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News & Events

  • 05/2023: Our peer-reviewed journal article focused on the development of a novel Machine Learning (ML) model for biogeomechanics, was accepted for publication in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (IF =6.52).

  • 05/2023: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on the use of expansive cementitious materials in rock grouting, was accepted for publication in Case Studies in Construction Materials (IF =4.93).

  • 05/2023: GGES Lab member, Larissa Cavalcante, was awarded the NJIT Honors College Langan Grant in Civil and Environmental Engineering for her summer research project in GGES Lab.

  • 04/2023: GGES Lab member, Saad Rehmatullah, was awarded the NJIT Provost Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Summer Fellowship.

  • 04/2023: GGES Lab attended the Carbon, Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) 2023 Conference in Houston, Texas.

  • 04/2023: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article which is focused on mechanisms and controlling factors of carbonate reservoir characterization adopting rock physics models was accepted for publication in Geoenergy Science and Engineering.

  • 04/2023: GGES Lab attended the 35th Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering & Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • 03/2023: GGES lab was accepted into the NSF I-Corps Northeast Hub Regional program.

  • 03/2023: GGES Lab attended the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles, California..

  • 02/2023: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article which proposed a novel method for predicting oil and gas produced water volume was accepted for publication in Environmental Science: Advances.

  • 02/2023: Dr. Kolawole gave an invited Seminar Talk at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University - Newark, New Jersey, on February 1, 2023.

  • 02/2023: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on the review of oil and gas produced water was accepted for publication in SPE Production & Operations (IF =1.4).

  • 12/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on mechanisms controlling the injection of Supercritical cyclic gases in Shale rocks for enhanced fluid recovery, was accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels (IF =4.65).

  • 11/2022: Our peer-reviewed journal article focused on mechanical responses of rock-microbial interaction in dolostones, was accepted for publication in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (IF =6.52).

  • 11/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on rock physics modeling of changes in mechanical and fracture properties in shale rocks due to pore-fluid flow, was accepted for publication in Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources  (IF = 4.86).

  • 11/2022: Our peer-reviewed journal article focused on microbial-induced hydrocarbon recovery in carbonate reservoirs, was accepted for publication in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (IF =4.6).

  • 10/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on nano- to macro-Scale physico-mechanical and mineralogical alterations in shale rocks due to long-term supercritical CO2 (ScCO2) interaction during CO2 sequestration, was accepted for publication in Applied Energy  (IF = 11.45).

  • 10/2022: Dr. Kolawole gave an invited talk at the Fall 2022 Seminar in the Department of Civil Engineering, Stony Brook University, NY, on October 21, 2022. For more info: link

  • 10/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on the sustainable reuse of underground energy-produced effluents during hydrocarbon production, was accepted in Environment, Development and Sustainability (IF =4.1).

  • 09/2022: Our peer-reviewed journal article focused on containment & CO2 storage security in carbonates, was accepted for publication in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (IF =4.4).

  • 09/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal paper focused on CO2-water alternating gas (CO2-WAG) for CO2 sequestration, was accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels (IF =4.65).

  •  08/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal paper focused on purpose-specific water treatment units used in the oil and gas industry and their technological advancements, was accepted for publication in SPE Production & Operations (IF =1.4).

  • 06/2022: Dr. Kolawole received a 2022 Future Leader Award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA). For more information on this Award click here: ARMA Future Leader

  • 06/2022: GGES Lab attended the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics  (ARMA) Symposium held on June 26-29, 2022 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. 

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