Adjunct Professor, Geology & Geophysics
Professor, Civil And Environmental Engin

u0362997@utah.edu

Publications

• ENERGY: Hung Vo Thanh & Zhenxue Dai, Zhengyang Du, Huichao Yin, Bicheng Yan, Mohamad Reza Soltanian, Ting Xiao, Brian McPherson, Laith Abualigah (2024). Artificial intelligence-based prediction of hydrogen adsorption in various kerogen types: Implications for underground hydrogen storage and cleaner production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Vol. 57, 1000-1009., 02/2024
• ENERGY: Xiao, Ting & Ting Chen, Zhiwei Ma, Hailong Tian, Saro Meguerdijian, Bailian Chen, Rajesh Pawar, Lianjie Huang, Tianfu Xu, Martha Cather, Brian McPherson (2024). A review of risk and uncertainty assessment for geologic carbon storage. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Vol. 189, 113945., 01/2024
• ENERGY: Xuejian Liu & Lianjie Huang, Kai Gao, Tom Bratton, George El-Kaseeh, William Ampomah, Robert Will, Paige Czoski, Martha Cather, Robert Balch, Brian McPherson (2023). Seismic Monitoring at the Farnsworth CO2-EOR Field Using Time-Lapse Elastic-Waveform Inversion of 3D-3C VSP Data. Energies. Vol. 16, 3939., 05/2023
• ENERGY: Yan Qin & Jiaxuan Li, Lianjie Huang, Kai Gao, David Li, Ting Chen, Tom Bratton, George El-kaseeh, William Ampomah, Titus Ispirescu, Martha Cather, Robert Balch, Yingcai Zheng, Shuhang Tang, Kevin L McCormack, Brian McPherson (2023). Microseismic Monitoring at the Farnsworth CO2-EOR Field. Energies. Vol. 16, 4177., 05/2023
• ENERGY: Xiao, Ting & Jiawei Tu, Bonan Wang, Richard Esser, Tessa Bailey, Martha Cather, Hailong Tian, Brian McPherson (2023). Chemical impacts of subsurface CO2 and brine on shallow groundwater quality. Chemosphere. Vol. 321, 138048., 04/2023
• ENERGY: Kevin L McCormack & ohn D McLennan, Elliot A Jagniecki, Brian J McPherson (2023). Discrete Measurements of the Least Horizontal Principal Stress from Core Data: An Application of Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. Vol. 26, 827-841., 03/2023

Presentations

• ENERGY: Vega, C., Edelman, E., Handwerger, D., McCormack, K., McPherson, B. J., List, D., & Maxwell, G. (2023). Source rock analysis and Hydrocarbon migration using machine-learning derived parameters from petrophysical logs in the unconventional Cane Creek formation, Utah. AGU23., 12/2023
• ENERGY: Huang, L., Sabin, A. E., McPherson, B. J., & Xiao, T. (2023, December). Achieving Net Zero Emissions with Geologic Carbon Storage and Geothermal Energy III Oral. In AGU23. AGU., 12/2023
• ENERGY: Moodie, N., Szymanski, E., Dang, S. T., Rai, C. S., Parada, E. T., Berg, M. D. V., ... & McPherson, B. J. (2023). Geologic CO 2 Storage Site Characterization for Industrial Decarbonization in Iron County, Utah: CUSP Focused Project. AGU23., 12/2023
• ENERGY: Xiao, T., Vega, C., Moodie, N., Berg, M. D. V., Blanchard, F., & McPherson, B. J. (2023). Uinta Basin CarbonSAFE Phase II: An Overview. AGU23., 12/2023
• ENERGY: Supporting and Developing Commercial Carbon Storage Projects in the Western United States: The Carbon Utilization and Storage Partnership, Robert Balch, Brian McPherson, George El-Kaseeh, 2023/11/8, 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting, 11/2023
• ENERGY: Bakelli, Omar, Xiao, Ting, McPherson, Brian, and Mohamed Zinelabidine Doghmane. "Geomechanical Characterization of the Broom Creek Reservoir for Geologic Carbon Storage in the Williston Basin, North Dakota, U.S.." Paper presented at the International Geomechanics Symposium, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, October 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.56952/IGS-2023-0042, 10/2023
• ENERGY: Dvory, N. Z., Smith, P. J., McCormack, K. L., Esser, R., and B. J. McPherson. "On the Path to Least Principal Stress Prediction: Quantifying the Impact of Borehole Logs on the Prediction Model." Paper presented at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2023-0510, 06/2023
• ENERGY: Vega-Ortiz, Carlos, Panja, Palash, Deo, Milind, and Brian McPherson. "Decline Curve Analysis Using Machine Learning Algorithms: RNN, LSTM, and GRU." Paper presented at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2023-0287 , 06/2023
• ENERGY: McCormack, K. L., Edelman, E., Moodie, N., McPherson, B. J., Paulsson, B., and R. He. "The Design of a Downhole Source Tomography Experiment for the Detection of CO2 Plumes in the Subsurface." Paper presented at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2023-0474, 06/2023
• ENERGY: Wu, Z., Edelman, E., Smith, P., Smith, S., Irons, T., & McPherson, B. (2023, June). Uncertainty Quantification of Young's Modulus on Core Scale: A Bayesian Analysis on a Comprehensive Geomechanical Model. In ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (pp. ARMA-2023). ARMA., 06/2023
• ENERGY: Moodie, N., Szymanski, E., Vanden Berg, M. D., & McPherson, B. J. (2022, December). Site Characterization for Geologic Carbon Storage of CO2 from a Direct Reduced Iron Plant. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. GC12E-0481)., 12/2022
• ENERGY: Balch, R., McPherson, B., Cather, M., & Esser, R. (2022, October). The Carbon Utilization and Storage Partnership of the Western United States. In Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-16) (pp. 22-24)., 10/2022