Keyword Topic: Rock & Soil Mechanics

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Mining Engineering

Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair

duzgun@mines.edu

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geotechnical Engineering | Intelligent Transportation | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Remote Sensing | Resilient Infrastructure | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Search & Rescue | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Underground Safety

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

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Mining Engineering

Associate Professor

rkaunda@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Modeling | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogeological Systems | In-Situ Recovery | Machine Learning | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mine Water | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Resources Development | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | Underground Safety | Waste Minimization

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

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Mining Engineering

Assistant Teaching Professor

hlammers@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Climate Variability | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Environmental Policy | Geotechnical Engineering | Integrated Water Resource Management | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Resources Development | Sustainable Resource Management

Pejman Tahmasebi

Pejman Tahmasebi

Petroleum Engineering

Associate Professor

tahmasebi@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Machine Learning | Materials Design | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Mechanical Behavior | Modeling & Simulation | Multiscale Theory & Analysis | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Exploration | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification