PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

(Presenting Author in Italics)

  1. Hu, Q.H., Z.Y. Gao, S. Peng, R.P. Ewing, S. Dultz, S. Hamamoto, and B Webber. Multiple Approaches to Characterizing Pore Structure in Barnett Shale. 2013 GSA South-Central Section Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 4-5, 2013.

  2. Gao, Z.Y., and Q.H. Hu. Evaluating the Wettability of Different Reservoir Rocks by Spontaneous Imbibition. 2013 GSA South-Central Section Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 4-5, 2013.

  3. Ewing, R.P., Q.H. Hu, and A.G. Hunt. Pore Topology-Based Interpretations of Gas Production Decline Curves. 2013 GSA South-Central Section Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 4-5, 2013.

  4. Hu, Q.H., S. Dultz, S. Hamamoto, and R.P. Ewing. Multiple Approaches to Characterizing Pore Structure in Natural Rock. 2012 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3–7, 2012.

  5. Peng, S., Q.H. Hu, and R.P. Ewing. Gas Recovery in Fractured Barnett Shale. 2012 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3–7, 2012.

  6. Gao, Z.Y., Q.H. Hu, and R.P. Ewing. Nanopores and Tortuous Pathways in the Barnett Shale. 2012 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3–7, 2012.

  7. Ewing, R.P., Q.H. Hu, and C.X. Liu. Pore-to-Grain Upscaling of Intragranular Diffusion. 2012 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3–7, 2012.

  8. Kamoshida, T., S. Hamamoto, K. Kawamoto, T. Sakaki, T. Komatsu, Z.Y.Gao, and Q.H. Hu. Effects of Particle Size and Shape, and Soil Structure on Thermal Properties of Non-aggregated and Aggregated Soils. 2012 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3–7, 2012.

  9. Zhang, X.Y., C.X. Liu, Q.H. Hu, and X.L. Hu. Uncertainty Analysis and Extrapolation of Additive Uranyl Surface Complexation Kinetic Models. 2012 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 3–7, 2012.

  10. Hu, Q.H., S. Peng, Z.Y. Gao, and R.P. Ewing. Pore Structure and Gas Recovery in Barnett Shale. Session “Petroleum Geology: Past to Present, From the Appalachias to China, Pore Size to Basin Scale Topics”,2012 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition, Charlotte, NC, November 4–7, 2012.

  11. Hu, Q.H., Z.Y. Gao, S. Peng, and R.P. Ewing. Low Pore Connectivity in Barnett Shale. Session “Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Shales”,2012 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition, Charlotte, NC, November 4–7, 2012.

  12. Webber, B.,P. Corbettc, K.T. Sempled, U. Ogbonnayad, W.S. Teele, C.A. Masiellof, Q.J. Fisherg, J.J Valenza II, Yi-Qiao Song, and Q.H. Hu. An NMR Study of Porous Rock and Biochar Containing Organic Material. The 11th International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media (MRPM11), the University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, September 9-13, 2012.

  13. Hu, Q.H. Shale Gas Production: Water Resources Issues and Pore Structure Effect. July 25, 2012, Woodlands, TX. Briefing to Assistant Secretary of DOE, Chris Smith (one of three invited speakers)

  14. Hu, Q.H. Processes Influencing Fluid Flow and Chemical Transport in Porous Media. 2012 Groundwater Forum, July 6-7, 2012, Baoding, China.(invited speaker)

  15. Hu, Q.H. Shale Gas Production and Groundwater Issues. 2012 Groundwater Forum, July 6-7, 2012, Baoding, China.(invited keynote speaker)

  16. Hu, Q.H. Shale Gas Production and Water Resources Management. 2012 IPACES Annual Conference, July 2-3, 2012, Guangzhou, China. (invited speaker)

  17. Kendall, M.R., A.S. Madden, M.E. Madden, andQ.H. Hu. Influence of Arsenic Incorporation on Jarosite Dissolution Rates and Reaction Products. The 22th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2012: Earth in Evolution, June 24–29, 2012, Montreal, Canada.

  18. Hu, Q.H., Z.Y. Gao, S. Peng, and R.P. Ewing. Pore Structure Inhibits Gas Diffusion in the Barnett Shale. 2012 AAPG Southwest Section Convention, May 19–22, 2012, Fort Worth, TX.

  19. Gao, Z.Y., and Q.H. Hu. Application of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry in Pore Structure Characterization. 2012 AAPG Southwest Section Convention, May 19–22, 2012, Fort Worth, TX.

  20. Hu, Q.H., R.P. Ewing, S. Peng, and Z.Y. Gao. Effects of Pore-Scale Physics on Uranium Geochemistry in Hanford Sediments. Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Contractor-Grantee Workshop, Department of Energy Office of Science, April 30 – May 2, 2012, Washington, DC.

  21. Hu, Q.H., Z.Y. Gao, S. Peng, and R.P. Ewing. Integrated Experimental and Modeling Approaches to Studying the Fracture-Matrix Interaction in Gas Recovery from Barnett Shale. RPSEA Unconventional Gas Conference 2012 – Geology, the Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing, April 17–18, 2012, Canonsburg, PA.

  22. Hu, Q.H., Z.Y. Gao, S. Peng, and R.P. Ewing. Pore Structure and Chemical Diffusion in the Barnett Shale. 2011 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 13–17, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

  23. Peng, S., Q.H. Hu,and S. Hamamoto. Rock Diffusivity: Gas Diffusion Measurements and its Correlation to Porosity, Pore-Size Distribution, and Permeability. 2011 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 13–17, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

  24. Ewing, R.P. and Q.H. Hu. Pattern and Scale in Intra-Granular Diffusion. 2011 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, October 16–19, 2011, San Antonio, TX.

  25. Hu, Q.H. and R.P. Ewing. Effects of Pore-Scale Physics on Uranium Geochemistry in Hanford Sediments. Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Contractor-Grantee Workshop, Department of Energy Office of Science, April 26–28, 2011, Washington, DC.

  26. Ewing, R.P., C.X., Liu, and Q.H. Hu. Scale-Dependence of Intra-granular Diffusion. Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Contractor-Grantee Workshop, Department of Energy Office of Science, April 26–28, 2011, Washington, DC.

  27. Hu, Q.H., X.G. Liu, S. Dultz, R.P. Ewing, and H.D. Rowe. Fracture-Matrix Interaction and Gas Recovery in the Barnett Shale. AAPG/SEG/SPE Hedberg Conference “Critical Assessment of Shale Resource Plays”, December 5–10, 2010, Austin, TX.

  28. Gao, X.B., Y.X. Wang, and Q.H. Hu. Release Potential of Arsenic from Sediments into the Groundwater under the Effect of pH, Phosphate, and Biocarbonate. Thirteen International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, August 16–19, 2010, Guanajuato, Mexico.

  29. Hu, Q.H. Speciation and Transport Behavior of 99Tc and 129I. 20th Annual Goldschmidt Conference 2010: Earth, Energy, and the Environment, June 13–18, 2010, Knoxville, TN.

  30. Liu, X.G. and Q.H. Hu. Application of Laser Ablation-ICP-MS in Environmental Fate and Transport Studies. 20th AnnualGoldschmidt Conference 2010: Earth, Energy, and the Environment, June 13–18, 2010, Knoxville, TN.

  31. Gao, X.B.,Q.H. Hu, Y.X., Wang, and X.G. Liu. Biocarbonate Competition in the Desorption of Arsenic Species from the Sediments. 20th Annual Goldschmidt Conference 2010: Earth, Energy, and the Environment, June 13–18, 2010, Knoxville, TN.

  32. Hu, Q.H. Contaminant Transport in Unsaturated Fractured rock: Interacting Imbibition, Diffusion, and Sorption Processes. Japan Geosciences Union International Symposium 2010, May 23–28, 2010, Chiba, Japan.(invited speaker)

  33. Hu, Q.H., G.X. Sun, X.B. Gao, R. Zuo, and J.S. Wang. Conversion, Sorption, and Transport of Arsenic Species in Geological Media. As 2010: The Third International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment: Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases. May 17–21, 2010, Tainan, Taiwan.

  34. Teng, Y.G., R. Zuo, J.S. Wang, and Q.H. Hu. Removal of Arsenic (As3+ and As5+) from Aqueous Solution Using Natural and Modified Attapulgite as Adsorbent. As 2010: The Third International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment: Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases. May 17–21, 2010, Tainan, Taiwan.

  35. Hu, Q.H., and R.P. Ewing. Effects of Pore-Scale Physics on Uranium Geochemistry in Hanford Sediments. Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Contractor-Grantee Workshop, Department of Energy Office of Science, March 29–31, 2010, Washington, DC.

  36. Hu, Q.H., X.G. Liu, and R. Zuo. Preferential Radionuclide Transport in a Tuff with Altered Zone: Micro-scale Mapping. 2009 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 14–18, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

  37. Hu, Q.H. 2009. Realistic Quantification of Radionuclide Retardation in Intact Rock. 12th International Conference on Chemistry and Migration Behavior of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere (Migration’09). September 20–25, 2009, Kennewick, Washington, USA.

  38. Hu, Q.H. Iodine Speciation and Biogeochemistry. 2009 International Symposium on Endemic Diseases and Geological Environment. August 10–14, 2009, Changchun, China. (invited keynote speaker)

  39. Zhu, Y.-G., X. Zhang, Q. Huang, F.-J. Zhao, Q.H. Hu, and P.N. Williams. Arsenic Uptake by and Speciation in Macrophytes. 10th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, July 13–16, 2009, Chihuahua, Mexico.

  40. Hu, Q.H, and R.P. Ewing. Pore Connectivity in Natural Rock: Evidence and Implications. 2009 GSA South-Central Section meeting, March 16–17, 2009, Dallas, TX.

  41. Hu, Q.H., A.Möri, and A. Martin. Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Granite at the Grimsel Test Site. 2008 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 15–19, 2008, San Francisco, CA.

  42. Hu, Q.H. and J.E. Moran. Distribution and Transport of Iodine Species in the Environment. 2008 Joint GSA-ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, October 5–9, 2008, Houston, TX.

  43. Ewing R.P. and Q.H. Hu. Imbibition into Soil and Rock: What’s the Same? What’s Different? 2008 Joint GSA-ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, October 5–9, 2008, Houston, TX.

  44. Hu, Q.H. and R.P. Ewing. Simultaneous Water Flow and Contaminant Transport in Unsaturated Rock. 2008 Joint GSA-ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, October 5–9, 2008, Houston, TX.

  45. Hu, Q.H. Fate and Transport Studies at the Intersections of Water, Environment, Energy, and National Security. College of Science Research Day, University of Texas at Arlington, November 3, 2008, Arlington, TX.

  46. Hu, Q.H. Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Subsurface: Coupled Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes. Remediation Benchmark and Standards of Polluted Environment, Forum of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 7–9, 2008, Shenyang, China. (invited speaker)

  47. Lu, G.P., B. Gilbert, L. Tomutsa, M. Zhang, Q.H. Hu, Q.J. Kang, and D.X. Zhang. Micro-Scale Flow and Transport Studies in Various Porous Geological Media Using Lattice Boltzmann Methods. Computational Methods in Water Resources XVII International Conference, July 6–10, 2008, San Francisco, CA.

  48. Maxwell, R.M., R.L. Detwiler, Q.H. Hu, and A.F.B. Tompson. Understanding the Interplay of Increased Pressure, Residual Heat and Geologic and Geochemical Environment on Radionuclide Migration from Underground Nuclear Tests. Computational Methods in Water Resources XVII International Conference, July 6–10, 2008, San Francisco, CA.

  49. Ewing, R.P. and Q.H. Hu. Contaminant Release from Intragranular Pores. 2007 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, November 4–8, 2007, New Orleans, LA.

  50. Fischer, R. P., M. Sutton, D. Gates-Anderson, J. Gray, Q.H. Hu, W. McNab, and B. Viani. Decontamination of Terrorist-Dispersed Radionuclides from Surfaces in Urban Environments. 2007 American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Decommissioning, Decontamination and Reutilization, September 16–19, 2007, Chattanooga, TN.

  51. Hu, Q.H. Integrated Studies on Chemical Migration in Solid Samples: LA/ICP-MS and Numerical Modeling. Chemical & Biological Countermeasures Division, Nonproliferation, Homeland and International Security Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, September 6–7, 2007, Livermore, CA.

  52. Hu, Q.H. and A. Möri. Radionuclide Transport in Fracture-Granite Interface Zones. 11th International Conference on Chemistry and Migration Behavior of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere (Migration’07), August 26–31, 2007, Munich, Germany.

  53. Möri, A., M. Mazurek, and Q.H. Hu. In situ Experiments on Matrix Diffusion in Fractured Crystalline Rock. Twelfth International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, July 31–August 5, 2007, Kunming, China.

  54. Hu, Q.H. Radionuclides in the Environment. 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, July 15–19, 2007, Beijing, China.

  55. Sutton, M.,R.P. Fischer, J. Dominick, D. Gates-Anderson, J. Gray, Q.H. Hu, W. McNab, and B. Viani. Simulating Cs Radiological Dispersal Devices for Deposition, Dose and Decontamination Studies. The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, July 8–12, 2007, Portland, OR.

  56. Hu, Q.H. Applications of Laser Ablation-ICP/MS in Understanding Radionuclide Transport. The 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, March 25–29, 2007, Chicago, IL.

  57. Gates-Anderson, D., R. Fischer, M. Sutton, J. Gray, Q.H. Hu, W. McNab, and B. Viani. Decontamination of Terrorist-dispersed Radionuclides from Surfaces in Urban Environments. 2007 Waste Management Symposium, February 25–March 1, 2007, Tucson, AZ.

  58. Hu, Q.H. A New Approach to Quantifying Radionuclide Retardation under Unsaturated Conditions. 2006 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 11–15, 2006, San Francisco, CA.

  59. Hu, Q.H. Surface Deposition and Post-detonation Redistribution of Cesium onto Concrete from a Mock RDD Event. Joint Conference of LLNL with EPA National Homeland Security Research Center, November 13, 2006, Livermore, CA.

  60. Viani, B.E., R.P. Fischer, D.D. Gates-Anderson, J.J. Gray, Q.H. Hu, W.W. McNab, and M. Sutton. Physical and Chemical Properties of Porous Urban Surfaces that Impact the Decontamination of Chemical and Radionuclide Agents: A Concrete Example from an Urban Transit System. Decontamination Conference, Denver, CO, 2006.

  61. Hu, Q.H., R.P. Ewing, and C.I. Steefel. Interacting Processes Affecting Contaminant Transport in Unsaturated Fractured rock. 2006 Annual Meeting for the Geological Society of America, October 22–25, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.

  62. Moran, J.E., Q.H. Hu, P. Zhao, and E. Nelson. Predicting the Fate and Transport of 129iodine in the Environment through Studies of Stable Iodine. Japanese AMS Society Meeting, 2006.

  63. Zavarin, M., Zhao, P., Q.H. Hu, T.P. Rose, and A.B. Kersting. Radionuclide Distribution in Debris from Underground Nuclear Tests Detonated in Silicate and Carbonate Rocks. Pu Futures-The Science 2006, July 9–13, 2006, Pacific Grove, CA.

  64. Möri, A. andQ.H. Hu. LA/ICP-MS Measurements on Selected EP Core Samples. 2nd Experiment Team Meeting of Long-Term Diffusion of National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra), June 8–9, 2006, Meiringen, Switzerland.

  65. Hu, Q.H., R.P. Ewing, L. Tomutsa, and M.J. Singleton. Pore Connectivity, Episodic Flow, and Unsaturated Diffusion in Fractured Tuff. 2006 International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 30–May 4, 2006, Las Vegas, NV.

  66. Hu, Q.H. Application of Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry. Joint Conference of LLNL with EPA National Homeland Security Research Center, August 9, 2006, Livermore, CA.

  67. Zhao, P., Q.H. Hu, T.P. Rose, G.J. Nimz, and M. Zavarin. 2006. Distribution and Transport of Long-lived Soluble Fission Products. Seventh International Conference Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry. April 3–7, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

  68. Hu, Q.H., Y. Sun, and R.P. Ewing. Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Tuff under Episodic Flow Conditions. 2005 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 5–9, 2005, San Francisco, CA.

  69. Ewing, R.P. and Q.H. Hu. Water Imbibition into Rock as Affected by Sample Shape, Pore Connectivity, and Antecedent Water Content. 2005 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, November 6–10, 2005, Salt Lake City, UT.

  70. Hu, Q.H., P. Zhao, J.E. Moran, T.P. Rose, and A.B. Kersting. Integrated Approaches to Studying Speciation and Migration of Radionuclides in Various Media. 10th International Conference on Chemistry and Migration Behavior of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere (Migration’05). September 18–23, 2005, Avignon, France.

  71. Zavarin, M., M.R. Johnson, S.K. Roberts, R. Pletcher,Q.H. Hu, P. Zhao, A.B. Kersting, E. Ramon,and J. Walensky. Applying Mechanistic Modeling at the Field Scale: Radionuclide Transport at the Nevada Test Site. 10th International Conference on Chemistry and Migration Behavior of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere (Migration’05). September 18–23, 2005, Avignon, France.

  72. Hu, Q.H., R.P. Ewing, C.I. Steefel, L. Tomutsa, and G.B. Hudson. Multiple Approaches to Studying Diffusion Processes in Geological Media. The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference, May 20–25, 2005, Moscow, ID. (invited speaker)

  73. Steefel, C.I., S.L. Brantley, A.K. Navarre, and Q.H. Hu. Rate Control in Low-porosity Diffusion-reaction Systems. The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference, May 20–25, 2005, Moscow, ID.

  74. Moran, J.E., Q.H. Hu, E. Nelson, and P. Zhao. Experimental Results from Iodine Speciation and Transport Studies. The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference, May 20–25, 2005,
    Moscow, ID.

  75. Rose, T.P., D. Finnegan, Q.H. Hu, G. Eaton, P. Zhao, J. Thompson, and B. Martinez. Radiochemical Analysis of Near-field Groundwaters: Recent Work and an Historical Perspective. Underground Test Area 2005 Technical Information Exchange Meeting, May 4, 2005, Las Vegas, NV.

  76. Hu, Q.H., J.E. Moran, T.P. Rose, D.K. Smith, and Y.G. Zhu. Integrated Approaches to Studying Speciation and Behavior of Iodine and Technetium. 8th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, April 3–7, 2005, Adelaide, Australia.

  77. Zavarin, M., M.R. Johnson, S.K. Roberts, Q.H. Hu, P. Zhao, and A.B. Kersting. Applying Mechanistic Modeling at the Field Scale: Radionuclide Transport at the Nevada Test Site.  The 229th Annual American Chemical Society, March 13–17, 2005, San Diego, CA.

  78. Roberts, S., M. Johnson, M. Zavarin, R. Pletcher, Q.H. Hu, A. Kersting, E. Ramon, P. Zhao, and J. Walensky. Laboratory Investigation of Radionuclide Sorption and Migration in Fractured Nevada Test Site Rock. The 229th Annual American Chemical Society, March 13–17, 2005, San Diego, CA.

  79. Hu, Q.H. Pore Connectivity, Episodic Flow, and Unsaturated Diffusion in Fractured Tuff. Science and Technology Program Natural Barriers Thrust Area for Science & Technology and International of Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, March 16, 2005, Berkeley, CA.

  80. Hu, Q.H. and R.P. Ewing. Multiple Approaches to Studying Pore Connectivity in Rock Matrices. 2004 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 13–17, 2004, San Francisco, CA. 

  81. Burton, E., B. Bourcier, S. Coleman, B. Daily, B. Esser, J., Q.H. Hu, B. Hudson, P. Krauter, J. Moran, K. O’Brien, D. Bishop, R. Newmark, and J. Reynolds. New Tools for Characterization and Selective Treatment of Perchlorate Contamination Plumes. ESTCP-SERDP Joint Symposium, Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop November 30–December 2, 2004, Washington, D.C.

  82. Hu, Q.H. Water Research in China. Water Initiatives program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, November 29, 2004, Livermore, CA.

  83. Hudson, G.B., H.R. Beller, B. K. Esser, A.R. Grayson, Q.H. Hu, S.R. Kane, R.N. Leif, J.E. Moran, and C. Moody-Bartel. Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources: Status, Challenges, and a Case Study. 2nd International Conference on Soil Pollution and Remediation (SOILREM 2004), November 9–12, 2004, Nanjing, P.R. China.

  84. Hu, Q.H. Radionuclides as Persistent Toxic Substances. The China International Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances. November 7–11, 2004, Beijing, P.R. China.

  85. Hu, Q.H. and R.P. Ewing. New Approaches to Examining Chemical Sorption, Diffusion, and Transport in Unsaturated Rock. 2004 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, October 31–November 4, 2004, Seattle, WA.

  86. Ewing, R.P. and Q.H. Hu. Effect of Pore-scale Structure on Diffusive Transport. 2004 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, October 31–November 4, 2004, Seattle, WA.

  87. Hu, Q.H. and R.P. Ewing. Effect of Pore Connectivity on Contaminant Transport in Rock Matrices. 2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, August 16–20, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  88. Ewing, R.P. and Q.H. Hu. Diffusion Iso-surfaces in Low-connectivity Structured Rock. 2004 Joint Assembly, May 17–21, 2004, Montreal, Canada.

  89. Burton, E., Q.H. Hu, M. Johnson, A.B. Kersting, S.K. Roberts, T.P. Rose, M. Zavarin, and P. Zhao. Laboratory Investigations of Radionuclide Sorption and Migration in Fractured NTS Rocks. Underground Test Area 2004 Technical Information Exchange Meeting, May 1, 2004, Las Vegas, NV.

  90. Zhao, P., Y. Sun, Q.H. Hu, and J.E. Moran. Reactive Transport of Iodide in Clay Minerals: Experimental and Modeling Efforts. The 227th Annual American Chemical Society, March 28–April 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA.

  91. Hu, Q.H. and D.K. Smith. Field-scale Migration of 99Tc and 129I at the Nevada Test Site. 2004 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, April 12–16, 2004, San Francisco, CA.

  92. Hu, Q.H. Some Issues about Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Rock. 1st Long-Term Diffusion Planning Meeting of National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra), January 22, 2004, Wettingen, Switzerland.

  93. Hu, Q.H. and D.K. Smith. Radionuclide Mobility at the Nevada Test Site. On-Site Review of Science and Technology Program at Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, December 15, 2003, Livermore, CA.

  94. Hu, Q.H., J.E. Moran, and P. Zhao. Transport of Iodine species in the Terrestrial Environment. 2003 Fall Meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 8–12, 2003, San Francisco, CA.

  95. Hu, Q.H., T. Kneafsey, J.S.Y. Wang, J. Roberts, and S. Carlson. Characterizing Unsaturated Diffusion in Porous Granular Tuff.  Fall meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 6–10, 2002, San Francisco, CA.

  96. Salve, R., H.H. Liu, and Q.H. Hu. Tracer Transport along a Vertical Fault Located in Welded Tuffs. Fall meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 6–10, 2002, San Francisco, CA.

  97. Hu, Q.H. Experimental Studies on Grout-fluid-CO2 interactions. Nuclear Waste Program Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, September 6, 2002, Berkeley, CA.

  98. Hu, Q.H. Pore Connectivity Effects on Contaminant Transport in Rock Matrices. Program Review for ESD 2001 Mini-Grant Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, January 28, 2002, Berkeley, CA.

  99. Hu, Q.H. and J.S.Y. Wang. Direct and High-resolution Measurements of Retardation and Transport in Whole Rock Samples under Unsaturated Conditions. Fall meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 10–14, 2001, San Francisco, CA.

  100. Hu, Q.H. Phase 1 Feasibility Study of Invert Diffusion. Nuclear Waste Program Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, November 2, 2001, Berkeley, CA.

  101. Ewing, R.P. andQ.H.Hu. Correlation Structure Effects on Edge-accessible Porosity and Chemical Distance near the Percolation Threshold. International Conference on the Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media, July 15–19, 2001, Snowbird, Utah.

  102. Hu, Q.H. Applications of Laser Ablation-ICP-MS in Investigating Diffusion, Sorption, and Transport in Tuff. Nuclear Waste Program Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, May 24, 2001.

  103. Moridis, G., Q.H. Hu, and Y. Wu. Modeling Studies of Radionuclide Transport in the Unsaturated Zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Fall meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 15–19, 2000, San Francisco, CA.

  104. Hu, Q.H. Synthesis of Geochemical Information. Realistic Case Analysis/Model Report Interactive Review, October 22, 2000, Berkeley, CA.

  105. Hu, Q.H., and R.P. Ewing. Pore Connectivity Effects on Solute Transport in Rocks. International Groundwater Symposium, March 25–28, 2000, Berkeley, CA.

  106. Moridis, G. and Q.H. Hu. Unsaturated Zone Radionuclide Transport Models. Unsaturated Zone Process Model Report Interactive Review, January 11, 2000, Berkeley, CA.

  107. Li, Li, M.L. Brusseau, Q.H. Hu, and L. Xie. Contaminant Biodegradation during Transport in Porous Media: Mathematical Modeling and Residence Time Dependent Growth Coefficients. Fall meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 6–10, 1998, San Francisco, CA.

  108. Hu, Q.H., J.S. Wang, P. Persoff, and R.C. Trautz. Water Imbibition and Tracer Penetration into Welded Tuff. Fall meeting for American Geophysical Union, December 6–10, 1998, San Francisco, CA.

  109. Hu, Q.H. and Chin-Fu Tsang. A Review of some Characteristics of Tracer Tests in Fractured Rocks: Progress Report. Program Meeting in Japan, 1998.

  110. Hu, Q.H. Water Imbibition and Tracer Penetration into Rocks: Laboratory studies. Nuclear Waste Program Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, July 22, 1998.

  111. Hu, Q.H., M.L Brusseau, N.T. Nelson, and K. Gupta. A Diffusivity Tracer-test Method for Investigating the Influence of Diffusion-mediated Processes on Solute Transport.  Spring meeting for American Geophysical Union, May 27–30, 1997, Baltimore, Maryland.

  112. Piatt, J.J., M.L. Brusseau, J. Wang and Q.H. Hu. Measuring Biodegradation Potential in the Subsurface. Spring meeting for American Geophysical Union, May 27–30, 1997, Baltimore, Maryland.

  113. Brusseau, M.L., J.J. Piatt, Q.H. Hu, and J.M. Wang. The Use of Biotracers for Measuring Biodegradation Potential in the Subsurface. The 210th Annual American Chemical Society, April 13–17, 1997, San Francisco, CA.

  114. Gupta, K., Q.H. Hu, and M.L. Brusseau. Advanced Characterization of a Superfund Site: Effect of Core-scale Heterogeneity on Trichloroethene Transport. The 210th Annual American Chemical Society, April 13–17, 1997, San Francisco, CA.

  115. Brusseau, M.L., J.J. Piatt, Q.H. Hu, and J.M. Wang. Measuring Biodegradation Potential in the Subsurface. “Superfund Basic Research Program: A Decade of Improving Health Through Multi-Disciplinary Research”, February 23–26, 1997, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

  116. Huber, M.S., Q.H. Hu, M.L. Brusseau, and R.M. Miller. Spatial Distribution of Bacteria in 2,4-D-contaminated Soil Columns Containing Macropores. The 96th General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology, May 27–31, 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  117. Hu, Q.H. and M.L. Brusseau. Effect of Rate-limited Sorption and Mass Transfer on Solute Transport in Structured Porous Media. The 87th Annual Meeting for Soil Science Society of America, October 29–November 3, 1995, St. Louis, Missouri.

  118. Hu, Q.H. and M.L. Brusseau. The Effect of Solute Size on Transport in Aggregated Media. The 208th Annual American Chemical Society, April 2–7, 1995, Anaheim, CA.

  119. Hu, Q.H. and M.L. Brusseau. Dispersion and Diffusion of Multicomponent Solutions during Transport in Porous Media.  The 207th Annual American Chemical Society, March 13–18, 1994, San Diego, CA.

  120. Wang, X., Q.H. Hu, and M.L. Brusseau. The Solubilization and Enhanced Transport of Low-Polarity Organic Compounds by Cyclodextrin. The 207th Annual American Chemical Society, March 13–18, 1994, San Diego, CA.

  121. Hu, Q.H. and R. Xu. Emission of Greenhouse Gases from Soils. Sino-Japanese Symposium on Air Pollution, Nov. 27–31, 1991, Tokyo, Japan.