Campus Partners
As an academic institution with deep faculty expertise in emerging energy technology, seismicity, geology and the environment, Cornell is uniquely suited to explore Earth Source Heat. Meet some of the faculty and staff most closely engaged with the project.
Campus Partners
Facilities and Campus Services
Wayne Bezner Kerr is a technical manager with experience in research, higher education and the private sector. He is the ESH program manager.
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FACILITIES AND CAMPUS SERVICES
Rick Burgess oversees campus energy facilities with a focus on incorporating innovation and sustainability into university services.
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Renewable Energy
Jefferson Tester studies sustainable energy systems with a focus on geothermal and biomass energy research.
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Public Policy
Sheila Olmstead specializes in the economic dimensions of environmental policies, particularly those related to water quantity and quality.
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Agriculture & Life Science
Katherine McComas is the Vice Provost for Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs and a risk communication scholar.
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ENERGY SYSTEMS
Lynden Archer studies polymers and nanomaterials for applications in electrochemical energy storage and energy systems.
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Facilities and Campus Services
Bert Bland is the energy/environmental engineer responsible for the campus energy systems.
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Facilities and Campus Services
Burak Erdinc is the senior geoscientist with experience in geothermal research and engineering.
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Energy and Sustainability
Sarah Carson Zemanick is a sustainability practitioner with expertise in renewable energy systems and climate action planning.
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Facilities and Campus Services
Tammy J. Johnson is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a project manager for university capital projects.
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STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Patrick Fulton combines hydrogeology, thermal geophysics, and geomechanics to study heat and fluid in fault zones.
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FACILITIES ENGINEERING
Ole Gustafson is a geologist with experience in supporting and planning sustainable geothermal heating and cooling systems.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Anthony Ingraffea specializes in the simulation and testing of engineered systems with a focus on sustainable technologies.
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GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Teresa Jordan studies geology with a focus on subsurface energy resources, including geothermal energy and shale properties.
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Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Geoff Abers is a geophysicist specializing in earthquake seismology. He also oversees the Ithaca-area seismograph network.
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Environmental Engineering
Chloé Arson is a civil and environmental engineer specializing in damage and healing rock mechanics and computational geomechanics.
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Facilities and Campus Services
Inger Aaberg is a project coordinator with a background in environmental geology and sustainability.
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Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Seth Saltiel is an experimental geophysicist with a focus on the frictional and seismic behavior of geologic interfaces.
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Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Carolina Munoz-Saez studies hydrothermal systems and has experience with geological mapping, geochemical sampling and geophysical surveys.
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Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Nicole Fernandez is a low-temperature hydrogeochemist with a focus on global water and elemental cycles.
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Chemical Engineering
Sarah Hormozi specializes in fluid mechanics, rheology, and the microstructure of complex slurries.
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