Research and Study Activities

New Mexico State University

Principle Investigator. Manage, monitor, and ensure project progress. Prepare a plan for DOE regarding the longer-term vision for different stakeholders along with the needs to fulfill the mission. Work on the transmission benefit study, reliability, and resilience benefit study. Community benefit studies

Fengyu Wang
Di Shi
Patricia Sullivan

Kinetic Power, LLC

Work on operational licensing studies and community benefit studies

Thomas Conroy
Tracy Livingston

Colorado school of Mines

Work on the Geo-planning and preliminary implementation, tunneling and excavation planning study

Michael Mooney
Gabriel Walton

Columbia University

Work on the water management and recreation study, environmental impact study, and market assessment study

Bolun Xu
Upmanu Lall

Argonne National Lab

Work on the renewable integration and transmission benefit study

Vladimir Koritarov
Feng Qiu
Alison Santos Xavier

Los Alamos National Lab

Work on the Geo-planning and preliminary implementation

Mohamed Mehana
Mark Bibeault

Baylor University (new)

Work on 3D modeling of upper and lower reservoir with Lidar.

Liang Sun