GeoVerse Lab
← Resource & Energy Engineering Division

Geothermal Energy Engineering Center

Develops geothermal-energy extraction technologies — including EGS (enhanced geothermal systems) stimulation and heat recovery — through thermal-reservoir simulation, modeling hydrothermal/petrothermal resource potential, drilling approaches, and the economics of binary-cycle/direct-use power generation.

Reservoir Modeling & Recovery CenterWell & Production Engineering CenterRock Mechanics & Geomechanics CenterGeothermal Energy Engineering CenterCarbon Engineering CenterHydrogen Energy & Storage CenterMining Engineering CenterNuclear Energy Engineering Center
Research Fields 25
Geothermal Exploration Geophysics
📡 Geothermal Exploration Geophysics
Geothermal exploration geophysics is the pre-drilling application of surface physical-prop…
Geothermal Fluid Geochemistry & Geothermometry
🧫 Geothermal Fluid Geochemistry & Geothermometry
Geothermal fluid geochemistry and geothermometry is the study of dissolved solutes, gases …
Terrestrial Heat Flow & Conductive Thermal Modeling
🌡️ Terrestrial Heat Flow & Conductive Thermal Modeling
Terrestrial heat flow is the rate at which thermal energy conducts outward through the Ear…
Hydrothermal Alteration Mineralogy
🔬 Hydrothermal Alteration Mineralogy
Hydrothermal alteration mineralogy is the identification, classification and spatial mappi…
Geothermal Reservoir Simulation & Numerical Modeling
💻 Geothermal Reservoir Simulation & Numerical Modeling
Geothermal reservoir simulation is the numerical solution of coupled mass- and energy-bala…
Well Testing & Pressure Transient Analysis
📉 Well Testing & Pressure Transient Analysis
Well testing and pressure transient analysis interprets the time-dependent downhole pressu…
Geothermal Drilling Engineering
⚙️ Geothermal Drilling Engineering
Geothermal drilling engineering is the design and execution of wellbores through hard, oft…
Enhanced Geothermal Systems & Hydraulic Stimulation
💥 Enhanced Geothermal Systems & Hydraulic Stimulation
Enhanced (or engineered) geothermal systems (EGS) engineering designs hydraulic, thermal a…
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Modeling
🧩 Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Modeling
Thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupled modeling simulates the mutual interaction of heat tr…
Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Operations
📈 Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Operations
Induced seismicity in geothermal operations is the assessment and mitigation of felt or da…
Tracer Testing & Reservoir Characterization
☢️ Tracer Testing & Reservoir Characterization
Tracer testing and reservoir characterization injects a small, precisely quantifiable amou…
Reinjection Engineering & Injectivity
🔄 Reinjection Engineering & Injectivity
Reinjection engineering and injectivity analysis designs the disposal of spent geothermal …
Dry Steam / Natural Steam Power Plants
💨 Dry Steam / Natural Steam Power Plants
Dry steam power plants convert naturally superheated, particle-free geothermal vapor direc…
Flash Steam Power Plants
♨️ Flash Steam Power Plants
Flash steam power plants generate electricity from liquid-dominated geothermal reservoirs …
Binary Cycle / Organic Rankine Cycle Power Generation
🔁 Binary Cycle / Organic Rankine Cycle Power Generation
Binary cycle power generation extracts electricity from moderate-to-low-temperature geothe…
Cascaded & Combined Heat-Power Utilization
♻️ Cascaded & Combined Heat-Power Utilization
Cascaded and combined heat-power utilization designs sequential-use schemes that route geo…
Direct-Use & District Heating Applications
🏘️ Direct-Use & District Heating Applications
Direct-use and district heating applications design the non-electric utilization of geothe…
Ground-Source Heat Pumps / Shallow Geothermal
🏠 Ground-Source Heat Pumps / Shallow Geothermal
Ground-source heat pumps use the shallow subsurface, typically the uppermost few hundred m…
Closed-Loop / Advanced Geothermal Systems
🌀 Closed-Loop / Advanced Geothermal Systems
Closed-loop, or advanced, geothermal systems (AGS) circulate a working fluid through a sea…
Supercritical & Superhot Rock Geothermal
🔥 Supercritical & Superhot Rock Geothermal
Supercritical and superhot rock geothermal characterizes and designs methods to exploit fl…
Volcanic-Hosted Geothermal Systems
🌋 Volcanic-Hosted Geothermal Systems
Volcanic-hosted geothermal systems characterize high-enthalpy hydrothermal reservoirs driv…
Geopressured-Geothermal Resources
🛢️ Geopressured-Geothermal Resources
Geopressured-geothermal resource assessment evaluates deep sedimentary formations, most no…
Resource Assessment & Reserve Classification
📊 Resource Assessment & Reserve Classification
Resource assessment and reserve classification estimates the magnitude of geothermal energ…
Borehole Geophysical Logging for Geothermal Wells
📟 Borehole Geophysical Logging for Geothermal Wells
Borehole geophysical logging for geothermal wells lowers sensors on a wireline to record c…
Geothermal Fluid Scaling & Corrosion Control
🧪 Geothermal Fluid Scaling & Corrosion Control
Geothermal fluid scaling and corrosion control applies aquatic solution chemistry to predi…