Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Aug.1998 - Dec. 1998
Interest and Expertise:
Flow and transport in porous media
Heterogeneity characterization and geostatistics
Numerical Analysis and computer modeling
Multiple process coupling and complex phenomena
Water resources management
Selected Professional Activities
Member, American Geophysical Union, 1995-present
Member, Geological Society of America, 1999-present
Referee for Water Resources Research, 1998-present
Referee for Computers and Geosciences, 1999-present
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Butler, Jr., J. J., J.M. Healey, L. Zheng, W. McCall,
and M. K. Schulmeister , "Hydrostratigraphic Characterization of Unconsolidated
Alluvium with Direct-Push Sensor Technology", 1999 GSA Meeting, Denver.
Zheng, L. and R. W. Buddemeier, " Water table changes in the Kansas High
Plains aquifer: spatial and temporal trends and variability", Midwest Groundwater
Conference, St. Paul, 1999.
Zheng, L., and S. Silliman, "Microbial Transport to a Well in Multiple Realizations of a Heterogeneous Medium", AGU Eos, Suppl., V.80, No.46, F104, 1999.
Zheng, L., and S. E. Silliman, "Estimating the variance and integral scale
of the transmissivity field using hydraulic head residual increments,"
accepted, Water Resources Research, Jan. 2000.
Zheng, L. and S. E. Silliman, "Estimating the theoretical variogram from
finite number of measurements," Water Resources Research, Vol. 36 , No. 1 , p. 361, 2000 (Paper Text in PDF format).
Silliman, S. E. and L. Zheng, "Comparison of observations from a laboratory
model and stochastic theory: initial analysis of hydraulic and tracer tests,"
accepted, Transport in Porous Media, August 1999.
Silliman, S. E., L. Zheng, and P. M. Conwell, "The use of laboratory experiments
for the study of conservative solute transport in heterogeneous porous
media," Geohydrology Journal, Vol. 6, No.1, p.166, 1998.
Conwell, P. M., S. E. Silliman, and L. Zheng, "Design of a network for
estimation of the variogram of the hydraulic gradient: The role of the
instrument," Water Resources Research, Vol. 33, No. 11, p. 2489, 1997.
Zheng, L., "Characterization of the Transmissivity Distribution Using Hydraulic
Head Measurements," Geoanalysis Group seminar, Division of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, August, 1997.
Zheng, L. and S. E. Silliman, "Data requirement for estimating the variogram
in a stationary random field," 1997 Fall Meeting of American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco, CA.
Conwell, P., and, S. E. Silliman, and L. Zheng, "Two lab methods for estimating
directional variograms of pore water velocities," 1997 Fall meeting of
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
Chan, J. T-P., B. Hagerup, L. Zheng, and S. E. Silliman, "Delineation of
the capture zone and the impact of a limited aquifer knowledge," 1997 Fall
meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
Silliman, S. E. and L. Zheng, "Local Dispersion Length Scales for design
of Laboratory Dispersion Experiments," 1996 Fall Meeting of American physical
Union, San Francisco, CA.
Zheng, L. and F. H. Chang, "Kinetic Modeling of Cometabolic degradation
of Trichloroethylene (TCE) by Methanotrophs," 1993 General Meeting of the
American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA.
Chang, F. H. and L. Zheng, "Bioremediation of Trichloroethylene in a Sanitary
Landfill Site in Northern Minnesota, USA," 1993 International Symposium
on Subsurface Microbiology, Bath, UK.
