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CSI Brownbag January 19, 2010. Miscellaneous Announcements – Ellyn CSI Wiki – Andrew Cowell. Miscellaneous. One WP# for Brownbags : H32168 Please inform CSI leadership of any planned publications, abstracts, new hires, students, etc.
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CSI BrownbagJanuary 19, 2010 Miscellaneous Announcements – Ellyn CSI Wiki – Andrew Cowell
Miscellaneous One WP# for Brownbags: H32168 Please inform CSI leadership of any planned publications, abstracts, new hires, students, etc. Now is the time to select students for the summer: go to https://wwwi.pnl.gov/see/fellowship/ 19 abstracts submitted to GHGT-10 conference, 5 from CSI Goldschmidt Conference June 13-18th, Knoxville, TN Abstracts due Feb 21st Dates for Annual Review: June 8-9th July 14-15th
CSI Project Updates1) CSI Status Update with LaFemina/Ashby on January 27th2) Strategy Review – February 19thAAAS meeting in San Diego • Need each project to update their one-page project summary • Please send it to me by COB this Friday • Include progress/accomplishments • You will receive the PowerPt template today for editing 3
In situ Molecular-Scale Probes: AFM AS Lea (PI), SR Higgins (Wright State), JE Amonette Fine-scale imaging capability for mineral carbonation in situ is absent • Build the world’s first hyperbaric hydrothermal atomic force microscope (H2AFM) capable of imaging mineral carbonation reactions at the mineral-fluid interface in scCO2 to study reaction mechanisms and kinetics. Objective: Progress:
Micromodel Pore-Scale Studies Mart Oostrom (PI), JW Grate, C Zhang, SK Sundaram Capillarity, mass transfer, interfacial tension and wettability impact caprock sealing efficiency Objective: Challenge: Progress:
Final Comments • Please watch your spending against your plan • Richa will be sending out project reports for each PI • Few projects are tracking behind their spend plans and we will be talking with these folks 6