Research Team


Graduate Students

Bijay K. C.

Ph.D Student (Fall 2017-present)
M.S. California State University, Fresno, 2017
Research topic: TBD

Maziar Foroutan

Ph.D Student (Fall 2017-present)
M.S. Louisiana State University, 2017
Research topic: TBD

Undergraduate Students

Bonnie McMorrow

2017-2018
Research topic: Characterization of Martian simulants

Mathew Stevens

2017-2018
Research topic: 3D CT image analysis and modeling

Kaitlyn Fuller

Fall 2017/Spring 2018
Research topic: Intelligent compaction

Louisa Deering

Fall 2016/Spring 2017
Research topic: X-Ray CT image analysis in porous media

Heidi Miller

Fall 2016/Spring 2017
Research topic: Characterization of Fillite as Martian simulant

Precious Jagun

Barrett Scholar, Summer 2016
Research topic: Coupled processes in Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Nicholas Bucci

Nicholas Bucci

Barrett Scholar, Summer 2015
Research topic: Application of MICP for subsurface sealing

Andrea Elhajj

Andrea Elhajj

Summer/Fall 2015
Research topic: Sustainability of Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Erica Quallen

Erica Quallen

Summer/Fall 2015
Research topic: X-Ray CT image analysis in porous media

Thalia Harrington

Barrett Scholar, 2014
Research topic: Application of electrodialysis for treatment of flowback water in Marcellus shale

Alumni

Arash Kamali-Asl

Arash Kamali-Asl

Degree: Ph.D (2015-2019)
Dissertation: Coupled THMC processes in geothermal and shale energy development
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
Maria Peraki

Maria Peraki

Degree: Ph.D (2013-2017)
Dissertation: Application of electrokinetic technology in subsurface energy
Current position: Project Engineer, Osborn Consulting Inc.

Robert Caulk

Degree: M.S. (2013-2015)
Thesis: Shallow and Deep Geothermal Resource Sustainability
Current position: Ph.D. student, Grenoble Institute of Technology

Rafael Villamor Lora

Degree: M.S. (2013-2015)
Thesis: Geomechanical Characterization of Marcellus Shale
Current position: Ph.D. student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology