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Zbigniew J. Kabala

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287
CIEMAS 2467, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Dr. Kabala's principal research interests cover stochastic and deterministic theory of fluid flow and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated heterogeneous porous media, theory of related measurements, field and laboratory studies in subsurface hydrology, stochastic fields and processes, numerical and analytical methods and sensitivity analysis. His current research focuses on developing new measurement techniques for characterization of porous media, recovering contaminant release histories from current plume observations, and stochastic modeling of water and solute transport in saturated and unsaturated heterogeneous formations.

Selected Grants


Proposal for Significant Undergraduate Laboratory Innovation and Improvement of Fluid Mechanics and/or Communications Laboratories

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2007 - 2008

Flow Cell & Virtual Fluid Mechanics Lab

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2000 - 2003

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation in Scientific Inference: Hierarchical Methods for Parameter Estimation in Porous Flow

ResearchAdministrative Assistant · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1999 - 2002

Detailed Aquifer Characterization by the Dipole-flow Test and Flowmeter Test

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1995 - 1996

External Relationships


  • Pioneer Academics (https://pioneeracademics.com/about/)

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