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Research Team: Golder Associates Personnel Qualifications
Thomas W. Doe

B.A., Geology, Pomona College, 1971.
M.S., Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973.
Ph.D., Geology and Mining Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980.

Dr. Doe is a Principal with Golder Associates. He specializes in the design of site characterization programs in low permeability, fractured rock. In particular, he has worked extensively on interpretation of well tests in fractured rock to determine hydraulic and geometric characteristics of fractures. He also has an established reputation in the design of stress measurement program for underground construction. His major areas of work are in hydraulic fracturing and in hydraulic jacking tests for pressure tunnels. Project specific work includes a program of hydrologic tests and stress measurements for North Fork Stanislaus project, a hydroelectric development in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California; a program of single fracture well test studies for Stripa Project, Sweden, an international research program in radioactive waste disposal; and a comparative program of well testing methods at Atomic Energy of Canada’s Underground Research Laboratory in Canada. Dr. Doe will serve as task investigator for hydraulic testing.

Selected Publications:

Doe, T., J. Long, C. Wilson, and H. Endo, “Approached to evaluating the permeability and porosity of fractured rock masses”, Proceedings 23d U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Issues in Rock Mechanics, AIME, p. 30-38, 1982.

Noorishad, J. And T. Doe, “Numerical simulation of fluid injection into deformable fractures”, Proceedings 23d U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Issues in Rock Mechanics, AIME, p. 645-654, 1982.

Doe, T., W. Hustrulid, B. Leijon, K. Ingevald, and L. Strindell, 1983, “Determination of the state of stress at the Stripa Mine, Sweden”, Proc. Workshop on Hydraulic Fracturing Stress Measurements, National Academy of Sciences, p. 119-129.

Doe, T., and J. Geier, 1990. Determination of Fracture System Geometry from Well Tests, OECD/SKB Stripa Project Report 90-3.

Doe, T., 1991. Fractional Dimension Analysis of Constant-Pressure Well Tests, Soc. Petroleum Engineers Annual Meeting, Dallas TX.