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Brian R. Ellis

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Brian R. Ellis

Faculty Affiliate

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Status:
Current
Education
  • Ph.D., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2012
  • M.A., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2009
  • B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006
Office Location
1351 Beal Avenue, 211 EWRE
Research Interests

My research interests cover topics related to the sustainable and safe development of emerging energy technologies. Included among these activities are geologic storage of CO2 and large-scale hydrualic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas reservoirs. We examine important water-rock interactions that occur in these subsurface systems through a combination of experimental studies (bench-scale high-pressure flow-through and batch reactors), imaging techniques (computed micro-tomography, SEM, XRF, XANES), and geochemical modeling. Specific topics of interest: permeability evolution in fractured geologic media, release/transport of groundwater contaminants from shale gas reservoirs, development of regulatory policy pertaining to hydraulic fracturing activities.