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We are pleased to invite you to attend two online webinars by Dr. J. Carlos Santamarina (Professor @ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)) that is scheduled to take place on October 20 (Wednesday) from 1 pm to 2 pm.
https://uwaterloo.webex.com/uwaterloo/j.php?MTID=md93a6fd68adfa1a8434c11d377408fd6
BIO:
Dr. J. Carlos Santamarina (Professor - KAUST) graduated from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and completed graduate studies at the Universities of Maryland and Purdue. He taught at NYU-Polytechnic, the University of Waterloo and at Georgia Tech before joining KAUST in 2015. His research centers on the science of geomaterials and engineering solutions to address global energy challenges, with contributions from resource recovery to energy and waste geostorage. He delivered the 50th Terzaghi Lecture on Energy Geotechnology, was a British Geotechnical Association Touring Lecturer, and is member of both Argentinean National Academies. Former team members are professors at more than forty universities, researchers at national laboratories, or practicing engineers at leading organizations worldwide.
Title: Energy: A Geo-Centered Perspective
There will be a pronounced increase in energy demand in the next decades associated to economical development and population growth worldwide. In the meantime, climate change has been tracking our dependency on fossil fuels, and it is a rapidly evolving threat to our daily lives, with marked implications on livability and infrastructure worldwide. Energy geo-science and engineering is at the center of the energy-climate-and-livability challenge, from resource recovery, transportation, consumption and conservation, to waste management, carbon sequestration and infrastructure adaptation. The central role of energy geoengineering extends to all energy resources, including fossil fuels, nuclear energy and renewable sources. In all cases, engineering solutions will require a thorough understanding of underlying subsurface processes that involve sediments, fractured rocks and complex fluids.
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