Research
Fundamentals of Flow and Transport in Porous Media
Research Overview
Core Research
Amir performs research on fundamentals of flow and transport in porous media applied to transport of fluids, colloids, and reactive chemical components in the shallow and deep subsurface. He applies multi-scale and multi-disciplinary approaches to integrate microscopic experimental observations with numerical methods. This is done using the cutting-edge computational and experimental facilities present in the Multiscale Porous Media Lab. To simulate a wide range of flow and reactive transport processes, Amir has developed a pore-scale modelling platform, Poreflow, to enable simulating multi-component reactive transport under saturated and multi-phase flow conditions.
Poreflow Platform
A pore-scale modelling platform developed to enable simulating multi-component reactive transport under saturated and multi-phase flow conditions.
Interdisciplinary Applications
To make a broader impact and outreach, Amir applied his geo-driven knowledge in a highly interdisciplinary manner to other disciplines. The generated fundamental knowledge on flow and transport in porous materials are applied to solve challenging problems in other research fields related to biological tissues and membranes such as bone and cartilage, as well as industrial materials such as filters, fuel cells, printing papers and catalyst particles.
Biological Applications
Biological tissues and membranes such as bone and cartilage
Industrial Applications
Filters, fuel cells, printing papers and catalyst particles
Structures of Strength (SoS) Platform
Structures of Strength (SoS): Unusual Collaborations on Porous Materials
In SoS, we create a platform where a team of researchers from diverse fields such as biology, medicine, culture, history, engineering and mathematics learn from each other and work together in order to combine their knowledge and create veritable solutions related to health, food, energy, cultural and environmental issues.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Bringing together researchers from biology, medicine, culture, history, engineering and mathematics
Impact Areas
- • Health
- • Food
- • Energy
- • Cultural issues
- • Environmental changes
Research Areas
Foundations of Complex Systems
Pathways to Sustainability (PtS)
Multiscale Porous Media Lab
Lab Director
The Multiscale Porous Media Lab houses cutting-edge computational and experimental facilities for integrating microscopic experimental observations with numerical methods.