Dr. Laura Pyrak-Nolte

Courtesy Appointment, Professor of Physics

E-mail: ljpn@physics.purdue.edu

Associated Website(s) : Laboratory for Applied Geophyiscs,

Education

B.S., 1981 State University of New York at Buffalo
M.S., 1983 Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Ph.D., 1988 Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests

Laboratory for Applied Geophyiscs
ISRM Work Group

Professional Experience

  • 2001 - Full Professor, Dept. of Physics, Purdue University

  • 1997- 2001 Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Purdue University.

  • 1997-97 Associate Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame.

  • 1992-97 Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame.

  • 1990-92 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1989-90 Research Associate, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1989 Summer, Staff Scientist Level II, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Labraotory.

  • 1983-88 Research Assistant, Dept. of Materials Sciences and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, and Earth SCiences Division, Lawrence Berekley Laboratory.

  • 1981-83 Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Selected Publications

  • Lee, S., L. J. Pyrak-Nolte and O. Campanella., Determination of
    ultrasonic-based rheological properties of dough during fermentation.
    Journal of Texture Studies, v. 35, no. 1, May 2004.

  • Cheng, J.-T.; Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J.; Nolte, David D.; Giordano,
    Nicholas J., Linking pressure and saturation through interfacial areas
    in porous media, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, No. 8, L08502
    10.1029/2003GL019282, 22 (April 2004)

  • Cheng, J.-T., J. P. Morris, J. Tran, A. Lumsdaine, N. J. Giordano, D.
    D. Nolte and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Single-phase flow in a rock fracture:
    micro-model experiments and network flow simulation, Int. J. Rock Mech.
    and Min. Sci., v. 41/4, pp. 687-693 (2004)

  • Lee, S., L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, P. Cornillon and O. H. Campanella. 2004.
    Characterization of frozen orange juice by ultrasound and wavelet
    analysis. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 88, 405-410

  • Oliger, A., Nolte, D. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Focusing of seismic
    waves by a single fracture, Geophysical Research Letters, issue 5,
    DOI/10.1029/2002GL016264, Citation Number 1203, 2003.

  • Xian, C. J., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. and D. D. Nolte, Compressional Waves Guided between Parallel Fractures, International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts, (accepted for publication, to appear in October or December 2001 issue.

  • Li, X., Zhong, L. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, The physics of partially saturated porous media: residual saturation and seismic wave propagation, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, for Volume 29, 419:460 (2001).

  • Nolte, D. D., Cubel, T., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. and M. R. Melloch, Adaptive beam combining and interrferometry using photorefractive quantum wells (submitted 2000 - Journal of Applied Physics)

  • Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., S. Roy & J. P. Morris, Monitoring Fracture Evolution with Compressional-Mode Interface Waves, accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters vol 27, no 20, 3397-3400 (2000).

  • Wawersik, W. R., Rudnicki, J. W., Orr, F. M., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Wilson, J. L., Ortoleva, P. J., Dove, P., Richter, F., Logan, J.. M., Wong, T.-F., Harris, J. H., and N. R. Warpinski, (2000) Terrestrial Sequestration of CO2 - An Assessment of Research Needs, accepted for publication in Pure and Applied Geophysics in 2000.

  • Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. and J. P. Morris, (2000), Single fractures under normal stress: The relation between fracture specific stiffness and fluid flow, International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts, vol 37, p245-262.

  • Nolte, D. D., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Beachy, J. and C. Ziegler, (2000), Transition from the displacement discontinuity limit to the resonant scattering regime for fracture interface waves, International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts, vol 37, p219-230.