Keyword Topic: Geomechanics & Geomaterials

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Geophysics

Associate Department Head & Professor, Baker Hughes Chair

dugan@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Coastal Groundwater Systems | Community Development | Community Engagement | Desalination | Energy-Water Nexus | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Glaciology | Hydrogeological Systems | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Near-Surface Geophysics | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Science Communication | Science Diplomacy | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

hedayat@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Circular Economy | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geotechnical Engineering | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Petroleum Engineering

Assistant Professor

mohamed.khaled@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Economic Modeling | Energy Conversion | Energy Efficiency | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy Transition | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geotechnical Engineering | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Mineral Economics | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Remote Sensing | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Resource Economics | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | Underground Safety

Manika Prasad, PhD

Manika Prasad, PhD

Geophysics

Professor

mprasad@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate Variability | Decarbonization Strategies | Decarbonizing Transportation | Energy Transition | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Modeling | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Reducing Emissions | Remote Sensing | Renewable Energy | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs