Hydrogeology Research (231, 217)

Dr. Kuldeep Singh manages research facilities in areas of pore-scale to field-scale hydrogeology, which includes computational modeling facilities, laboratory experimentation facilities, and field monitoring equipment. Computational resources include various open-source and licensed codes/software, e.g., Comsol Multiphysics, Matlab, and Avizo which can be run on in-house workstations or OSC supercomputing facility of OSU. Laboratory experimentation set-up includes a microfluidic flow system by ElveFlow Micro Fluidics, and custom-built meter-scale column flow systems, a.k.a Darcy tubes. Besides, collaborative work is conducted at the Liquid Crystal Institute of KSU where students can use instruments such as Atomic Force Microscopy, Confocal Laser Microscopy, goniometers, SEM, and TEM. Field monitoring equipment includes several Level-700 TROLLS with built-in data loggers to monitor pressure, depth, and temperature, and Level-200 TROLLS to monitor water quality parameters such as total dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, and temperature. These research facilities at the multiscale porous media are to assist in developing the theory or novel constitutive equations of how geology contributes to fluid dynamics and contaminant or nutrient transport in porous media.