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derek.elsworth@psu.edu
Publications and Google-scholar
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, unconventional hydrocarbons including coal-gas, tight-gas-shales and hydrates, and instability and eruption dynamics of volcanoes.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
For current opportunities see the Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids, and Geohazards
TEACHING
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]
Energy, Environment and Society: The "Energy" New Deal - Down Under [EMSc 470W - 2013]
Contaminant Hydrology [EnvSE 408]
Engineering Physics of Energy and Geo-Environmental Systems [EGEE 500]
Mathematical Modeling of Energy and Geo-Environmental Systems [EGEE 520]
Computational Geomechanics [GeoEE 557]
Poromechanics [GeoEE 559] Book
Design Projects
Graduate - Design Engineering in Energy and Geo-Environmental Systems [EGEE 580]
Graduate/Undergraduate - NREL National Student Geothermal Competition[Report][Presentation]
RESEARCH
Publications - Single copies for personal use
Books - Poromechanics
Edited Books - DCRocks - Beijing CO2
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]
Volcano Dynamics - Deep conduit processes - CALIPSO & CALIPSOKids
Volcano Dynamics - Flank & Dome Collapse
Dissolution/precipitation mechanics
Enhanced/Engineered Geothermal Systems
In situ Testing - uCPT and PUPPI
Links
BBC - BBC WorldService - NY Times
ARMA - AGU
NSF - Fastlane
PSU Libraries - ISI Web of Science - GeoREF
PERSONAL - protected
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