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EGD Hosts Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications

November 23, 2019

On November 4-5, 2019, the Environmental Geosciences Division co-hosted the DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on “Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications” in Brugg, Switzerland. Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological systems are critically important to the performance and safety assessment of geologic disposal systems for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Understanding…

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Post Energy Geosciences Division Resilient Energy

Better Predicting Earthquake Damage to Infrastructure with Faster Computing

October 30, 2019

This article originally appeared at lbl.gov and was authored by Jessica Scully. Researchers at Berkeley Lab are using high-performance computing systems to better predict how structures will respond to an earthquake along one of the Bay Area’s most dangerous faults. Berkeley Lab researcher David McCallen David McCallen is the principal investigator of a team of…

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How groundwater management activities can affect water quantity and quality

October 2, 2019

Peter Nico has co-authored a new working paper outlining how groundwater management activities can affect not only the quantity but also the quality of groundwater with a team of water-quality experts led by the Environmental Defense Fund. Nico is an environmental biogeochemist and program domain lead for Berkeley Lab’s Resilient Energy, Water and Infrastructure Program. …

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Testing Gas Leaks in an Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage Site using EM Tomography

September 25, 2019

Two vans that look like mail trucks, two 200-feet well, a 150-pound antenna, four scientists, and many many wires: that’s the scene at the Richmond Field Station, five miles outside of Berkeley. Here, Berkeley Lab scientists are testing a cross-well electromagnetic tomography technology that was originally developed to spot oil, gas, and water in deep…

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Post Energy Geosciences Division Resilient Energy Water Infrastructure

New $100M Innovation Hub to Accelerate R&D for a Secure Water Future

September 23, 2019

This news release appeared first on the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory website.  The National Alliance for Water Innovation, which is led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has been awarded a five-year, $100-million Energy-Water Desalination Hub by DOE (pending appropriations) to address water security issues in the United States. The Hub…

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Floriana Petrone Joins Faculty at University of Nevada-Reno

September 9, 2019

Floriana Petrone, previously a postdoctoral fellow and then research scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division at Berkeley Lab, joined the University of Nevada-Reno faculty this fall. Petrone was named assistant professor of civil engineering by the university’s College of Engineering. She will continue her work on behalf of Berkeley Lab analyzing the interaction between soils…

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GEM Fellow Viviana Vela Investigates Mechanics of Shale

August 29, 2019

Growing up in Los Angeles, Viviana Vela grew accustomed to feeling–and thinking about–earthquakes. She even brought that awareness to choosing her field of study: structural engineering, which she pursued first as an undergraduate student at UC San Diego and later at UC Berkeley’s College of Civil and Environmental Engineering where she received her Master’s Degree…

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Susan Hubbard Awarded Robert G. Wetzel Award for Water Quality

August 19, 2019

Susan Hubbard, Associate Laboratory Director for Earth and Environmental Sciences at Berkeley Lab, has been awarded the Robert G. Wetzel Award for Water Quality from the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH). AIH, founded in 1981, is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that certifies the competence and ethical conduct of professionals in the field of…

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