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Applied Geothermal Energy Project Department

Applied Geothermal Energy Project educates students to design and sustainably operate commercial geothermal power and district-heating systems. Through thermal-reservoir simulation exercises, students learn to assess resource feasibility, then work hands-on with thermodynamic modeling to plan slim-hole drilling, balance production and injection wells, and design reinjection strategies. Paired with experience designing real-time monitoring scenarios, graduates gain the practical competency to manage reservoirs sustainably and lead geothermal projects.

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Field-based Curriculum · 14

This department's curriculum is built directly on the GeoVerse Lab research fields its professors hold — click a field to see how it is taught.

Geothermal Heat Flow & Reservoir Thermal Modeling
Geothermal Heat Flow & Reservoir Thermal Modeling
This course teaches geothermal heat-flow modelling, quantifying conductive and c…
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Geothermal Slim-Hole Drilling & Well Completion
Geothermal Slim-Hole Drilling & Well Completion
Teaching geothermal slim-hole drilling as a risk-reduction strategy alongside we…
Anthony Francis Lucas
Geothermal Production/Injection Well Balance & Reservoir Pressure Management
Geothermal Production/Injection Well Balance & Reservoir Pressure Management
Teaching reservoir pressure management through mass balance between production a…
James Prescott Joule
Reinjection Strategy & Tracer Testing
Reinjection Strategy & Tracer Testing
Teaching tracer-test interpretation of breakthrough curves to assess reinjection…
Adolf Eugen Fick
Geothermal Fluid Geochemistry, Scaling & Corrosion Control
Geothermal Fluid Geochemistry, Scaling & Corrosion Control
This course teaches prediction and control of scaling and corrosion in geotherma…
Wilhelm Ostwald
Flash Steam Geothermal Power Plant Engineering
Flash Steam Geothermal Power Plant Engineering
This course teaches flash steam geothermal power generation, in which high-tempe…
Auguste Rateau
Binary Cycle (Organic Rankine Cycle) Geothermal Power Plants
Binary Cycle (Organic Rankine Cycle) Geothermal Power Plants
Teaching binary cycle (Organic Rankine Cycle) plants that generate power from mo…
Jacob Perkins
Geothermal District Heating & Direct Use
Geothermal District Heating & Direct Use
Teaching geothermal direct use and district heating, this course begins with why…
Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
Geothermal Reservoir Numerical Simulation
Geothermal Reservoir Numerical Simulation
This course teaches numerical solution of the coupled mass- and heat-transport e…
Phyllis Nicolson
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) & Hydraulic Fracture Mechanics
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) & Hydraulic Fracture Mechanics
Teaching the fracture mechanics of enhanced geothermal systems, which create fra…
Charles Inglis
Geothermal Exploration Geophysics
Geothermal Exploration Geophysics
Centred on magnetotelluric surveying, this course teaches geothermal exploration…
Arthur Schuster
Volcanic & Magmatic Heat Source Geology
Volcanic & Magmatic Heat Source Geology
This course teaches volcanic and magmatic heat-source geology, evaluating the lo…
Giuseppe Mercalli
Wellhead & Small-Scale Geothermal Power Generation
Wellhead & Small-Scale Geothermal Power Generation
This course teaches the engineering and economics of wellhead geothermal generat…
Charles Gordon Curtis
Geothermal Resource Sustainability & Production Decline Management
Geothermal Resource Sustainability & Production Decline Management
Teaching how to set sustainable offtake using production decline curves and rein…
William Stanley Jevons