J. Carlos Santamarina, Ph.D.

Former ANPERC Members

Associate Center Director & Professor, Energy GeoEngineering Research group

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Research Interests

Professor Santamarina explores the scientific foundations of geomaterial behavior and subsurface processes using particle-level and pore-scale experiments combined with numerical methods and high-resolution process monitoring systems. This conceptual and experimental framework is advancing the study of phenomena and the development of solutions in energy geotechnology with contributions to: resource recovery (petroleum, methane hydrates), energy geo-storage, efficiency and conservation, and energy waste (carbon geological storage, fly ash and nuclear waste).

Dr. Santamarina leads the Energy GeoEngineering research group.

Selected Publications

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h9S80WwAAAAJ&hl=en
EGEL: https://egel.kaust.edu.sa/

Education

Ph.D. Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 1987
MSc. University of Maryland, Washington, D.C, USA, 1984
BSc. Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, 1982

KAUST Affiliations

Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)