We are thankful to have received approval to do limited field work as Berkeley Lab continues working under COVID-19 requirements. As an example, last month research scientist Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos along with Michelle Robertson and Todd Wood of the Geosciences Measurement Facility deployed a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system on a “dark fiber” at a…
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Artist’s illustration of water molecules. A research team led by Berkeley Lab has designed a new crystalline material that targets and traps copper ions from wastewater with unprecedented precision and speed. (Credit: Sashkin/Shutterstock) We rely on water to quench our thirst and to irrigate bountiful farmland. But what do you do when that once pristine water…
Read MoreThis news article originated on the website of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). A team of national laboratories, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) with support from the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory, is collaborating in a multi-scale modeling project that resulted in…
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Martin Lesueur, a postdoc fellow in the Energy Geosciences Division, is the recipient of a 2020 section award from AGU: the Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award. Lesueur, whose research is focused on linking micro-scale digital rock physics to field-scale reservoir engineering, is one of seven postdocs and students from across the world…
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A research team led by scientists within the Energy Geosciences Division has received funding through Berkeley Lab’s Strategic Planning Support Activities and Laboratory Directed Research Development programs to work towards establishing a Lithium Resource Research and Innovation Center (LiRRIC). In partnership with researchers from the Energy Technologies and Energy Sciences Areas at Berkeley Lab, EGD…
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Two EESA scientists, Charuleka Varadharajan and Carl Steefel, have been selected to receive Director’s Awards in 2020. In addition, a team that includes Peter Fiske and Carol Valladao of EESA, are being honored for playing an essential role in Berkeley Lab’s award of the $100M DOE Water-Energy Hub, NAWI. The Director’s Awards program recognizes…
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Susan Hubbard, the associate laboratory director for the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area at Berkeley Lab, was introduced into the National Academy of Engineering Class of 2020 on October 4. Dr. Hubbard is one of 87 members and 18 international members who were formally inducted into the 2020 class at a virtual ceremony during…
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Berkeley Lab’s experts contributed to developing seven technologies that were recognized with R&D100 awards this week. One R&D100 award, announced Wednesday by parent company WTWH Media LLC, is for a simulator co-developed by EESA researchers: Amanzi-ATS. For more than 50 years, the annual R&D 100 Awards have recognized 100 technologies of the past year deemed…
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Thermal mud pots at Controlled Thermal Resources’ project site at the Salton Sea. (Courtesy CTR) Deep beneath the surface of the Salton Sea, a shallow lake in California’s Imperial County, sits an immense reserve of critical metals that, if unlocked, could power the state’s green economy for years to come. These naturally occurring metals are dissolved…
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Scientists from the Energy Geosciences Division will collaborate with European partners on three new geothermal research projects through the Department of Energy’s membership in GEOTHERMICA, a transnational consortium that combines the in-country financial resources and research expertise of 15 participating countries to demonstrate and validate novel concepts in geothermal energy use. This marks the first…
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