Soltanian wins Geological Society of America award

Reza Soltanian, an Environmental Sciences Ph.D. student working under the guidance of Prof. Bob Ritzi in Earth and Environmental Sciences, recently received a $1500 grant from the Geological Society of America for his research on carbon sequestration.  Reza's abstract is included below. 

Congratulations to Reza!

Understanding the Impact of Hierarchical and Multi-Scale Sedimentary Architecture on CO2 Sequestration

Injecting CO2 into oil reservoirs and deep saline aquifers is an option to mitigate global warming by trapping CO2. Capillary trapping is a vital process in sequestrating CO2. The