Rachel's
research interests include
percolation theory and its application to fluid flow in fractured rock,
the fractal and multifractal properties of natural phenomena,
development of experimental techniques for investigating fluid flow,
numerical simulation of fluid flow in porous fractured media with
realistic structure and exhibiting scale invariance, and self-organised
critical behaviour in natural systems.
2004: D.Phil in Geophysics, University of Ulster. Title: Experimental validation of fluid flow simulations in 2-D,
porous, fractured media with scale invariant heterogeneities.
1998: Master of Research (distinction) in Geophysics, University of Ulster at
Coleraine. Project title: Avalanche Dynamics in Aeolian Saltation.
1997:
BSc Environmental Science (1st Class Honours) with DAS, University of
Ulster at Coleraine.
1995-1996:
Diploma in Area Studies, Justus Liebig Universität, Gießen, Germany.
N.B. - for articles published in American Geophysical Union Journals copyright resides with the American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution of .pdf files is not permitted.
Cassidy,
R., P.J. Morrow and J. McCloskey (2006) A machine vision system for
quantifying velocity fields in complex rock models, Machine Vision
and Applications 16(6): 343-355. ( pdf )
Cassidy,
R., McCloskey, J., and P. Morrow, Fluid velocity fields in 2D
heterogeneous porous media: empirical measurement and validation of
numerical prediction, Understanding the Micro to Macro Behavior of
Rock-Fluid Systems, Geological Society, London, Special Publications,
249, 115-130, 2005. ( pdf )
McMenamin, R., R. Cassidy and J. McCloskey, Self-Organised Criticality at the Onset of
Aeolian Sediment Transport, Journal of Coastal Research SI 36
498-505 (ICS Proceedings), 2002. ( pdf )
Cassidy, R., J. McCloskey and P.J. Morrow, Estimating Fluid Flow Velocities: An
Image Analysis Approach, Proc. IEEE International Conference on
Image Processing 2001 (ICIP2001), Vol. I, pp285-288, ISBN:
0-7803-6725-1, 2001.
Natural Environment Research Council, An investigation of the time dependency
of concentration of naked and armoured DNA tracers under environmental
conditions, J. McCloskey, A.J.
Bjournson, and R. Cassidy, 2005 - 2006.
