应实验室邀请，伊利诺伊大学香槟分校Albert J. Valocchi教授来实验室交流，并为实验室师生做学术报告。

讲座题目：Overview of the University of Illinois and Research at the Illinois Center for Geological Sequestration of CO2
讲座时间：2016年10月16日 上午10:00 -12:00
讲座地点：北二楼1401会议室 
讲座人：Prof. Albert J. Valocchi

讲座内容：

     I will present an overview of research activities on geological sequestration of carbon dioxide, focusing on the Illinois Basin Decatur Project (IBDP) and Center for Geologic Storage of CO2 (GSCO2). IBDP was a demonstration project for injection of 1 million tonnes of supercritical CO2 into a deep saline sandstone reservoir. There was intensive post-injection monitoring using seismic methods and pressure sensors at observation wells. Small scale geological heterogeneity appeared to have a major control on reservoir-scale migration of the CO2. GSCO2 is a new basic research center that builds on the knowledge and data from IBDP, focusing on predicting the migration of injected CO2 and identifying mechanisms of injection-induced micro-seismicity. One of the major science themes of GSCO2 is to use numerical models to improve understanding of the migration and storage of CO2 at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. I will give an overview of the modeling activities in the center, focusing on pore-scale simulation using pore-network and lattice Boltzmann models. I will also present some background information about the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the University of Illinois.
  

讲座人简介：
     Albert J. Valocchi教授于1981年起任职于美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校，土木和环境工程系，现为Abel Bliss Professor。本科就读于康奈尔大学环境系统工程系，并分别于1976年及1981年获斯坦福大学土木工程系硕士及博士学位。2004~2012年，担任伊利诺伊大学土木和环境工程系副主任及研究生主管；美国大学水文联合会（CUAHSI）前任董事会主席；2009年被授予美国地球物理联盟会员。Valocchi教授主要研究方向为多孔介质中污染物结局与输运过程的计算建模，以及地下水污染、二氧化碳地质埋存、模型不确定性对地下水资源管理的影响等相关应用研究。已发表学术论文110多篇，参与专著撰写10部。