Develop coupled multiphysics models for high-rate stimulation technologies that generate complex fracture networks, enhance permeability, and expand subsurface reaction surfaces.
Research
Multiscale mechanics, transport, and scientific AI for energy and Earth systems
GIL combines experiments, high-fidelity simulation, and machine learning to understand coupled processes from pores and fractures to reservoirs and engineered Earth systems.
How We Approach Complex Systems
Connecting physics, computation, and data across scales
Our research framework links fundamental mechanisms to predictive tools for subsurface energy and engineered Earth systems.
Multiscale Mechanics
Connect microcrack initiation and fracture evolution to reservoir- and system-scale mechanical response.
Coupled Transport
Resolve interacting deformation, fluid flow, heat transfer, and transport in porous and fractured media.
Scientific AI
Integrate physics-based simulation and machine learning for efficient prediction, optimization, and risk assessment.
Current Research
Five connected priorities shaping GIL’s present program
Connect pore-network structure and solid deformation to Haines jump dynamics, fluid trapping, and predictive multiphase-flow closure laws.
Investigate the coupled mechanisms that can generate significant seismic events after subsurface fluid injection has stopped.
Develop high-fidelity, GPU-accelerated models for fracture growth, transport, closure, and residual aperture in coupled porous media.
Combine coupled reservoir physics and machine learning to quantify storage performance and manage risk in subsurface thermal energy systems.
Prior & Foundational Work
Earlier programs that continue to inform our methods and publications
These completed and foundational research themes remain available as part of GIL’s scholarly record.
Research Support
Organizations investing in GIL’s current research
GIL gratefully acknowledges the sponsors and research programs that make our current work possible.
ACS Petroleum Research Fund
Doctoral New Investigator
U.S. Department of Energy ARPA-E
OPEN, MINER, ROCKS, SUPERHOT programs
U.S. Department of Energy
Utah FORGE Solicitation-2
Office of Naval Research
Young Investigator Program
Crisman Institute for Petroleum Research
Petroleum engineering research
Texas A&M University System Research Excellence Fund
Early-Stage Research Development ProgramRecognition of research support does not imply endorsement by any sponsoring organization.
Explore the Evidence
Publications, software, and opportunities to collaborate
Follow the research into peer-reviewed publications and reusable computational tools, or contact GIL to discuss collaboration.