We are a university-wide integrated research endeavor that facilitates a dialogue among researchers which enables research teams to inform stakeholders and decision-makers in the government, private sector and the public about conventional and alternative fuels, energy efficiency, the impacts of climate change and pollution, and the economic and policy implications of the transition to a new energy paradigm over the next decade.

Donald L. Paul, Ph.D.
Executive Director
USC Energy Institute

Renewable Energy Storage in Saline Aquifers Summit 2021

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Repurposing Idle Oil and Gas Wells for Renewable Energy Storage

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Engineering Research Scientists working on Energy and Environmental Related Matters:

Iraj Ershaghi

Kristian Jessen

Birendra Jha

Mo Beshir

Felipe De Barros

Mahta Moghaddam

Steve Nutt

Behan Jafarpour

Muhammad Sahimi

Shamma Sherada

Theo T. Tsotsis

Antonio Ortega

Young Cho

Bhaskar Krishnamachari

C S Raghavendra

Ulrich Neumann

Cyrus Shahabi

Viktor Prasanna

Kelly Sanders

Najmedin Meshkati

Jayakanth Ravichandran

USC Integrates the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) into Petroleum Engineering Education and Training

The Petroleum Engineering program and the Energy Institute at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed new educational programs in the advancing application of informatics technologies to oil and gas systems and operations. Included are important emerging technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), big data and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the evolution of field automation and control systems. This spring semester, a new graduate-level course in “Petroleum Informatics” has been added to the established USC PE curriculum in Smart Oilfield Technologies. Along with an existing graduate course in “Cyber-Physical Security for Oil and Gas Operations”, this course will enable petroleum engineering students and industry professionals to build their knowledge base in these rapidly expanding technologies impacting oil and gas.

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Renewable Energy Storage in Saline Aquifers Summit 2021

Engineering Research Scientists working on Energy and Environmental Related Matters: