Dr. Vahid J. Niasar Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Chair of Interpore UK Chapter, Lead of the Integrated Multiscale Porous Media Research (IMPRES) Team

Dr. Vahid J. Niasar Assistant Professor of petroleum engineering, Chair of InterPore UK Chapter, Lead of the integrated multiscale porous media research (IMPRES) team.

AAA DDRESSD D R E S S School of Chemical Engineering & Analytical Science The Mill, C44 The University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL Tel: (+44)0161-306-4867 Email: [email protected] Group webpage: http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/vahid.niasar/default.htm

P RROFILE O F I L ERO E I am the lead of integrated multiscale porous media research (IMPRES) team at the University of Manchester, which has currently more than 10 PhD, MEng and MSc students and one post-doctoral research associate. My research interest is broad, covering: Flow and transport in porous media Enhanced oil recovery Groundwater and contaminant hydrogeology Pore-scale modelling and experiments of flow and geomechanics Hybrid modelling Particle-particle interaction Electrokinetics of porous materials I have more than 8 years of industrial experience in international companies such as Shell, Netherlands.

PPP ROFESSIONAL EEE XPERIENCE Chronologically sorted Since August 2014 Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Oct.Oct. 201120112011-2011---JulyJulyJulyJuly2014201420142014 Research Reservoir Engineer Shell Global Solutions Innovation and R&D, EOR/IOR , Rijswijk, NL

Feb.Feb.Feb.2010Feb.201020102010---- Dec. 201120112011,2011 Utrecht University & PostPostPost-Post---doctoraldoctoral Researcher Princeton University

Jan. 200620062006-2006---Feb.Feb.Feb.Feb.2010201020102010 PhD Research Assistant Utrecht University, NL

May 200220022002-2002---Jan.Jan. 200620062006 Research Assistant Sharif Uni. of Technology, Iran

May 200520052005-2005---Dec.Dec. 200520052005 Project Manager Yekom Consulting Engineers, Iran

Sep.Sep.Sep.1998Sep.199819981998----Nov.Nov. 200520052005 Project Manager & Environment Engineer SCE, IranSCE, Iran

1 EEE DUCATION UUtrechttrecht University MultiphaseMultiphase flow and transport in porous media, PhD (Netherlands) Graduated with Cum LaudeLaudeCum Feb.Feb.Feb.2006Feb.200620062006----Mar.Mar.Mar.Mar.2010201020102010 Research Title: Analysis of capillarity effects in two-phase flow using pore- network modeling Adviser: Professor S. Majid Hassanizadeh Area of Study: Theory of two-phase flow in porous media, pore-scale simulation Sharif University of Technology Civil and environmental engineering (MSc) (Iran)(Iran)(Iran) Research Title: Simulation of Nitrate contamination due to cesspools in Aug.Aug.Aug.2000Aug.200020002000----Jan.Jan.Jan.Jan.2003200320032003 unsaturated zone of urban areas- case study of Tehran Adviser: Professor B. Ataie-Ashtiani Area of Study: reactive transport in unsaturated zone

K.N.T University of Technology Civil and hydraulics engineering (BSc) (Iran)(Iran)(Iran) Elected student Aug.Aug.Aug.1996Aug.199619961996----Jun.Jun.Jun.Jun.2000200020002000

GGG RRANTSRANT A N TRA T SSS AAN N D AAA WWARDS A R D SWA S 2016201620162016 Invited speaker at Gordon Conference, Spain 201620162016 Invited speaker at InterPore Conference, USA 201220122012 Shell Recognition Award 201120112011 Research visit grant awarded by Princeton UniversityUniversity, group of Prof. M.A. Celia 201120112011 Young Researcher InterPoreInterPore----FraunhoferFraunhofer Award for ‘outstanding contributions to the theory of two-phase flow in porous media and the analysis of capillarity effects in two-phase flow using computational models’. 201020102010 Research visit grant awarded by The InsThe InstitutInstitut Français du PétrolePétrole–France 201020102010 PhD Cum Laude graduation 201020102010 Student Congress ScholarshipScholarship, XVIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Barcelona, Spain, June 21-24, 2010 200920092009 Student travel grant for International Conference on Non-linearities and Upscaling in Porous Media, Germany, October, 5-7, 2009 200720072007 Research visit grant awarded by University of Bergen, August 2007 200620062006 Research visit grant awarded by Purdue University, USA 200620062006 Full PhD grant from CICAT Delft University of Technology (NL), 2006-2010 200320032003 MSc thesis prize awarded by ministry of housing and urban development of Iran

PPP R O J E C T MMM ANAGEMENT Chronologically sorted & L EEADERSHIPADERSHIP

Since August2014 Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, University of Manchester

• Chair of the UK chapter of international society of porous media, since August 2015. • Co-convener of the session MS 1.16.: Fundamentals of Enhanced oil Recovery, InterPoreInterPoreInterPore Conference, USA, 2016. • Organizer of the kick-off meeting of the UK chapter of international society of porous media, Manchester, August2015. • GuestGuestGuest editoreditoreditor for special issue of journal of Computational Geosciences on “Pore-Scale Modelling Approaches for Flow and Transport”, 2014-15. • Co-convener of the session MS 1.16.: Multiphysics non-classical problems in porous media in InterPoreInterPoreInterPore Conference, Italy, May 18-21 May, 2015.

October 201120112011-2011---JulyJuly 201420142014,2014, Research Reservoir Engineer, Shell Global Solutions Int., Rijswijk, NL

• Organizing the international workshop on “Pore-Scale Modeling Techniques for Multiphase Flow and Reactive Transport”, Shell Global Solutions Int., Rijswijk, January 2013 (Several distinguished speakers are invited from Princeton Uni., MIT, Utrecht Uni., Texas Uni. at Austin, Eindhoven Uni, Heriot-Watt Uni., Illinois Univ., Pacific North National Lab, and Schlumberger Russia).

2 • Co-chair of Gordon Research Seminar on “Moving Through Scales From Pore to Field Permeable Media Systems: Challenges and Knowledge Gaps”, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, June 22-24, 2012. • Invited Co-convener of the mini-symposium on “pore-network modelig applications in porous media” in XVIV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWRCMWRCMWR), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA, June 17-21, 2012. • Guest editor for special issue of journal of Transport in Porous Media on “Pore-Scale Modelling Approaches for Flow and Transport”, 2012.

Feb.Feb.201020102010----DecDecDec201120112011,, Research fellow at Utrecht University & Princeton University

• Co-convener and chairman of the session “H71: Complexities of Flow and Transport in Porous Media” in AGUAGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, USA, December 5-9, 2011. More than 51 presentations were included in the session. It was the second largest session in hydrogeology discipline. • Co-convener of a mini-symposium “Porous media research in the Netherlands; theory, experiments, models and applications”, September 6th , Utrecht University, 2011. • Co-convener and chairman of the session “H48: Flow and Transport in Complex Porous Media” in AGU Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, USA, December 13-17, 2010. More than 48 presentations were included in the session. It was the second largest session in hydrogeology discipline. • Organization assistant in XVIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWRCMWRCMWR), Barcelona, Spain, June 21-24, 2010. • Project leader of “ electro-osmotic flow considering dynamics of chemical properties” in collaboration with KAUST and Professor R. Schotting. • Invited co-chair of Gordon Research Seminar on “Moving Through Scales From Pore to Field Permeable Media Systems: Challenges and Knowledge Gaps” to be held in Switzerland, 2012. • Invited Co-convener of the mini-symposium on “pore-network modeling applications in porous media” to be held in XVIV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWRCMWRCMWR), to be held in Illinois, USA, 2012. • Guest editor for special issue of journal of Transport in PorousPorous Media on “Pore-Scale Modelling Approaches for Flow and Transport”, 2010.

Jan. 20062006----Feb.Feb.Feb.201020102010,, PhD student at Utrecht University

• Organizer of summer school “Role of Interfacial Area in Two-Phase Flow and Transport in Porous Media: Theory, Experiment, Modeling”, Utrecht University, July19-24, 2009. More than 48 participants attended the summer school. The quality of the summer school was assessed very good to excellent. • Co-convener and chairman of the session ”Pore-Scale Modeling and Imaging of Multiphase Flow, Solute Transport and Bio/geo/chemical Processes in Porous Media in AGUAGU Fall MeetingMeeting, San Francisco, USA, December 10-14, 2007. It was the largest session in hydrogeology discipline. • Coordinator and co-organizer of Marie Curie workshopworkshop on Flow and Transport in Porous Media, Utrecht University, Netherlands, November 12-16, 2007. About 50 participants attended the summer school.

May 20022002----Jan.Jan. 20062006,, research assistant at Sharif University of Technology Project manager • 2005-6 "Investigating the Influential Factors on Artificial Recharge of Groundwater in Tehran region"- Initial Stage: Feasibility Study -Literature Review on Different Artificial Recharge Methods - Study on Soil Clogging Procedure and Mitigation Measures - Study on Numerical Approaches of Soil Clogging Modeling -Study on ASR Wells Method - Feasibility Study on ASR Method in the Case Study

• 2005 "Effects of Caspian sea water-level changes on sea-water intrusion in coastal aquifer in Mazandaran and Golestan region: Phase III- Numerical Modeling by SHARP semi-three dimensional model" - Numerical Modeling by SHARP Numerical model - Salt water Intrusion Sensitivity Analysis - Determination of Sensitive Locations - Groundwater Recharge Management • 2004 "Effects of Caspian sea water-level changes on sea-water intrusion in coastal aquifer in Mazandaran

and Golestan region: Phase II- Conceptual Models, Layout" - GIS based Water Balance Estimation - GIS based Assessment of Saltwater Intrusion in Aquifer • 2003 "Effects of Caspian sea water-level changes on sea-water intrusion in coastal aquifer in Mazandaran and Golestan region: Phase I- Conceptual Studies and GIS-Based Data Presentation " - Data gathering and processing - Data presentation in GIS environment using ARCGIS 8.1 - Literature Review on Salt Water Intrusion Process, Mechanism, Models

Environmental Engineer and Modeller • 2002 Estimation and Assessment of Nitrate Contamination in Tehran Aquifer - Estimation of Nitrogen Budget in Tehran - Lump Parameter Modeling for Nitrate Transport in Unsaturated Zone - Vulnerability Assessment of Groundwater in GIS Environment using ArcView 3.2a - Estimation of Nitrogen Mass Balance

May 20052005----Dec.Dec. 20052005:::: Project manager at Yekom Consulting Engineers Preliminary Assessment Studies of Nohob & Balakhanloo Storage Dams

Sep.Sep.199819981998----Nov.Nov. 20052005:: S: SCS CCCEEEE Project Manager 2005 Basic Studies of Nayband Port: Environmental Management Plan of Project, Bushehr 2003 Basic studies of NEKA Oil Terminal Project: Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment, Mazandran 2003 Basic Studies of NEKA Oil Terminal Project: Potential Oil Pollution Assessment, Mazandran EngineerEngineeringing Team Member 2005 South Pars Petrochemical Port phase 15 & 16 EPC tender documents: QA/QC documents, Bushehr 2005 South Pars Petrochemical Port phase 15 & 16 EPC tender documents: HSE, Bushehr 2005 Tehran-Karaj Water Tunnel Project (EPC Project)- Preliminary Design, Tehran 2005 Renovation of Oil Pipelines in Ahwaz, Khuzestan 2004 Bushehr Complex Port Development Project, EPC tender documents: QA/QC, HSE Documents, Bushehr 2004 Reshadat renovation and development project, EPC tender proposal: QA/QC, HSE Documents, Bushehr 2004 Kharg Petrochemical Complex Development Project- Final EIA Studies: Air Emissions Modeling, Kharg Island 2004 Basic and Detail Design of Laft Service Port- Environmental Studies, Homozgan 2003 Feasibility Study on Groundwater Recharge for Development of Chitgar Lake, Tehran 2003 Basic Studies of NEKA Oil Terminal Project: Design of Berthing System for Oil Tankers, Mazandran 2003 Kharg Petrochemical Complex Development Project- Final EIA Studies: Project Description, Kharg Island 2002 Urmia Lake Causeway EPC Tender Proposal: Environmental Engineering Study, Urmia 2002 Urmia Lake Causeway EPC Tender Proposal: Numerical Modeling of Salinity in Urmia lake using MIKE-21 2001 Basic Studies of BEHSHAHR Oil Terminal Project: Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment 2000 Basic Studies of Imam Khomeini Complex Port: Design of Unloader Systems.

TTT ECHNICALE C H N I C A L RRR EVIEWER FOR JJJ OURNALS Advances in Water Resources, AIChE Journal, Energy and Fuels, Journal of Colloid and Interface Sciences, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Langmuir, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Transport in Porous Media, Vadose Zone Journal, Water Resources Research, International Oil and Gas Journal , PNAS.

III NVITED TTT A L K S ••• 2016, 888th8th International Conference on Porous Media & AnnuaAnnuall Meeting,Meeting Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 9- 13 May 2016. ••• 2016, PMPM and UK InterPore Joint Annual Meeting 20162016,, ICMS, Edinburgh, 13-15 Jan 2016. ••• 2016, Gordon Research Conference on flow and TransportTransport in Permeable Media to be held in July 31-August 5, 2016 in Girona, Spain. ••• 2015 Research Seminar in Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling, University of Warwick, October 20th 2015 ••• 2015 MUSIS Workshop on Interfaces and their role in dispdisplacementlacement and transport in unsaturated porous mediamedia, Potsdam, Germany 10–12 March,2015 ••• 2013 SIAM Conference on Mathematical & ComputationalComputational IssIssuesues in the Geosciences, Pore- network modeling of electrokinetic flow and transport in micro-capillaries, Padova, Italy, 17-20 June,

2013 ••• 2011 SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational IssIssuesues in the Geosciences, Analysis and Parameterization of Continuum-Scale Theories using Pore-Network Models- Application for Non- equilibrium Capillarity Theories, Long Beach, California, USA, March 21-24, 2011. ••• Workshop on Interfaces and Interfacial Displacement in Unsaturated Porous Media,Media Non- equilibrium effects in capillary interfaces in porous media, Lauterbad, Germany, February 2-4, 2011. ••• Pore-network modeling of two-phase flow in porous media: concepts and applications, Tsinghua University, Beijing, September 21, 2010. ••• Workshop on averaging, upscaling, and new theories in porous media flow and transport, Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, October 14-15, 2010. ••• Master class, Multi-scale problems in sustainable resource management, Royal Netherlands AcademAcademyy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW),(KNAW),the Netherlands, September 6, 2010. ••• Pore ‐network model: quasi-static and dynamic two ‐phase flow, Summer school on upscaling and modeling of reactive transport in partially-saturated porous media, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, July 2-9, 2010 ••• Non-equilibrium effects in two-phase flow, PGK PhD event, Petroleum Geologische Kring & Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Geonootschap (PGKPGK&KNGMGKNGMGKNGMG), Netherlands, May 19, 2010 ••• Classical two-phase flow equations revisited; application of pore-network modelling, CIPR seminar, University of Bergen, Norway, February 4, 2010 ••• Non-equilibrium Effects in Two-Phase Flow; Analysis using a pore-network model, Shell Global Solutions International BVBV, Rijswijk, Netherlands, December 7,2009. ••• Non-equilibrium capillarity effects in two-phase flow, 3rd Dutch-French Porous Media Day, University of Eindhoven, September, 11, 2009 ••• Pore-network modeling for two-phase flow: Quasi-Static & Dynamic, EOR Department, Shell Global Solutions InterInternationalnational BVBV, Rijswijk, Netherlands, February 9, 2009. ••• Dynamic pore-network modeling for two-phase flow, NUPUS seminar, Stuttgart University, Germany, January 13, 2009 ••• Quasi-static pore-network models for studying capillary prerssure, saturation, interfacial area relationship in drainage and imbibition, Marie Curie workshop on flow and transport in porous media, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, November 11-15, 2007 ••• CIPR seminar, Quasi-static two-phase flow simulation in a high-porosity micro-model, University of Bergen, Norway, September 10, 2007.

RRR EFEREED PPP UBLICATIONS

2016 24. JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, VV. Mahani, H (2016), Dynamics of Pressure Field Induced by Ionic Diffusion in Thin Charged Films, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00842. 23. Rabbani, H.S., JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, VV., Shokri, N. (2016) Effects of intermediate wettability on entry capillary pressure in angular pores, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 473, 34-43. 22. Karadimitriou, N, JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, VV. Babaei, M, Shore, C., (2016), The critical role of immobile zone in non- Fickian two-phase transport: A new paradigm, Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (8), 4384-4392. 21. Babaei, M, JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, VV., (2016) A transport phase diagram for pore-level correlated porous media, Advances in Water Resources, 92, 23-29.

2015 20.... Rodríguez de Castro, A., Shokri, N., Karadimitriou, N., Oostrom, M., JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasarNiasar, V.V.V. (2015) Experimental Study on Non-monotonicity of Capillary Desaturation Curves in a Pore-network, Water Resource Research, 51 (10), 8517-8528. 19. Khosravian, H., Joekar ‐‐‐Niasar, VV., Shokri, N., (2015) Effects of flow history on oil entrapment in porous media: An experimental study, AIChE Journal 61 (4), 1385-1390. 18. Mahani, H., Berg, S., Ilic, D., Bartels, WB, JoekarJoekar-Joekar ---Niasar,Niasar, V. (2015), Kinetics of Low-Salinity-Flooding Effect, SPE Journal, 20 (01), 8-20.

2014 17. Oostrom, M, Mehmani, Y, Romero-Gomez, P, Tang, Y, Liu, H, H Yoon, Kang, Q, JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V.V., et al

(2014) Pore-scale and continuum simulations of solute transport micromodel benchmark experiments, Computational Geosciences, 1-23. 16. Nuske, P., JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Helmig, R. (2014), Non-equilibrium in multiphase multicomponent flow in porous media: An evaporation example, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 74, 128-142. 15. Karadimitriou N.K., Hassanizadeh, S.M., Joekar ‐‐‐Niasar, V.V., Kleingeld PJ (2014), Micromodel study of two ‐ phase flow under transient conditions: Quantifying effects of specific interfacial area, Water Resources Research, 50 (10), 8125-8140.

2013 14. Karadimitriou, N., Musterd, M., Kleingeld, P., Kreutzer, M., Hassanizadeh, M., JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, VV. (2013), On the fabrication of PDMS micro-models by rapid prototyping, and their use in two-phase flow studies, Water Resources Research, 49 (4), 2056-2067. 13. JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V., Doster, F., Armstrong, R.T., Wildenschild, D., Celia, M.A., (2013), Trapping and Hysteresis in Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media: A Pore-Network Study, Water Resources Research, 49 (7), 4244-4256. 12. JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Schotting, R., Leijnse, A., (2013) Analytical Solution of Electro-Hydrodynamic Flow and Transport in Rectangular Channels: Inclusion of Double Layer Effects, Computational Geosciences, 17 (3), 497- 513.

2012 11. Karadimitriou, N.K., JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S.M., Kleingeld, P.J., Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. (2012), A Novel Deep Reactive Ion Etched (DRIE) Glass Micro-Model for Two-Phase Flow Experiments, Lab on a Chip, 12 (18), 3413-3418. 10. JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V., Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2012), Analysis of Fundamentals of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media using Dynamic Pore-Network Models; A Review, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (18), 1895-1976. 9. JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S.M. (2012), Effect of Initial Hydraulic Conditions on Dynamics of Capillary Rise, Vadose Zone Journal, 11 (3), doi: 10.2136/vzj2011.0128. 8. JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S.M. (2012), Uniqueness of Specific Interfacial Area-Capillary Pressure- Saturation Relationship Under Non-equilibrium Conditions in Two-Phase Porous Media Flow, Transport in Porous Media, 94 (2), 465-486.

2011 7. JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S.M. (2011), Specific Interfacial Area; The Missing State Variable in Two- phase Flow?, Water Resources Research, 47, W05513. 6. JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V., Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2011), Effect of Fluids Properties on Non-equilibrium Capillarity Effects; Dynamic Pore-network Modelling, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 37: 198-214.

2010 5. JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Prodanovic’, M., Wildenschild, D., S.M. Hassanizadeh S. M.(2010), Network Model Investigation of Interfacial Area, Capillary Pressure and Saturation Relationships in Granular Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 46: W06526. 4.JoekarJoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Dahle, H. K. (2010), Non-equilibrium Effects inCapillarity and Interfacial Area in Two-Phase Flow: Dynamic Pore-Network Modelling, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 655: 38-71.

2009 3. Joekar-Niasar, V., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Berentsen, C. (2009), Simulating Drainage and Imbibition Experiments in a High-porosity Micro-model Using an Unstructured Pore-network Model, Water Resources Research, 45: W02430 2. Joekar-Niasar, V., Ataie-Ashtiani, B. (2009), Assessment of Nitrate Contamination in Unsaturated Zone of Tehran City, Iran, Environmental Geology, 57:1785-1798.

2008 1. JoekarJoekar- ---Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S.M., Leijnse A. (2008), Insights into the Relationships Among Capillary pressure, Saturation, Interfacial Area and Relative Permeability Using Pore-network Modeling, Transport in Porous Media, 74:201-219.

NNN ATIONAL RRR EFEREED JJJ OURNALS JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Ataie-Ashtiani, B. (2006), Modeling the Nitrate Contamination of Unsaturated Zone in

Tehran: Combining Lumped Parameter Method and Mass Balance, Sharif Journal of Science & Technology, 22: 3- 12 (in Persian)

Books/Book Chapters • JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V., Hassanizadeh, S.M., Network modeling and its application to wicking: two-phase flow approach, in: Masoodi, R., Pillai, M, (Eds), Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches, Taylor & Francis Inc., 2012 by CRC Press – 392 pages • JoJoJoekarJo ekarekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Capillarity effects in porous media; pore-network modelling ,2010, Geologica Ultraiectina 933, Utrecht University, isbn: 978-90-5744-179-0 • JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Ataie-Ashtiani, B., Sattari, Z., Large scale modeling of nitrogen transformation in the unsaturated zone, A case study of Tehran City, Iran,in: Bhattacharya, P., Chandrasekharam, D., Mukherjee, A. B. , Bundschuh, J.,Ramanathan AL, Keshari A.K. (Eds.), Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges , Taylor & Francis Inc., 2008, pp.169-18

CCC ONFERENCE /// W ORKSHOP PPP RESENTATIONS ••• H Khosravian, JoekarJoekar- ---NiasarNiasar VVV, V N Shokri, Effects of flow history on residual saturation during two- phase flow in porous media, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 16, 12273 ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Dynamics of double layer forces controlled by diffusion of ions in a thin water film, Interpore 2013, Prague. (oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S.M., Effect of Initial Hydraulic Conditions on Dynamics of Capillary Rise, Gordon Research ConferenceConference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, June 22-24, 2012 (poster). ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Doster, F., Celia, M.A. Nordbotten, J.M., Trapping and hysteresis in two-phase flow in porous media 1: Pore-network modeling, AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco, USA, December 5-9, 2011 (poster). ••• Doster, F., JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Celia, M.A. Nordbotten, J.M., Trapping and hysteresis in two-phase flow in porous media 2: Impact of pore-network model results on continuum scale models, AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco, USA, December 5-9, 2011 (oral). ••• Schotting, R., JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V., Leijnse, A., Coupled electro-hydrodynamic effects of electro-osmosis from pore scale to Darcy scale, AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco, USA, December 5-9, 2011 (oral). ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Schotting, R., Coupled effects of electrochemical and hydrodynamic forces from porescale to Darcy scale: a computational analysis, 10 th Symposium on electrokinetic remediation, Utrecht University, 2011, July 17-20. ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, VVV., V Hassanizadeh, S.M., Interplay between the capillary pressure, saturation and interfacial area: pore-network analysis, EGU2011-3767, EGU2011, Vienna, Austria, April, 3-8, 2011. ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Hassanizadeh, S.M., On uniqueness of capillary pressure-saturation-interfacial area surface, InterPore 2011, Bordeaux, March 29-31, 2011 ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Schotting, R., H53C-1044. Insights into the interaction among hydrodynamic, chemical and electrical forces in porous media: micro-scale simulations, AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco, USA, December 13-17, 2010 (poster). ••• Joekar-Niasar, V.,Raoof, A., Hassanizadeh, S. M.M., Recent advances in pore-network modeling of flow and transport in porous media, AIChE Annual Meeting , Salt Lake City, USA, November 7-12, 2010. ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Non-equilibrium Capillarity Effects in Two-Phase Flow using the DYPOSIT model, GRC Flow & Transport in Permeable Media, Lewiston , USA, July 11-16, 2010 (poster). ••• Hassanizadeh, S. M.M., Bottero, S., Pyrak-Nolte, L., Joekar-Niasar, V., Experimental and numerical investigations of capillarity in two-phase in porous media, IV European Congress on Computational Mechanics , Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010. ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasarNiasar, V., S. M. Hassanizadeh, Fluid-fluid interfacial area under non-equilibrium conditions, 2010, XVIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources , Barcelona, Spain (accepted 10 May 2010). ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Non-equilibrium capillarity effects in two-phase flow, International Conference on Non-linearities and Upscaling in Porous Media , Stuttgart, Germany October 5-7, 2009 (poster). ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V. V., Prodanovic, M., Wildenschild, D., Hassanizadeh, S. M., A new pore-network model for granular media: application for P c-Sw and a nw -Swrelationships, International Conference on Non- linearities and Upscaling in Porous Media ,Stuttgart, Germany, October 5-7, 2009 (poster). ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh, S. M., EGU2009-3374: Simulation of fluid-fluid interfacial area in two-

phase systems under static and dynamic conditions: application of pore-network modeling, EGU2009 , Vienna, April 19-24, 2009 (oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Dynamic effect in two-phase flow revealed by a pore-network model, NUPUS Joint Meeting , Freudenstadt, March 23-25, 2009(oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Dynamic pore-network modeling for drainage and imbibition in two-phase systems, 1st International Conference “Challenges of Porous Media” , Kaiserslautern, March 11-14, 2009 (poster) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Dahle, H. K., Dynamic pore-network modeling for two-phase drainage experiment, AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco, USA, December, 2008 (oral). ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Dahle H.K., Dynamics of two-phase drainage experiment using a pore-network model, GRC Flow & Transport in Permeable Media , Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom, July 13-18, 2008 (poster) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Pyrak-Nolte L., Drainage and imbibitions experiments in a high- porosity micro-model using an unstructured pore-network model, GRC Flow & Transport in Permeable Media , Magdalen College, Oxford, UK, July 13-18, 2008 (poster) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasNiasNiasarar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Leijnse A., Dahle H., Dynamic pore-network modeling for two- phase flow, NUPUS joint meeting , Netherlands, April 9-1 ,2008(oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Pyrak-Nolte L., Development of a pore-network model for simulating high-porosity micro-model experiments, AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco, USA, December, 2007 (oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Pyrak-Nolte L. J., Using pore-scale network modeling for studying relationship among capillary pressure, saturation and interfacial area, NUPUS project kick-off meeting , Stuttgart University, Freudenstadt,Germany, June 13-15, 2007 (oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Leijnse A, Insights into the P c-Sw-anw and kr-S-anw relationships using pore-scale network modeling, Soil & Water Symposium ,SKB Stichting, Woutschoten, Zeist, the Netherlands, 6-7 June, 2007 (oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Leijnse A. Study of capillary processes in quasi-static conditions using pore-scale network, GRC Flow & Transport in Permeable Media , Andover (Proctor Academy), USA, August 4, 2006 (poster) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Ataie-Ashtiani B., Fatemi E., GIS-based large scale modeling of salt water intrusion by SHARP model: Case study Mazandaran Shorelines, Iran , Workshop on Multi-scale Modeling of Flow and Transport in Porous Media , Congress Centre Stefano Franscini Monte Verita, Switzerland, April 7 - 12, 2006, (poster) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Hassanizadeh S.M., Leijnse A., A three-dimensional tube-element network for capillary pressure curve, Workshop on Multi-scale modeling of flow and transport in porous media , Congress Centre Stefano Franscini Monte Verita, Switzerland, April 7 - 12, 2006 (poster) ••• JoekarJoekar----NiasarNiasar V.V., Ashoor A., Oil fate modeling in shallow waters: case study NEKA oil terminal, 6th international conference on port maritime and structures (ICOPMAS) , Tehran, Iran, 2004 (oral) ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Ataie-Ashtiani, B., Contamination of unsaturated zone in Tehran caused by Nitrate discharge from septic tanks, 6th International Conference of Civil Engineering , Isfahan, Iran, 2003, vol.3, pp. 63-70. ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Ataie-Ashtiani, B., Nitrate Contamination Assessment from Domestic Septic Tanks to Water-Table, International Conference on Soil and Ground Water Contamination and Cleanup in Arid Countries , Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 2003, pp. 17 ••• JoekarJoekar----Niasar,Niasar, V.V., Ataie-Ashtiani, B., “GIS application for vulnerability study of Tehran groundwater to Nitrate discharge from septic tanks”, 3rd International conference of Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics of Iran , Tehran, Iran,2002, vol.3, pp. 324-331

TTT EACHING &&& SSS UPERVISION EEE XPERIENCE Instructor ••• Reservoir Performance and simulations (instructor and course leader, BEng 3rd Year), University of Manchester, first semester 2014-2016. Students’ evaluation: 20152015----16161616:: 4.0/5.0 20142014----15151515:: 4.9/5.0 ••• Solid Fluid Porous Systems (instructor and course leader, BEng 2rd Year), University of Manchester, first semester 2015-2016. Student evaluation:

20152015----16161616:: 4.6/5.0

••• Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering (co-instructor, BEng 1st Year, 2 years), University of Manchester, first semester 2014-2016.

••• Programming & modelling of earth processes (under grad), Utrecht University Netherlands, period 1, 2011 and 2012 ••• Summer School: Upscaling and Modeling of Reactive TransportTransport in ParPartiallytiallytially----SaturatedSaturated Porous Media (grad), Utrecht University Netherlands, 2-9 July,2010 ••• Summer School: Role of Interfacial Area in TwoTwo----PhasePhase Flow and Transport in Porous MediaMedia:: Theory, Experiment, Modeling (grad), Utrecht University, Netherlands, 19-24 July, 2009. ••• Marie Curie workshop on Flow and Transport in PorousPorous Media (grad), Utrecht University, Netherlands, 12-16 November, 2007

••• Hydrogeological transport phenomena (grad), Utrecht University,2006 & 2010 ••• Differential Equations (undergrad) (DIVA), Utrecht University,2007 & 2008 ••• Environmental Hydrogeology (grad), Utrecht University,2006 ••• Engineering mathematics (under grad), K.N.T University of Technology, 1998

PhD anandd Postdoc (Co)Supervisor ••• Mr. Sharul Nizam Hasan, University of Manchester, starting Jan 2016 ••• Miss Rimsha Aziz, University of Manchester, starting Nov 2015 ••• Mr. Omar Godinez, University of Manchester, starting Sep 2015 ••• Mr. Harris Rabani, University of Manchester, starting 2014 (co-supervisor) ••• Mr. Kofi Osei-Bonsu, University of Manchester, starting 2014 (co-supervisor) ••• Dr. Nikolaos Karadimitriou (PDRA), University of Manchester, starting Nov. 2014

MEng or MSc Supervisor ••• MSc dissertation, Mohammed Arangathmeathel , pore-scale modelling of NAPL contamination in intermediate –wet conditions, 2016. ••• MSc dissertation, Pakin Aswasriwarranun, NAPL recovery by waterflooding; impact of soil wettability, 2016. ••• BP summer student, Wei Tan , characterization of decane-water and dodecane-water micro-emulsions and their stability, 2016 ••• MEng dissertation, Sara Kulzhanova , University of Manchester, fines migration and upscaling from pore to network scale, 2015 ••• MEng dissertation, Yesset Ussenov , University of Manchester, pore-scale modelling of geochemical reactions in carbonate rocks, 2015 ••• MEng dissertation, Koon Hooi Pang , University of Manchester, Pore-scale modelling of two-phase flow mixing, 2015 ••• MEng dissertation, Shabnam Fazel , University of Manchester, non-equilibrium capillarity effects in porous media, 2015 ••• MEng dissertation, Pamela Colgan , University of Manchester, Effect of surface adsorption on fluid-fluid contact angle, 2014 ••• MEng dissertation, Lulu Buford , University of Manchester, Particle tracking in pore-network models, 2014 ••• MEng dissertation, Mohammed Issa , University of Manchester, Capillary pressure and relative permeability curves in mixed-wet reservoirs, 2014 ••• MSc thesis: Robert de Velde Harsenhorst , Delft University of Technology, Streaming potential in sandstones, 2013-14. ••• MSc thesis: Pauline Hoogekamp , Delft University of Technology, Pore-network modeling of LSF in sandstones, 2013-14. ••• MSc thesis: Ardavan Mansourpour, Utrecht University, Upscaling Electrokinetic flow and transport from channel scale to REV scale , January 2012. ••• MSc thesis: Jackie Leng, Utrecht University, Effect of correlation length of viscous fingering ; pore- network modeling, May 2013. ••• BSc thesis: Lucas van Oosterhout , Utrecht University, Dependency of the contact angle on water

ionic strength, May 2012. ••• MSc thesis: Stan Bosch , Utrecht University, Mobilization of trapped nonwetting phase in porous media, January 2012. ••• MSc thesis: Li Pei , Utrecht University, Pore-Network Modeling of Flow in Deformable Porous Media, August 2009 ••• BSc thesis: Fokke-Jan Swart , Utrecht University, Application of Pore-Network Modeling for determining REV size, August 2008.

AAA CADEMIC VVV I S I T S ••• Six-week research visit to Civil and Environmental Engineering School, Princeton University, group of professor M.A. Celia, Princeton, USA, July-August, 2011 ••• Four-day research visit to Mathematics Department, University of Bergen, group of professor Helge K. Dahle, Bergen, Norway, February, 2010. ••• Four-day research visit to Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, group of professor Rainer Helmig, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany, January, 2009. ••• One-month research visit to Mathematics Department, University of Bergen, group of professor Helge K. Dahle, Bergen, Norway, August, 2007. ••• One-week research visit to Physics Department, group of professor Laura Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, August 4- 11, 2006.

MMM EMBERSHIP OF PPP ROFESSIONAL SSS OCIETIES 111.1... IChemE 222.2... AGU (American Geophysical Union) 333.3... SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) 444.4... InterPore (International Society of Porous Media) 555.5... Alumni of Utrecht University 666.6... Alumni of Sharif University of Technology

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