Water Resources and Sustainability

Research focuses on measuring, understanding and predicting water stress and how water stress may change in the future with changes in climate and water demand. This work touches on hydrology, geology, remote sensing and water quality, as well as disciplines outside the department, such as biology, sociology and economics. Part of the focus of this research is to identify water management solutions and alternatives to build more sustainable systems.

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Interested in discussing the research we are working on or learning more? Please contact:

Dr. Baojun Bai

Lester R. Birbeck Endowed Professor, Petroleum Engineering

Research Interests

Water management, conformance control, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), CO2 EOR and Storage, fluid flow in porous media, and
unconventional oil and gas development.

For additional information regarding Dr. Bai's research, please visit his website, or select here for publications.

Dr. David Borrok

Dean for College of Engineering and Computing, Gulf Oil Foundation Professor, Geology and Geophysics

Research Interests

Water resources, water quality, aqueous geochemistry, petroleum geochemistry, and geomicrobiology.

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Dr. John Hogan

Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics/Petroleum Engineering

Research Interests

Structural geology - folding and faulting; igneous petrology - granite petrogenesis and textural development; tectonics - extensional regimes; and significance of sub-horizontal topographic surfaces.

For additional information regarding Dr. Hogan's research, please see his website, or select here for publications.

Dr. Mingzhen Wei

Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering

Research Interests

Reservoir simulation, data mining, unconventional resources, and enhanced oil recovery.

For additional information regarding Dr. Wei's research, please see her website, or select here for publications.