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Understanding Anomalous Transport in Fractured Rock
New work from ERL deepens understanding of fluid diffusion through networks of tiny cracks in subsurface rock. To fully understand the risks and benefits of underground activities such as oil/gas production, geothermal energy production, or carbon sequestration, energy industry scientists need a detailed understanding of how fluids flow through fractures deep beneath the Earth’s surface.…
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Congratulations Dr. Wei Li
On April 3, 2019, Wei Li succesfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Reactive Transport Processes in Soluble Porous Rocks.” He is shown here with his advisor Prof. Herbert Einstein of ERL and MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Tuning the Model
ERL/EAPS Graduate Student Meghana Ranganathan uses math and machine learning to improve how climate predictions are made FROM MIT SPECTRUM, WINTER 2019: A SIREN WAILED, PROMPTING MEGHANA RANGANATHAN, AGE 6, TO RUN TO THE CLOSET in the guest room. She was armed with a stack of Calvin and Hobbes books and a glass of water. She…
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The Birth of Digital Seismology at MIT
Led by MIT alum Enders Robinson, MIT’s former Geophysical Analysis Group transformed the field of geophysical recording and data processing. Cover Image: Punch tape courtesy of Dr. Sven Treitel; oilfield seismogram courtesy of Bill Gafford, Geophysical Society of Houston Geoscience Center. From the latest issue of EAPS Scope magazine by EAPS News: In the late 1940s,…