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Prof Eleonora Rivalta is visiting the Geo-Energy Laboratory

Published:30.06.23 — At the beginning of July, Prof Eleonora Rivalta from the University of Bologna is visiting the Geo-Energy Laboratory for several days. Her visit will favour the interaction and exchange between her work at the University of Bologna and at the GeoForschungsZentrum in Potsdam, where she holds a position as a senior scientist. The highlight will be a Seminar by Prof Rivalta on Magma Propagation by Diking on the 7th of July, 11 am in GC B1 10.

Hydraulic fracturing – Myths & Realities

Published:30.03.23 — The Gaznat chair on Geo-Energy soon hosts the "Hydraulic fracturing – Myths & Realities" workshop for decision-makers, regulators, NGOs, project engineers, geologists, and geophysicists. This first-of-its-kind two-day Workshop on the EPFL campus just opened its registration, which is open until the 7th of May. Taking place on the 8th and 9th of June 2023, this informative Workshop is a unique opportunity to get answers about hydraulic fracturing from leading world experts in the field.

Ankit Gupta joins as a post-doctoral scientist

Published:07.02.23 — Dr Ankit Gupta has joined the GeoEnergy lab in January 2023 as a post-doctoral scientist and will work on developing a fully-coupled BEM/FEM framework to study fluid-driven shear rupture on pre-existing fractures.

Emil Gallyamov joins as a post-doctoral scientist

Published:20.06.22 — Dr Emil Gallyamov joins as a post-doctoral scientist to work on the ENAC Interdisciplinary Cluster grants (2022) “OSGEOCGS" - An Open-Source platform for Geomechanical assessment of CO2 Geological Storage.

Lucas Pereira receives the research prize of Ecole Polytechnique

Published:02.11.20 — Lucas Pereira has received the prestigious prize for the best research internship of the Ecole Polytechnique (also known as X), France for his work performed at EPFL geo-Energy lab. Due to the Covid-19 situation, Lucas did his internship entirely remotely with weekly interactions via Zoom.