A1.      Niven, R.K. & Khalili, N. (1998), In situ fluidisation by a single internal vertical jet, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 36(2), 199-228.

A2.      Niven, R.K. & Khalili, N. (1998), Gas-liquid upflow washing for in situ remediation of diesel-contaminated soils, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 35(6), 938-960.

A3.      Niven, R.K., Khalili, N. and Hibbert, D.B. (2000), Mixed solid / dispersed phase particles in multiphase fluidised beds. I: Free energy of stability due to interfacial tension, Chemical Engineering Science, 55, 3013-3032.

A4.      Niven, R.K., Khalili, N. and Hibbert, D.B. (2000), Mixed solid / dispersed phase particles in multiphase fluidised beds. II: Stability at laminar to turbulent flow scales, Chemical Engineering Science, 55, 3033-3051.

A5.      Valliappan, S., Khalili, N. and Niven, R.K. (2000), A new technology for remediation of contaminated sites in lowland areas, Lowland Technology International, 2(2): 43-54.

A6.      Niven, R.K. (2002), Physical insight into the Ergun and Wen & Yu equations for fluid flow in packed and fluidised beds, Chemical Engineering Science, 57, 527-534.

A7.      Niven, R.K. & Khalili, N. (2002), In situ fluidization for peat bed rupture, and preliminary economic analysis, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 59(1-2): 67-85.

A8.      Niven, R.K. (2004), The constrained entropy and cross-entropy functions, Physica A, 334(3-4): 444-458.

A9.      Niven, R.K. (2005), Ethanol in gasoline: environmental impacts and sustainability, review article, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 9(6): 535-555.

A10.    Niven, R.K. (2005), Exact Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, Physics Letters A, 342(4): 286-293.

A11.    Niven, R.K. (2006), q-Exponential structure of arbitrary-order reaction kinetics, Chemical Engineering Science, 61(11): 3785-3790.

A12.    Niven, R.K. (2006), Cost of s-fold decisions in exact Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, Physica A,  365(1): 142-149.

A13.    Niven, R.K. (2006), Force stability of pore-scale fluid bridges and ganglia in axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric configurations, Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, 52: 1-18.

A14.    Niven, R.K. & Suyari, H. (in submission) The q-gamma and (q,q)-polygamma functions of Tsallis statistics, 12 Dec. 2006. Download text; Download figures

A15.    Niven, R.K. & Suyari, H. (in submission) Combinatorial basis and finite forms of the Tsallis entropy function, 5 Jan 2007. Download file

Disc-1 Niven, R.K. & Khalili, N. (1996), discussion paper concerning Davis, A.P. & Singh, I., Washing of zinc(II) from contaminated soil column, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 121(2), 174 - 184, published September 1996, 881-883.

Disc-2 Niven, R.K. (2000), discussion paper concerning Cheng, N.-S. & Chiew, Y.-M., Incipient sediment motion with upward seepage, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 37(5), 665-681, published 38(6), 475-477.

Disc-3 Niven, R.K. (2002), discussion paper concerning Jackson, R.E. (2001), DNAPL remediation: which ‘new paradigm’ will prevail ?, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 2001, 21(3), Summer, 54-58, published 2002, 22(3), Summer, 169.

Disc-4 Niven, R.K. (2002), discussion paper concerning D.W. Barr (2001), Coefficient of permeability determined by measurable parameters, Ground Water, 39(3): 356-361, published 2002, 40(6): 670-671.

Disc-5 Niven, R.K. (2003), discussion paper concerning D.W. Barr (2001), Turbulent flow through porous media, Ground Water, 39(5): 646-650, published 41(4): 544-547.

Disc-6 Niven, R.K. (2005), reply to Stevenson, P., discussion paper concerning Niven, R.K. (2002), Physical insight into the Ergun and Wen & Yu equations for fluid flow in packed and fluidised beds, Chemical Engineering Science, 2004, 57, 527-534, published 2005, 60(1), 299-300.

B1.      Niven, R.K. (1990), The hydrogeology and geochemistry of seepage beneath the south tailings dam, Woodlawn Mine, NSW, Environmental Workshop, Wollongong, October 1990, Proceedings, Vol. I, The Australian Mining Industry Council, Dickson, ACT, 172-206.

B2.      Khalili, N. & Niven, R.K. (1996), Upflow washing: a new in situ technology for organic and metal remediation, 3^rd International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, June 10-12 1996, San Diego, CA, Technomic Publishing Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Vol. 1, 745-754.

B3.      Niven, R.K. & Khalili, N. (2000), Peat bed rupture by in situ fluidisation, and field trials in uncontaminated sands, 2000 Contaminated Site Remediation Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 4-8 December 2000, Centre for Groundwater Studies, CSIRO Land and Water, Wembley, WA, Australia, 679-686.

B4.      Valliappan, S., Khalili, N. and Niven, R.K. (2000), Keynote presentation: A new technology for remediation of contaminated sites in low land areas, International Symposium on Lowland Technology, Institute of Lowland Technology, Saga University, Japan, October 2000.

B5.      Niven, R.K. (2001), In situ fluidization for passive barrier installation and maintenance, Chlorinated Solvent Symposium, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, April 1-5, 2001, Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 41(1): 1113.

B6.      Niven, R.K. (2001), In situ fluidization for solids addition to permeable reactive barriers, 2001 International Containment & Remediation Technology Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, 10-13 June 2001, paper 115.

B7.      Khalili, N. & Niven, R.K. (2001), In situ fluidisation for remediation of contaminated sandy sites, in Smith, D.W., Fityus, S.G. & Allman, M.A. (eds), Proceedings of the 2^nd ANZ Conference on Environmental Geotechnics, November 2001, Newcastle, Australia, Australian Geomechanics Society Inc. (Newcastle chapter), Newcastle, NSW, 515-527.

B8.      Looi, S., Niven, R.K., Burgess, J., Harrowfield, D. & Khalili, N. (2002), Preliminary soil contamination investigation of Mirror Pensinsula, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, , in Snape, I. & Warren, R. (eds), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Contaminants in Freezing Ground, Hobart, Tas., 14-18 April 2002, Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, Tas., 26-27.

B9.      Niven, R.K. (2002), The contaminated site assessment process in Australia: implications for Antarctic investigations, in Snape, I. & Warren, R. (eds), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Contaminants in Freezing Ground, Hobart, Tas., 14-18 April 2002, Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, Tas., 24-25.

B10.    Looi, S., Niven, R.K., Burgess, J., Harrowfield, D., Khalili, N. & Chattopadhyay, G. (2003), Preliminary soil contamination investigation of Mirror Pensinsula, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, in Nahir, M., Biggar, K. & Cotta, G. (eds) Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites in the Arctic and Cold Climates (ARCSACC), 4-6 May 2003, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 155-158.

B11.    Niven, R.K. (2003), Contaminated site assessment in Antarctica: some difficulties and anomalies, in Nahir, M., Biggar, K. & Cotta, G. (eds) Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites in the Arctic and Cold Climates (ARCSACC), 4-6 May 2003, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 148-154.

B12.    Niven, R.K. (2004), Neutrally buoyant fluid droplets and bridges in axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric configurations, 8th International Symposium on Reservoir Wettability, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 16-18 May 2004, manuscript published on CD-ROM.

B13.    Niven, R.K. (2004), Ethanol in petrol: air pollution and sustainable energy friend or groundwater contamination foe?, paper E4544, Enviro 04 Convention & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia, 28 March - 1 April 2004, abstract published on CD-ROM.

B14.    Niven, R.K. and Fox, J. (2005), Environmental impact of the “zero waste” policy of recycling, 6th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption & Production, 10-12 October 2005, Melbourne, Australia.

B15.    Niven, R.K. (2005), Exact statistical mechanics, 3rd Int. Conf.: News, Expectations and Trends in Statistical Physics, 3-18 August 2005, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece.

B16.    Niven, R.K. (2005), Maximum-entropy velocity profiles and boundary layer theory in turbulent flow, 3rd Int. Conf.: News, Expectations and Trends in Statistical Physics, 3-18 August 2005, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece.

B17.    Grendar, M. & Niven, R.K. (in submission) the Polya urn: limit theorems, Polya divergence, maximum entropy and  maximum probability, submitted to ISIT2007, archived http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0612697

C1       Niven, R.K. (2005), Towards the Information-Theoretic Paradigm of Contaminant Transport Modelling, monograph, School of Aerospace, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia, 26 May 2005, ISBN 0-9757753-0-8 (bound), ISBN 0-9757753-1-6 (web format), 26pp.

C2       Niven, R.K., Looi, S., Burgess, J.S., Harrowfield, D., Khalili, N. & Chattopadhyay, G. (2005), Preliminary Soil Contamination Investigation of the “Mirror Peninsula”, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. I: Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Diesel Range Organics), monograph, School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia, ISBN 0-9757753-2-4 (RB format) and ISBN 0-9757753-3-2, 52pp .

D1.      Niven, R.K. (2003), In situ fluidization for permeable reactive barrier installation and maintenance, in Henry, S.M. & Warner, S.D. (eds) Chlorinated Solvent and DNAPL Remediation, Innovative Strategies for Subsurface Cleanup, Symposium Series No. 837, Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Washington DC, ISBN 0-8412-3793-X, chapter 15, 217-235.

·          Niven, R.K. (in submission) Combinatorial information theory: I. Philosophical basis of cross-entropy and entropy, 45pp, November 2005, archived http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512017.

(1)           Niven, R.K. (2002), Press Release: High Levels of Ethanol in Petrol are Environmentally Irresponsible, UNSW Media Office, UNSW, Sydney, 24 October 2002.

(2)           Niven, R.K. (2002), Letter to editor, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 December 2002.

(3)           Niven, R.K. (2004), Media Release: Sugar option no longer sweet for sustainable energy, UNSW@ADFA Public Relations Office, Canberra, 30 Sept. 2004.

(4)           Niven, R.K. (2004), Do we want to put our water at risk? Canberra Times, Thursday, 28 October 2004.

(5)           Niven, R.K. (2006), Letter to editor, Canberra Times, 10 June 2006.