GEO-SURE GROUP - Research Applications

RESEARCH APPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS

IMPACTS OF RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE AND MITIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Energy Sustainability and Resilience

Tight shale gas as a transitional energy resource with the lowest CO2 among hydrocarbon resources (e.g., reducing the impacts of “fracking”)
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) as unlimited renewable energy resource

Geo-environmental Sustainability and Resilience

Geohazard mitigation of landslides, particularly as impacted by climate change
Safe and reliable geological sequestration (GS) to reduce anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere

Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience

Use of underground tunneling and construction for safe, reliable, economical, and environmentally friendly transportation infrastructure, particularly in urban areas

GEO-ENERGY - tight-shale gas as a transitional energy resource. Natural gas has the lowest CO2 content of all hydrocarbon resources

GEO-ENERGY - Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) as an unlimited environmentally-friendly energy resource

GEO-ENVIRONMENT: Geomechanics of CO2 Geological Sequestration (GS) Reservoirs

GEO-ENVIRONMENT: Geomechanics of CO2 Geological Sequestration (GS) Reservoirs - Caprock (shale) and fault seal integrity from 2-phase fluid coupled H-M modeling of CO2 GS reservoirs.

GEO-ENVIRONMENT: Impact of climate change on landslides

MOST RECENT RESEARCH: SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT UNDERGROUND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE through the DOT-Funded Tier 1 Center for Underground Transportation Infrastructure (CUT-I) which Dr. Gutierrez directs

Reliability analysis – Future extension of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel (EJMT) in Colorado

Machine Learning for early prediction of rock tunnel ground collapse based on TBM operational and geological parameters – Jiling, China, Water Conveyance Tunnel

Machine Learning - Predictions of Soil Mixing, Grain Size Distribution, and Clogging Potential of the Tunnel Excavation Face using EPBM Operational Data