October 2023
The Center for Understanding Subsurface Signals and Permeability (CUSSP) will advance geothermal systems by making them a widely accessible and reliable source of renewable energy. Clemson University is one of eight universities and two national labs collaborating with the CUSSP. The effort at Clemson, with about $1M in funding, is being led by Professor Larry Murdoch and Research Associate Professor Scott DeWolf, along with Research Professor Leonid Germanovich, and several EEES staff and graduate students. In coordination with CUSSP leadership, the Clemson team will develop, deploy, and use a set of advanced real-time geophysical monitoring techniques, specifically borehole tensor strainmeters based on optical fiber interferometry. Read more.
