Areas of expertise

• Surfaces And Structural Properties Of Condensed Matter 020406
• Petroleum And Reservoir Engineering 091406
• Composite And Hybrid Materials 091202
• Condensed Matter Imaging 020402
• Classical And Physical Optics 020501
• Geophysics 0404
• Applied Mathematics 0102
• Image Processing 080106
• Pattern Recognition And Data Mining 080109
• Fluid Physics 020303
• Carbon Sequestration Science 050301

Available student projects

Publications

• Huang, R, Herring, A & Sheppard, A 2021, 'Effect of Saturation and Image Resolution on Representative Elementary Volume and Topological Quantification: An Experimental Study on Bentheimer Sandstone Using Micro-CT', Transport in Porous Media, vol. 137, pp. 489ââ‰518.
• McClure, J, Li, Z, Sheppard, A et al. 2020, 'An adaptive volumetric flux boundary condition for lattice Boltzmann methods', Computers and Fluids, vol. 210, pp. 1-8.
• Kingston, A, Yang, Q, Grewar, M et al. 2020, 'Techniques for high-fidelity X-ray micro-tomography of additively manufactured metal components', Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 241-251.
• Hasnan, H, Sheppard, A, Hassan, M et al. 2020, 'Digital core analysis: Improved connectivity and permeability characterization of thin sandstone layers in heterolithic rocks', Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 120, no. 104549, pp. 1-22.
• Delgado-Friedrichs, O, Kingston, A, Latham, S et al. 2020, 'PI-Line Difference for Alignment and Motion-Correction of Cone-Beam Helical-Trajectory Micro-Tomography Data', IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, vol. 6, pp. 24-33.
• Hasnan, H, Sheppard, A, Hassan, M et al. 2020, 'Digital core analysis: Characterizing reservoir quality through thin sandstone layers in heterolithic rocks', Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 182, no. 104178, pp. 1-23.
• Yang, Q, Fullagar, W, Myers, G et al. 2020, 'X-ray attenuation models to account for beam hardening in computed tomography', Applied Optics, vol. 59, no. 29, pp. 9126-9136.
• Li, Z, McClure, J, Middleton, J et al. 2020, 'Discretization limits of lattice-Boltzmann methods for studying immiscible two-phase flow in porous media', International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 92, pp. 1162-1197.
• Herring, A, Robins, V & Sheppard, A 2019, 'Topological Persistence for Relating Microstructure and Capillary Fluid Trapping in Sandstones', Water Resources Research, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 555-573.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Ghous, A et al. 2018, '3D imaging and characterization of the pore space of carbonate core; implications to single and two phase flow properties', SPWLA 47th Annual Logging Symposium 2006, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), TBC, pp. 1-15.
• Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A, Saadatfar, M et al. 2018, 'Prediction of permeability from NMR response: Surface relaxivity heterogeneity', SPWLA 47th Annual Logging Symposium 2006, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), TBC, pp. -.
• Latham, S, Kingston, A, Recur, B et al 2018, 'Reprojection Alignment for Trajectory Perturbation Estimation in Microtomography', IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 271-283pp.
• Kingston, A, Myers, G, Latham, S et al 2018, 'Space-Filling X-Ray Source Trajectories for Efficient Scanning in Large-Angle Cone-Beam Computed Tomography', IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 447-458.
• Herring, A, Gilby, F, Li, Z et al. 2018, 'Observations of nonwetting phase snap-off during drainage', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 121, pp. 32-43.
• Li, H, Kingston, A, Myers, G et al 2018, 'Linear iterative near-field phase retrieval (LIPR) for dual-energy x-ray imaging and material discrimination', Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 30-39pp.
• Zhang, Y, Mostaghimi, P, Fogden, A et al. 2018, 'Time-Lapsed Visualization and Characterization of Shale Diffusion Properties Using 4D X-ray Microcomputed Tomography', Energy and Fuels, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 2889-2900.
• Herring, A, Middleton, J, Walsh, R et al 2017, 'Flow rate impacts on capillary pressure and interface curvature of connected and disconnected fluid phases during multiphase flow in sandstone', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 107, pp. 460-469.
• Zhang, Y, Mostaghimi, P, Fogden, A et al 2017, 'Local diffusion coefficient measurements in shale using dynamic micro-computed tomography', Fuel, vol. 207, no. 1, pp. 312-322.
• Robins, V, Saadatfar, M, Delgado-Friedrichs, O et al 2016, 'Percolating length scales from topological persistence analysis of micro-CT images of porous materials', Water Resources Research, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 315-329.
• Zhang, Y, Mostaghimi, P, Fogden, A et al. 2017, 'Determination of local diffusion coefficients and directional anisotropy in shale from dynamic micro-CT imaging', SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2017, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, TBC, pp. 3083-3095.
• Herring, A, Sheppard, A, Andersson, L et al 2016, 'Impact of wettability alteration on 3D nonwetting phase trapping and transport', International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, vol. 46, pp. 175-186.
• Botha, P & Sheppard, A 2016, 'Mapping permeability in low-resolution micro-CT images: A multiscale statistical approach', Water Resources Research, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 4377-4398.
• Kingston, A, Myers, G, Latham, S et al 2016, 'Optimized x-ray source scanning trajectories for iterative reconstruction in high cone-angle tomography', Developments in X-Ray Tomography X, ed. Stuart R. Stock, Bert Meuller, Ge Wang, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, pp. 1-11.
• Latham, S, Kingston, A, Recur, B et al 2016, 'Multi-resolution radiograph alignment for motion correction in X-ray micro-tomography', Developments in X-Ray Tomography X, ed. Stuart R. Stock, Bert Meuller, Ge Wang, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, pp. 1-12.
• Myers, G, Kingston, A, Latham, S et al 2016, 'Rapidly-converging multigrid reconstruction of cone-beam tomographic data', Developments in X-Ray Tomography X, ed. Stuart R. Stock, Bert Meuller, Ge Wang, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, pp. 1-7pp.
• Myers, G, Latham, S, Kingston, A et al 2016, 'High cone-angle x-ray computed micro-tomography with 186 Giga Voxel datasets', Developments in X-Ray Tomography X, ed. Stuart R. Stock, Bert Meuller, Ge Wang, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, pp. 7pp.
• Herring, A, Andersson, L, Schlüter, S et al 2015, 'Efficiently engineering pore-scale processes: The role of force dominance and topology during nonwetting phase trapping in porous media', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 79, pp. 91-102pp.
• Fogden, A, Olson, T, Cheng, Q et al 2015, 'Dynamic micro-CT imaging of diffusion in unconventionals', Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, URTeC 2015, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), TBC, pp. 2154822-1-18.
• Prodanovic, M, Mehmani, A & Sheppard, A 2015, 'Image-based multiscale network modelling of microporosity in carbonates', in S. M. AGAR and S. GEIGER (ed.), Fundamental Controls on Fluid Flow in Carbonates: Current Workflows to Emerging Technologies, Geological Society of London, London, pp. 95-113.
• Myers, G, Geleta, M, Kingston, A et al 2015, 'Bayesian approach to time-resolved tomography', Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 15, pp. 20062-20074.
• Li, H, Kingston, A, Myers, G et al 2015, '3D X-Ray Source Deblurring in High Cone-Angle Micro-CT', IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 2075-2084.
• Delgado-Friedrichs, O, Robins, V & Sheppard, A 2015, 'Skeletonization and Partitioning of Digital Images Using Discrete Morse Theory', IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 654-666.
• Herring, A, Andersson, L et al 2015, 'Efficiently engineering pore-scale processes: The role of force dominance and topology during nonwetting phase trapping in porous media', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 79, pp. 91-102.
• Palamara, DR, Neeman, T, Golab, A & Sheppard, A 2015, 'A statistical analysis of the effects of pressure, temperature and salinity on contact angles in CO2-brine-quartz systems', International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, vol. 42, pp. 516-524.
• Brown, K, Schlueter, S, Sheppard, A et al. 2014, 'On the Challenges of Measuring Interfacial Characteristics of Three-Phase Fluid Flow with X-Ray Microtomography', Journal of Microscopy, vol. 253, no. 3, pp. 171-182.
• Schlueter, S, Sheppard, A, Brown, K et al. 2014, 'Image processing of multiphase images obtained via X- ray microtomography: A review', Water Resources Research, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 3615-3639.
• Fogden, A, Middleton, J, McKay, T et al 2014, '3D Mapping of Pore and Organic Matter Distributions in Unconventional Reservoirs Utilizing a Digital Rocks Appproach', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, ed. SCA, Society of Core Analysts, USA, pp. SCA2014-027-1-12.
• Parvanian, A, Saadatfar, M, Panjepour, M et al 2014, 'The effects of manufacturing parameters on geometrical and mechanical properties of copper foams produced by space holder technique', Materials and Design, vol. 53, no. January 2014, pp. 681-690.
• Li, H, Kingston, A, Myers, G et al 2014, 'Improving spatial-resolution in high cone-angle micro-CT by source deblurring', Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, ed. Stock S.R., SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Online, pp. 1-11pp.
• Myers, G, Geleta, M, Kingston, A et al 2014, 'Improving dynamic tomography, through maximum a posteriori estimation', Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, ed. Stock S.R., SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Online, pp. 921211/1-9.
• Recur, B, Fauconneau Dufresne, M, Kingston, A et al 2014, 'Iterative reconstruction optimisations for high angle cone-beam micro-CT', Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, ed. Stock S.R., SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Online, pp. 921214/1-12.
• Recur, B, Paziresh, M, Myers, G et al 2014, 'Dual-energy iterative reconstruction for material characterisation', Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, ed. Stock S.R., SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Online, pp. 1-9pp.
• Holt, J, Paziresh, M, Kingston, A et al 2014, 'Correction of beam hardening artefacts in microtomography for samples imaged in containers', Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, ed. Stock S.R., SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Online, pp. 1-12pp.
• Sheppard, A, Latham, S, Middleton, J et al. 2014, 'Techniques in helical scanning, dynamic imaging and image segmentation for improved quantitative analysis with X-ray micro-CT', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 324, pp. 49-56.
• Delgado-Friedrichs, O, Robins, V & Sheppard, A 2014, 'Morse Theory and Persistent Homology for Toplogical Analysis of 3D Images of Complex Materials', 2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), IEEE Signal Processing Society, USA, pp. 4872-4876.
• Herring, A, Harper, E, Andersson, L et al 2013, 'Effect of fluid topology on residual nonwetting phase trapping: Implications for geologic CO₂ sequestration', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 62, pp. 47-58pp.
• Kingston, A, Shadwell, M, Myers, G et al. 2013, 'Practical Region-Of-Interest Tomography', International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS 2013), ed. Veerle Cnudde, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 125-128.
• Middleton, J, Latham, S & Sheppard, A 2013, 'Performance Comparison of Segmentation Methods: Automated Watershed and Thresholding Methods with Iterated Conditional Modes Post Processing', International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS 2013), ed. Veerle Cnudde, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 191-194.
• Sheppard, A, Kingston, A, Myers, G et al. 2013, 'New Methods in Helical Scanning, Dynamic Imaging and Image Segmentation for Improved Quantitative Analysis in Micro-CT', International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS 2013), ed. Veerle Cnudde, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 119-122.
• Kingston, A, Maniotis, A, Varslot, T et al 2013, 'Geometric Alignment of Helical Tomographic Projection Data Using Pi-Lines', International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS 2013), ed. Veerle Cnudde, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 101-104.
• Herring, A, Herring, A, Harper, E et al 2013, 'Effect of fluid topology on residual nonwetting phase trapping: Implications for geologic CO₂ sequestration', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 62, pp. 47-58.
• Saadatfar, M, Francois, N, Arad, A et al. 2013, 'Grain-based characterisation and acoustic wave propagation in a sand packing subject to triaxial compression', AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1542, no. 571, pp. 571-574.
• Francois, N, Saadatfar, M, Hanifpour, M et al 2013, 'Crystallisation in a granular material', AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1542, pp. 369-372.
• Wildenschild, D & Sheppard, A 2013, 'X-ray imaging and analysis techniques for quantifying pore-scale structure and processes in subsurface porous medium systems', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 51, pp. 217-246.
• Derluyn, H, Griffa, M, Mannes, D et al 2013, 'Characterizing saline uptake and salt distributions in porous limestone with neutron radiography and X-ray micro-tomography', Journal of Building Physics, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 353-374.
• Francois, N, Saadatfar, M, Cruikshank, R et al 2013, 'Geometrical frustration in amorphous and partially crystallized packings of spheres', Physical Review Letters, vol. 111, no. 14, pp. -.
• Derluyn, H, Griffa, M, Mannes, D et al 2012, 'Probing salt crystalliztion damage mechanisms in porous limestone with neutron radiography and x-ray tomography', International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2012), International Association of Building Physics, Japan, pp. 95-102.
• Saadatfar, M, Francois, N, Arad, A et al. 2012, '3D mapping of deformation in an uncosolidated sand: a Micro mechanical study', Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting (SEG 2012), Society of Exploration Geophysicists, USA, pp. 1-6.
• Varslot, T, Kingston, A, Myers, G et al 2012, 'Considerations for high-magnification high-cone-angle helical micro-CT', Developments in X-Ray Tomography VIII, ed. Stuart R. Stock, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, pp. 1-10.
• Myers, G, Varslot, T, Kingston, A et al 2012, 'Ground-truth verification of dynamic x-ray micro-tomography images of fluid displacement', Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8506, pp. 85060P.
• Saadatfar, M, Mukherjee, M, Madadi, M et al 2012, 'Structure and deformation correlation of closed-cell aluminium foam subject to uniaxial compression (vol 60, pg 3604, 2012)', Acta Materialia, vol. 60, no. 16, pp. 5944-5944.
• Myers, G, Varslot, T, Kingston, A et al 2012, 'Ground-truth verification of dynamic x-ray micro-tomography images of fluid displacement', Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8506, pp. 7pp.
• Saadatfar, M, Sheppard, A, Senden, T et al, 'Mapping forces in a 3D elastic assembly of grains', European Journal of Mechanics A - Solids, Volume 60, Issue 1, January 2012,
• Varslot, T, Kingston, A, Latham, S et al 2011, 'COMBINING HIGH-FIDELITY HELICAL MICROTOMOGRAPHY WITH REGION-OF-INTEREST SCANNING FOR IMPROVED CORE CHARACTERISATION', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2011, ed. SCA, Society of Core Analysts, USA, pp. 18pp.
• Myers, G, Kingston, A, Varslot, T et al 2011, 'DYNAMIC X-RAY MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY FOR REAL TIME IMAGING OF DRAINAGE AND IMBIBITION PROCESSES AT THE PORE SCALE', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2011, ed. SCA, Society of Core Analysts, USA, pp. 3586-3590pp.
• Knackstedt, M, Latham, S, Sheppard, A et al 2011, 'Rock Typing Across Disciplines', Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium 2011, ed. SPWLA, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), New York USA, pp. 9pp.
• Myers, G, Kingston, A, Varslot, T et al. 2011, 'Extending reference scan drift correction to high-magnification high-cone-angle tomography', Optics Letters, vol. 36, no. 24, pp. 4809-4811.
• Robins, V, Wood, P & Sheppard, A 2011, 'Theory and Algorithms for Constructing Discrete Morse Complexes from Grayscale Digital Images', IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 1646-1658.
• Myers, G, Kingston, A, Varslot, T et al 2011, 'Dynamic tomography with a priori information', Applied Optics, vol. 50, no. 20, pp. 3685-3690.
• Kingston, A, Sakellariou, A, Varslot, T et al 2011, 'Reliable automatic alignment of tomographic projection data by passive auto-focus', Medical Physics, vol. 38, no. 9, pp. 4934-4945.
• Varslot, T, Kingston, A, Myers, G et al 2011, 'High-resolution helical cone-beam micro-CT with theoretically-exact reconstruction from experimental data', Medical Physics, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 5459-5476.
• Singh, K, Niven, R, Senden, T et al. 2011, 'Remobilization of Residual Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid in Porous Media by Freeze-Thaw Cycles', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 3473-3478.
• Kumar, M, Senden, T, Sheppard, A et al. 2011, 'Probing the archie's exponent under variable saturation conditions', Petrophysics, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 124-134.
• Ayaz Mehmani, Adenike Tokan-Lawal, MaÅ¡a ProdanoviÄ?, Adrian Sheppard, 2011, 'The effect of microporosity on transport properties in tight reservoirs', SPE Americas Unconventional Gas Conference 2011, UGC 2011, Conference Organising Committee, The Woodlands USA, pp. 821-834.
• Arad, A, Madadi, M, Christy, A et al 2010, 'Understanding rock mechanics and acoustic anisotropy at the pore/grain scale', Annual Logging Symposium of the Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts (SPWLA 2010), ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), Perth, p. 16.
• Kumar, M, Lebedeva, E, Madadi, M et al. 2010, 'Micro-petrophysical Experiments via Tomography and Simulation: Micro-Petrophysical experiments', in Khalid A. Alshibli and Allen H. Reed (ed.), Advances in Computed Tomography for Geomaterials: GeoX 2010, John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA, pp. 333-349.
• Varslot, T, Kingston, A, Sheppard, A et al 2010, 'Fast high-resolution micro-CT with exact reconstruction methods', Proceedings of SPIE - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, vol. 7804, pp. Article number 780413.
• Kumar, M, Senden, T, Sheppard, A et al. 2010, 'Variations of the Archie's Exponent; Probing Wettability and Low Sw Effects', Annual Logging Symposium of the Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts (SPWLA 2010), ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), Perth, pp. 1-12.
• Kumar, M, Senden, T, Sheppard, A et al. 2010, 'Visualizing and quantifying the residual phase distribution in core material', Petrophysics, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 323-332.
• Kingston, A, Sakellariou, A, Sheppard, A et al 2010, 'An auto-focus method for generating sharp 3D tomographic images', Proceedings of SPIE - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, vol. 7804, pp. Article number 78040J.
• Sakellariou, A, Kingston, A, Varslot, T et al. 2010, 'Tomographic image analysis and processing to simulate micro-petrophysical experiments', Proceedings of SPIE - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, vol. 7804, p. 9.
• Kumar, M, Middleton, J, Sheppard, A et al. 2009, 'Quantifying trapped residual oil in reservoir core material at the pore scale: Exploring the role of displacement rate, saturation history and wettability', International Petroleum Technology Conference 2009, IPTC 2009, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Doha Qatar, pp. 3287-3291.
• Saadatfar, M, Garcia-Moreno, F, Hutzler, S et al 2009, 'Imaging of metallic foams using X-ray micro-CT', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 344, pp. 107-112.
• Sheppard, A, Sok, R, Averdunk, H et al 2006, 'Analysis of Rock Microstructure using High-resolution X-ray Tomography', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Core Analysts, Dublin Ireland, pp. SCA2006-26-1-12.
• Kumar, M, Sok, R, Knackstedt, M et al. 2010, 'Mapping 3D Pore Scale Fluid Distributions: How Rock Resistivity is Influenced by Wettability and Saturation History', Petrophysics, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 102-117.
• Sok, R, Varslot, T, Ghous, A et al 2010, 'Pore scale characterization of carbonates at multiple scales: integration of micro-CT BSEM and FIBSEM', Petrophysics, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 379-387.
• Olafuyi, A, Sheppard, A, Arns PhD, C et al. 2010, 'Experimental Verification of Effect of Size on Drainage Capillary Pressure Computed from Digitized Tomographic Images', International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa, vol. 1, pp. 1-10.
• Caubit, C, Hamon, G, Sheppard, A et al 2009, 'Evaluation Of The Reliability of Prediction of Petrophysical Data Through Imagery and Pore Network Modelling', Petrophysics, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 322-334.
• Knackstedt, M, Latham, S, Madadi, M et al. 2009, 'Digital Rock Physics: 3D imaging of core material and correlations to acoustic and flow properties', Leading Edge, The, vol. January 2009, p. 2833.
• Kumar, M, Knackstedt, M, Latham, S et al. 2009, 'Mapping fluid distributions in 3D at the pore scale: Quantifying the influence of wettability and saturation history on rock resisitivity', Annual Logging Symposium of the Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts (SPWLA 2009), ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), USA, p. 18.
• Saadatfar, M, Garcia-Moreno, F, Hutzler, S et al 2009, 'Imaging of metallic foams using X-ray micro-CT', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 344, pp. 107-112.
• Kumar, M, Senden, T, Knackstedt, M et al. 2009, 'Imaging of Pore Scale Distribution of fluids and Wettability', Petrophysics, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 311-321.
• Kumar, M, Sheppard, A, Arns PhD, C et al. 2009, 'Visualizing and quantifying the residual phase distribution in core material', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2009, ed. Conference Program Committee, Scandinavian University Press, USA.
• Nguyen, V, Sheppard, A, Knackstedt, M et al 2009, 'The Effects of displacement', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2009, ed. Conference Program Committee, Scandinavian University Press, USA.
• Sok, R, Varslot, T, Ghous, A et al 2009, 'Pore scale characterization of carbonates at multiple scales: integration of micro-CT, BSEM and FIBSEM', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2009, ed. Conference Program Committee, Scandinavian University Press, USA.
• Jones, A, Arns PhD, C, Hutmacher, D et al. 2009, 'The correlation of pore morphology, interconnectivity and physical properties of 3D ceramic scaffolds with bone ingrowth', Biomaterials, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 1440-1451.
• Latham, S, Varslot, T & Sheppard, A 2008, 'Image registration: Enhancing and Calibrating X-ray Micro-CT Imaging', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Core Analysts, New York, p. 12.
• Latham, S, Varslot, T & Sheppard, A 2008, 'Automated registration for augmenting micro-CT 3D images', Computational Techniques and Applications Conference (CTAC 2008), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM), Canberra, pp. c534-C548.
• Scheel, M, Seemann, R, Brinkmann, M et al 2008, 'Liquid distribution and cohesion in wet granular assemblies beyond the capillary bridge regime', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 20, p. 494236.
• Ghous, A, Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C et al. 2008, '3D Imaging of Reservoir Core at Multiple Scales; Correlations to Petrophysical Properties and Pore Scale Fluid Distributions', International Petroleum Technology Conference 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Kular Lumpur Malayasia, p. 10.
• Mickel, W, Muenster, S, Jawerth, L et al 2008, 'Robust Pore Size Analysis of Filamentous Networks from Three-Dimensional Confocal Microscopy', Biophysical Journal, vol. 95, no. 12, pp. 6072-6080.
• Kumar, M, Senden, T, Knackstedt, M et al. 2008, 'Wettability effects on the pore scale distribution of fluids', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Core Analysts, New York, p. 13.
• Kumar, M, Senden, T, Latham, S et al. 2008, 'Designing for Mixed Wettability', Society of Petroleum engineers Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, ed. The Conference Program Committee, Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA, p. 1590.
• Knackstedt, M, Sok, R, Sheppard, A et al. 2008, 'Probing Pore Systems in Carbonates: Correlations to Petrophysical Properties', Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium 2008, ed. The Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), USA, p. 16.
• Scheel, M, Seemann, R, Brinkmann, M et al 2008, 'Morphological clues to wet granular pile stability', Nature Materials, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 189-193.
• Mahmud, W, Arns, J, Sheppard, A et al 2007, 'Effect of network topology on two-phase imbibition relative permeability', Transport in Porous Media, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 481-493.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A et al. 2007, 'Archie's exponents in complex lithologies derived from 3D digital core analysis', Annual Logging Symposium of the Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts (SPWLA 2007), ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), USA, pp. paper UU:1-16.
• Jones, A, Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A et al. 2007, 'Assessment of bone ingrowth into porous biomaterials using MICRO-CT', Biomaterials, vol. 28, pp. 2491-2504.
• Arns PhD, C, Madadi, M, Sheppard, A et al. 2007, 'Linear elastic properties of granular rocks derived from Xray-CT images', International Exposition and Annual Meeting of the Society for the Exploration Geophysicists 2007, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, USA.
• Sakellariou, A, Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A et al. 2007, 'Developing a virtual materials laboratory', Materials Today, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 44-51.
• Sok, R, Arns PhD, C, Knackstedt, M et al. 2007, 'Estimation of Petrophysical Parameters from 3D images of Carbonate Core', Middle East Regional SPWLA Symposium: Petrophysics and Brown Field Resource Optimization, ed. SPWLA, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), USA, p. 15.
• Ghous, A, Senden, T, Sok, R et al. 2007, '3D Characterisation of Microporosity in Carbonate Cores', Middle East Regional SPWLA Symposium: Petrophysics and Brown Field Resource Optimization, ed. SPWLA, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), USA, p. 11.
• Arns, J, Sheppard, A, Arns PhD, C et al. 2007, 'Pore level validation of representative pore networks obtained from micro-CT images', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2007, ed. Society of core analysts, Society of Core Analysts, USA, p. 26.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A et al. 2007, 'Pore scale analysis of electrical resistivity in complex core material', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2007, ed. Society of core analysts, Society of Core Analysts, USA, pp. Paper Number SCA2007-P53.
• Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A, Sok, R et al. 2007, 'NMR petrophysical predictions on digitized core images', Petrophysics, vol. 48, no. 3, p. 202.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Sakellariou, A et al. 2007, 'X-Ray Micro-tomography applications of Relevance to the Petroleum Industry', Symposium on Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications 2007, ed. Yamada, American Institute of Physics (AIP), New York.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Ghous, A et al. 2006, '3D imaging and characterization of the pore space of carbonate core: implications to single and two phase flow properties', Annual Logging Symposium of the Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts (SPWLA 2006), Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), USA.
• Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A, Saadatfar, M et al. 2006, 'Predication of permeability from NRM response: surface relaxivity heterogeneity', Annual Logging Symposium of the Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts (SPWLA 2006), Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), USA.
• Sheppard, A, Arns PhD, C, Sakellariou, A et al. 2006, 'Quantitative properties of complex porous materials calculated from X-ray CT images', Proceedings of SPIE - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, vol. 7, no. 38, pp. 631811/1-15.
• Goel, A, Arns PhD, C, Holmstad, R et al. 2006, 'Analysis of the impact of papermaking variables on the structure and transport properties of paper samples by X-ray microtomography', Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1-12.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Saadatfar, M et al. 2006, 'Elastic and transport properties of cellular solids derived from three-dimensional tomographic images', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 462, no. 2073, pp. 2833-2862.
• Nguyen, V, Sheppard, A, Knackstedt, M et al 2006, 'The effect of displacement rate on imbibition relative permeability and residual saturation', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 52, pp. 54-70.
• Saadatfar, M, Sheppard, A & Knackstedt, M 2006, 'Grain partitioning and its applications', in Jacques Desrues, Gioacchino Viggiani & Pierre Besuelle (ed.), Advances in X-ray tomography for geomaterials, ISTE Publishing Knowledge, London, pp. 269-276.
• Saadatfar, M, Sheppard, A & Knackstedt, M 2006, 'Grain partitioning and its applications', International Workshop on X-Ray for GeoMaterials (GeoX 2006), ed. ISTE Ltd, ISTE Publishing Knowledge, France, p. 8.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Ghous, A et al. 2006, '3D imaging and flow characterization of the pore space of carbonate care samples', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Core Analysts, Dublin Ireland, p. 13.
• Olafuyi, A, Sheppard, A, Arns PhD, C et al. 2006, 'Experimental Investigation of Drainage Capillary Pressure Computed from Digitized Tomographic Images', SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA, p. 7.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Saadatfar, M et al. 2005, 'Virtual Materials Design: Properties of Cellular Solids Derived from 3D Tomographic Images', Advanced Engineering Materials, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 238-243.
• Ghous, A, Pinczewski, W, Knackstedt, M et al. 2005, 'Digital Core Laboratory: Petrophysical Analysis from 3D Imaging of Reservoir Core Fragments', Petrophysics, vol. 46, no. 4, p. 18.
• Arns PhD, C, Bauget, F, Limaye, A et al. 2005, 'Pore-Scale Characterization of Carbonates Using X-Ray Microtomography', SPE Journal, vol. December 2005, pp. 475-484.
• Sheppard, A, Arns, J, Knackstedt, M et al 2005, 'Volume Conservation of the Intermediate Phase in Three-Phase Pore-Network Models', Transport in Porous Media, vol. 59, pp. 155-173.
• Saadatfar, M, Turner, M, Arns PhD, C et al. 2005, 'Rock Fabric and Texture from Digital Core Analysis', Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium 2005, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), United States, pp. ZZ1-16.
• Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A, Sok, R et al. 2005, 'NMR Petrophysical Predictions on Digitized Core Images', Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium 2005, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), United States, pp. MMM1-16.
• Ghous, A, Bauget, F, Arns PhD, C et al. 2005, 'Resistivity and Permeability Anisotropy Measured in Laminated Sands via Digital Core Analysis', Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium 2005, ed. Conference Program Committee, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), United States, pp. VVV1-14.
• Bauget, F, Turner, M, Arns PhD, C et al. 2005, 'Towards modelling regolith permeability with high resolution X-ray tomography', International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (Petrotech-2005), Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA.
• Bauget, F, Turner, M, Arns PhD, C et al. 2005, 'Rock Typing and Petrophysical property estimation via direct analysis on microtomographic images', International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts 2005, Society of Core Analysts, USA, pp. 1-12.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Bauget, F et al. 2005, 'Quantitative transport properties of granular material calculated from Xray CT images', International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (Petrotech-2005), Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA.
• Jones, A, Knackstedt, M, Sheppard, A et al. 2004, 'Morphological Examination of Complex Microstructure via micro-CT imaging', World Biomaterials Congress 2004, ed. Biomaterials, Elsevier, Sweden.
• Turner, M, Arns PhD, C, Sakellariou, A et al. 2004, 'Obtaining hydraulic properties of unconsolidated porous material', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia 2004, ed. Ian C. Roach, CRC LEME, Perth, W.A, pp. 370-4.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Limaye, A et al. 2004, 'Digital Core Laboratory: Properties of reservoir core derived from 3D images', SPE Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Modelling for Asset Management 204, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. SPE 87009/1-14.
• Jones, A, Milthorpe, B, Averdunk, H et al. 2004, 'Analysis of 3D Bone Ingrowth into Polymer Scaffolds via Micro-computed Tomography Imaging', Biomaterials, vol. 25, pp. 4947-4954.
• Saadatfar, M, Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C et al. 2004, 'Polymeric Foam Properties Derived from 3D Images', Physica A: Statistical mechanics and its applications, vol. 339, pp. 131-136.
• Jones, A, Sheppard, A, Sok, R et al. 2004, 'Three-dimensional Analysis of Cortical Bone Structure using X-ray Micro-computed Tomography', Physica A: Statistical mechanics and its applications, vol. 339, pp. 125-130.
• Turner, M, Knuefing, L, Arns PhD, C et al. 2004, 'Three-dimensional Imaging of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media', Physica A: Statistical mechanics and its applications, vol. 339, pp. 166-172.
• Sheppard, A, Sok, R & Averdunk, H 2004, 'Techniques for image enhancement and segmentation of tomographic images of porus materials', Physica A: Statistical mechanics and its applications, vol. 339, pp. 145-151.
• Knackstedt, M, Arns PhD, C, Limaye, A et al. 2004, 'Digital core laboratory: Properties of reservoir core derived from 3D images', SPE Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Modelling for Asset Management 204, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 105-118.
• Arns, J, Robins, V, Sheppard, A et al 2004, 'Effect of Network Topology on Relative Permeability', Transport in Porous Media, vol. 55, pp. 21-46.
• Sakellariou, A, Senden, T, Sawkins, T et al. 2004, 'An x-ray tomography facility for quantitative prediction of mechanical and transport properties in geological, biological and synthetic systems', International Society for Optical Engineering Conference 2004, ed. Ulrich Bonse, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, USA.
• Arns PhD, C, Sakellariou, A, Senden, T et al. 2003, 'Virtual Core Laboratory: Properties of Reservoir Rock Derived from X-ray CT Images', International Exposition and Annual Meeting of the Society for the Exploration Geophysicists 2003, ed. Society for the Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Online, pp. 1477-1480.
• Arns PhD, C, Sakellariou, A, Senden, T et al. 2003, 'Petrophysical Properties Derived from X-ray CT Images', APPEA Journal, vol. 43, pp. 577-586.
• Arns PhD, C, Sakellariou, A, Sheppard, A et al. 2003, 'Virtual Core Laboratory: A Facility for Imaging and Modelling Petrophysical Properties of Sedimentary Rock', International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (Petrotech-2003), Petrotech, New Delhi, India, pp. 1-11.
• Sakellariou, A, Sawkins, T, Senden, T et al. 2003, 'Micro-CT Facility for Imaging Reservoir Rocks at Pore Scales', International Exposition and Annual Meeting of the Society for the Exploration Geophysicists 2003, ed. Society for the Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Online, pp. 1-4.
• Arns, J, Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A et al. 2003, 'Relative Permeability from Tomographic Images: Effect of Correlated Heterogeneity', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 39, pp. 247-259.
• Knackstedt, M, Sahimi, M & Sheppard, A 2002, 'Nonuniversality of Invasion of Percolation in Two-dimensional Systems', Physical Review E, vol. 65, pp. 035101-1-4.
• Paterson, L, Sheppard, A & Knackstedt, M 2002, 'Trapping Thresholds in Invasion Percolation', Physical Review E, vol. 66, pp. 156122-1-6.
• Sok, R, Knackstedt, M, Sheppard, A et al 2002, 'Direct and Stochastic Generation of Network Models from Tomographic Images: Effect of Topology on Residual Saturations', Transport in Porous Media, vol. 46, pp. 345-372.
• Arns, J, Arns PhD, C, Sheppard, A et al. 2002, 'Relative permeability from tomographic images: effect of correlated heterogeneitygies', 7th International Symposium on Reservoir Wettability, ed. Elsevier, Elsevier, Sweden.
• Knackstedt, M, Sheppard, A & Sahimi, M 2001, 'Pore network modelling of two-phase flow in porous rock: the effect of correlated Heterogeneity', Advances in Water Resources, vol. 24, pp. 257-277.
• Knackstedt, M, Marrink, S, Sheppard, A et al 2001, 'Invasion Percolation on Correlated and Elongated Lattices: Implications for the Interpretation of Residual Saturations in Rock Cores', Transport in Porous Media, vol. 44, pp. 465-485.
• Knackstedt, M, Sahimi, M & Sheppard, A 2000, 'Invasion Percolation with Long-Range Correlations: First Order Phase Transitions and Nonuniversal Scaling Properties', Physical Review E, vol. 61, pp. 4920-4934.
• Sheppard, A, Knackstedt, M, Pinczewski, W et al. 1999, 'Invasion Percolation: New Algorithms and Universality Classes', Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, vol. 32, pp. L521-529.

Projects and Grants

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• X-Ray Scatter Correction for Metallic Additive Manufacturing Inspection (Secondary Investigator)
• ARC Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling and Manufacturing (Secondary Investigator)
• X-ray imaging and magnetic resonance approach for enhanced oil recovery (Secondary Investigator)
• Survey of NETs and their relevance to climate change mitigation policies in Australia (Secondary Investigator)
• Multiscale static and dynamic modelling of Precipice Facies (Secondary Investigator)
• Core-scale geodynamic rock-typing of reservoir rock (Secondary Investigator)
• Unlocking the potential of quantitative x-ray micro-tomography (Secondary Investigator)
• Project A: Submicron CT scanning (Secondary Investigator)
• Improving CO2 storage site assessment: Maximising the value of Digital Core Analysis for carbon sequestration site assessment (Secondary Investigator)
• Testing theories of two-phase flow in porous media through experiment, imaging and modelling (Primary Investigator)
• Dynamic tomography: high resolution, 4 dimensional process tomography (Primary Investigator)
• Foundations and advanced algorithms for topological image processing (Primary Investigator)
• Digital Core Research Consortium (Primary Investigator)

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