donzhang@usc.edu
Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Water Resources
Ph.D., Biographical Information, University of Arizona, 1993
M.Sc., Biographical Information, University of Arizona, 1992
B.Sc., Biographical Information, Northeastern University, P.R. China
Contact Information
Kaprielian Hall, 238B
3620 S. Vermont Avenue
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531
Phone: (213) 740-0567
Fax: (213) 744-1426
- Stochastic uncertainty quantification for hydrology and petroleum reservoir simulations
- Multiscale modeling and simulation of flow in porous media
- Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide
Recent Publications
Zhang, D., Stochastic Methods for Flow in Porous Media: Coping with Uncertainties, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif., ISBN 012-7796215, pp.350, 2002.
Zhang, D., Z. Lu, and Y. Chen, Dynamic Reservoir Data Assimilation with an Efficient, Dimension-Reduced Kalman Filter, SPE Journal, 12(1), 2007.
Lu, Z., Zhang, D., and B. Robinson, Analytical Solutions for One-Dimensional Steady State Flow in Layered, Heterogeneous Unsaturated Soils under Uncertainties , Water Resources Research, in press, 2007.
Kang, Q., P.C. Lichtner, and D. Zhang, An Improved Lattice Boltzmann Model for Multi-Component Reactive Transport in Porous Media at the Pore Scale, Water Resources Research, in press, 2007.
Li, H. and D. Zhang, Probabilistic Collocation Method for Flow in Porous Media: Comparisons with Other Stochastic Methods, Water Resour. Res., in press, 2007.
Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Stochastic Simulations for Flow in Nonstationary Randomly Heterogeneous Porous Media using a KL-based Moment-equation Approach, SIAM Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 6(1), 228-245, 2007.
Liu, G., Z. Lu, and D. Zhang, Stochastic Uncertainty Analysis for Solute Transport in Randomly Heterogeneous Media Using a Karhunen-Loeve Based Moment Equation Approach, Water Resources Research, in press, 2007.
Xu, X., S. Chen, and D. Zhang, Comment on the effect of anisotropy on the onset of convection in a porous medium – Reply, Adv. Water Resour., 30 (3): 698-699, 2007.
Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Accurate, Efficient Quantification of Uncertainty for Flow in Heterogeneous Reservoirs using the KLME Approach, SPE Journal, 11(2), 239-247, 2006.
Liu, G., D. Zhang, and Z. Lu, Stochastic Uncertainty Analysis for Unconfined Flow Systems, Water Resources Research, VOL. 42, W09412, doi:10.1029/2005WR004766, 2006.
Kang, Q., P.C. Lichtner, and D. Zhang, Lattice-Boltzmann Pore-Scale Model for Multi-Component Reactive Transport in Porous Media, J. Geophy. Res., VOL. 111, B05203, doi:10.1029/2005JB003951, 2006.
Chen, Y., and D. Zhang, Data Assimilation for Transient Flow in Geologic Formations via Ensemble Kalman Filter, Adv. Water Resour., 29, 1107–1122, 2006.
Xu, X., S. Chen, and D. Zhang, Convective Stability Analysis of the Long-Term Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Saline Aquifers, Adv. Water Resour., 29(3):397-407, 2006.
Chen, M., A. Keller, D. Zhang, Z. Lu, and G.A. Zyvoloski, A Stochastic Analysis of Transient Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media , Water Resources Research, 42(3), W03425, doi:10.1029/2005WR004257, 2006.
Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and S. Chen, Displacement of a Three-Dimensional Immiscible Droplet in a Duct, J. Fluid Mech., 545: 41-66, 2005.
Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Analytical Solutions of Statistical Moments for Transient Flow in Two-Dimensional Bounded, Randomly Heterogeneous Media, Water Resources Research, Vol.41, W01016, doi:10.1029/2004WR003389, 2005.
Chen, M., D. Zhang, A. Keller, and Z. Lu, A stochastic analysis of steady state two-phase flow in heterogeneous media, Water Resources Research, Vol.41, W01006, doi:10.1029/2004WR003412, 2005.
Kang, Q., I.N. Tsimpanogiannis, D. Zhang, and P. Lichtner, Pore-Scale Studies of Oceanic CO2 Sequestration, Fuel Processing Technology, 86:1647-1665, 2005.
Zhang, D., and Z. Lu, An Efficient, High-Order Perturbation Approach for Flow in Random Porous Media via Karhunen-Loeve and Polynomial Expansions, J. of Computational Physics, 194(2), 773-794, 2004.
Zhang, D., and Q. Kang, Pore Scale Simulation of Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Media, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.31(6), 2004.
Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, A comparative study on quantifying uncertainty of flow in randomly heterogeneous media using Monte Carlo simulations, the conventional and KL-based moment-equation approaches, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 26(2), 558-577, 2004.
Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Analytical Solutions to Unsaturated Flow in Layered, Heterogeneous Soils via Kirchhoff Transformation, Advances in Water Resources, 27:775-784, 2004.
Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and P. Lichtner, and I. Tsimpanogiannis, Lattice Boltzmann Model for Hydrate Crystal Growth from Supersaturated Solution, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L21604(1-5),2004.
Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Conditional Simulations of Flow in Randomly Heterogeneous Porous Media using a KL-based Moment-equation Approach, Advances in Water Resources, 27:859-874, 2004.
Zhang, Y.K., and D. Zhang, Forum: The State of Stochastic Hydrology, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 18(4):265, 2004. (SCI citation: 2)
Zhang, D., and Z. Lu, Stochastic Delineation of Well Capture Zones, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 18(1), 39-46, 2004.
Hu, B.X., J. Wu, and Zhang, D., A Numerical Method of Moments for Solute Transport in Physically and Chemically Nonstationary Formations: Linear Equilibrium Sorption with Random Kd, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 18(1), 22-30, 2004.
Sun, A., and D. Zhang, A Solute Flux Approach to Transport through Bounded, Unsaturated Heterogeneous Porous Media, Vadose Zone Journal, 3:513-526, 2004.
Yang, J., D. Zhang, and Z. Lu, Stochastic Analysis of Saturated-Unsaturated Flow in Heterogeneous Media by Combining Karhunen-Loeve Expansion and Perturbation Method, J. Hydrology, vol.294, 18-38, 2004.
Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and S. Chen, Immiscible Displacement in a Channel: Simulations of Fingering in Two Dimensions, Adv. Water Resources, 27(1), 13-22, 2004.
