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Derek Elsworth is a professor in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, and the Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids, and Geohazards. His interests are in the areas of computational mechanics, rock mechanics, and in the mechanical and transport characteristics of fractured rocks, with application to geothermal energy, the deep geological sequestration of radioactive wastes and of CO₂, and instability and eruption dynamics of volcanoes.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

For current opportunities see the Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids, and Geohazards

DUSEL Oucomes - November 2-4, 2007 - Summary Materials

TEACHING

International Consortium on Energy and the Environment [ICEEIT]

Fluid Mechanics [EME 303]
Energy and Society: Energy Choices for the New Millennium [EMSc 470W - 2000]
Energy and Society: Industrial Revolution to Industrial Ecology [EMSc 470W - 2003]
Contaminant Hydrology [GeoEE 408]
Engineering Physics of Energy and Geo-Environmental Systems [EGEE 500]

Mathematical Modeling of Energy and Geo-Environmental Systems [EGEE 520]

Design Engineering in Energy and Geo-Environmental Systems [EGEE 580]
Computational Geomechanics [GeoEE 557]
Poromechanics & Original [GeoEE 559]

Rock Mechanics and Fracture Hydrology Seminar [EGEE 596]

RESEARCH

Publications - Single copies for personal use

Areas of Interest and Public Links

Yucca Mountain - Near-field and altered-zone processes - Expert Elicitation
Yucca Mountain - Consequences of Igneous Intrusion - NWTRB & ACNW
Underground Science Labs - EarthLab and  NSF-ARMA Workshop
Enhanced/Engineered Geothermal Systems - ARMA Report - Presentation
Volcano Dynamics - Flank and Dome Collapse [BBC MegaTsunami]

Links
BBC - BBC WorldService - NY Times
ARMA - AGU
NSF - Fastlane
PSU Libraries - ISI Web of Science - GeoREF

PERSONAL - protected

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