Publications

Papers in international journals 

Wildenschild, D. and A.P. Sheppard, 2012. X-ray imaging and analysis techniques for quantifying pore-scale structure and processes in subsurface porous medium systems. Invited review paper for 35th issue of Advances in Water Resources. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.07.018.

Armstrong, R.T. and D. Wildenschild, 2012. Investigating the mechanisms of microbial enhanced oil recovery, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volumes 94–95, Sept. 2012, p. 155–163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2012.06.031.

Armstrong, R.T., M.L. Porter and D. Wildenschild, 2012. Linking Pore-Scale Interfacial Curvature to Column-Scale Capillary Pressure, Advances in Water Resources, 46, 55-62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.05.009.

Kulkarni, R., M. Tuller, W. Fink, and D. Wildenschild. 2012. Three-dimensional multiphase segmentation of x-ray CT data of porous materials using a Bayesian Markov random field framework. Vadose Zone Journal, 11. doi:10.2136/vzj2011.0082.

de Jonge, L.W., P. Moldrup, A.L. Vendelboe, M. Tuller, and D. Wildenschild, 2012. Soil Architecture and Physicochemical Functions: An Introduction. Vadose Zone Journal, February 2012 v. 11 no. 1 vzj2011.0185.

Armstrong, R.T. and D. Wildenschild, 2012. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractional-Wet Systems: A Pore-Scale Investigation, Transport in Porous Media, DOI 10.1007/s11242-011-9934-3.

Armstrong, R.T. and D. Wildenschild, 2011. Decoupling the Mechanisms of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, SPE146714, paper prepared for the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver, CO, Oct30, Nov 2., 2011.

Jansik, D. P., D. Wildenschild, and N.D. Rosenberg, 2011. Flow Processes in the Dry Regime: The Effect on Capillary Barrier Performance. Vadose Zone Journal, 10, 1162-1172.

Armstrong, R.T. and D. Wildenschild, 2011. Decoupling the Mechanisms of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, SPE146714, paper prepared for the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver, CO, Oct30, Nov 2., 2011.

Wildenschild, D., R.T. Armstrong, A.L. Herring, I.M. Young, and J.W. Carey, 2011. Exploring capillary trapping efficiency as a function of interfacial tension, viscosity, and flow rate, Energy Procedia 4, 4945-4952.

Iltis, G.C., R.T. Armstrong, D.P. Jansik, B.D. Wood, and D. Wildenschild, 2011. Imaging Biofilm Architecture within Porous Media using Synchrotron based X-Ray Computed Microtomography, Water Resources Research, VOL. 47, W02601, doi:10.1029/2010WR009410.

Davit, Y., G. Iltis, G. Debenesta, S. Veran-Tissoiresa, D. Wildenschild, M. Gerinoc, M. Quintard, 2010. Imaging biofilms in porous media using X-ray computed microtomography, Journal of Microscopy, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03432.x.

Porter, M., D. Wildenschild, G. Grant and J. Gerhard, 2010. Measurement and Prediction of the Relationship Between Capillary Pressure, Saturation and Interfacial Area in a NAPL-Water-Glass Bead System. Water Resources Research, Water Resour. Res., 46, W08512, doi:10.1029/2009WR007786.

V. Joekar-Niasar, V., M. Prodanovic, D. Wildenschild, and S. M. Hassanizadeh, 2010. Network Model Investigation of Interfacial Area, Capillary Pressure and Saturation Relationships in Granular Porous Media, Water Resources Research, Water Resour. Res., 46, W06526, doi:10.1029/2009WR008585.

Porter, M.L., M.G. Schaap, and D. Wildenschild, 2009. Comparison of Interfacial Area Estimates for Multiphase Flow Through Porous Media Using Computed Microtomography and Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations. Advances in Water Resources, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.08.009.

Porter, M.L. and D.Wildenschild, 2009. Validation of an image analysis method for computed microtomography image data of multiphase flow in porous systems. Journal of Computational Geosciences. doi: 10.1007/s10596-009-9130-5.

Schaap, M.G., M.L. Porter, B.S.B. Christensen, and D. Wildenschild, 2007. Comparison of pressure-saturation characteristics derived from computed tomography and Lattice Boltzmann simulations. Water Resour. Res.. 43, W12S06, doi:10.1029/2006WR005730.

Culligan, K.A., D. Wildenschild, B.S.B. Christensen, W.G. Gray, and M.L. Rivers, 2006. Pore-scale Characteristics of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media:  A Synchrotron-based CMT Comparison of Air-Water and Oil-Water Experiments. Advances in Water Resources. 29(2), 227-238.

Wildenschild, D., J.W. Hopmans, A.J.R. Kent, M.L. Rivers, 2005. A Quantitative Study of Flow-Rate Dependent Processes Using X-ray Microtomography. Vadose Zone Journal, 4, 112-126.

Culligan, K.A., D. Wildenschild, B.S.B. Christensen, W.G. Gray, A.F.B. Tompson, 2004. Interfacial Area Measurements for Unsaturated Flow Through a Porous Medium. Water Resources Research. 40(12), Art. No. W12413, Dec 22. 

Wildenschild, D., K.A. Culligan, B.S.B. Christensen, 2004. Application of x-ray microtomography to environmental fluid flow problems. in Developments in X-Ray Tomography IV, ed. U. Bonse, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5535 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004), 432-441.

Roberts, J.J. and D. Wildenschild, 2004. Electrical Properties of Sand–Clay Mixtures Containing Trichloroethylene and Ethanol. Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 9(1), March 2004, 1-10.

Cherepy, N. and D. Wildenschild, 2003. Electrolyte management for effective long-term electro-osmotic transport of volatile organics through low-permeability soils.  Environmental Science and Technology, 37, 3024-3030.

Wildenschild, D., J.W. Hopmans, C.M.P. Vaz, M.L. Rivers, and D. Rikard, 2002. Using x-ray computed tomography in hydrology: Systems, resolutions, and limitations. Journal of Hydrology, 267(3-4), 285-297.

Vaz, C.M.P., J.W. Hopmans, A. Macedo, L.H. Bassoi, and D. Wildenschild, 2002. Soil Water Retention Measurements Using a Combined Tensiometer-Coiled TDR Probe, Soil Sci. Soc. of Am. J., 66(6), 1752-1760.

Wildenschild, D., J.W. Hopmans, and J. Simunek, 2001. Flow rate dependence of soil hydraulic characteristics. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 65(1), 35-48.

Wildenschild, D. and J.J. Roberts, 2001. Experimental Tests of Enhancement of Vapor Diffusion in Topopah Spring Tuff. Journal of Porous Media, 4(1), 1-13.

Wildenschild, D., J.J. Roberts, and E.D. Carlberg, 2000. On the Relationship Between Microstructure and Electrical and Hydraulic Properties of Sand-Clay Mixtures. Geophysical Research Letters, 27(19), 3085-3088.

Wildenschild, D. and K.H. Jensen, 1999. Laboratory investigations of effective flow behavior in unsaturated heterogeneous sands. Water Resources Research, 35(1), 17-29.

Wildenschild, D. and K.H. Jensen, 1999. Numerical modeling of observed effective flow behavior in unsaturated heterogeneous sands. Water Resources Research, 35(1), 29-42.

Wildenschild, D., K. H. Jensen, K.J. Hollenbeck, T.H. Illangasekare, D. Znidarcic, T. Sonnenborg and M.B. Butts, 1997. A two-stage procedure for determining unsaturated hydraulic characteristics using a syringe pump and outflow observations. Soil Sci. Soc Am. J., 61(2), 347-359.

Wildenschild, D., K.H. Jensen and T. H. Illangasekare, 1994. A laboratory analysis of the effect of macropores on solute transport. Ground Water, May-June 1994, 32(3), 381-389.

Recent other publications (Proceedings, Abstracts, Reports, etc. for the last 3 years) 

Wildenschild, D. A. L. Herring; J. W. Carey; I. M. Young, 2010. Exploring the effect of interfacial tension, viscosity, and flow rate on the effectiveness of capillary trapping of CO2. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H13C-0986 

Jansik, D.P., D.M. Wellman, E. Cordova, D. Wildenschild, 2010, Impact of Mobile-Immoble Water on the Transport of Technetium (Tc-99) in Unsaturated Sediments. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51H-04.

Armstrong, R.T. and D. Wildenschild, 2010 Designer-Wet Micromodels for Studying Potential Changes in Wettability during Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H53D-1061.

Iltis, G., Y. Davit, B. D. Wood, D. Wildenschild, 2010, In situ imaging of biofilm within opaque porous media (Invited). Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract NS33A-03.

Iversen, B., F.E. Berisso, P. Schjønning, D. Wildenschild, L. de Jonge, A. Etana, N.J. Jarvis, M. Larsbo, T. Keller, J. Arvidsson, and C.D. Børgesen, Effect of Subsoil Compaction On Hydraulic Parameters, 2010 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Annaul Meeting, Long Beach, CA, Oct 31- Nov 4., 2010.

Jansik D., D. Wellman, E. Cordova, D. Wildenschild, Impact of Mobile-Immobile Water Domains on the Retention of Technetium (99Tc) in Unsaturated Soils, Goldschmidt 2010, Knoxville, TN, June 13-18, 2010.

Iltis, G., R.T. Armstrong, and D. Wildenschild, 2010. Visualization and quantification of biofilm architecture within porous media using synchrotron based x-ray computed microtomography. Geox2010: 3rd International Workshop on X-Ray CT for Geomaterials, New Orleans, LA, March 1-3. 2010.

Jansik, D.P., D. M. Wellman, E. Cordova, and D. Wildenschild, 2009. Impact of Mobile-Immobile Water Domains on the Retention of Technetium (Tc-99) in the Vadose Zone.  Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H34A-07

Iltis, G., R.T. Armstrong, D.P. Jansik, B.D. Wood, and D. Wildenschild, 2009. Biofilm Growth in Porous Media: Validation of three-dimensional characterization of biofilm growth in packed bead columns, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H34D-08

Iltis, G.C., R.T. Armstrong, D.P. Jansik, B.D. Wood, and D. Wildenschild, 2009. Three-dimensional Imaging of Spatial Distribution of Biofilm in Porous Media, Specialized Conference: Processes in Biofilms: Fundamentals to Applications, September 13-16, 2009 Davis, California, USA

Wildenschild, D. , 2009. Experimental analysis of non-equilibrium processes for multiphase flow in porous media. 2009 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, June 15-18, Leipzig, Germany.

Schaap, M.G., M.L. Porter, and D. Wildenschild, 2009. Interfacial Area, Capillary Pressure and Saturation at the Pore-scale: Observations and Lattice Boltzmann Simulations. 2009 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, June 15-18, Leipzig, Germany.

Wildenschild, D. and M. Prodanovic, 2009. Effect of pore space morphology on interfacial configurations in porous media. 2009 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, June 15-18, Leipzig, Germany.

Wildenschild, D., R.T. Armstrong, D. P. Jansik and B.D. Wood, 2009. Using synchrotron-based microtomographic imaging to characterize biofilm architecture in porous media, 2009 European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April 2009.

Wildenschild, D. and M. L. Porter, 2009. Microtomographic imaging of multiphase flow in porous media: Validation of image analysis algorithms, and assessment of data representativeness and quality. 2009 European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April 2009.

Armstrong, R.T., D.P. Jansik, D. Wildenschild, and B.D. Wood, 2008. Imaging Biofilm within Porous Media using Synchrotron based X-Ray Computed Microtomography. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41J-03.

Schaap, M.G., M.L. Porter, and D. Wildenschild, 2008. Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of the relationship among pressure, saturation and interfacial area. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H53I-04.

Wildenschild, D.,  M. Prodanovic, and D.P. Jansik, 2008. The role of pore space morphology in multi-phase flow in porous media. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H53I-03

Jansik, D.P. and D. Wildenschild, 2008 Quantification of film flow infiltration velocities in a crushed Yucca Mountain Tuff. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41F-0941.

Brown, K.I. D. Wildenschild, and M.L. Porter, 2008. Relating Capillary Pressure to Interfacial Areas Using a Two-dimensional Micromodel. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41F-0935.

Porter, M.L. and D. Wildenschild, 2008. Comparing and validating three-phase segmentation and surface area generation algorithms for x-ray computed micro-tomography data. 1^st International Conference on 3D-Imaging of Materials and Systems (3D-IMS08), Bordeaux, France, Sept. 2008. Abstract.

Porter, M.L., D. Wildenschild, and M.G. Schaap, 2008. Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of the P_c- S-a_nw Relationship. Computational Methods in Water Resources (XVII), San Francisco, CA, July 6-10. 2008.

D.P.  Jansik, R.T. Armstrong, D. Wildenschild, and B.D. Wood, 2008. Imaging Biofilm Architecture in Porous Media. Computational Methods in Water Resources (XVII), San Francisco, CA, July 6-10. 2008.