SMU Geothermal Laboratory

06/06/2025

Celebration of David Blackwell's contribution to the Heat Flow, Geothermal, and Oil & Gas industries, plus the many people's lives through his 50 years at as a faculty and researcher.

June 13th (Friday the 13th)
Lunch then 1 - 5 pm CDT talks and presentations

Contact Me for a Zoom link to join the conversation. Zoom will be ongoing till later that evening to allow those around the world a chance to visit.

You may send me your thoughts about Dave's contribution to include in a summary document.

Remembering Dave:

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01/28/2019

JUDGES WANTED!

Engineers and scientist are invited to sign up to judge at the 2019 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Saturday February 23, 2019 at Fair Park in Dallas. Register online at www.drsef.org.

Eligibility: a Bachelor’s degree or beyond in the category you judge. Family members, teachers and mentors of participating middle and high school students are not eligible to judge.

Questions: email [email protected] or visit www.drsef.org

SMU Lyle School of Engineering SMU Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

11/13/2018

Do you have a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Science or Engineering? We have a great way for you to volunteer your time and help middle school and high school students! Sign up to judge at the 2019 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Saturday February 23, 2019 at Fair Park in Dallas. Register online at www.drsef.org.

Eligibility: a Bachelor’s degree or higher in the category you judge. Family members, teachers and mentors of participating middle and high school students are not eligible to judge.

Questions: email [email protected] or visit www.drsef.org

07/25/2018

The stimulation phase of the st1 Deep Heat Project is complete. Check out the distribution of seismic events at http://blog.smu.edu/geothermallab/2018/07/24/stimulation-phase-completed-at-st1-deep-heat-project/

By Peter Malin, SMU Adjunct Faculty Peter Malin, an Adjunct Faculty in the SMU Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, provided this update on the st1 Deep Heat project in Espoo, Finland. Peter’s company Advanced Seismic Instrumentation & Research (ASIR) is providing seismic monitoring for the pr...

07/08/2018

Stimulation of the st1 Deep Heat project in Finland has begun. ASIR are providing locations of microearthqueakes in near-real time to adjust stimulation pressure and flow rates. http://blog.smu.edu/geothermallab/2018/07/08/stimulation-underway-at-st1-deep-heat-project/

By Peter Malin, SMU Adjunct Faculty Peter Malin, an Adjunct Faculty in the SMU Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, provided this update on the st1 Deep Heat project in Espoo, Finland. Peter’s company Advanced Seismic Instrumentation & Research (ASIR) is providing seismic monitoring for the pr...

07/08/2018

We have an update on the st1 Deep Heat project in Finland as drilling is completed: http://blog.smu.edu/geothermallab/2018/05/18/drilling-phase-of-st1-deep-heat-project-completed-stimulation-in-a-few-days/

By Peter Malin, SMU Adjunct Faculty Peter Malin, an Adjunct Faculty in the SMU Huffington Department of Earth Sciences provided this update on the st1 Deep Heat project in Espoo, Finland. Peter’s company Advanced Seismic Instrumentation & Research (ASIR) is providing seismic monitoring for the pro...

02/14/2018

12/18/2017

Learn about Coal and Geothermal, technology updates, lessons learned converting gas wells to geothermal and projects in Europe, China and the US at SMU Power Plays Conference, January 10-11, 2018 at SMU in Dallas, Texas.
Discounted registration ends Wednesday December 20th. Register at http://bit.ly/1Jsh0YN

12/18/2017

Agenda and registration for are at http://bit.ly/1Jsh0YN.

12/15/2017

Poster presentations for the 2018 SMU Power Plays conference are on the agenda at www.bit.ly/1Jsh0YN. Register today and join us January 10-11, 2018 in Dallas, Texas.

12/15/2017

Oral presentations for the 2018 SMU Power Plays conference are on the agenda at www.bit.ly/1Jsh0YN. Register today and join us January 10-11, 2018 in Dallas, Texas.