Professor Rosalind Ann Archer

BE, MS, PhD

Deputy Dean

In: Faculty of Engineering Administration » Faculty of Engineering

Biography

Rosalind Archer joined the Engineering Science Department in 2002 as a lecturer. Previously she had been an Assistant Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. She has research interests in reservoir engineering in geothermal and petroleum reservoirs, gas hydrates and carbon dioxide sequestration.

Rosalind has served as Head of the Department of Engineering Science since 2013 and is also Director of the Geothermal Institute.

Qualifications

PhD in Petroleum Engineering and PhD minor in Geological and Environmental Science, Stanford University
MS in Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University
BE in Engineering Science, The University of Auckland

Research | Current

Research groups

Fluid Dynamics

Reservoir Engineering

Teaching | Current

ENERGY 722 - Energy Technology

GEOTHERM 785 - Geothermal and Reservoir Engineering

Postgraduate supervision

Main supervisor

Jongchan Kim
Thermo-hydro-mechanical geothermal modeling.

Angela Prieto
Systematic characterisation of geothermal reservoirs.

Bart van Campen - co-supervised with Assoc. Professor David Grinlinton
The use of reservoir modelling for geothermal reserves valuation and licensing.

Pengliang Yu

Mohammed Dabbour

Distinctions/Honours

Fellow - Engineering New Zealand

Distinguished Member - Society of Petroleum Engineers

Responsibilities

Administration

Head of Department, Department of Engineering Science
Director, Geothermal Institute

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Engineering New Zealand
Institute of Directors
Society of Petroleum Engineers
NZ Geothermal Association
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Mullen, F., Boogaerdt, H., & Archer, R. (2019). Relation Between Fracture Stability and Gas Leakage into Deep Aquifers in the North Perth Basin in Western Australia. Ground water, 57 (5), 678-686. 10.1111/gwat.12853
Gao, J., Sathar, S., O'Grady G, Archer, R., & Cheng, L. K. (2015). A stochastic algorithm for generating realistic virtual interstitial cell of Cajal networks. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 62 (8), 2070-2078. 10.1109/TBME.2015.2412533
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Greg O'Grady, Leo Cheng
Archer, R. (2014). An exploration of porosity-permeability relationships in 3D fracture network using the Lattice-Boltzmann method. Paper presented at 14th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Catania, Sicily. 8 September - 11 September 2014. 14th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery 2014 (ECMOR XIV). (pp. undefined).
Archer, R., Abraham, L., Pecher, I., & Fohrmann, M. (2014). Modelling gas hydrate production potential in the Hikurangi margin. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 57 (1), 102-105. 10.1080/00288306.2013.854813
Dempsey, D. E., Simmons, S. F., Archer, R. A., & Rowland, J. V. (2012). Delineation of catchment zones of geothermal systems in large-scale rifted settings. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH, 11710.1029/2012JB009515
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Julie Rowland, David Dempsey
Dempsey, D. E., Rowland, J. V., Zyvoloski, G. A., & Archer, R. A. (2012). Modeling the effects of silica deposition and fault rupture on natural geothermal systems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117 (5).10.1029/2012JB009218
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Julie Rowland, David Dempsey
Han, J.-C., Taberner, A. J., Kirton, R. S., Nielsen, P. M. F., Archer, R., Kim, N., & Loiselle, D. S. (2011). Radius-dependent decline of performance in isolated cardiac muscle does not reflect inadequacy of diffusive oxygen supply. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 300 (4), H1222-H1236. 10.1152/ajpheart.01157.2010
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/7778
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Denis Loiselle, Andrew Taberner, Poul Nielsen, June-Chiew Han
O'Sullivan JP, Archer, R. A., & Flay, R. G. J. (2011). Consistent boundary conditions for flows within the atmospheric boundary layer. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 99 (1), 65-77. 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.10.009
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/11774
Other University of Auckland co-authors: John OSullivan, Richard Flay

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Identifiers

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2250-0471

Contact details

Media Contact

Alternative contact

Angela Asekona, a.asekona@auckland.ac.nz - Group Services Coordinator, Department of Engineering Science

Office hours

Office hours vary - and are advertised outside my office door. Email Angela Asekona for an appointment.

Primary office location

UNISERVICES HOUSE - Bldg 439
Level 3, Room 309
70 SYMONDS ST
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand