Doctoral School : The Role of Geomechanics in the Energy Transition
2nd-4th October 2025
Day 1: “Shallow Geothermal and Offshore Wind Energy”
- General Introduction to Energy Transition (Manolis VEVEAKIS)
- Shallow Geothermal Energy – Technology & Evolution (Fleur LOVERIDGE)
- Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Couplings – Processes and Problem Formulation (Jean-Michel PEREIRA)
- Offshore wind turbine foundations – Technology & Evolution (Benjamin CERFONTAINE, Jamie CRISPIN)
- Physical model experiments in geomechanics (Hadrien RATTEZ)
- Cyclic behavior of geomaterials (Luc SIMONIN)
Day 2: “Radioactive Waste, CO₂ and H₂ Storage”
- Radioactive Waste Repositories – Technology & Evolution (Anne-Catherine DIEUDONNE)
- Multiphase flow and unsaturated behavior of geomaterials (Anne-Catherine DIEUDONNE)
- H₂ and CO₂ Storage – Technology & Evolution (Hadi HAJIBEYGI)
- Microscale geomechanics (Martin LESUEUR)
- Solving geomechanics challenges in the energy transition (Martin LESUEUR)
Day 3 (Half-Day): “Deep Geothermal Energy & Future Perspectives”
- Deep geothermal Energy – Technology & Evolution (Manolis VEVEAKIS)
- Homogenization for coupled THMC problems (Manolis VEVEAKIS)
- Fault reactivation (Martin LESUEUR, Hadrien RATTEZ, Manolis VEVEAKIS)
- Panel Discussion: Geomechanics Challenges in the Energy Transition