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Our recent paper, co-authored with my PhD advisor, Prof. Babak Heydari, explores the often-overlooked aspect of decentralized, bottom-up recovery processes in sociotechnical systems. Complex systems are susceptible to a variety of disturbances, from natural disasters to political upheavals and pandemic crises. We propose an innovative framework that simulates network-based disruptions and models bottom-up recoveries. It captures individual agents' strategic behaviors, recognizing their inherent need to access resources such as information and basic necessities during disruptions, leading to various system equilibria and the evolving trajectories of each. While our method focuses on decentralized recovery, it enables a clear measurement of centralized intervention opportunities as shown in the figure. This allows us to nudge the agents toward higher system-level performance states while maintaining the autonomous decision-making of each agent. This work sets the stage for more effective system resilience analysis (and maybe more realistic compared to entirely top-down engineered models!). This work is now published in the “Reliability Engineering & System Safety” journal (IF: 9.4). Please check the link below for access to the full text: https://lnkd.in/e4vk5vir

This article helps readers to understand complex technical details of smart substation communication systems that employ IEC 61850 subsystems.

Congrats, Jorge! Your chapter reached 1,000 reads Achieved on October 11, 2024 Chapter: The Current Status and Perspectives on the Use of Small Modular Reactors for Electricity Generation

Influence of Stakeholder Identities on Unfairness Perception of Local Residents toward Public Facilities: Neurocognition Evidence from the Case of Waste-to-Energy Projects in China | Journal of Management in Engineering | Vol 40, No 5 https://lnkd.in/eDgypUnz

Supported by a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) INCITE Award, Professor Chris Wolverton will collaborate with Argonne National Laboratory to perform high-throughput calculations of thousands of materials properties at finite temperature. The project will leverage Wolverton's Open Quantum Materials Database, which supports new materials design by identifying candidate materials for applications like alternative energies and sustainability. https://lnkd.in/gXxkZPEx

RECENT NEWS The Royal Society of Queensland Fracking coal seams and its potential to trigger seismic events The first paper in its series of Occasional Papers has now been published online in #preprint form. (https://lnkd.in/gXmznsk7 ) As explained on the landing page for Occasional Papers, establishment of this line of documents was approved by the Council of the Society to accommodate papers that are too long for its annual journal, or in some other way are not in a suitable format. At nearly 20,000 words, a review paper called  Coal Seam Gas Mining: Potential to Induce Seismic and Aseismic Events and Aquifer Discontinuity  is twice as long as the word limit indicated for articles for its annual Proceedings. The paper reviews local and international experience in the propensity of fracking coal seam gas seams to trigger seismic events, with a tangible risk of earthquakes. The paper notes the loss of seismographic recording capacity in the University of Queensland and the lack of interest by the Queensland Government in knowing how serious is this risk. The paper has been subject to peer review and has been revised accordingly. It is published in pre-print form to allow feedback from people with expertise and lived knowledge of the coal seam gas industry. It is yet to be finally copyedited, formatted and proofread, but is considered to be scientifically authoritative.

Coal Seam Gas Mining: Potential to Induce Seismic and Aseismic Events and Aquifer Discontinuity  (https://lnkd.in/gxfUiqsi ) #queensland #csg

Energy Geotechnology: Recent Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering for Energy Applications Energy geotechnology focuses on the research and application of geotechnical principles and techniques in the exploration, extraction, storage, and utilization of various forms of energy resources. Energy geotechnology is crucial for addressing global energy challenges, ensuring the responsible use of resources, and supporting the transition to cleaner and more sustainable energy systems. It plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the environment, enhancing energy security, and fostering economic development. This special issue is designed to cover multiple research frontiers of geothermal energy, underground energy storage, nuclear waste disposal, and renewable and non-traditional energy resources. This special issue provides a platform to convene recent advancements in high quality research in energy geotechnology. Guest editors: Assoc Prof. Sheng Dai, Ph.D. Affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Areas of expertise: energy geotechnics, flow in porous media, geomechanics Prof. Xinbao Yu, Ph.D. Affiliation: The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America Areas of expertise: energy geo-structures, sensor technology, unsaturated soils Prof. Fang Liu, Ph.D. Affiliation: Tongji University, Shanghai, China Areas of expertise: energy geotechnics, Eco-friendly geo-engineering, human-centered underground space Manuscript submission information: Open for Submission: From 01-May-2024 to 31-Dec-2024 Submission Site: Editorial Manager® Article Type Name: "VSI: Energy Geotech" - please select this item when you submit manuscripts online For any inquiries about the appropriateness of contribution topics, welcome to contact Assoc. Prof. Sheng Dai. Sheng Dai Guide for Authors will be helpful for your future contributions, read more: Guide for authors - Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment - ISSN 2352-3808 (elsevier.com) https://lnkd.in/guh6pxdn For more information about our Journal, please visit our ScienceDirect Page: Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier