Debasmita Misra

Associate Professor

Department of Mining and Geological Engineering

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Rafail, Coen, and Debu in Utrecht, the Netherlands in June, 2002

ADDRESS

P.O. Box 755800
307 Duckering Building
College of Engineering and Mines
Department of Mining and Geological Engineering
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5800
Voice:(907) 474-5339 (work)
Fax:(907) 474-6635
E-mail: debasmita_misra@hotmail.com

Ph.D., Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, August 1994.
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1390 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A.
Dissertation title: Mixed Finite Element Analysis of One-Dimensional Heterogeneous Darcy Flow.

M.S., Engineering Hydrology, September 1988.
Department of Engineering Hydrology, University College Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Thesis title: An exploratory study of flood volume distributions.

M.Eng., Water Resources Engineering, December 1986.
Water Resources Engineering Division, Asian Institute of Technology, GPO Box 3782, Bangkok 10501, Thailand.
Thesis title: Irrigation by conjunctive use of surface and ground water (Case study: Mahanadi-Kathjori-Devi delta, India).

B.S., Agricultural Engineering and Technology, June 1984.
College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar 751003, Orissa, India.
Project title: Design, development and testing of a Wheel Pump.

Senior Engineer
Nuclear Training & Simulator Support
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation,
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant,
N490 Highway 42,
Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511
Operated by Nuclear Management Company, LLC
June, 2000 - January, 2002

• Lead the simulator group in code development, process design, and simulation of transient multiphase flow, heat transfer, core reaction and other integrated system processes for environmentally safe operations.
• Conduct research on optimal process design and performance in coordination with operations and engineering group.
• Conduct numerical simulation and suggest design modifications for enhancing plant efficiency.
• Impart training on thermodynamics, heat transfer, mechanics of multiphase fluid flow and other design criteria.

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,
Michigan Technological University,
1400 Townsend Drive,
Houghton, MI 49931
December, 1999 - June, 2000

• Taught undergraduate courses in -
  • Dynamics (EM 212)
  • Thermodynamics (ME 320)
  • Fluid Mechanics (EM 332)
• Procured research funding and administered research grants
• Participated in departmental course and policy review committees
• Collaborated in multidisciplinary research efforts
• Presented research findings in seminars and conferences

Assistant Research Professor
Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences,
Michigan Technological University,
1400 Townsend Drive,
Houghton, MI 49931
December, 1998 - June, 2000

• Successfully completed a research project on scaling of reservoir flow properties funded by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
• Worked on an EPA funded project on pore scale numerical modeling of surfactant enhanced contaminant remediation from natural porous media with experimental validation.
• Collaborated with geophysicists on correlating GPR data with hydraulic conductivity measurements in aquifers, using geostatistical analysis.
• Developed several multidisciplinary collaborative research proposals for procurement of funding from government agencies and industry.
• Research interests included numerical modeling of multiphase flow, transport, and remediation processes in porous media, upscaling of flow and media properties to suitable simulation scale grid dimensions, inverse modeling using stochastic differential equations, geostatistical modeling and characterization of flow properties in reservoirs

Staff Petroleum Engineer
TRW/BDM Petroleum Technologies,
National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research,
Bartlesville, OK
July, 1997 - November, 1998

• Reservoir management and characterization
• Geostatistical characterization of subsurface reservoirs and outcrop analogs
• Modeling and application of upscaling using wavelets and incomplete layers methods for reservoir simulation
• Inverse parametric and non-parametric modeling using geostatistical parameters and stochastic properties
• Image analysis and processing

Visiting Scientist
DLO Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land
Soil and Water Research
Wageningen, The Netherlands
April 18, 1996 - May 10, 1996

• Modeling of gravity-driven unstable (fingered) flow and preferential transport in a hydrophobic soil in an experimental field site in Ouddorp, Zeeland Province, the Netherlands

Research Associate
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
(Appointment through the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota)
May 1994-June 1997

• Numerical modeling of multiphase fluid flow and transport in porous media
• Upscaling from pore scale to field scale using lagrangian models
• Application of stochastic theory to resolve problems of reaction dominated transport in permeable media
• Adaptation of the models to scalable parallel computing environment
• Modeling gravity-driven unstable wetting front in multiphase flow through porous media
• Modeling biodegradation processes in porous media
• Improvement of the numerical efficiency of non-linear flow problems
• High Performance computing and visualization of developed models

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Sept 1988-May 1994

• Numerical modeling of heat transfer, water flow and reaction dominated chemical transport through variably saturated, heterogeneous, fractured porous media. Extension of the model to evaluate multiphase flow processes and drainage through heterogeneous porous media
• Experimental investigation of water flow and dye tracer transport in variably saturated, heterogeneous, dual-porosity permeable media contained in specially designed (conical) lysimeters. Soil moisture and temperature data collection was automatized using TDR and thermocouples connected through a multiplexer to a CR-10 datalogger
• Experimental investigation of chemical transport through preferential flow paths

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Dec. 1990-Mar. 1991

• Taught laboratory and recitation classes for the undergraduate course entitled Introduction to Problem Solving with Computers (AgET 3030)

Assistant Professor
Department of Soil and Water Engineering
College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Orissa, India
Apr.1987-Sept. 1987

• Taught undergraduate courses in Fluid Mechanics and Structural Design
• Supervised undergraduate workshop practice and research project

Teaching/Research Assistant
College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Orissa, India
Oct.1984-Apr. 1985

• Taught undergraduate courses Engineering Surveying, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Processes

Hardware Platforms
VAX, DEC, SUN, HP, SGI, PCs, CRAY-XMP, Cray C-916

Parallel Computing Platforms
CRAY-T3D, TMC-CM5, SGI-ONYX

Operating Systems
UNIX, VMS, MS-DOS, WINDOWS95, X-WINDOWS

Languages
FORTRAN 90, C, BASIC, PASCAL, HTML, JAVA, PERL

Visualization/Graphics
Desi, Gnuplot, Spyglass, Showcase, Surfer, Tecplot, Grapher, Quattro Pro, Explorer, Wavefront

Softwares
Matlab, Mathematica, GMS, LEACHM, SWAST, GSLIB, SURF, CMG, MODFLOW, MT3D, VARSAT2D, FEMWATER, GRACE

Proficiency
Numerical Modeling (FEM, FDM, AEM),High Performance Computing

Estimation of diesel fuel travel times, The Rowland Company, St. Paul, MN, December 1994.

• Successful completion of geostatistical characterization of Almond formation outcrops and subsurface reservoirs from barrier island transgressive shorelines. Upscaling of petrophysical properties using non-parametric methods for Almond formation and parametric methods for Blue Jacket and Velma formations. Inverse modeling of petrophysical properties in the Almond formation.
• Completed several projects on finite element based (eulerian) and particle tracking random walk (lagrangian) based models using both serial and scaleable parallel computing environments. The models included dynamics of flow in heterogeneous and preferential domains such as fractures or fingering. The transport models included biochemical reactions and other compositional reaction processes.
• I have supervised research projects on high performance computing during the summer of 1995 and 1996 to undergraduate students from various universities in the USA. The project description and reports are available in WWW by accessing:
  Summer Institute 1995
  Summer Institute 1996

1. Modeling of Fluid Flow and Contaminant Transport Through an Unsaturated Soil Column Contained in a Funnel Lysimeter. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota,1996).
2. Determination of Pumping Well Locations and Pumping Rates to Optimize Dissolved Contaminant Capture and Treatment. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota,1996).
3. Modeling the Transport of Reactive Solutes in Heterogeneous Porous Media. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1996).
4. Adaptive Gridding of Finite Element Solutions for Unsaturated Porous Media Flows. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1996).
5. Modeling the Transport of Reactive Solutes in Unsaturated Porous Media.(Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1996).
6. Assessment of the Impact of Nonpoint Source Pollution on Groundwater Quality.(Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1996).
7. Modeling of the Transport of Non-Reactive Solutes in Heterogeneous Porous Media. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1995).
8. Modeling Finger Development and Persistence in Unsaturated Porous Media. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1995).
9. Modeling of Fluid Flow and Contaminant Transport Through an Unsaturated Soil Column Contained in a Funnel Lysimeter. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1995).
10. Investigative Study of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media. (Summer Institute, AHPCRC, University of Minnesota, 1995).
11. Development of crop coefficient curves and computation of crop evapotranspiration for Bhubaneswar region. (1987, in India)
12. Optimization of disc and tilt angle of a Disc Plough under different soil conditions and moisture content. (1985, in India)

The Summer Institute on High Performance Computing is hosted by the Army High Performance Computing Research Center, University of Minnesota for undergraduate students. The objective of the summer institute is to expose undergraduate students to numerical modeling and high performance computing in computational fluid dynamics and environmental modeling. I have taught a course in groundwater mechanics and numerical modeling of flow and transport in porous media during the 1995 and 1996 Summer Institutes (June - August). I have supervised research projects on high performance computing to six undergraduate attendees during 1995 and eight during 1996. The project description and report are available in the World Wide Web by accessing:
http://www.arc.umn.edu/html/education/SummerInst/1995/
http://www.arc.umn.edu/html/education/SummerInst/1996/

Nieber, J.L., D. Misra, and H.V. Nguyen, 1996. Fingered Flow Modeling, In: Contributions to DoD Mission Success from High Performance Computing, A report by the DoD High Performance Modernization Office, Office of the Secretary of Defence, Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Washington, DC, USA.

Misra, D., Wavelet Based Methodology for Upscaling of Petrophysical Properties, E.O. Lawrence Berlkeley Laboratory Grant (Awarded).

Mayer, A.S., D. Misra, Y. Drelich, J.L. Nieber, and L. Tomutsa, Characterization of Colloid Transport via Preferential Flow Paths in the Vadose Zone, DOE/EMSP Subsurface Contamination/Vadose Zone Issues (Pending).

Young, C.T., A.S. Mayer, and D. Misra, Development of a Non-parametric Inverse Model to Simulate Aquifer Heterogeneity using Ground Penetrating Radar and Direct Measurements, EPA (STAR) Computing Technology for Ecosystem Modeling (Pending).

Kawatra, S.K., A.M. Struthers, and D. Misra, Optimization of Comminution Circuit Throughput and Product Size Distribution by Simulation and Control, U.S. Department of Energy (Pending).

Mayer, A.S., D. Misra, and Y. Drelich, Assessment of Colloid Transport Mechanisms in Unsaturated Porous Media, EPA (STAR) Exploratory Research (Pending).

Misra, D.,A.S., Mayer, and X. Dai, Wavelet Based Methodology for Upscaling of Geohydrologic Properties, EPA (STAR) Exploratory Research (Pending).

Society of Petroleum Engineers
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
European Geophysical Society
United States Association of Computational Mechanics
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers

Indian Council for Agricultural Research Scholarship - 1982
Government of France scholarship - 1985
Government of Ireland scholarship - 1987
Rotary International - Freedom from Hunger scholarship - 1988
Alpha Epsilon honor society (Agricultural Engineering)
Gamma Sigma Delta honor society (Agriculture)

Reservoir Modeling with the Geostatistical Software Library (GSLIB) by Clayton V. Deutsch (Stanford University, California, USA), October 4-5, In: 1997 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas.

Upscaling for Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media by Ekram Kasap (Geoquest Reservoir Technologies, Schlumberger, Houston, Texas, USA), April 19-22, In: 1998 Eleventh SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK.

Served in jury panel of the Mini-Conference on Applications of Emerging Technologies in Hydrology organized by Dr. Andy D. Ward and Dr. Bruce N. Wilson during the 1997 ASAE International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, August 10-14, 1997.

Served as reviewer of

• AAPG Bulletin and other AAPG publications
• Transactions of ASAE
• Computers and Geosciences
• Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology
• Journal of Sedimentary Research
• Minerals and Mettalurgical Processing Journal
• Society of Petroleum Engineering Journal

President of Rotaract club of OUAT, India (1983-84).
President of Student Union, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India (1983-84).
President of Student Union, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (1986).
Member of the Orissa Society of Americas (1988-Present).
Chairman of Eligibility Committee, Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative Housing, University of Minnesota (1990-1991).
Secretary of Alpha Epsilon honor society (1991).
Member of Graduate Program Committee of Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota (1991-1993).
Editor of India Association of Minnesota Newsletter (1996).
Director and Chairman of Publicity, Bartlesville Chapter SPE (1998).

L. Tomutsa, D. Misra, S. Swan and R.A. Schatzinger, 1998: A Comparative Analysis of Wavelet Based and Incomplete Layers Upscaling Models for single-phase flow simulations, Topical Report No. NIPER/BDM-0378, U.S. Department of Energy, National Petroleum Technology Office, Tulsa, OK.

D. Misra, R.A. Schatzinger, M. Cil, and J. Wheeler, 1998: Assessment of Lateral Variability of Geological Parameters using Modal and Geostatistical Analysis of Outcrop Analog, Paper No. 49280, Proceedings of the 1998 Annual International SPE meeting in New Orleans, LA, 683-695.

M. Cil, J.C. Reis, M.A. Miller, D. Misra, 1998: An Examination of Countercurrent Capillary Imbibition Recovery from Single Matrix Blocks and Recovery Predictions by Analytical Matrix/Fracture Transfer Functions, Paper No. 49005, Proceedings of the 1998 Annual International SPE meeting in New Orleans, LA, 237-251.

Abulaban, A., J.L. Nieber, and D. Misra ,1998: Modeling Plume Behavior for Nonlinearly Sorbing Solutes in Saturated Heterogeneous Porous Media, Advances in Water Resources (In Review).

Abulaban, A., J.L. Nieber, and D. Misra, 1998: Modeling Plume Behavior for Nonlinearly Sorbing Solutes in Saturated Homogeneous Porous Media, Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 21, 487-498.

Cil, M., D. Misra, and A. Sarkar, 1998: Characteristics of Countercurrent Imbibition and a Critical Review of Analytical Countercurrent Imbibition Models for Oil Recovery from Matrix Blocks in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Topical Report No. NIPER/BDM-0380, U.S. Department of Energy, National Petroleum Technology Office, Tulsa, OK.

Misra, D., M. Cil, A. Schatzinger, and J. Wheeler, 1997: Modal and Geostatistical Analysis of Petrophysical Properties: Almond Formation Transgressive Shoreline Barrier Facies, South Central Wyoming, Topical Report No. NIPER/BDM-0327, U.S. Department of Energy, National Petroleum Technology Office, Tulsa, OK.

Oduro, P., J.L. Nieber, H.V. Nguyen, and D. Misra, 1997: Review of Contaminant Transport Modeling in Porous Media Using Multi-Processor Computing Environment, Paper No. 972002, 1997 ASAE International Meeting, August 10-14, Minneapolis, MN.

Nguyen, H.V., Nieber, J.L., Ritsema, C.J., Dekker, L.W., Steenhuis, T.S., and D. Misra, 1997: Modeling of Unstable Flow in a Field Soil Having a Hydrophobic Layer, Paper No. 973085,1997 ASAE International Meeting, August 10-14, Minneapolis, MN.

Misra, D., and A. D. Gupta, 1996: Irrigation Management in an Indian River Catchment, Proceedings of International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling, San Antonio, Texas, November 3-6, 1996, 394-401.

Nguyen, H.V., J.L. Nieber, and D. Misra, 1996: Modeling BMP Impacts on Ground Water Quality, Proceedings of International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling, San Antonio, Texas, November 3-6, 1996, 762-768.

Nieber, J.L. and D. Misra, 1995: Modeling Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous, Dual-porosity Drained Soils, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Systems, Vol. 9, 217-237.

Brooks, E.S., D. Misra, J.L.Nieber, and B.N.Wilson, 1994: Hydrologic Modeling Software Developed at the University of Minnesota, Paper No. 942501, International Winter meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, December 13-16, 1994, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

Foster, M.B.J., E.C. Alexander, Jr., D. Misra and J.L. Nieber, 1994: Measurement of Flow Through the Unsaturated Zone Using a Prototype Funnel Lysimeter, Technical Report No. 139, Water Resources Research Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA, 66pp.

Nieber, J.L. and D. Misra, 1993: Modeling Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous, Dual-porosity Drained Soils , Transactions of the Workshop on Subsurface Drainage Simulation Models - 15th. Congress of the ICID, Sept. 4-5, 1993, The Hague, The Netherlands, 171-184.

Misra, D., Nieber, J.L., and H.V.Nguyen, 1993: In-situ Bioremediation of Subsurface Contamination: A Review, Paper No. 934557, International Winter meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, December 14-18, 1993, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Senapati, P.C. and D. Misra, 1988: Distribution of Rainfall in Coastal Region of Orissa, Indian Journal of Power and River Valley Development, June, 193-198.

Misra, D. and R.P.Mohanty, 1987: Chance-constrained Programming Application for an Irrigation Command Area, Industrial Engineering Journal (India), Vol. XVI (6), 1-24.

Tomutsa, L., D. Misra, S. Swan, and R.A. Schatzinger, 1998: A Comparative Analysis of Wavelet Based and Incomplete Layer Upscaling Models, Gordon Research Conference on Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media, Andover, New Hampshire, August 2-7, 1998.

M. Cil, J.C. Reis, M.A. Miller, and D. Misra, 1998: A Critical Review of Analytical Models for Imbibition Oil Recovery in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Gordon Research Conference on Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media, Andover, New Hampshire, August 2-7, 1998. (Invited)

Misra, D., J.L. Nieber, A. Abulaban, and H.V. Nguyen, 1997: Parametric Study of Three-Dimensional Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media, In: session on "High Performance Computing in Porous Media Flows", Organizers: Dr. Dennis Parsons and Prof. Alvaro Coutinho, Fourth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, California, August 6-8, 1997.

Nieber, J.L., D. Misra, A. Abulaban, and H.V. Nguyen, 1996: Modeling Water Flow and Solute Transport in Fingered Flow Processes, Gordon Research Conference on Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media, Andover, New Hampshire, August 4-9, 1996.

Misra, D., 1996: Vadose Zone Hydrology, Modeling of Physical and Chemical Processes, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, May 21, 1996.

Misra, D., H.V. Nguyen, J.L. Nieber, C.J. Ritsema, and L. Dekker 1996: Modeling Gravity Driven Unstable Flow in Unsaturated Soil Containing a Hydrophobic Layer, EU Workshop on Preferential Flow and Transport Processes, Wageningen, the Netherlands, May 7, 1996.

Misra, D. and J.L.Nieber, 1994: Comparison of Mixed Finite Element Methods and Conventional Finite Element Methods for One-dimensional Unsaturated Flow, Presented at the United States Army Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.A., October 12-13, 1994.

Misra, D. and A. D. Gupta, 1996: Irrigation Management in an Indian River Catchment, International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling, San Antonio, Texas, November 3-6, 1996.

Nguyen, H.V., J.L. Nieber, and D. Misra, 1996: Modeling BMP Impacts on Ground Water Quality, International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling, San Antonio, Texas, November 3-6, 1996.

Nieber, J.L., H.V. Nguyen, D. Misra, and A. Abulaban, 1996: Modeling Flow and Solute Transport in Gravity-Driven Unstable Flow, Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, October 28-31, 1996.

Nguyen, H.V., J.L. Nieber, C.J. Ritsema, L.W. Dekker, and D. Misra, 1996: Modeling Gravity Driven Fingered Flow in a Field Soil Having a Hydrophobic Layer, 21st. General Assembly, European Geophysical Society, May 6-10, 1996, the Hague, the Netherlands.

Ritsema, C.J., L.W. Dekker, R.F.A. Hendriks, N. Jarvis, M. Larsson, O. Wendroth, W. Pohl, S. Koszinski, H. Rogasik, J. Gaudet, R. Angulo-Jamarillo, J.L. Nieber, H.V. Nguyen, and D. Misra, 1996: Measuring and Modeling of Preferential Flow in Dutch, French, German, and Swedish Soils, 21st. General Assembly, European Geophysical Society, May 6-10, 1996, the Hague, the Netherlands.

Foster, M.B.J., E.C.Alexander,Jr., D. Misra and J.L.Nieber, 1995: Measurement of Flow Through the Unsaturated Zone Using a Prototype Funnel Lysimeter, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 11-15, 1995, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Misra, D., J.L. Nieber, and H.V. Nguyen, 1995. Mixed Finite Element Analysis of One-Dimensional Unsaturated Flow, International Kearney Foundation of Soil Science Conference, September 6-8, 1995, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.

Misra, D., J.L. Nieber, and R.S. Maier, 1995. An Investigation of the Solution of Three-Dimensional Richards Equation using DASPK, International Kearney Foundation of Soil Science Conference, September 6-8, 1995, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.

Nieber, J.L., H.V. Nguyen, and D. Misra, 1995. Modeling Gravity Driven Fingered Flow in Unsaturated Porous Media, International Kearney Foundation of Soil Science Conference, September 6-8, 1995, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.

Nguyen, H.V., J.L. Nieber, C. Ritsema, L. Dekker and D. Misra, 1995. Modeling Gravity Driven Fingered Flow in a Field Soil Having a Hydrophobic Layer, International Kearney Foundation of Soil Science Conference, September 6-8, 1995, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.

Misra, D. and J.L.Nieber, 1994: Comparison of Mixed Finite Element Methods and Conventional Finite Element Methods for One-dimensional Darcy Flow, The 2nd annual Environmental Science and Engineering Conference, February 4-5, 1994, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Misra, D. and J.L.Nieber, 1993: Comparison of Mixed Finite Element Methods and Conventional Finite Element Methods for One-dimensional Darcy Flow, Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 6-10, 1993, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Misra, D.; J.L.Nieber; M.B.J. Foster and E.C.Alexander,Jr., 1993: Modeling Variably Saturated Flow in a Conical Lysimeter Containing Heterogeneous and Dual Porosity Soil, Thirteenth annual "Hydrology Days", March 30 - April 2, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.

Foster, M.B.J.; E.C.Alexander,Jr.; D. Misra and J.L.Nieber, 1993: Development and Testing of a Two Meter Diameter Conical Infiltrometer, Conference on Agricultural Research to Protect Water Quality, Sponsored by Soil and Water Conservation Society, February 1993, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Foster, M.B.J.; E.C.Alexander,Jr.; D. Misra and J.L.Nieber, 1992: Development and Testing of a Two Meter Diameter Conical Infiltrometer, Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 1992, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Misra, D.; J.L.Nieber; M.B.J. Foster and E.C.Alexander,Jr., 1992: Modeling Variably Saturated Flow in a Conical Infiltrometer, Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 1992, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Misra, D. and J.L.Nieber, 1992: Diffusive and Convective Transport of Atmospheric Gas Constituents in Soils, Spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union, May 1992, Montreal, Canada.

Foster, M.B.J.; E.C.Alexander,Jr.; D. Misra and J.L.Nieber, 1992: Development of a Prototype Conical Lysimeter Installed Using a Large Tree Transplanter, Minnesota Water '92, February 1992, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Nieber, J.L., A. Abulaban, M. Císlerová, and D. Misra, 1992: Simulation of Unstable Gravity Driven Flow for Two-Phase Fluid Flow in Porous Media, 1993 Annual Report of The Supercomputer Institute, University of Minnesota, 1200 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA, pp:19-20.

Nieber, J.L., and D. Misra, 1994: Simulation of Gravity Driven Unstable Wetting Front in Unsaturated Porous Media, 1994 Semi-Annual Report of The Army High Performance Computing Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1100 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA (in press).

Nieber, J.L., D. Misra and H.V. Nguyen, 1995: Simulation of Gravity Driven Fingered Flow During Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media, 1995 Annual Research Report of the Supercomputer Institute, University of Minnesota, 1200 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA.

Misra, D., and J.L. Nieber: A Comparative Analysis of Mixed Finite Element and Conventional Finite Element Methods for One-dimensional Steady Heterogeneous Darcy Flow.

Misra, D., and J.L. Nieber: Application of Mixed Finite Element Method to One-Dimensional Steady Unsaturated Flow.

M. Cil, D. Misra, J.C. Reis, M.A. Miller: Diffusivity Models for Capillary Imbibition Recovery from Matrix Blocks in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs.

M. Cil, J.C. Reis, M.A. Miller, D. Misra: A Critical Review of Analytical Models for Imbibition Oil Recovery in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs.

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