Expertise

Keywords

  • Flow and transport, Porous media, Unconventional reservoirs, Complex systems, Hydrology, Extreme events

Behzad's research area covers a wide range of topics in earth, energy and environment. His main research focuses on applying fundamental theories from physics and math as well as numerical techniques to model fluid flow and solute transport in heterogeneous porous rocks, fracture networks, soils and sediments. He also pursues unconventional methods to characterize physical and geomechanical properties of porous media using a combination of experiments, theories and numerical simulations.

Research Keywords

  • Fluid flow and Solute transport, Porous media, Groundwater contamination, Unconventional reservoirs, Environmental engineering, Hydrogeology, Complex systems, Hydrology, Extreme events

Teaching Interests

  • Behzad's teaching interests centers around topics related to earth, energy and environment.
Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Science, University of Texas at Arlington

Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Communities
Environmental Science, Geology, Geology
Degrees
PhD, Wright State University, Environmental Sciences, 2014
MSc, University of Tehran, Irrigation and Drainage, 2007
BS, Isfahan University of Technology, Water Engineering, 2005
Keywords
extreme climatic events pore network simulations engineering geology environmental engineering fluid dynamics petroleum engineering data mining hydrogeology spatial data or analysis petrophysics environmental science groundwater carbon sequestration statistical mechanics fluid flow fluid physics unconventional rocks site remediation solute transport contaminant critical zone single-phase flow two-phase flow multi-phase flow percolation theory effective-medium approximation upscaling scaling analysis finite-size scaling analysis transport in porous media theoretical modeling numerical simulations lattice-boltzmann method petroleum geoscience rock physics unsaturated soils soil physics times series analysis vadose zone hydrology subsurface hydrology geostatistics
Languages
English, Persian, Iranian