo.edu/mechanical-aerospa...
  • A nanomechanical study: the role pore morphology and pre-existing fracture in amorphous silica. Other, Presented, 12/2021.
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AGUFM.H45Q13...
  • Nanomechanical Behavior of Colloidal/Amorphous Silica. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/16/2021.
  • Investigation of the Interplay Between Nanopore Morphology and Pre-Existing Fracture: A Molecular Dynamic Study. Other, Presented, 11/2021.
    https://event.asme.org/Events/media/library/resour...
  • Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah: Exploring Fracture in Heterogeneous Porous Materials Across Multiple Length Scales. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/25/2021.
  • Chemically-Driven Fracture in Porous Media: A Phase-Filed Fracture Study. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/29/2021.
  • Chemically-Assisted Fracture: A phase-field study. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/08/2021.
    https://2021.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2021/mee...
  • École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay: It’s All About Perception: The Physics of Heterogeneous Porous Materials. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/26/2021.
  • A Phase-Field-Based Formulation for Chemically-Assisted Fracture. Other, Presented, 05/2021.
  • Phase-Field Fracture Modeling Informed by Reactive Molecular Dynamics: An Investigation of Nanopore Effect on Macroscopic Fracture Behavior. Other, Presented, 05/2021.
  • SPE International-Calgary Section: Understanding Fractures and Faults in Geological Carbon Storage. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/02/2021.
  • Nanomechanics of Amorphous Silica: From Mechanical to Fracture Properties. Other, Presented, 03/2021.
  • Los Alamos National Lab: Who cares? They are just nanopores! Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/22/2021.
  • Phase-Field Fracture Modeling of Heterogeneous Porous Media Combined with Numerical homogenization. Other, Presented, 01/2021.
  • Numerical Investigation of Hydraulically-Driven and Chemically-Driven Fractures in Geological Subsurface, American Geophysical Union (AGU). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/09/2020.
  • Investigation of Nanomechanics of Amorphous Porous Silica Using Reactive Molecular DynamicSimulations, The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE). Other, Presented, 11/19/2020.
  • Wang Y., Corcuera J., and Newell P., Thermo-Mechanical Investigation of ShaleUsing Nano-Indentation Method, The International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, Virtual. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/13/2020.
  • Newell P., Schuler L., and Ilgen A., Chemically-Assisted Fracture in Porous MediaUsing Phase-Field Fracture Technique, The International Conference on CoupledProcesses in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/12/2020.
  • Understanding Chemically-Assisted Fracture in Porous Media Using Phase-Filed Fracture Technique, International Conference on Coupled Processes in FracturedGeological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application (CouFrac). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/01/2020.
  • Investigation of Fracture Mechanism in Poroelastic Media, The University of Nebraska, Continuum Mechanics Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/01/2020.
  • Fracture Behavior of Heterogeneous Poro-elastic Media across Scales, The University of Utah-Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/28/2020.
  • Fracture Behavior in Heterogeneous Subsurface from Nano- to Macro-scales, PrincetonSeminar Series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/14/2020.
  • Examining Fracture Behavior in Heterogeneous Poro-elastic Media from Nano to Macro-scale, USACM Summer Seminar Series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/01/2020.
    https://www.usacm.org/seminar-series
  • A Novel Fracture Observation in SiC-based Ceramics Through In-Situ Double Torsion Testing, TMS2020, February 2020. Other, Presented, 02/25/2020.
  • Brigham Young University, Heterogenous Porous Media from Nano- to Macro-scale. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/13/2020.
  • Chemo-mechanical modeling of fracture using phase-field fracture technique, American Geophysical Union-Fall Meeting, San Francisco. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 12/09/2019.
    https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Pap...
  • Chemo-mechanical Modeling of Fracture using Phase-Field Fracture Technique, American Geophysical Union-Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2019. Other, Presented, 12/09/2019.
  • University of Stony Brook, Taking a Micro/Nano-Look into Heterogenous Porous Materials. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/18/2019.
  • University of Luxembourg, Investigation of Heterogenous Porous Media Across Scales: Opportunities and Challenges. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/23/2019.
  • Phase-Field Modeling of Chemically-Assisted Fracture,. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/31/2019.
  • Phase-Field Modeling of Chemically-Assisted Fracture,15th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM15), Austin, July 2019. Other, Presented, 07/31/2019.
  • Air Force Research Laboratory-RX branch, Taking a Micro/Nano-Look into Porous Ceramics. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/24/2019.
  • Air Force Research Laboratory-RXCC branch. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/02/2019.
  • Faults and Fractures in Deep Geological Carbon Storage. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/19/2019.
  • Chinese Academy of Science, Rock and soil Mechanics Institute, Investigation of Jointed/Faulted Caprock Integrity during CO2 Sequestration. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/15/2018.
  • Fluid-Driven Fracture in Geological Carbon Storage, International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application (CouFrac),. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/12/2018.
  • Fluid-Driven Fracture in Geological Carbon Storage, International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application (CouFrac). Other, Presented, 11/12/2018.
  • Multi-Physics, Multi-scale Performance Assessment of Geological CO2 Storage, The 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics (WCCM), New York, July 2018. Other, Presented, 07/27/2018.
  • University of Wyoming, Investigation of Jointed/Faulted Caprock Integrity during CO2 Sequestration. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/30/2018.
  • Geomechanical Assessment of Deep Geological Carbon Storage, Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI), MIT. Other, Presented, 05/30/2018.
  • Geomechanical Modeling of Fault Impact on Caprock Integrity During CO2 Sequestration. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 12/14/2017.
  • Joint seminar in Materials Science & Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, Subsurface systems: multiphysics, multi-scale, and coupled phenomena. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/04/2017.
  • EFRC-Hub-PI meeting, Performance Assessment of Jointed/Faulted Caprock During CO2 Sequestration. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/24/2017.
  • Numerical Assessment of Jointed/Faulted Caprock Integrity During CO2 Sequestration. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/17/2017.
  • Invited graduate seminar series at Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI), Emergent phenomena in subsurface systems. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/19/2017.
  • Numerical assessment of caprock integrity during CO2 sequestration-University of New Hampshire. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/24/2016.
  • Numerical assessment of caprock integrity during CO2 sequestration-University of Colorado-Boulder. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/20/2016.
  • Subsurface storage systems: constitutive and computational modeling-The Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/29/2016.
  • Two essential aspects of solid mechanics: material modeling and computational mechanics-University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/25/2016.
  • Computational investigation of CO2 geologic storage-University of Colorado-Boulder (Sandia National Laboratories Seminar Day at CU-Boulder). Other, Presented, 10/15/2015.
  • Computational geomechanics of CO2 geological storage sys- tems, 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM13). Other, Presented, 07/2015.
  • Computational modeling of a thermoplastic polymer under different conditions, ASME-Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference-McMat. Other, Presented, 06/2015.
  • Coupled multiphysics analysis of caprock in- tegrity and joint reactivation during CO2 sequestration, SIAM-Annual meeting. Other, Presented, 07/2014.
  • Sensitivity analysis of coupled flow and geomechanical effects on predicting the surface uplift at InSalah, SIAM- UQ. Other, Presented, 04/2014.
  • Impact of hydrogeological and geomechanical properties on surface uplift at a CO2 injection site: Parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification, AGU Fall meeting. Other, Presented, 12/2013.
  • Kayenta material model and application-3rd Annual Geosymposium, Sandia National Laboratories. Other, Presented, 05/03/2013.
  • Effective permeability of caprock due to joints/fractures in CO2 sequestration, 2nd Annual Geosymposium, Sandia National Laboratories. Other, Presented, 05/09/2012.
  • Evaluation of jointed/fractured caprock systems for CO2 sequestration, Technical Exchange, Sandia National Laboratories. Other, Presented, 04/03/2012.
  • Scalability studies of coupled algorithms for flow in elastoplastic porous media with a focus on CO2 sequestration, 15th SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing. Other, Presented, 02/2012.
  • Evaluation of jointed/fractured caprock systems for CO2 sequestration, CFSES graduate student postdoc web seminar, Sandia National Laboratories. Other, Presented, 10/19/2011.
  • Microstructure characterization of multi-phase composites and utilization of PCM in concrete, Sandia National Laboratories. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/19/2010.

Research Groups

  • Yoan Rossy, Undergraduate Student. 01/01/2024 - present.
  • Luke Phillips, Undergraduate Student. 10/01/2023 - present.
  • Joseph Spencer, Graduate Student. 08/01/2023 - present.
  • Xiaoming Zhang, Postdoc. 10/15/2022 - 10/15/2023.
  • Abdullah Arafat, Graduate Student. 08/01/2022 - present.
  • James Walker, Undergraduate Student. 08/01/2022 - 12/31/2023.
  • Edward George Stanford, Undergraduate Student. 03/01/2022 - present.
  • Stephan Bordas, Visiting Faculty. 02/01/2022 - present.
  • Seo Young Ann, Graduate Student. 08/01/2021 - present.
  • Aria Burk, Undergraduate Student. 08/01/2021 - present.
  • Chong Wang, Graduate Student. 08/01/2021 - present.
  • Bikash Dey, Postdoc. 03/01/2021 - 12/31/2021.
  • Bozo Vazic, Postdoc. 02/01/2021 - present.
  • Alex Rinn, Graduate Student. 08/01/2020 - present.
  • Al Muatasim Al Nadabi , Graduate Student. Mechanical Engineering. 08/01/2020 - present.
  • Ryan Nielsen , Graduate Student. Mechanical Engineering. 06/01/2020 - present.
  • Josh McConnell, Postdoc. Chemical Engineering. 03/01/2020 - 02/05/2021.
  • Yanbo Wang, Graduate Student. 01/01/2020 - present.
  • Michael Blum, Undergraduate Student. School of Computing. 08/15/2019 - 05/31/2020.
  • Truong Vo, Postdoc. Mechanical Engineering. 08/01/2019 - 06/01/2020.
  • Ja-Rey Corcuera, Undergraduate Student. Mechanical Engineering. 01/01/2019 - 10/15/2020.
  • Louis Schuler, Visiting Student. Mechanical Engineering. 10/01/2018 - 07/01/2019.
  • Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi Shad, Graduate Student. 08/01/2018 - 04/30/2019.
  • Raul Velasco, Postdoc. Chemical Engineering. 10/09/2017 - 05/01/2018.
  • Bang He, Graduate Student. 08/14/2017 - present.
  • Udayan Ghosh, Graduate Student. 08/14/2017 - 05/31/2018.
  • Brett Reeder, Graduate Student. 02/01/2017 - present.
  • Pulkit Sharma, Visiting Student. 06/2016 - 08/2016.
  • Sean McCarty, Visiting Student. 06/2016 - 07/2016.
  • Chenchen Liu, Visiting Student. 06/2016 - 08/2016.
  • Pegah Jarast-Shamsabadi, Other. 05/2016 - 12/2017.
  • Rachel Provost, Visiting Student. 06/2015 - 08/2015.
  • Elisa Borowski, Visiting Student. 05/2015 - 08/2015. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Summer intern at Sandia: Graduate student (Ms) in Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico. Fracture analysis in geomaterials.

Languages

  • Arabic, basic.
  • Persian, fluent.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • France
    Ongoing collaboration and had inters from ENS-Paris in my lab.
  • Luxembourg
    Ongoing collaboration .
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland