Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES)

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Director

Larry Lake


Lead Institution

University of Texas at Austin


Year Established

2009


Mission

To understand and control emergent behavior arising from coupled physics and chemistry in heterogeneous geomaterials, particularly during the years-to- decades time scales over which injection for geologic CO2 storage will drive natural systems far-from-equilibrium.


Research Topics

carbon sequestration


Materials Studied

Materials: None

Interfaces: None

Nanostructured Materials: None


Experimental and Theoretical Methods

surface science, continuum modeling, finite element method


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Partner Institutions

  • Sandia National Laboratories
  • University of Texas at Austin

BES Staff Contact

P. Thiyagarajan (Thiyaga)