Keyword Topic: Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

Geophysics

Mines | PNNL Joint Appointment

frederick.day-lewis@pnnl.gov

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Environmental Modeling | Environmental Monitoring | Geophysical Modeling | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Mineral Resource Assessment | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Predictive Modeling | Remote Sensing | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Uncertainty Quantification | Watershed Management

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

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

Ben Frieman, PhD

Ben Frieman, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

bfrieman@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Mining Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering

Associate Professor

eholley@mines.edu

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geochemistry | Mine Water | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Volcanology | Waste to Resource

Ge Jin

Ge Jin

Geophysics

Associate Professor

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 | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Energy Efficiency | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Fugitive Emission & Leak Detection | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs

Zane Jobe, PhD

Zane Jobe, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Research Professor

zanejobe@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Data Science | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonizing Transportation | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy Storage | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Fluid Dynamics | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Ground Penetrating Radar | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydropower | In-Situ Recovery | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Remote Sensing | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Reservoir Simulation Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Unconventional Reservoirs | Watershed Management | Wind Energy & Technologies

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

Yvette Kuiper, PhD

Yvette Kuiper, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Associate Professor

ykuiper@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Geologic Mapping | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Gravity Exploration | Magnetic Exploration | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Plate Motions / Tectonics | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Yaoguo Li, PhD

Yaoguo Li, PhD

Geophysics

Professor

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Geophysical Modeling | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Eileen Martin, PhD

Eileen Martin, PhD

Geophysics; Applied Mathematics & Statistics

Associate Professor

eileenrmartin@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Innovation in Computing

Keywords: Algorithms | Cyber-Physical Systems | Data Science | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geophysical Modeling | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | High Performance Computing | Modeling & Simulation | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

John McCray, PhD

John McCray, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

jmccray@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environment Climate & Society | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Bioremediation | Borehole Data Interpretation | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Geochemistry | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Groundwater Contamination | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Nuclear Remediation | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Soil Remediation Technologies | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Sustainable Remediation Practices | Sustainable Resource Management | Water Quality Monitoring | Water Reuse & Recycling | Water Treatment Technologies | Watershed Management

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Petroleum Engineering

Department Head & Professor

jmiskimi@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Energy Economics | Energy Justice | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | In-Situ Recovery | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Reducing Emissions | Regulatory Policy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resource Economics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management

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

Paul Sava

Paul Sava

Geophysics

Department Head & Professor, C.H. Green Chair of Exploration Geophysics

psava@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Planetary Instrumentation | Remote Sensing | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

Geophysics

Professor

jshragge@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Ground Penetrating Radar | Groundwater Contamination | Near-Surface Geophysics | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Watershed Management | Wave Phenomena

John Spear, PhD

John Spear, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

jspear@mines.edu

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

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Robotics for the Modern World | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Biochemistry | Bioinformatics | Bioremediation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Climate Change | Climate Systems Interactions | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy Efficiency | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Microbiology | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Policy | Environmental Toxicology | Genetics | Geochemistry | Glaciology | Groundwater Contamination | Materials for Extreme Environments | Methane Emission Reduction | Mine Water | Molecular Biology | Nuclear Remediation | Robot Architectural Design | Soil-Plant Interactions | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Watershed Management

Ilya Tsvankin, PhD

Ilya Tsvankin, PhD

Geophysics

University Distinguished Professor

itsvanki@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Energy Transition | Geophysical Modeling | Remote Sensing | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping