Research Grants

2008-2010 Yusuke Kawada, 'Investigation of fault dynamics based on constitutive law for nonlinear viscoelastic behaviour of rocks associated with damage evolutions', awarded to Dr Kawada, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Mathematical and Physical Science award 20-655, £47,600.

2003-2004 'The real-time diagenesis experiment', Schlumberger Research UK, £7,000.

1999-2003 ‘Scaling properties of fluid flow in fractured rocks’, co-ordinated by Prof Philip Meredith (University College London), NERC grant GST/02/2307, £159,885.

2000-2003 'Deep geodynamic laboratory Gulf of Corinth', ("DGLAB-Corinth"). EC fifth Framework award EVR1-CT-2000-4005, Co-ordinated by Dr Francois Cornet (Institut de Physique du Globe IPG, Paris), 1,612,496 Euros.
Corinth Rift Lab Home (click on 'DGLab')

2000-2003 'Faults, fractures and fluids' Gulf of Corinth, ("FFF-Corinth") EC fifth Framework award ENK6-CT-2000-00056, co-ordinated by Dr Isabelle Moretti (Institut Francais de Petrole IFP, Paris), 1,706,000 Euros.
Corinth Rift Lab Home (click on '3F')

2000-2003 'Methods for assessing salt intrusion and transport in heterogeneous and fractured aquifers'. EC fifth framework award EVK1-CT-2000-00062, Co-ordinated by Prof Prof Brian Berkowitz (Rehevot, Israel), 1,400,000 Euros.
SALTRANS Home

1999-2002 ‘Geometry and mechanics of faulting on Mars’, with Dr Rich Schultz (Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada), NASA Mars data analysis program grant NRA 98-OSS-06, $84,000.

1999-2001 ‘Stress-sensitive relative permeabilities’, EPSRC Link Scheme in Oil & Gas extraction, grant GR/M62150, with Prof Brian Smart (Department of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University) £280,000.

1999-2001 ‘Self-organisation of fluid flow, chemical reactivity and rock strength in porous reservoir rocks’, NERC ROPA grant GR3/R9822, £113,212.

1998-2000 ‘Stress and diagenesis as fault sealing mechanisms’, (“Stadia”), Mobil US, with Prof Brian Smart (Department of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University), £266,000.

1997-2000 ‘Scale dependence of groundwater flow and contaminant transport in fractured rock’, EC Fourth Framework in Environment and Climate, with Drs Patience Cowie, Noelle Odling (Bergen, Norway), Brian Berkowitz (Weitzmann Institute, Rehevot, Israel) & Philippe Davy (Rennes, France), 770,000 ECU.

1997-1999 'Transmissibility of fault damage zones: a calibrated study', Teaching Company Directorate (TCD) with 30% funding from Alastair Beach Associates, £ 82,010.

1997-1999 'Non-linear dynamics in fluid-rock systems', NERC CONNECT scheme, with matching funding from BP/Amoco, with Mr Kes Heffer (BP/Amoco), £103,000.