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UND team earns second place and $5,000 for their design of a combined heat and power geothermal system

Sven Egenhoff, the new director of the UND Harold Hamm School of Geology & Geological Engineering, welcomes back alumni and friends in the school’s recent newsletter published by the College of Engineering & Mines.

Taufique Mahmood recognized as especially promising geologist who’s now early in his career.

NSF funds will be used to investigate the flood events over the last three decades and inspire Native American youth to water resources research.

Chioma Onwumelu (DELS/BESR) is a Ph.D. candidate in Geology at the University of North Dakota (UND). She is a researcher working at UND’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) studying and conducting laboratory analyses to interpret data on improved unconventional oil and gas production, enhanced oil recovery in unconventional and conventional resources and CO2, and rich gas storage in a geologic formation.

A team of six Ph.D. and B.Sc. students from the University of North Dakota and one Ph.D. student from the University of Memphis participated in the 2021 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) EVOLVE Program.

  For the second time in a row, UND engineering and geology students place first in U.S. Department of Energy geothermal competition A proposal by UND engineering students to use abandoned oil and gas wells to heat homes won first place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate Competition. UND geology and […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) has announced the winners of the Geothermal Collegiate Competition, a national contest that engages students to develop innovative geothermic energy applications to heat and cool buildings, campuses, districts, and communities. Administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the competition helps students gain real-world renewable energy […]

Three grad students in geophysics and petroleum engineering teamed up to enter the DoE’s Fall 2020 Geothermal Design Challenge, and won Take a class at UND. Enter a national competition. Win. Just another day at the University for three UND students, who entered a U.S. Department of Energy contest after learning about it in Geothermics […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office is excited to announce the latest winners of the Fall 2020 Geothermal Design Challenge™. First Place: University of North Dakota, Thermal Vision Submission: “Geothermal Applications for the World” The University of North Dakota team’s winning infographic highlights the benefits of eight common uses of geothermal energy: agricultural […]