Project Grant DESC0018816

Dr. Jeremy R. Patterson was awarded a $180,000 National Science Foundation Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship to research dynamic flow channeling through complex fracture networks under oscillatory flow conditions at Rice University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. This Project Grant, funded through NSF's Geosciences program under the CFDA number 47.050, will support the development of new methods to better understand how subsurface flows are concentrated through interconnected...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $210,272 to Penn State University for collaborative research on adaptive mixed-dimensional modeling and simulation of porous media from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The research aims to develop stable numerical methods for simulating flow in fractured porous media based on mixed-dimensional modeling approaches. Key products include advanced...

This $205,186 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Texas A&M AgriLife Research will support research to improve the measurement and prediction of crack formation in shrink-swell soils. The overarching goal is to enhance models of water flow and contaminant transport in these dynamic soil systems, which have a disproportionately large impact on water quantity and quality. Key objectives include: 1) quantifying the relationship between...

Alien Sandbox LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop intelligent proppants for hydraulic fracture diagnostics. The project aims to deliver new proppant technologies to improve characterization of hydraulic fractures for enhanced oil and gas recovery. Work will be performed in Austin, Texas through October 31, 2022 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA No. 81.049). This program supports...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research and development at the University of Tulsa to advance the modeling and analysis of CO2 transport in porous media for geological carbon sequestration. The $157,471 award, effective July 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, aims to develop computationally efficient data-driven models to predict and analyze the complex flow behavior of CO2 in geological formations. The...

Oklahoma State University was awarded a $282,444 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "PORE-SCALE MACHINE-LEARNING MODELING OF FLOW AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF CARBONATE ROCKS." The three-year award commenced on February 1, 2021 with an expected completion date of January 31, 2024. Under this award, researchers at Oklahoma State University will apply machine learning techniques to develop pore-scale models of fluid flow and solute transport...

The $255,963 National Science Foundation grant to Teverra LLC will support the development of an innovative downhole tool for direct measurement of in-situ rock stresses in deep well environments. Funded through the NSF Engineering Directorate's $47.041 million CFDA program, the Phase I project aims to design, model, and prepare prototypes for a modular stress measurement tool applicable to vertical, deviated, and horizontal wells. Key objectives include analytical and numerical solutions to...

This $258,177 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports research at Rice University to advance understanding of the physical controls on carbon dioxide release from shale weathering and its influence on Earth's climate. The three-year award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund collection of field data on the loss of organic carbon in shale depth profiles at sites in California with varying erosion and precipitation rates. Researchers will measure profiles up to 10...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences provides $399,904 to enhance discrete fracture network modeling using evolutionary and quantum computing approaches. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, the award runs from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. Through the Desert Research Institute, the primary awardee, and a subaward to the University of Nevada, Reno, the...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Colorado School of Mines $2,197,721 under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) federal grant program on May 5, 2023 to complete the project by May 4, 2026. The award will support integrating reservoir stimulation and sensing technology to enhance in-situ mining and carbon mineralization through disruptive electro-hydraulic fracturing and distributed fiber-optic sensing....