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Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Wed, Sep 13, 2017 @ 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Birendra Jha, Assistant Professor/USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Talk Title: Coupled Flow and Geomechanics of Petroleum Reservoirs, Aquifers, and Faults
Abstract: Can we inject and produce fluids out of subsurface reservoirs without causing damaging earthquakes? Can we design and control hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" of rocks to maximize productivity but minimize risks? Will underground sequestration of CO2 lead to induced seismicity and eventually CO2 leakage along faults? Did Indian monsoon rainfall have something to do with the Nepal earthquake? These are some of the questions facing the petroleum industry, geothermal industry, environmental scientists, and the geoscience community-at-large. One way to approach these questions, and the approach that we follow, is physics-based modeling of the underlying processes of fluid flow, rock deformation, and faulting or fracturing. We specialize in computational modeling and simulation of continuum scale coupled flow, transport and geomechanical processes. We develop mathematically rigorous and computationally efficient numerical frameworks and conduct lab experiments to understand, forecast and eventually control these processes in nature. I will present some of the salient features of our computational framework that includes a finite element-finite volume method to solve the flow and deformation problems sequentially. Then I will show results from a few studies that attempt to answer the questions posed in the beginning.
Biography: Birendra Jha is an Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at USC. He received his masters in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT. He has several years of experience in the petroleum industry in India and US. In the Geosystems Engineering and Multiphysics Lab (gemlab.usc.edu) at USC, Birendra's group conducts research in computational and experimental geomechanics funded by the Department of Energy and the Rose Hills Foundation.
Host: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ashleen Knutsen
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USC Racing Friends and Family Day
Sat, Sep 16, 2017
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
On September 16, USC Racing will be hosting its first Friends and Family Day of the semester. The event will take place at USCʼs Engineering Quad in the form of a tailgate before the USC vs. Texas football game. During the event, USC Racing will be providing:
- Burgers and Soft Drinks
- A raffle for USC Racing Apparel
- An opportunity to take a picture in our most recent car More special prizes
Regardless of whether you are currently a part of the USC Racing family or would like to become a part of it, please feel free to stop by and join us at our tailgate tent!More Information: USC Racing Friends and Family Day 2017.pdf
Location: Engineering Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Ashleen Knutsen