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S. Majid Hassanizadeh

S. Majid Hassanizadeh

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
63
Citations
14492
World Ranking
1769
National Ranking
39

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

S. Majid Hassanizadeh is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to fields related to environmental and engineering sciences. Their research primarily spans environmental engineering, ocean engineering, mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, and water science and technology.

The scientist's work covers various topics including:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Enhanced oil recovery techniques
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions
  • Soil and unsaturated flow
  • Petroleum processing and analysis

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Pore-network modeling of flow in shale nanopores: Network structure, flow principles, and computational algorithms," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Impact of groundwater flow on methane gas migration and retention in unconsolidated aquifers," 2020, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • "Impact of water salinity differential on a crude oil droplet constrained in a capillary: Pore-scale mechanisms," 2020, Fuel
  • "Advances in porous media science and engineering from InterPore2020 perspective," 2020, ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCH
  • "Evaluation of LNAPL Behavior in Water Table Inter-Fluctuate Zone under Groundwater Drawdown Condition," 2020, Water

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Water Resources Research
  • Advances in Water Resources
  • Fuel
  • Transport in Porous Media

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, among them:

  • Amir Raoof
  • Lifei Yan
  • N. Seetha
  • Niels Hartog
  • Nikolaos Karadimitriou

Recognized by their peers through honors, S. Majid Hassanizadeh was awarded fellowships by two notable organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2002

Their interdisciplinary research integrates principles from engineering and environmental science disciplines to advance understanding in groundwater contamination, porous media flow, and petroleum-related processes, revealing complex interactions at pore and field scales.

Best Publications

  • Thermodynamic basis of capillary pressure in porous media

    S. Majid Hassanizadeh;William G. Gray

  • Mechanics and thermodynamics of multiphase flow in porous media including interphase boundaries

    S.Majid Hassanizadeh;William G. Gray

  • Removal of Viruses by Soil Passage: Overview of Modeling, Processes, and Parameters

    Jack F. Schijven;S. Majid Hassanizadeh

  • Dynamic Effect in the Capillary Pressure-Saturation Relationship and its Impacts on Unsaturated Flow

    S. Majid Hassanizadeh;Michael A. Celia;Helge K. Dahle

  • Analysis of Fundamentals of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media Using Dynamic Pore-Network Models: A Review

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  • High velocity flow in porous media

    S. Majid Hassanizadeh;William G. Gray

  • Toward an improved description of the physics of two-phase flow

    S. Majid Hassanizadeh;William G. Gray

  • Literature review of low salinity waterflooding from a length and time scale perspective

    W. B. Bartels;W. B. Bartels;H. Mahani;S. Berg;S. M. Hassanizadeh

  • Non-equilibrium effects in capillarity and interfacial area in two-phase flow: dynamic pore-network modelling

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  • Unsaturated Flow Theory Including Interfacial Phenomena

    William G. Gray;S. Majid Hassanizadeh

  • Insights into the Relationships Among Capillary Pressure, Saturation, Interfacial Area and Relative Permeability Using Pore-Network Modeling

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  • A Review of Micromodels and Their Use in Two‐Phase Flow Studies

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  • A unifying framework for watershed thermodynamics: balance equations for mass, momentum, energy and entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics

    Paolo Reggiani;Murugesu Sivapalan;S. Majid Hassanizadeh

  • Derivation of basic equations of mass transport in porous media, Part 2. Generalized Darcy's and Fick's laws

    S. Majid Hassanizadeh

  • Reservoir-on-a-Chip (ROC): A new paradigm in reservoir engineering

    Naga Siva Kumar Gunda;Bijoyendra Bera;Nikolaos K. Karadimitriou;Sushanta K. Mitra

  • Modeling removal of bacteriophages MS2 and PRD1 by dune recharge at Castricum, Netherlands

    Jack F. Schijven;Wim Hoogenboezem;S. Majid Hassanizadeh;Jos H. Peters

  • Paradoxes and Realities in Unsaturated Flow Theory

    William G. Gray;S. Majid Hassanizadeh

  • A New Method for Generating Pore-Network Models of Porous Media

    Amir Raoof;S. Majid Hassanizadeh

  • A unifying framework for watershed thermodynamics: constitutive relationships

    Paolo Reggiani;S.Majid Hassanizadeh;Murugesu Sivapalan;William G. Gray

  • PoreFlow: A complex pore-network model for simulation of reactive transport in variably saturated porous media

    A. Raoof;H. M. Nick;H. M. Nick;S. M. Hassanizadeh;C. J. Spiers

  • Macroscale continuum mechanics for multiphase porous-media flow including phases, interfaces, common lines and common points

    William G. Gray;S.Majid Hassanizadeh;S.Majid Hassanizadeh

  • Conservation equations governing hillslope responses: Exploring the physical basis of water balance

    Paolo Reggiani;Murugesu Sivapalan;S. Majid Hassanizadeh

  • On the modeling of brine transport in porous media

    S. Majid Hassanizadeh;Toon Leijnse

  • Bundle-of-Tubes Model for Calculating Dynamic Effects in the Capillary-Pressure- Saturation Relationship

    Helge K. Dahle;Michael Anthony Celia;S. Majid Hassanizadeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack F. Schijven
Jack F. Schijven Utrecht University
William G. Gray
William G. Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rainer Helmig
Rainer Helmig University of Stuttgart
Michael A. Celia
Michael A. Celia Princeton University
Jasper Griffioen
Jasper Griffioen Utrecht University
Murugesu Sivapalan
Murugesu Sivapalan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bernhard Blümich
Bernhard Blümich RWTH Aachen University
Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani
Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani University of Newcastle Australia
Steffen Berg
Steffen Berg Shell (Netherlands)
Bernhard Weigand
Bernhard Weigand University of Stuttgart

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