Dr Domenico Bau
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 0253
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School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room F115
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
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My research helps to prevent water pollution and protect us from contaminants
Dr Domenico Bau
Domenico’s research explores computational methods of modelling the movement of fluids in the subsurface, such as groundwater, oil and gas, contaminant transport (including chemicals within fluids), and the mechanics of soil and fluid formations.
By understanding the characterisation of the area below the surface of the earth, its structure and how it behaves, his work can help prevent water pollution, protect us from contaminants, and reduce uncertainty and risk in the subsurface management.
Domenico has an undergraduate degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Padua, Italy, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University, USA. For his undergraduate and graduate studies, he developed numerical models to assess the environmental impact associated with the development of gas reservoirs and aquifers, and he designed remediation systems for the cleanup of contaminated groundwater plumes.
In his academic career, he has led research projects focusing on the design of systems for carbon geological storage, management of water supply from integrated aquifer-catchment systems, and characterisation of geomechanical parameters of gas reservoirs using land-surface deformation data.
Domenico joined the Department in 2014. His current research concentrates on subsurface hydrology, with a particular focus on: the development and use of computer models to simulate groundwater flow and reactive contaminant transport, as well as deformation in geologic formations due to fluid extraction.
He also focuses on the development of computational methods for characterising hydrogeological properties using field observations.
- Publications
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Books
- Stochastic Analysis of the Impacts of Rainfall on Groundwater Recharge. VDM Verlag.
Journal articles
- . Journal of Hydrology, 131813-131813.
- . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 149(5).
- . Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 32.
- . Journal of Hydrology, 594.
- . Advances in Water Resources, 129, 31-55.
- . Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 342, 710-741.
- . Mathematical Geosciences, 50(5), 525-547.
- . Open Engineering, 7(1).
- . Hydrological Processes, 31(7), 1527-1538.
- . Environmental Geotechnics, 3(6), 386-396.
- . Geophysical Journal International, 207(1), 47-58.
- . Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(3), 1441-1461.
- . Advances in Water Resources, 86, 366-384.
- . Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 372, 351-356.
- . Hydrogeology Journal, 23(6), 1229-1245.
- . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 37, 99-214.
- . Computational Geosciences, 19(4), 781-789.
- . International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 39, 207-228.
- . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 11(4), 4163-4208.
- . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 3207-3223.
- . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(4), 1517-1531.
- . Water Resources Research, 49(6), 3670-3684.
- . Journal of Hydrology, 468-469, 188-202.
- . Water Resources Management, 26(9), 2513-2536.
- . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 16(2), 287-304.
- Multi-objective optimization for the design of groundwater supply systems under uncertain parameter distribution. Pacific Journal of Optimization, 7(3), 407-424.
- . Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 122(1-4), 104-121.
- . Water Resources Research, 46(11).
- . Water Resources Research, 46(12).
- . Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 100(1-2), 30-46.
- . Advances in Water Resources, 30(8), 1815-1830.
- . Advances in Water Resources, 29(12), 1901-1917.
- . International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43(11-12), 3324-3336.
- . Ground Water, 42(4), 516-525.
- . International Journal of Geomechanics, 4(2), 79-92.
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- . SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 6(06), 401-411.
- . ³Òé´Ç³Ù±ð³¦³ó²Ô¾±±ç³Ü±ð, 52(8), 605-616.
- . International Journal of Solids and Structures, 38(46-47), 8155-8169.
- . International Journal of Geomechanics, 1(4), 459-475.
- . Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 81(22), 245-249.
- . Hydrogeology Journal, 8(5), 462-479.
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- . Water Resources Research, 36(9), 2443-2459.
- . Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, V(4), 389-405.
- Residual land subsidence over depleted gas fields in the northern adriatic basin. ENVIRONMENTAL & ENGINEERING GEOSCIENCE, 5(4), 389-405.
- . Advances in Geosciences, 64, 23-26.
- . Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
- . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 9(11), 13083-13115.
Chapters
- , Advances in Water Resources Management (pp. 111-246). Springer International Publishing
Conference proceedings papers
- . 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 27 May 2024 - 30 May 2024.
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- Ensemble smoothing of land displacements and deep compaction for the geomechanical characterization of hydrocarbon reservoirs. ISRM International Symposium - EUROCK 2016 (pp 1171-1176)
- . Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering: From the Past to the Future
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- . Fourth EAGE CO2 Geological Storage Workshop, 22 April 2014 - 24 April 2014.
- INVERSE MODELLING OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION BY ASSIMILATION OF RETURN FLOW DATA. PROCEEDINGS OF THE XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN WATER RESOURCES (CMWR 2010) (pp 879-886)
- STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF THE VENICE UPLIFT DUE TO SEAWATER INJECTION INTO DEEP AQUIFERS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN WATER RESOURCES (CMWR 2010) (pp 534-541)
- Under-relaxed iterations for coupled finite element solution to gas and water dynamics in depleted reservoirs. Computational methods in water resources - Volume 1 - Computational methods for subsurface flow and transport (pp 195-200)
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Preprints
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- Stochastic Analysis of the Impacts of Rainfall on Groundwater Recharge. VDM Verlag.
- Research group
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Geotechnical Engineering
Groundwater Protection and Restoration
- Grants
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This project is a collaboration between the Universities of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ (UK), Texas at El Paso (USA), and South Florida (USA), and addresses the sustainable management of water resources in coastal regions with diverse geological, hydro-technical and governance settings under treats of climate change, sea level rise (SLR) and seawater intrusion (SWI).
- PhD opportunities
Developing Efficient Model Surrogates For Water Resources And Subsurface Contaminant Management
The goal of this project is to investigate the use of model emulators (surrogates), that is, reduced versions of the full numerical model that require a fraction of its computational cost. Once developed, surrogates can be used to narrow down uncertainties affecting the full model response and derive better calibrated models in relation to the limited knowledge available.
Geomechanical Inverse Modelling And Uncertainty Quantification
The aim of this project is is to develop novel model surrogate techniques within data assimilation frameworks for estimation of the parameters of geomechanical simulators. The focus will be on data-driven surrogates, such as Gaussian process estimators, where the dimension of the parameter space is reduced by projecting it into a smaller subspace using principal component methods, such as the Karhunen-Loeve expansion.
Understanding And Quantifying The Risk Associated With Subsurface Fluid Injection
In this project, the students will learn to use either analytical or semi-analytical flow models, developed to simulate the spatio-temporal distribution of fluid ovepressure induced by CGS and the fluid leakage.
If you're interested in one of these projects, or would like to self-propose a project, please contact Domenico at the above email. Current PhD opportunities in the department can be viewed here.