Western Research Institute

Recent papers from Western Research Institute

1. Using automated asphaltene determinator coupled with saturates, aromatics, and resins separation (SAR-AD™) to classify asphalt recycling agents as softeners, dispersants or destabilizersConstruction and Building Materials in Transportation · 2026
2. Effects of conventional energy infrastructure on leporid and sciurid density in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystemGlobal Ecology and Conservation · 2026
3. On the critical value of asphalt binder’s rheological index controlling the sign of the ΔTc parameterConstruction and Building Materials in Transportation · 2026
4. Brominated Persistent Organic Pollutants in Cloud/Fog Water: First Field Observations of Scavenging BehaviorEnvironmental Science & Technology · 2026
5. Racial–Ethnic Comparisons of ADOS ‐2 Algorithms for Young Verbal ChildrenAutism Research · 2026
6. Canadian real-world evidence: observational 24-week outcomes for health care practitioner authorized cannabisCanadian Journal of Pain · 2026
7. Coupled Optimization of Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO ₂ Storage in Low-Permeable ReservoirsEnergy & Fuels · 2026
8. Syrian hamster is an ideal animal model for evaluating the transmissibility of emerging influenza virusesEmerging Microbes & Infections · 2026
9. Integration of PINN with Conventional Well Logging for Few-Shot TOC Prediction in Ultradeep Source RocksACS Omega · 2026
10. National-scale multispecies connectivity models represent movements for a majority of species testedLandscape Ecology · 2025
11. Development of a new method to quantify filler dispersion in bituminous mastics by transmission microscopy and image analysisScientific Reports · 2025
12. Pore-Scale Insight of Tight Core Pressurized Imbibition: Impacts of Pressure, Interfacial Tension, and Pore-Throat ConnectivityEnergy & Fuels · 2025
13. Physics-informed Kolmogorov–Arnold networks to model flow in heterogeneous porous media with a mixed pressure-velocity formulationPhysics of Fluids · 2025
14. A new simulation approach for fracture fluid leak off during pre-CO2 fracturing in shale reservoirsPhysics of Fluids · 2025
15. Real-World Asphalt Pavement Emissions: Combining Simulation Chamber Measurements and City Scale Modeling to Elucidate the Impacts on Air QualityACS ES&T Air · 2025
16. Enhancing oil recovery and carbon sequestration through alternating injection of methane-rich associated gas and CO2 in deep reservoirsPhysics of Fluids · 2025
17. Stage-Specific Demographic Effects of Hydrologic Variation in a Stream SalamanderThe American Naturalist · 2024
18. Asphaltene agglomeration through physical-chemical and rheological testingRoad Materials and Pavement Design · 2023
19. SAR-AD Method to Characterize Eight SARA Fractions in Various Vacuum Residues and Follow Their Transformations Occurring during Hydrocracking and PyrolysisProcesses · 2023
20. Effect of Binder Chemistry and Related Properties on the Low-Temperature Performance Parameters of Asphalt BindersTransportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 2023