Visit of Werner Siemens Foundation at Grimsel rock laboratory
Underground magnetotelluric measurements in the Black Forest Observatory Friedemann Samrock
Inauguration Werner Siemens Foundation commemorative plaque with ETH President Professor Dr. Lino Guzzella (fourth from right)
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) experimental equipment for reactive flow visualization in fractured porous media - M. Ahkami
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Fieldwork Aarau - Friedemann Samrock
GEG Lab - Reactive flow-through system
CO₂-Plume Geothermal (CPG) System
GEG Group 2018
Geothermal exploration and energy utilization in Mongolia - Friedemann Samrock
Fieldwork DNA nanotracer
Modeling of the influence of pressure propagation and tracer injection in the DUG-Lab
Geophysical Field Course for students Geothermics part by X. Kong
Visit of Werner Siemens Foundation at ETH Zurich - GEG Group
Fieldwork Aluto-Langano Ethiopia - Friedemann Samrock

Mission Statement

The Geothermal Energy & Geofluids group is endowed by the Werner Siemens Foundation and investigates reactive fluid (water, CO2, CxHy, N2) and (geothermal) energy (heat, pressure) transfer in the Earth’s crust employing computer simulations, laboratory experiments and field analyses to gain fundamental insights and to address a wide range of societal goals and concerns.

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Top Ranking for ETH Zurich’s Earth Sciences in Nature Index 2018

20.12.2018

ETH is listed number one among the 200 best academic institutions in Earth & Environmental Sciences in the Nature Index 2018. This index is based on publications in the 82 journals selected as the most important journals by two panels of scientists, which are independent of the Nature Publishing Group.
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SNF Ambizione Grant

25.10.2018

Dr. Allan Leal has been awarded an SNF Ambizione grant to develop innovative computational methods for ultra-fast simulations of coupled physical and chemical processes using machine learning and GPU parallel computing, starting on January 1, 2019.
Link to personal homepage of Allan Leal

Dr. Allan Leal

SNF R4D Grant

01.10.2018

Dr. Friedemann Samrock has been awarded an SNF R4D grant to develop a geoscientific framework for geothermal exploration and energy utilization in Mongolia, started on September 1, 2018.
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Dr. Friedemann Samrock

Top Ranking for ETH Zurich’s Earth Sciences in QS World University Rankings

14.03.2018

Earth and marine sciences at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich was ranked the best in the world for the 4th time in a row. The results were published by the QS World University Rankings.
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Inauguration of commemorative plaque for the Werner Siemens Foundation

12.09.2017

Werner Siemens Foundation visits the Geothermal Energy & Geofluids Group and has a guided tour at the GEG Laboratories.

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Inexhaustible resource of clean, renewable Geothermal Energy.
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Grimsel rock lab, feasibility of geothermal power plants.
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Grimsel rock laboratory, safer drilling methods.
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22.01.2019

Hydro-mechanical processes in natural and 3D printed fractures – Practice for Research Plan Defence

Hoda Javanmard (GEG group presentation)
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29.01.2019

Field demonstration of a combined thermo-mechanical drilling technology

Edoardo Rossi (GEG group presentation)
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The value of bulk energy storage for reducing CO2 emissions and water requirements from regional electricity systems.

Ogland-Hand, J.D., J.M. Bielicki, Y. Wang, B.M. Adams, T.A. Buscheck, and M.O. Saar
Energy Conversion and Management, 181, pp. 674-685, 2019. Download

On the direct measurement of shear moduli in transversely isotropic rocks using the uniaxial compression test

Dambly, M.L.T., M. Nejati, D. Vogler, and M.O. Saar
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences (IJRMMS), 113, pp. 220-240, 2019. Download

Using TNT-NN to Unlock the Fast Full Spatial Inversion of Large Magnetic Microscopy Datasets

Myre, J.M., I. Lascu, E.A. Lima, J.M. Feinberg, M.O. Saar, and B.P. Weiss
Earth Planets and Space, 2019.

Evidence for fluid and melt generation in response to an asthenospheric upwelling beneath the Hangai Dome, Mongolia

Comeau, M.J., J.S. Kaufl, M. Becken, A. Kuvshinov, A.V. Grayver, J. Kamm, E. Batmagnai, and S. Demberel
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 487, pp. 201-209, 2018. Download

The seismo-hydro-mechanical behaviour during deep geothermal reservoir stimulations: open questions tackled in a decameter-scale in-situ stimulation experiment

Amann, F., V. Gischig, K. Evans, et al., A. Kittilä, S. Wiemer, M.O. Saar, S. Löw, Th. Driesner, H. Maurer, and D. Giardini
Solid Earth, pp. 115-137, 2018. Download

Silica-encapsulated DNA-based tracers for aquifer characterization

Mikutis, G., C.A. Deuber, L. Schmid, A. Kittilä, N. Lobsiger, M. Puddu, D.O. Asgeirsson, R.N. Grass, M.O. Saar, and W.J. Stark
Environmental Science & Technology, 52, pp. 12142-12152, 2018. Download