Interests and Research:
Dr. Wildenschild is interested in the physics and chemistry of flow and transport in porous media, generally applied to the subsurface environment. Her main focus is detailed and highly controlled experiments (addressing flow, mass transfer, microbial behavior, heat transfer, and acoustic and electrical properties) that can help us evaluate new theory and numerical models. Dr. Wildenschild believes that very accurate experiments are needed to test theory and models alike, - she then uses numerical models to expand investigations beyond the potential constraints of experiments. The motivation is to provide answers to questions of importance to subsurface water pollution and management, remediation strategies, and the processes of flow and transport in porous media in general. Her most recent projects involve the use of x-ray microtomography and pore-scale modeling to evaluate pore-scale processes (interfacial characteristics, film formation, biofilm behavior) in porous media in the presence of multiple phases.

Teaching:

Dr Wildenschild teaches introductory courses in environmental engineering, sustainable water resources development, and advanced topics on numerical modeling of flow in porous media, and pore-scale imaging techniques.

Vita:wildenschild_2006.pdf