The EMS Energy Institute welcomes the following new members who have joined the Institute since our last publication. Detailed profiles can be found at energy.psu.edu.
Xuejian Liu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Liu earned his Ph.D. in exploration geophysics from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics and his B.S. in exploration geophysics from Ocean University of China. Prior to joining Penn State, Liu was a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Institute of Geology and Geophysics. He also interned at Saudi Aramco and Statoil. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Geosciences.
Yashar Mehmani
Assistant Professor
Mehmani is an assistant professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) at Penn State. He is also a co-funded faculty in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE). His research interests are broadly related to porous media flow and mechanics with a special focus on computing and scale translation. He is particularly interested in how microscale physics affect macroscopic observations and how predictive tools based on such knowledge can be built. Applications that motivate his research relate to sustainability aspects of subsurface energy production, groundwater contamination, and renewables. He has a B.S. from the Sharif University of Technology, Iran, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Jacques Rivière
Assistant Professor
Rivière is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) and the Department of Acoustics at Penn State. His research interests include ultrasonics, geophysics, nonlinear acoustics, vibrations, nondestructive testing of materials, structural health monitoring, material characterization and damage assessment, and friction. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, France, and an M.S. in acoustics from the University of Le Mans, France.