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Underground Science with kISMET1 min read

by Maryann Villavert on October 25, 2016

Energy Geosciences Division Energy Resources Program Domain Geochemistry Department Geologic Carbon Sequestration Program Geothermal Systems Hydrogeology Department

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Berkeley Lab geologists Patrick Dobson (left) and Curt Oldenburg (right) along with Bill Roggenthen (center) of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology at the kISMET site in the Sanford Underground Research Facility prior to drilling. (Photo courtesy Curt Oldenburg)

Our EESA researchers, with participation by multiple national labs, universities and industry partners throughout the U.S., are studying rock fracturing to accelerate advances in energy production and waste storage technologies about a mile beneath the Earth’s surface at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota. The Permeability (k) and Induced Seismicity Management for Energy Technologies (kISMET) project is led by Berkeley Lab’s EESA team. kISMET, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Subsurface Technology and Engineering Research, Development and Demonstration (SubTER Crosscut) focuses on investigating stress measurement and fracture stimulation with borehole monitoring to characterize relations between stress, induced fractures, and rock fabric.

Read more about their work recently featured in, “Underground Science: Berkeley Lab Digs Deep For Clean Energy Solutions” from the Berkeley Lab News Center (October 19, 2016).

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Chun Chang Places Second in Annual Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition3 min read

January 18, 2023

Commercializing Berkeley Lab inventions is an important part of the Lab’s mission, and one that requires strong communication skills. For example, Lab inventors need to be able to pitch their ideas to external partners and potential funders.  The annual Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition occurred on October 27, 2022 and is a part of an entrepreneurship…

EESA Scientists Collaborate With Universities to bring Environmental Science Research Opportunities and Training to Students Underrepresented in STEM3 min read

January 13, 2023

  EESA researchers are collaborators in three of the 41 projects awarded in December by DOE through its Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative.  RENEW aims to build foundations for research at institutions that have been historically underrepresented in the Office of Science (SC) research portfolio. The initiative provides opportunities for undergraduate and…

New Report Explores Revolutionary Environmental Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure5 min read

January 10, 2023

In a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) and DOE’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program, as well as with community experts, the Artificial Intelligence for Earth System Predictability (AI4ESP) workshop was held from October through December 2021. BER developed the process as the Model-Experiment paradigm, or ModEx, and a report released this fall outlines the key takeaways of last year’s event.

A Q&A With Postdoc Kunxiaoja Yuan3 min read

January 4, 2023

  Kunxiaojia Yuan received her Bachelor’s of Engineering in remote sensing and Ph.D. in geographic information engineering from Wuhan University. She is a postdoctoral researcher in EESA, with a research focus on global carbon, energy, and water cycle analysis and model evaluation using machine learning and causal inference. What motivated you to pursue a postdoc…

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