School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences
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Simona Onori
Assistant Professor of Energy Resources Engineering and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsModeling, control and optimization of dynamic systems;
Model-based control in advanced propulsion systems;
Energy management control and optimization in HEVs and PHEVs;
Energy storage systems- Li-ion and PbA batteries, Supercapacitors;
Battery aging modeling, state of health estimation and life prediction for control;
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Franklin M. ("Lynn") Orr, Jr.
Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor in Petroleum Engineering, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsResearch
My students and I work to understand the physical mechanisms that control flow of multiphase, multicomponent fluids in the subsurface, using a combination of experiments and theory. The theory part includes numerical simulation of flow in heterogeneous porous rocks and coalbeds, often using streamline approaches, and it also involves solving by analytical methods the differential equations that describe the interactions of complex phase equilibrium and flow (porous rocks containing more than one flowing phase can sometimes act like a chromatograph, separating components as they flow). The experiments are used to test how well the models describe reality. Applications of this work range from enhanced oil and gas recovery to geologic storage of carbon dioxide (to reduce greenhouse gas emissions) to the transport of contaminants in aquifers.
Teaching
I teach a courses for graduate students on the mathematics of multiphase, multicomponent flow in porous media and on the thermodynamics of phase behavior. I also teach an undergraduate course on energy for freshmen.
Professional Activities
Member, National Research Council Committee on Subsurface Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rocks, 2013-present, Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame; Member, Division Committee for the Division of Earth and Life Sciences of the National Research Council, 2012-present; Member, Energy Technology Innovation System Working Group, President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, 2010; Member, California Energy Future study committee (2009-2010); Member, NRC Committee on America's Energy Future (2007-2009); co-chair, Workshop on Basic Research Needs for the Geosciences, U.S. Dept. of Energy (2007); IOR Pioneer, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2006); Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (2005); member, Advisory Board, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University (2004-present); director, Global Climate & Energy Project, Stanford University; member, Faculty Leadership Committee, Stanford Institute for the Environment (2004-05); National Associate of the National Academies (2002); Robert Earl McConnell Award, AIME (2001); election to National Academy of Engineering (2000); member, Board of Directors, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1999-2008); member, Provost's Committee on the Environment (1995-2004); member, Board of Directors, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (1987-present); Chair, Fellowships for Science and Engineering Advisory Panel, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1990-present); -
Dante Orta Aleman
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHis current research focuses in the use of machine-learning models for automatic interpretation of temperature profiles in Oil & Gas wells.
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Ahinoam Pollack
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOptimization of Enhanced Geothermal Systems Under Uncertainity
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Anshuman Pradhan
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioI am a fourth year PhD student in the department of Energy Resources Engineering. My research focuses on building reliable descriptions of hydrocarbon reservoirs by transcending disciplinary boundaries. My work on seismic imaging algorithms during my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree and the insights I have gleaned with about eight years of studying geosciences have led me to believe in the value of integrating geology, geophysics and reservoir engineering. A major facet of my research encompasses developing workflows and methodologies to build robust earth models by integrating constraints from basin modeling, rock physics and seismic imaging. My research is also aimed at developing stochastic inverse methods by incorporating principles from machine learning and signal processing.
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Jeffrey Rutherford
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsFor his PhD research, Jeff is using bottom-up life cycle assessment (LCA) tools to evaluate the climate and energy intensity of energy projects. Specifically, using the Oil Production and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Estimator (OPGEE, an open source LCA tool), Jeff is estimating the environmental impact of a sample of natural gas projects globally. Necessarily, this requires the rigorous quantification of life cycle energy consumption and fugitive emissions.
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Sarah Dawn Saltzer
Managing Director of SCCS, Department of Energy Resources Engineering - Energy Resources Engineering
Current Role at StanfordManaging Director Stanford Center for Carbon Storage
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Celine Scheidt
Sr Res Engineer
BioCéline Scheidt has worked extensively in uncertainty modeling, sensitivity analysis, geostatistics and in the use of distance-based methods in reservoir modeling. She obtained her PhD at Strasbourg University and the IFP (France) in applied mathematics, with a focus on the use of experimental design and geostatistical methods to model response surfaces.
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Dong Song
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioI am a PhD student studying Energy Resources Engineering. My background includes a MS in Petroleum Engineering, a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and industry experience as a petroleum engineer. I am motivated by the energy issues facing the world. My research focuses on data driven methods to understand the governing mechanisms of the data.
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Joanna Sun
Assistant Director of Student Services, Department of Energy Resources Engineering - Energy Resources Engineering
Current Role at StanfordStudent Services, Department of Energy Resources Engineering
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Ruixiao Sun
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThree-phase compositional simulator with gas injection for EOR
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Haoyu Tang
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioI am a PhD student majoring in Energy Resources Engineering.
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Daniel Tartakovsky
Professor of Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEnvironmental fluid mechanics, Applied and computational mathematics, Biomedical modeling.
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Søren Henri Taverniers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDesign and implementation of novel statistical algorithms based on the Multilevel Monte Carlo method to accelerate the quantification of uncertainty in quantities of interest for multiphase systems such as reactive granular media and subsurface flows.
Development of neural-network based surrogate approaches to enable data-driven sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification for multiscale systems such as energy storage systems, and accelerate the design process of such devices. -
Hamdi Tchelepi
Professor of Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrent research activities include: (1) modeling unstable miscible and immiscible flows in heterogeneous formations, (2) developing multiscale formulations and scalable linear/nonlinear solution algorithms for multiphase flow in large-scale subsurface systems, and (3) developing stochastic approaches for quantifying the uncertainty associated with predictions of subsurface flow performance.
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Holger Christian Philipp Teichgraeber
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioHolger Teichgraeber is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University. He is a Wells Family Stanford Graduate Fellow and is advised by Prof. Adam Brandt.
In his research, he focuses on applying state-of-the-art computational tools at the intersection of optimization and machine learning to energy systems problems. As an example, he has worked extensively on the development of new algorithms and applications of time-series aggregation for infrastructure planning and operations.
Out of his research, two open-source software packages have emerged: TimeSeriesClustering implements unsupervised learning methods for time-series data (git.io/TimeSeriesClustering), and CapacityExpansion provides an extensible, data-driven infrastructure planning tool for energy systems (git.io/CapacityExpansion).
Holger has previously interned at the battery software company Doosan GridTech; in the renewable energy forecasting division of Vaisala (formerly 3Tier); in the market optimization group at RWE Power, one of Europe's largest utility companies; and at ThyssenKrupp, one of the world's largest steel producers. -
Bolivia Vega
Research Engineer, Department of Energy Resources Engineering - Energy Resources Engineering
Current Role at StanfordResearch Engineer at the Energy Resources Engineering Department
Executive Director of the Center for Mechanistic Control of Unconventional Formations (CMC-UF) -
Clothilde Marie Aline Venereau
Masters Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCapacity expansion modeling of California's future electricity grid to meet decarbonization goals under different electricity demand scenarios.
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Gregory Von Wald
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSimulation and optimization of low-carbon energy systems
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Ziyan Wang
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioI am a PhD student in Ilenia Battiato’s group at the Department of Energy Resources Engineering in Stanford University. My research focuses on developing hybrid multiscale methods for unconventional hydrocarbon recovery. Currently, I am conducting simulations of reactive transport during hydraulic fracturing. This research helps to reuse hydraulic fracture fluid efficiently, which can reduce the environmental impacts of unconventional hydrocarbon production.
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Ross Weber
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI combine machine learning and physics-based modeling to develop algorithms for quantifying microstructural effects in Lithium-ion battery electrodes in computationally efficient ways. This can enable Battery Management Systems (BMS) to access real-time microscale information, which can allow for optimal battery control for improved safety and prolonged lifetime.
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Gege Wen
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioGege Wen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Benson Lab. She obtained her B.S. degree from the Mining Engineering Department at the University of Toronto and an M.S. degree from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Stanford University.
Her Ph.D. research focuses on using deep learning to conduct fast multiphase flow simulation. -
Timothy Yeo
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNumerical simulation of the fully coupled fluid flow and geomechanical deformation in fractured reservoirs using the method of augmented Lagrangian and discrete fracture model
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Yuran Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Energy Resources Engineering
BioYuran Zhang recently received her PhD from the Department of Energy Resources Engineering (ERE) at Stanford University and is currently a postdoc at ERE. Her research explores the use of novel tracer technologies, especially the application of molecular microbiology techniques, for better characterization of the subsurface.
