The Center

The objective of the Center is to use new investigative tools, combined with experiments and computational methods, to build a next generation understanding of molecular–to–pore scale processes in fluid-rock systems, and to demonstrate the ability to control critical aspects of flow and transport in porous rock media, in particular as applied to geologic sequestration of CO2.  The objectives address fundamental science challenges related to far from equilibrium systems, nanoscale processes at interfaces, and emergent phenomena. This DOE Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) is a collaborative effort led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and including the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Ohio State University, the University of California campus at Davis, and Washington University in St. Louis. This Center is one of forty-six new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC).