Feb. 22, 2024:
Dr. Roshankhah is selected as a 2024 Emerging Leader by the Offshore Technology Conference. The award includes Complimentary 4-day registration to OTC 2024, Celebration ceremony and reception, and Name listed in the OTC’s permanent Awards display case in NRG Center. Emerging leaders will engage in numerous technical and leadership activities and participate in selecting the Emerging Leaders Class of 2025.
Feb. 12-14, 2024:
Dr. Roshankhah attends the 2024 Stanford Geothermal Workshop. Roshankhah: “This was a wonderful opportunity to share my work with potential collaborators and get to know about the work of many great researchers from around the world.”
Dec. 11-18, 2023:
Dr. Roshankhah attends the 2023 AGU Fall Meeting. Roshankhah: “Wide. Open. Science. This is the pledge that we scientists and engineers must take every day for our work. We have the utmost responsibility to maintain highest standards of ethical and transparent scientific pursuit.”
November 14, 2023:
Dr. Roshankhah’s team has been selected by the Department of Energy to develop high temperature resistant proppants to enhance reservoir conductivity and characterization in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma, Louisiana State University, and Hotrock Energy Research Organization. Roshankhah: “We are thrilled and honored for the trust placed on us and looking forward to meaningfully contribute to this impactful project that will be implemented at the Utah Forge site in 2025-2026.”
Aug. 19, 2023:
Dr. Roshankhah will be teaching a new graduate course called Jointed Rock Mechanics and Stability. Roshankhah: “The multi-scale and multi-physics behavior of jointed rock masses intrigues me because it is relevant to the performance of civil infrastructure (e.g., slopes, tunnels and foundations) and energy and environmental geo-systems (e.g., geothermal energy, CO2 geo-storage, and H2 production).”
July 30-Aug. 4, 2023:
Dr. Roshankhah attends the ASCE Exceed Teaching Workshop at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Roshankhah: “This was one of the most intense and influential training workshops that I have ever attended in my academic career. I recommend it to all teacher scholars in civil and environmental engineering.”