News and Updates

Summer 2025:

August:
- Student Award: Khomchan Promneewat received the 2025 Geothermal Rising Travel Grant to support his research presentation at the upcoming Geothermal Rising Annual Conference, to be held in October in Reno, Nevada. Congratulations!
- Dr. Ye has joined the ARMA Induced Seismicity Webinar Committee, where he will help organize monthly webinars for the induced seismicity research community.
July:
- New Paper: A new paper on fracture closure and hydraulic fracturing (HF)-based stress measurement, co-authored by Dr. Ye and Dr. Ahmad Ghassemi (University of Oklahoma), has been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
June:
- At the 2025 ARMA Conference, Dr. Ye co-organized the "Fundamentals of Experimental Rock Mechanics" workshop, co-chaired two sessions, and published a conference paper.

May:
- GEOE 720/720L students delivered final presentations on various topics related to experimental rock deformation.
April:
- Student Award: Khomchan Promneewat received the 2025–2026 Lawrence J. Mazlack Fellowship from the Graduate College in recognition of his research and academic excellence. Congratulations!
- Dr. Wenfeng Li from Los Almas National Laboratory visited our group and the GGE Department, delivering a seminar on fracture mechanics.
- Dr. Ye's GEOE 461/561 class toured Dakota Gold to explore directional drilling and mineral processing. Appreciation to Dakota Gold for hosting us!
March
- Dr. Lianbo Hu from BP America delivered a webinar on deepwater offshore drilling for the GEOE 461/561 class.
February:
- Dr. Ye presented geothermal research at the 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Stanford University, CA.
January:
- Dr. Ye begun teaching the GEOE 461/561 – Drilling and Production Engineering.
- Dr. Ye launched a new graduate course at SD Mines: GEOE 720/720L – Experimental Rock Deformation.

December:
- Dr. Ye received the 2024 AGU Early-Career Travel Grant and joined a roundtable meeting at NSF headquarters, Alexandria, VA.
- Dr. Ye presented presented research on hydraulic fracturing at the 2024 AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C.
November:
- Dr. William Kibikas from Sandia National Laboratories visited our group and the GGE Department, delivering a seminar on geothermal research.
October:
- Dr. Ye presented geothermal related research at the 2024 Geothermal Rising Conference held in Kona, Hawaii.
August:
- New Graduate Students: Khomchan Promneewat and Ajita Bhandari have joined the Subsurface Geomechanics Laboratory as PhD students. Welcome aboard!
- Dr. Ye begun teaching GEOE 467/567: Introduction to Geomechanics, achieving a high enrollment of 18 students.

July:
- Dr. Ye has been awarded a $1,700 AGU Faculty Travel Grant for attending the upcoming AGU meeting.
June:
- New Grant: Dr. Ye received a $90,000 Competitive Research Grant from the South Dakota Board of Regents. Thanks to SD BOR for the support!
- Dr. Ye co-organized the "Fundamentals of Experimental Rock Mechanics" workshop and chaired a technical session at the 2024 ARMA Symposium.
May:
- New Grant: Dr. Ye received a $5,000 Nelson Research Grant. Thanks to Nelson Grant and VP Research Office for their support!

April:
- GEOE 461/561 class visited Dakota Gold for a tour of directional drilling and mineral processing. Thanks to Dakota Gold for hosting us!
March:
- Our geomechanics group has recruited two PhD students for the upcoming Fall 2024 semester.
February:
- Dr. Ye presented geothermal related research at the 2024 Stanford Geothermal Workshop.
January:
- Dr. Ye begun teaching the GEOE 461/561: Drilling and Production Engineering.

December:
- Mr. Tim Barker, a retired geophysicist from Shell, delivered a guest lecture on Seismic Geomechanics for the GEOE 467/567 class.
November:
- We purchased two more Teledyne ISCO syringe pumps for precise fluid injection and control.
October:
- Dr. Ye presented geothermal related research at the 2023 Geothermal Rising Conference held in Reno, Nevada.
September:
- Andrew Bachman joined our SGL team as an undergraduate research assistant.
- Dr. Ye led the students of GEOE 467/567 to visit the renowned salt/rock mechanics laboratory of RESPEC. Mr. Jakub Hladysz from RESPEC kindly guided us on an informative tour.
- Dr. Ghassemi (University of Oklahoma) and Dr. Ye co-presented a webinar regarding hydraulic fracturing (HF)-based stress determination for the ARMA Hydraulic Fracturing Community.
- Neal Miller recently joined our SGL group as an undergraduate research assistant.
August:
- Dr. Ye begun teaching the GEOE 467/567: Introduction to Geomechanics.
- Dr. Ye arrived in Rapid City and started the new position at South Dakota Mines.

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