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A Microscale Analysis of Millimeter-wave Induced Vitrified Basalt for Use in Enhanced Geothermal Energy Systems
At this year’s annual symnposium of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA), one of six “Best Paper” awards went to “A Microscale Analysis of Millimeter-wave Induced Vitrified Basalt for Use in Enhanced Geothermal Energy Systems,” by ERL/CEE PhD candidate Eve Meltzer, CEE Research Scientist Damian Stefaniuk, and ERL/CEE Prof. Herbert Einstein. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/153727 “Extraction of the…
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Congratulations to Dr. Cassandra Seltzer
On May 28, 2024, Cassandra successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Deformation and its Surface Expression in Stressed Planetary Materials”. Her advisor was Prof. Matěj Peč of ERL and Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
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Making climate models relevant for local decision-makers
MIT News features work by ERL/EAPS Principal Research Scientist Dr. Sai Ravela: A new downscaling method leverages machine learning to speed up climate model simulations at finer resolutions, making them usable on local levels. by Paige Colley|EAPS June 11, 2024 Climate models are a key technology in predicting the impacts of climate change. By running…
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Experimentally assessing the uncertainty of forecasts of geological carbon storage
How accurately can researchers predict the results of underground carbon storage? Prof. Ruben Juanes of ERL/CEE is part of a team addressing this question with a new paper in the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583624001051 “Geological storage of carbon dioxide is a cornerstone in almost every realistic emissions reduction scenario outlined by the…