Program-at-a-Glance

Sunday Evening, June 15

5:00 PM-8:00 PM Registration
Rio Grande Ballroom Foyer

Monday Morning, June 16

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

8:20 AM Opening Remarks and Welcome
Clint Dawson, University of Texas, Austin
Rio Grande Ballroom

8:30 AM-9:15 AM
IP1 Fluids in Porous Media: Angstroms to Kilometers
John H. Cushman, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Chair: James G. Glimm, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Rio Grande Ballroom

9:15 AM-10:00 AM
IP2 Scale-Up of Flow in Porous Media
David H. Sharp, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Chair: James G. Glimm, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Rio Grande Ballroom

10:00 AM-10:30 AM Coffee
Sun Terrace

10:30 AM-12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions

• MS1 Numerical Simulation of Field-Scale Remediation for Heterogeneous Subsurface Conditions (Part I of II)
  Organizer: Jeffery P. Holland, Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  Rio Grande Ballroom
• MS2 Inverse Methods and History Matching in Flow and Transport
  Organizer: Allan Gutjahr, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  Potters Room
• MS3 Upscaling Complex Flows in Strongly Heterogeneous Porous Medium
  Organizer: Alain P. Bourgeat, Université St. Etienne, France
  Weavers Room
• MS4 Characteristic Methods for Advection-Dominated Flows
  Organizer: Hong Wang, University of South Carolina, Columbia
  Jemez Room
• MS5 Computational Issues in Geostatistical Simulation for Petroleum Reservoir Characterization
  Organizer: Timothy C. Coburn, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  Sandia Room
• MS6 Thermal-Hydrologic Modeling in Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste (Part I of II)
  Organizers: Nicholas D. Francis and Bill W. Arnold, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
  Isleta Room
• MS7 Large-Scale Seismic Modeling
  Organizers: Paul L. Stoffa, University of Texas, Austin; and Ken Kelly, Amoco Technology Center
  Turcoise Room

Monday Afternoon, June 16

12:30 PM-2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM-2:45 PM
IP3 Effective Coarse Scale Descriptions of Multiphase Displacements in Heterogeneous Reservoirs
Louis J. Durlofsky, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, La Habra, California
Chair: Michael Christie, BP Exploration
Rio Grande Ballroom

2:45 PM-3:15 PM Coffee
Sun Terrace

3:15 PM-5:15 PM Concurrent Sessions

• MS8 Numerical Solution of Field-Scale Remediation for Heterogeneous Subsurface Conditions (Part II of II)
  Organizer: Jeffery P. Holland, Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  Rio Grande Ballroom
• MS9 Thermal-Hydrologic Modeling in Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste (Part II of II)
  Organizers: Nicholas D. Francis and Bill W. Arnold, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
  Potters Room
• MS10 Modeling in Heterogeneous and Non-Isotropic Materials
  Organizers: Stanly L. Steinberg, University of New Mexico; and Mikhail Shashkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Weavers Room
• MS11 Adaptive Finite Volume/Multigrid Simulation of Variable Density Flows in Porous Media
  Organizer: Peter Knabner, University of Erlangen, Germany
  Turcoise Room
• MS12 Modeling of Multiscale Phenomena in Porous Media (Part I of IV)
  Organizers: Lynn S. Bennethum and Thomas F. Russell, University of Colorado, Denver
  Jemez Room
• MS13 Bayesian Versus Frequentist Methods of Inference
  Organizer: John A. Scales, Colorado School of Mines
  Sandia Room
• MS14 Seismic Imaging and Inversion (Part I of II)
  Organizers: Eileen McCarron, Amoco Technology Center; and R. Phillip Bording, University of Texas, Austin
  Isleta Room

2:45 PM Poster Setup begins
Sun Terrace (weather permitting) or Pueblo Room

Monday Evening, June 16

5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Poster Session and Welcoming Reception
Sun Terrace (weather permitting) or Pueblo Room

8:00 PM-8:30 PM
Poster presenters must take down their posters.

7:30 AM-4:00 PM Registration
Rio Grande Ballroom Foyer

8:30 AM-9:15 AM
IP4 Uniqueness Conditions in a Hyperbolic Model for Oil Recovery by Steam Drive
Hans J. van Duijn, Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), The Netherlands
Chair: Mary F. Wheeler, University of Texas, Austin
Rio Grande Ballroom

9:15-10:00 AM
IP5 Applications of Optimization, Numerical Analysis, and Parallel Processing to Groundwater Remediation
Christine Shoemaker, Cornell University
Chair: Mary F. Wheeler, University of Texas, Austin
Rio Grande Ballroom

10:00 AM-10:30 AM Coffee
Sun Terrace

10:30 AM-12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions

• MS15 Modeling of Multiscale Phenomena in Porous Media (Part II of IV)
  Organizers: Lynn S. Bennethum and Thomas F. Russell, University of Colorado, Denver
  Rio Grande Ballroom
• MS16 Modeling and Analysis of In-Situ Bioremediation Systems
  Organizer: Jack X. Xin, University of Arizona
  Turcoise Room
• MS17 Optimization Techniques in Groundwater Remediation
  Organizer: David E. Dougherty, University of Vermont
  Isleta Room
• MS18 Finite Volume and Mixed Finite Element Methods in Geoscience Applications
  Organizer: Ilya D. Mishev, Duke University
  Potters Room
• MS19 Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation (Part I of II)
  Organizer: Robert L. Higdon, Oregon State University
  Jemez Room
• MS20 Object-Oriented Programming for Geophysical Estimation
  Organizer: William W. Symes, Rice University
  Sandia Room
• MS21 Seismic Imaging and Inversion (Part II of II)
  Organizers: Eileen McCarron, Amoco Technology Center; and R. Phillip Bording, University of Texas, Austin
  Weavers Room

Tuesday Afternoon, June 17

12:30 PM-2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM-2:45 PM
IP6 On the Significance of Effective Properties in Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Formations
Gedeon Dagan, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Chair: Thomas F. Russell, University of Colorado, Denver
Rio Grande Ballroom

2:45 PM-3:15 PM Coffee
Sun Terrace

3:15 PM-5:15 PM Concurrent Sessions

• MS22 Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation (Part II of II)
  Organizer: Robert L. Higdon, Oregon State University
  Turcoise Room
• MS23 Biofilms in Porous Media
  Organizer: Kenneth L. Bowers, Montana State University
  Potters Room
• MS24 Estimating Nonlinear Properties in Models of Flow Through Porous Media
  Organizers: Jerome Jaffre, INRIA, France; and A. Ted Watson, Texas A&M University
  Weavers Room
• MS25 Modeling of Multiscale Phenomena in Porous Media (Part III of IV)
  Organizers: Lynn S. Bennethum and Thomas F. Russell, University of Colorado, Denver
  Rio Grande Ballroom
• MS26 Estimating Velocities from Surface Seismic Data
  Organizer: William W. Symes, Rice University
  Isleta Room
• MS27 Effective Numerical Methods for Multiscale Heterogeneous Problems in Geophysics
  Organizers; Thomas Y. Hou and Xiao-Hui Wu, California Institute of Technology
  Jemez Room
• MS28 Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences
  Organizers: Ahmed Ouenes and Adwait Chawathe, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center
  Sandia Room

Tuesday Evening, June 17

6:30 PM-9:00 PM

Banquet
Sun Terrace (weather permitting) or Rio Grande Ballroom

Wednesday Morning, June 18

7:30 AM-4:00 PM Registration
Rio Grande Ballroom Foyer

8:30 AM-9:15 AM
IP7 Modeling Coastal Ocean Hydrodynamics Using Finite Elements
Rick Luettich, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chair: William G. Gray, University of Notre Dame
Rio Grande Ballroom

9:15 AM-9:45 AM Coffee
Sun Terrace

9:45 AM-11:45 AM Concurrent Sessions

• CP1 Rock Properties/Characterization
  Chair: Allan Gutjahr, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  Turcoise Room
• CP2 Ocean Circulation
  Chair: Johannes J. Westerink, University of Notre Dame
  Potters Room
• CP3 Flow in Porous Media I
  Chair: Jeffery P. Holland, Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  Weavers Room
• CP4 Seismic Inversion/Imaging I
  Chair: R. Phillip Bording, University of Texas, Austin
  Rio Grande Ballroom
• CP5 Reservoir Simulation I
  Chair: William Fitzgibbon, Rice University
  Isleta Room
• CP6 Upscaling/Homogenization
  Chair: Richard E. Ewing, Texas A&M University, College Station
  Jemez Room
• CP7 Climate Modeling
  Chair: Monica Martinez, University of Texas, Austin
  Sandia Room

Wednesday Afternoon, June 18

11:45 AM-1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM-1:45 PM
IP8 The Role of Convex and Nonconvex Duality in the Inversion of the Reflection in Seismic Data for Velocities
Guy Chavent, INRIA, France
Chair: Mrinal K. Sen, University of Texas, Austin
Rio Grande Ballroom

1:45 PM-3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions

• MS29 Environmental Surface Flow Modeling (Part I of II)
  Organizers: Srinivas Chippada, Monica L. Martinez, and Mary F. Wheeler, University of Texas, Austin
  Potters Room
• MS30 Seismic Imaging in Complex Structure
  Organizer: William W. Symes, Rice University
  Rio Grande Ballroom
• MS31 Reaction-Diffusion Systems in Geoscience Applications (Part I of II)
  Organizer: William E. Fitzgibbon, University of Houston
  Weavers Room
• MS32 Modeling of Multiscale Phenomena in Porous Media (Part IV of IV)
  Organizers: Lynn S. Bennethum and Thomas F. Russell, University of Colorado, Denver
  Isleta Room
• MS33 Software Tools for Porous Media Flow
  Organizers: Hans Petter Langtangen and Aslak Tveito, University of Oslo, Norway
  Turcoise Room
• MS34 Multigrid Methods for Flow and Transport Processes in Porous Media
  Organizers: Rainer Helmig and Volker H. Schulz, University of Stuttgart, Germany
  Sandia Room

• MS38 Effect of Microprocesses and Microstructure on Soil Properties and Fluid Flow in Porous Media (Part II of II)
  Organizers: Carlo D. Montemagno, Cornell University; Andrew F. B. Tompson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; William G. Gray, University of Notre Dame; and Wendy E. Soll, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Rio Grande Ballroom
• MS39 Optimization Methods in Geophysics
  Organizers: Mrinal K. Sen and Jake Aggarwal, University of Texas, Austin
  Weavers Room
• CP12 Stochastic Methods in Porous Media
  Chair: Brent Lindquist, State University of New York, Stony Brook
  Potters Room
• CP13 Reservoir Simulation III
  Chair: Stephen Lyons, Mobil Research and Development Corporation
  Turcoise Room
• CP14 Seismic Inversion/Imaging III
  Chair: William W. Symes, Rice University
  Isleta Room
• CP15 Parameter Estimation/History Matching
  Chair: Debra L. Hughson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  Jemez Room
• CP16 Flow and Transport Processes Chair: Hong Wang, University of South Carolina, Columbia
  Sandia Room