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Overview

Ian D. Gates is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on ocean engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, and sustainability. Other dimensions of their work include mechanical engineering and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover enhanced oil recovery techniques, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Ian D. Gates has contributed to various recent papers, including:

  • Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Can sustainable ammonia synthesis pathways compete with fossil-fuel based Haber-Bosch processes?, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Orbital graph convolutional neural network for material property prediction, 2020, Physical Review Materials
  • Rational Design of Coordination Bond Connected Metal Organic Frameworks/MXene Hybrids for Efficient Solar Water Splitting, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Construction of transition metal-decorated boron doped twin-graphene for hydrogen storage: A theoretical prediction, 2021, Fuel

The scholar frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Fuel
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

In collaboration, Ian D. Gates has worked extensively with colleagues such as Chongchong Wu, Weijie Yang, Zhengyang Gao, Jingyi Wang, and Jinguang Hu.

Best Publications

  • Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst.

    Zhen-Yu Wu;Mohammadreza Karamad;Xue Yong;Qizheng Huang

  • Can sustainable ammonia synthesis pathways compete with fossil-fuel based Haber–Bosch processes?

    Miao Wang;Mohd A. Khan;Imtinan Mohsin;Joshua Wicks

  • A support vector machine algorithm to classify lithofacies and model permeability in heterogeneous reservoirs

    A. Al-Anazi;I.D. Gates

  • The Origin, Prediction and Impact of Oil Viscosity Heterogeneity on the Production Characteristics of Tar Sand and Heavy Oil Reservoirs

    S.R. Larter;J. Adams;I.D. Gates;B. Bennett

  • Support vector regression for porosity prediction in a heterogeneous reservoir: A comparative study

    A. F. Al-Anazi;I. D. Gates

  • Support vector regression to predict porosity and permeability: Effect of sample size

    A. F. Al-Anazi;I. D. Gates

  • Energy efficiency and emissions intensity of SAGD

    Ian D. Gates;Stephen R. Larter

  • Optimization of Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage in McMurray Reservoir

    I.D. Gates;N. Chakrabarty

  • Steam Injection Strategy and Energetics of Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage

    Ian Donald Gates;Joseph Kenny;Ivan Lazaro Hernandez-Hdez;Gary L. Bunio

  • Mass Transfer Limitations in Embryoid Bodies during Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

    Allison P. Van Winkle;Ian D. Gates;Michael S. Kallos

  • Thermal recovery strategies for thin heavy oil reservoirs

    David W. Zhao;Jacky Wang;Ian D. Gates

  • Rational Design of Coordination Bond Connected Metal Organic Frameworks/MXene Hybrids for Efficient Solar Water Splitting

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  • A review of pyrolysis, aquathermolysis, and oxidation of Athabasca bitumen

    Punitkumar R. Kapadia;Michael S. Kallos;Ian D. Gates

  • Impact of steam trap control on performance of steam-assisted gravity drainage

    Ian D. Gates;Christopher Leskiw

  • Oil phase viscosity behaviour in Expanding-Solvent Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage

    Ian D. Gates

  • Orbital graph convolutional neural network for material property prediction

    Mohammadreza Karamad;Mohammadreza Karamad;Rishikesh Magar;Yuting Shi;Samira Siahrostami

  • Design of the Steam and Solvent Injection Strategy in Expanding Solvent Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage

    I.D. Gates;N. Chakrabarty

  • On the Capability of Support Vector Machines to Classify Lithology from Well Logs

    A. Al-Anazi;I. D. Gates

  • A Sulfur‐Tolerant MOF‐Based Single‐Atom Fe Catalyst for Efficient Oxidation of NO and Hg0

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  • Potential for hydrogen generation from in situ combustion of Athabasca bitumen

    Punitkumar R. Kapadia;Michael S. Kallos;Ian D. Gates

  • Convection at the Edge of a Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage Steam Chamber

    Jyotsna Sharma;Ian D. Gates

  • Solvent-aided Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage in thin oil sand reservoirs

    Ian D. Gates

  • Combustion Kinetics of Athabasca Bitumen from 1D Combustion Tube Experiments

    Xiaomeng Yang;Ian D. Gates

  • Multiphase flow at the edge of a steam chamber

    Jyotsna Sharma;Ian D. Gates

Frequent Co-Authors

Brij B. Maini
Brij B. Maini University of Calgary
Steve Larter
Steve Larter University of Calgary
Stephen M. Hubbard
Stephen M. Hubbard University of Calgary
Xun-Lei Ding
Xun-Lei Ding North China Electric Power University
Lloyd R. Snowdon
Lloyd R. Snowdon University of Calgary
Samira Siahrostami
Samira Siahrostami Simon Fraser University
Nader Mahinpey
Nader Mahinpey University of Calgary
Ian M. Head
Ian M. Head Newcastle University
Haiping Huang
Haiping Huang University of Calgary
David W. Eaton
David W. Eaton University of Calgary

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