Dr. Thomas Sweijen

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 3.88
3584 CB Utrecht

Dr. Thomas Sweijen

Assistant Professor
Hydrogeology
t.sweijen@uu.nl

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Cemiloglu, A., Chengyong, J., Teng, F., A. Nanehkaran, Y., Raoof, A., Sweijen, T., & Derakhshani, R. (2025). Fiber-optic technologies for real-time monitoring of coastal landslides: a review of their role in early warning systems. Frontiers in Earth Science, 13, Article 1570413. [DOI] [Portal]
Das, A. P., Zhao, J., & Sweijen, T. (2025). Micromechanical modeling of triphasic granular media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(18), Article e2420314122. [DOI] [Portal]

2023

Scholarly publications

Soundaranathan, M., Al-Sharabi, M., Sweijen, T., Bawuah, P., Zeitler, J. A., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Pitt, K., Johnston, B. F., & Markl, D. (2023). Modelling the Evolution of Pore Structure during the Disintegration of Pharmaceutical Tablets. Pharmaceutics, 15(2), 1-19. Article 489. [DOI] [Repository]
Hung, C.-C., Niemeijer, A. R., Raoof, A., & Sweijen, T. (2023). Investigation of strain localization in sheared granular layers using 3-D discrete element modeling. Tectonophysics, 862, 1-13. Article 229974. [DOI] [Repository]

2022

Scholarly publications

Hanckmann, W., Sweijen, T., & Zech, A. (2022). Complex wave propagation from open water bodies into aquifers: A fast analytical approach. Journal of Hydrology X, 15, 1-8. Article 100125. [DOI] [Repository]

Professional publications

de Kievit, F., Sweijen, T., Zech, A., de Groot, K., & van der Stoel, A. E. C. (2022). Waterglasinjectie als grondverbeteringstechniek: Wat is de invloed van organisch stof in de bodem? Geotechniek, 2022(1), 27-31. https://www.vakbladgeotechniek.nl/pdf-archief/jaargang-26-2022-nummer-1 [Repository]

Other output

Soundaranathan, M., Al-Sharabi, M., Sweijen, T., Hassanizadeh, M., & Markl, D. (2022). Modelling the swelling of pharmaceutical tablets from single particle understanding using DEM. https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/81762/

2021

Scholarly publications

van Lopik, J. H., Sweijen, T., Hartog, N., & Schotting, R. J. (2021). Contribution to head loss by partial penetration and well completion: implications for dewatering and artificial recharge wells. Hydrogeology Journal, 29, 875-893. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

Scholarly publications

Dekker, J. M., Sweijen, T., & Zech, A. (2020). Groundwater flow below construction pits and erosion of temporary horizontal layers of silicate grouting. Hydrogeology Journal, 28(8), 2821-2832. [DOI] [Repository]
Sweijen, T., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & Chareyre, B. (2020). Unsaturated flow in a packing of swelling particles: a grain-scale model. Advances in Water Resources, 142, Article 103642. [DOI] [Repository]
Sweijen, T., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Aslannejad, H., & Leszczynski, S. (2020). The effect of particle shape on porosity of swelling granular materials: Discrete element method and the multi-sphere approximation. Powder Technology, 360, 1295-1304. [DOI] [Repository]

2019

Professional publications

Sweijen, T., Hartog, N., Winters, G., Haasnoot, J. K., & van der Stoel, A. E. C. (2019, Jun 1). Geochemie van waterglasinjecties. Geotechniek. https://issuu.com/uitgeverijeducom/docs/geotechniek.nr.2_juni2019

2018

Scholarly publications

Zhao, J. D., Sweijen, T., & Das, A. P. (2018). A coupled micromechanical model for triphasic granular system. In 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils https://www.issmge.org/uploads/publications/62/63/3-6.UNSAT2018_255.pdf
Mahmoodlu, M. G., Van Genuchten, M. T., Sweijen, T., & Raoof, A. (2018). Unsaturated hydraulic properties of heterogeneously packed sands: A pore-scale computational study. Journal of Hydrology, 565, 570-580. [DOI] [Repository]
D'Aniello, A., Hartog, N., Sweijen, T., & Pianese, D. (2018). The impact of water saturation on the infiltration behaviour of elemental mercury DNAPL in heterogeneous porous media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 216, 1-9. [DOI] [Repository]
Sweijen, T., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Chareyre, B., & Zhuang, L. (2018). Dynamic Pore-Scale Model of Drainage in Granular Porous Media: The Pore-Unit Assembly Method. Water Resources Research, 54(6), 4193-4213. [DOI] [Repository]
D'Aniello, A., Hartog, N., Sweijen, T., & Pianese, D. (2018). Infiltration behaviour of elemental mercury DNAPL in fully and partially water saturated porous media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 209, 14-23. [DOI] [Repository]
D'Aniello, A., Hartog, N., Sweijen, T., & Pianese, D. (2018). Infiltration and Distribution of Elemental Mercury DNAPL in Water-Saturated Porous Media: Experimental and Numerical Investigation. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 229(1), 1-17. Article 25. [DOI] [Repository]

2017

Scholarly publications

Sweijen, T., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Aslannejad, H., & Leszczynski, S. (2017). Grain-Scale Modelling of Swelling Granular Materials Using the Discrete Element Method and the Multi-Sphere Approximation. In Poromechanics VI: Proceedings of the Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics (pp. 329-336). ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers. [DOI]
Nikooee, E., Habibagahi, G., Daneshian, B., Sweijen, T., & Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2017). A grain scale model to predict retention properties of unsaturated soils. 1229-1232. Paper presented at 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2017, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
Sweijen, T. (2017). A grain-scale study of unsaturated flow in highly swelling granular materials. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. UU Dept. of Earth Sciences. [Repository]
Sweijen, T., Chareyre, B., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & Karadimitriou, N. K. (2017). Grain-scale modelling of swelling granular materials; application to super absorbent polymers. Powder Technology, 318, 411-422. [DOI] [Repository]
Sweijen, T., van Duijn, C. J., & Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2017). A model for diffusion of water into a swelling particle with a free boundary: Application to a super absorbent polymer particle. Chemical Engineering Science, 172, 407-413. [DOI] [Repository]
Sweijen, T., Aslannejad, H., & Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2017). Capillary pressure–saturation relationships for porous granular materials: Pore morphology method vs. pore unit assembly method. Advances in Water Resources, 107, 22-31. [DOI] [Repository]

2016

Scholarly publications

Nikooee, E., Sweijen, T., & Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2016). Determination of the relationship among capillary pressure, saturation and interfacial area: A pore unit assembly approach. E3S Web of Conferences, 9, Article 02002. [DOI] [Repository]
Mahmoodlu, M. G., Raoof, A., Sweijen, T., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2016). Effects of sand compaction and mixing on pore structure and the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(8), 1-11. Article vzj2015.10.0136. [DOI] [Repository]
Sweijen, T., Nikooee, E., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & Chareyre, B. (2016). The Effects of Swelling and Porosity Change on Capillarity: DEM Coupled with a Pore-Unit Assembly Method. Transport in Porous Media, 113(1), 207-226. [DOI] [Repository]

Other output

Sweijen, T., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & Aslannejad, H. (2016). Grain-scale modelling of swelling granular materials: the effect of particle shape on porosity, permeability, and retention properties. Abstract from 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris, France.

2015

Scholarly publications

Huyghe, J. M., Nikooee, E., Sweijen, T., & Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2015). Two sides of a coin: A critical review, and mathematical and phenomenological study of what we call hydromechanical coupling. In COUPLED PROBLEMS 2015 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (pp. 106-115). International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

2014

Scholarly publications

Sweijen, T., Hartog, N., Marsman, A., & Keijzer, T. J. S. (2014). The transport behaviour of elemental mercury DNAPL in saturated porous media: Analysis of field observations and two-phase flow modelling. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 161, 24-34. [DOI]