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Víctor Vilarrasa’s CV

e-mail: victor.vilarrasa@idaea.csic.es

ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-4469

ResearcherID A-1700-2016 (www.researcherid.com/rid/A-1700-2016)

Employment history

2017 - Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water

Research, Spanish National Research Council (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona,

Spain

2014 - 2016 Postdoc at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL),

Switzerland

2013 - 2014 Postdoc at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), California

Education

2012 PhD (thesis defended with honors “cum laude” on 20th July, 2012) at the

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain

2009 Short (two months) stay during PhD studies at Stanford University,

California

2006 MSc in Civil Engineering at the UPC, Spain, with the master thesis

developed at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden

Other courses

2008 42nd International Course of Hydrogeology, FCIHS, UPC, Barcelona, Spain

2005 XIV Course on Explosives in Civil Works, UPC, Barcelona, Spain

Short stays

2009 Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University,

California (16 October to 17 December)

Awards

2018 Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award of the Energy, Resources and the

Environment (ERE) Division of the European Geoscience Union (EGU)

2015 Alfons Bayó Award to Young Researchers awarded by the International

Association of Hydrogeologists – Spanish Group, in its 6th edition

2014 MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Technology Review Award to

Innovators Under 35, Spain Edition 2014 for the project: “Liquid CO2

injection as an energetically efficient and geomechanically stable injection

concept for geologic carbon storage”

http://innovatorsunder35.com/innovator/victor-vilarrasa

2014 Awarded with a Marie Curie Fellowship‘EPFL Fellows’ Fellowship co-

funded by Marie Curie at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of

Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

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http://research-office.epfl.ch/funding/internal-non-profit/epfl-fellows-

marie-curie/granted-fellowships-2013/victor-vilarrasa

2014 Special Doctoral Award of the UPC to the most outstanding doctoral theses

defended during the academic year 2011-12

Honours

2016 Nominee of ENI 2016 Award, ENI Award Scientific Secretariat, Rome, Italy,

with the research project “Geologic carbon storage remains a safe strategy

to mitigate anthropogenic climate change”

2015 Participant of the MIT Innovators under 35 Summit Europe on addressing

the challenge of “How can technological innovation help to meet the needs

of a growing and increasingly older population in Europe?”. The proposals

were presented to the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 20 October

2015 The magazine QUO included my contribution to inject CO2 in liquid state as

an energetically efficient strategy to reduce CO2 emissions in the article

“The 101 Spanish innovative minds” (October 2015)

http://www.quo.es/ser-humano/101-mentes-innovadoras

2014 Nominee of ENI 2014 Award, ENI Award Scientific Secretariat, Rome, Italy,

with the research project “Liquid CO2 injection as an efficient injection

concept for geological carbon storage in deep saline aquifers”

Publications in scientific journals

1. Gheibi, S., Vilarrasa, V. and Holt, R., 2018. Numerical analysis of mixed-mode

rupture propagation of faults in reservoir-caprocks systems in CO2 storage.

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 63: 412-430

2. Vilarrasa, V. and Makhnenko, R., 2017. Caprock integrity and induced seismicity

from laboratory and numerical experiments. Energy Procedia, 125: 494-503

3. Vilarrasa, V., Rinaldi, A. P. and Rutqvist, J., 2017. Long-term thermal effects on

injectivity evolution during CO2 storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas

Control, 64: 314-322

4. Gheibi, S., Holt, R. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Effect of faults on stress path evolution

during reservoir pressurization. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control,

63: 412-430

5. De Simone, S., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Superposition approach to

understand triggering mechanisms of post-injection induced seismicity.

Geothermics, 70: 85-97

6. Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R. and Laloui, L., 2017. Potential for fault reactivation

due to CO2 injection in a semi-closed aquifer. Energy Procedia, 114: 3282-3290

7. Makhnenko, R., Vilarrasa, V., Mylnikov. D. and Laloui, L., 2017. Hydromechanical

aspects of CO2 breakthrough into clay-rich caprock. Energy Procedia, 114: 3219-

3228

8. Molina, O., Vilarrasa, V. and Zeidouni, M., 2017. Geologic carbon storage for shale

gas recovery. Energy Procedia, 114: 5748-5760

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9. Vilarrasa, V., Bustarret, G., Laloui, L. and Zeidouni, M., 2017. A methodology to

detect and locate low-permeability faults to reduce the risk of inducing seismicity

of fluid injection operations in deep saline formations. International Journal of

Greenhouse Gas Control, 59: 110-122

10. Vilarrasa, V. and Rutqvist, J., 2017. Thermal effects on geologic carbon storage.

Earth Science Reviews, 165: 245-256

11. Vilarrasa, V., Parisio, F. and Laloui, L., 2017. Strength evolution of geomaterials in

the octahedral plane under non-isothermal and unsaturated conditions.

International Journal of Geomechanics, 17(7), 04016152

12. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2016. Two-phase flow effects on the CO2 injection pressure evolution and implications for the caprock geomechanical stability. In E3S Web of Conferences, 9: 04007

13. Zeidouni, M. and Vilarrasa, V., 2016. Identification of above-zone pressure

perturbations caused by leakage from those induced by deformation.

Environmental Earth Sciences, 75 (18): 1271

14. Rutqvist, J., Rinaldi, A. P., Cappa, F., Jeanne, P., Mazzoldi, A., Urpi, L., Guglielmi, Y.

and Vilarrasa, V., 2016. Fault activation and induced seismicity in geologic carbon

storage - Lessons learned from recent modeling studies. Journal of Rock Mechanics

and Geotechnical Engineering, 8: 789-804

15. Vilarrasa, V., 2016. The role of the stress regime on microseismicity induced by

overpressure and cooling in geologic carbon storage. Geofluids, 16(5): 941-953

16. Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R. and Gheibi, S., 2016. Geomechanical analysis of the

influence of CO2 injection location on fault stability. Journal of Rock Mechanics and

Geotechnical Engineering, 8: 805-818

17. Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2016. Impacts of thermally induced stresses on fracture

stability during geological storage of CO2. Energy Procedia, 86: 411-419

18. Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J., Blanco Martin, L. and Birkholzer, J., 2016. Use of a dual-

structure constitutive model for predicting the long-term behavior of an expansive

clay buffer in a nuclear waste repository. International Journal of Geomechanics,

doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000603, D4015005

19. Vilarrasa, V. and Carrera, J., 2015. Reply to Zoback and Gorelick: Geologic carbon

storage remains a safe strategy to significantly reduce CO2 emissions. Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(33): E4511-E4511

20. Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2015. Potential fracture propagation into the caprock

induced by cold CO2 injection in normal faulting stress regimes. Journal of

Geomechanics for the Energy and the Environment, 2: 22-31

21. Rinaldi, A. P., Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J. and Cappa, F., 2015. Fault reactivation during

CO2 sequestration: effects of well orientation on seismicity and leakage. Greenhouse

Gases: Science and Technology, 5: 645-656

22. Vilarrasa, V. and Carrera, J., 2015. Geologic carbon storage is unlikely to trigger

large earthquakes and reactivate faults through which CO2 could leak. Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(19): 5938-5943

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23. Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J. and Rinaldi, A. P., 2015. Thermal and capillary effects on

the caprock mechanical stability at In Salah, Algeria. Greenhouse Gases: Science and

Technology, 5: 449-461

24. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S., Carrera, J. and Rutqvist, J., 2014. Long term impacts of cold

CO2 injection on the caprock integrity. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas

Control, 24: 1-13

25. Vilarrasa, V., 2014. Impact of CO2 injection through horizontal and vertical wells on

the caprock mechanical stability. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and

Mining Sciences, 66: 151-159

26. Pujades, E., Vázquez-Suñé, E., Carrera, J., Vilarrasa, V., De Simone, S., Jurado, A.,

Ledesma, A., Ramos G. and Lloret, A., 2014. Deep enclosures versus pumping to

reduce settlements during shaft excavations. Engineering Geology, 169: 100-111

27. Pool, M., Carrera, J., Vilarrasa, V., Silva, O. and Ayora, C., 2013. Dynamics and design

of systems of injecting dissolved CO2. Advances in Water Resources, 62: 533-542

28. Saaltink, M., Vilarrasa, V., de Gaspari, F., Silva, O., Carrera, J. and Rötting, T.S., 2013.

A method for incorporating equilibrium chemicals reactions into multiphase flow

models for CO2 storage. Advances in Water Resources, 62: 431-441

29. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Bolster, D. and Dentz, M., 2013. Semianalytical solution for

CO2 plume shape and pressure evolution during CO2 injection in deep saline

formations. Transport In Porous Media, 97: 43-65

30. De Simone, S., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Alcolea, A. and Meier, P., 2013. Thermal

coupling may control mechanical stability of geothermal reservoirs during cold

water injection. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 64: 117-126

31. Vilarrasa, V., Silva, O., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2013. Liquid CO2 injection for

geological storage in deep saline aquifers. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas

Control, 14: 84-96

32. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2013. Hydromechanical characterization of

CO2 injection sites. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 19: 665-677

33. Pujades, E., Carrera, J., Vázquez-Suñé, E., Jurado, A., Vilarrasa, V. and Mascuñano-

Salvador, E., 2012. Hydraulic characterization of diaphragm walls for cut and cover

tunneling. Engineering Geology, 125: 1-10

34. Jurado, A., de Gaspari, F., Vilarrasa, V., Bolster, D., Sánchez-Vila, X., Fernández-

García, D. and Tartakovsky, D.M., 2012. Probabilistic analysis of groundwater-

related risks at subsurface excavation sites. Engineering Geology, 125: 35-44

35. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2011. Geomechanical stability of the

caprock during CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. Energy Procedia, 4:

5306-5313

36. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Jurado, A., Pujades E. and Vázquez-Suñé, E., 2011. A

methodology for characterizing the hydraulic effectiveness of an annular low-

permeability barrier. Engineering Geology, 120: 68-80

37. Vilarrasa, V., Koyama, T., Neretnieks, I. and Jing, L., 2011. Shear-induced flow

channels in a single rock fracture and their effect on solute transport. Transport In

Porous Media, 87: 503-523

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38. Vilarrasa, V., Bolster, D., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Coupled hydromechanical

modeling of CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. International Journal of

Greenhouse Gas Control, 4: 910-919

39. Vilarrasa, V., Bolster, D., Dentz, M., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Effects of CO2

compressibility on CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers. Transport In Porous Media,

85: 619-639

Book chapters

1. Niemi, A., Yang, Z., Carrera, J., Power, H., McDermott, C. I., Rebscher, D., Wolf, J. L.,

May, F., Figueiredo, B. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Mathematical Modeling: Approaches

for Model Solution. In Geological Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Formations (pp. 129-

185). Springer, Netherlands

2. Niemi, A., Edlmann, K., Carrera, J., Juhlin, C., Tatomir, A., Ghergut, I., Sauter, M.,

Bensabat, J., Fagerlund, F., Cornet, F. H., Vilarrasa, V. and McDermott, C. I., 2017.

Site Characterization. In Geological Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Formations (pp.

309-380). Springer, Netherlands

3. Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R. and Rutqvist, J., 2017. Field and laboratory studies of

geomechanical response to the injection of CO2. In Science of Carbon Storage in

Deep Saline Formations: Process Coupling across Time and Spatial Scales (in press).

Elsevier

4. Rutqvist, J., Rinaldi, A. P., Vilarrasa, V. and Cappa, F., 2017. Numerical geomechanics

studies of GCS. In Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formations: Process

Coupling across Time and Spatial Scales (in press). Elsevier

5. Ivanova, A., Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J., Kummerow, J., and Lüth, S., 2017. Thermal

Processes during GSC: Field Observations, Laboratory and Theoretical Studies. In

Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formations: Process Coupling across Time

and Spatial Scales (in press). Elsevier

Conference participations

1. Vilarrasa, V., Pool, M., De Simone, S. and Carrera, J., 2018. Dissolved CO2 injection to

eliminate the risk of CO2 leakage in geologic carbon storage. 8th International

Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Hangzhou, China, 28 October- 1 November

2018 (invited)

2. Rutqvist, J., Rinaldi, A. P., Cappa, F., Jeanne, P., Mazzoldi, A., Urpi, L., Guglielmi, Y.

and Vilarrasa, V., 2018. Fault activation, seismicity and leakage in geologic CO2

sequestration. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics SEG-2018,

Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-28 September 2018 (invited)

3. Rinaldi, A. P., Vilarrasa, V. and Rutqvist, J., 2018. Deep fracture zone reactivation

during CO2 storage at In Salah (Algeria) – a review of recent modeling studies.

International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics SEG-2018, Lausanne, Switzerland,

26-28 September 2018 (invited)

4. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Olivella, S. and Rutqvist, J., 2018. Long-term modeling of

thermo-hydro-mechanical processes of geologic carbon storage. International

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Symposium on Energy Geotechnics SEG-2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-28

September 2018 (invited)

5. Tatomir, A., Vilarrasa, V., Tian, L., Levchenko, S., Basirat, F., Figueiredo, B., Paluszny,

A., Olivella, S., Niemi, A., Carrera, J., De Simone, S., Bensabat, J. and Sauter, M., 2018.

Comparison of numerical simulators for underground non-isothermal CO2

injection in deformable saline aquifers. Computational Methods in Water Resources

2018, Saint Malo, France, 3-7 June 2018

6. Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R. and Parisio, F., 2018. Modeling the reactivation of a

ductile fault. Proceedings of 10th Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC, Barcelona,

Spain, 3 May 2018

7. Zareidarmiyan, A., Salarirad, H., Vilarrasa, V. and Olivella, S., 2018. Themo-hydro-

mechanical simulation of gas injection into fractured media. Proceedings of 10th

Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, 3 May 2018

8. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Olivella, S., Rutqvist, J. and Laloui, L., 2018. Induced

seismicity in geo-energies. EGU 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20,

Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April 2018 (invited)

9. Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R. and Rutqvist, J., 2018. Geomechanical response of

shale to geo-energies applications. EGU 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.

20, Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April 2018 (highlighted)

10. Vilarrasa, V., Tatomir, A., Tian, L., Levchenko, S., Basirat, F., Figueiredo, B., Paluszny,

A., Olivella, S., Niemi, A., Carrera, J., De Simone, S., Bensabat, J. and Sauter, M., 2018. Code comparison of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes induced by cold

CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers. EGU 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts,

Vol. 20, Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April 2018

11. Kim, K., Makhnenko, M. and Vilarrasa, V., 2018. Thermo-hydro-mechanical

response of caprock caused by CO2 injection. 2018 GSCO2 Annual Review Meeting,

Champaign, Illinois, USA, 14-15 February 2018

12. Rebscher, D., Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R., Hassanzadegan, A., Schuster K. and May,

F., 2018. CO2 long-term periodic injection experiment at Mont Terri (CO2LPIE).

Mont Terri Technical Meeting TM-36, Porrentruy, Switzerland, 7-8 February 2018

13. De Simone, S., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Post-injection seismicity in EGS:

Triggering mechanisms and mitigation. 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans,

Louisiana, USA, 11-15 December 2017

14. Rutqvist, J., Rinaldi, A. P., Cappa, F., Jeanne, P., Mazzoldi, A., Urpi, L., Guglielmi, Y.

and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Geomechanical modeling for improved CO2 storage

security. 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 11-15 December

2017 (invited)

15. Rebscher, D., Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, M., and May, F., 2017. CO2LPIE at the rocks

– CO2 long-term pulse experiment (CO2LPIE) at Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

investigating geochemical and mechanical reactions related to caprock integrity.

Workshop on Geodesy/Geophysics, Blaibach, Germany, 24-27 October 2017

16. Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Breaking the Wall of geo-energies. Falling Walls Lab Barcelona,

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain, 12 September 2017 (invited)

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17. Tarokh, A., Makhnenko, R. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Poromechanical aspects of

reservoir rock-CO2 interaction. 2017 Energy Frontiers Research Centers-Hub-CMS PI

Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia, 24-25 July, 2017

18. Vilarrasa, V. and Makhnenko, R., 2017. Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical

Behavior of Shale. 6th International Conference on Coupled THMC Processes in

Geosystems, Paris, France, 5-7 July 2017

19. De Simone, S., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Superposition of processes may explain post-injection seismicity in deep geothermal systems. 6th International Conference on Coupled THMC Processes in Geosystems, Paris, France, 5-7 July 2017

20. Rutqvist, J., Rinaldi, A. P., Cappa, F., Jeanne, P., Mazzoldi, A., Urpi, L., Guglielmi, Y. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Coupled fluid flow and geomechanical modeling studies on fault activation, induced seismicity and potential fault leakage in geologic carbon storage. 6th International Conference on Coupled THMC Processes in Geosystems, Paris, France, 5-7 July 2017

21. Makhnenko, R. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Characterization of shale as a barrier material for geo-energy applications. American Rock Mechanics Association 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, USA, 25-28 June 2017

22. Vilarrasa, V. and Makhnenko, R., 2017. Caprock integrity and induced seismicity

from laboratory and numerical experiments. EGU 2017, Geophysical Research

Abstracts, Vol. 19, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017

23. De Simone, S., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Post-injection induced seismicity

provoked by superposition of different mechanisms. EGU 2017, Geophysical

Research Abstracts, Vol. 19, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017

24. Rinaldi, A. P., Rutqvist, J., Urpi, L., Cappa, F., Jeanne, P., and Vilarrasa, V., 2017.

Seismicity induced by CO2 injection: lesson learned from coupled hydro-

mechanical modeling. EGU 2017, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 19, Vienna,

Austria, 23-28 April 2017

25. Makhnenko, R. and Vilarrasa, V., 2017. Factors affecting rock integrity in deep

geological CO2 storage. Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Conference, Chicago,

Illinois, USA, 10-13 April 2017

26. Rebscher, D., Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, M., Fischer, S. and May, F., 2017. Long-term

CO2 injection experiments to investigate geochemical and fluid-mechanical

reactions. Mont Terri Technical Meeting TM-35, Porrentruy, Switzerland, 8-9

February 2017

27. Makhnenko, R., Mylnikov. D., Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2016. Thermo-hydro-

mechanical aspects of caprock – CO2 interaction for safe geological storage. 14th

Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Geneve, Switzerland, 18-19 November 2016

28. Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R. and Laloui, L., 2016. Potential for fault reactivation due

to CO2 injection in a semi-closed aquifer. 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control

Technologies, Lausanne, Switzerland, 14-18 November 2016

29. Mylnikov. D., Makhnenko, R., Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2016. Hydromechanical

aspects of CO2 breakthrough into clay-rich caprock. 13th Conference on Greenhouse

Gas Control Technologies, Lausanne, Switzerland, 14-18 November 2016

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30. Molina, O., Vilarrasa, V. and Zeidouni, M., 2016. Geologic carbon storage for shale

gas recovery. 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Lausanne,

Switzerland, 14-18 November 2016

31. Vilarrasa, V., 2016. Ongoing research project on thermo-hydro-mechanical-

chemical coupled processes related to geologic carbon storage. 5th French-Spanish

Symposium on Geological Storage of CO2, Bordeaux, France, 4-6 October 2016

(invited)

32. Vilarrasa, V., Rinaldi, A. P. and Rutqvist, J., 2016. Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical

modeling of geological CO2 storage at In Salah, Algeria. 43rd International

Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Congress, Montpellier, France, 25-29

September 2016 (invited)

33. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2016. Two-phase flow effects on the CO2

injection pressure evolution and implications for the caprock geomechanical

stability. 3rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Paris, France, 12-14

September 2016 (invited)

34. Makhnenko, R., Mylnikov. D., Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2016. Hydromechanical

aspects of CO2 breakthrough and flow in clay-rich caprock. Swiss Competence

Center on Supply of Electricity Annual Conference 2016, Sion, Switzerland, 12-13

September 2016

35. Rinaldi, A.P., Urpi, L., Rutqvist, J., Cappa, F., Vilarrasa, V., and Jeanne, P., 2016.

Induced seismicity modeling triggered by large-scale CO2 injection in multilayered

sedimentary formations. Congress of the Italian Geological Society, Napoli, Italy, 7-

10 September 2016 (invited)

36. Rinaldi, A.P., Urpi, L., Rutqvist, J., Cappa, F., Vilarrasa, V., and Jeanne, P., 2016. Numerical modeling of seismicity induced by large-scale CO2 injection in a

multilayered sedimentary system. 35th General Assembly of the European

Seismological Commission, Trieste, Italy, 4-10 September 2016 (invited)

37. Gheibi, S., Holt, R. and Vilarrasa, V., 2016. Stress path evolution during fluid

injection into geological formations. American Rock Mechanics Association 50th US

Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, 26-29 June 2016

38. Vilarrasa, V., 2016. Overview of the modeling of geologic carbon storage using

CODE_BRIGHT. Proceedings of 8th Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC,

Barcelona, Spain, 19 May 2016

39. Vilarrasa, V. and Carrera, J., 2016. Geologic storage of CO2: a feasible option for

reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Conference for Celebrating the 50th

Anniversary of the CIHS 1966-2016, Barcelona, Spain, 12-13 May 2016

40. Makhnenko, R., Mylnikov. D., Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2016. Laboratory tests on

caprock – CO2 interaction for the purposes of deep geological storage, CS-C

experiment. 20 Years Anniversary Workshop Mont Terri Technical Meeting TM-34,

Porrentruy, Switzerland, 10-11 February 2016 (invited)

41. Vilarrasa, V., Carpaij, R., Parisio, F. and Laloui, L., 2016. 3D numerical model of the

FE experiment: tunnel excavation and preliminary results. Technical Discussion TD-

292: FE Experiment, Saint Ursanne, Switzerland, 9 February 2016

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42. Rutqvist, J., Vilarrasa, V. and Birkholzer, J., 2016. Modeling of the FE heater

experiment using TOUGH-FLAC. Technical Discussion TD-292: FE Experiment, Saint

Ursanne, Switzerland, 9 February 2016

43. Vilarrasa, V., Bustarret, G. and Laloui, L., 2015. A tool to assist pressure

management by detecting and localizing low permeability faults. 2015 AGU Fall

Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 14-18 December 2015

44. Gheibi, S., Holt, R., Vilarrasa, V. and Lavrov, A., 2015. Stress path evolution

associated with CO2 storage reservoirs. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco,

California, USA, 14-18 December 2015

45. Vilarrasa, V., Bustarret, G. and Laloui, L., 2015. Early low permeability fault

detection method to avoid felt induced seismicity in geologic carbon storage and

wastewater disposal. 13th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 20-21

November 2015

46. Vilarrasa, V., Makhnenko, R. and Laloui, L., 2015. Influence of poromechanical and

thermal properties of the caprock on the safety of CO2 storage. 2nd EAGE Workshop

on Geomechanics and Energy, Celle, Germany, 13-15 October 2015

47. Vilarrasa, V., Bustarret, G. and Laloui, L., 2015. Modeling of geomechanical

processes induced by CO2 storage in deep saline formations. 2nd Workshop EPFL –

Masdar Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1 October 2015

48. Vilarrasa, V., Bustarret, G. and Laloui, L., 2015. Fault detection method to anticipate

felt induced seismicity in geothermal and geologic carbon storage projects. Swiss

Competence Center on Supply of Electricity Annual Conference 2015, Neuchatel,

Switzerland, 10-11 September 2015

49. Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2015. Impacts of thermally induced stresses on fracture

stability during geological storage of CO2. 8th Trondheim CCS Conference,

Trondheim, Norway, 16-18 June 2015

50. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2015. Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling

of geologic carbon storage. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics,

Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 June 2015 (invited)

51. Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2015. Modeling of inelastic strain induced by CO2

injection. Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference, Zurich,

Switzerland, 1-3 June 2015

52. Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2015. Injection strategies to optimize smart water

injection in carbonate rocks. Abu Dhabi International Research & Development

Conference & Exhibition (ADRAC 2015), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24-26

May 2015

53. Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2015. Assessment of fracture propagation into the

caprock due to cold CO2 injection in deep saline formations. Proceedings of 7th

Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, 21 May 2015

54. Vilarrasa, V., Li, C. and Laloui, L., 2015. Geomechanical analysis of carbon dioxide

storage in deep saline formations. SCCER-SoE Modeling Workshop, Università della

Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, 4 May, 2015

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55. De Simone, S., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2015. Interaction of processes may

explain induced seismicity after shut-in in Enhanced Geothermal Systems. EGU

2015, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015

56. Rutqvist, J., Vilarrasa, V. and Birkholzer, J., 2015. The role of gas and liquid intrinsic

permeability evolutions on resaturation and geomechanical behaviour of heated

bentonite. Clay Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 23-25 March 2015

57. Rinaldi, A.P., Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J. and Cappa, F., 2015. 3D modeling of fault

reactivation during CO2 injection. AGIS Workshop on Induced Seismicity, Davos,

Switzerland, 10-13 March 2015

58. De Simone, S., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2015. On the role of processes

interaction in the triggering of post-injection seismicity in Enhanced Geothermal

Systems. AGIS Workshop on Induced Seismicity, Davos, Switzerland, 10-13 March

2015

59. Rinaldi, A.P., Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J. and Cappa, F., 2014. 3D modeling of fault

reactivation during CO2 sequestration. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco,

California, USA, 15-19 December 2014

60. Vilarrasa, V., 2014. Liquid CO2 injection as an energetically efficient and

geomechanically stable injection concept for geologic carbon storage. EmTech

Spain, Valencia, Spain, 12-13 November 2014 (invited)

61. Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2014. Thermo-hydro-

mechanical effects of cold CO2 injection on the caprock mechanical stability. 13th

Annual CCUS Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 28 April – 1 May 2014

62. Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J. and Zheng, L., 2013. Implementation and application of a

dual structure model for simulating the behavior of expansive soils. 2013 AGU Fall

Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 9-13 December 2013

63. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Silva, O. and Olivella, S., 2013. Impacts of cold CO2 injection

in deep saline aquifers on the rock mechanical integrity. American Rock Mechanics

Association 47th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco,

California, USA, 23-26 June 2013, p. 13-253

64. Rötting, T., Carrera, J., Vilarrasa, V., Silva, O. and Olivella, S., 2013. Liquid CO2

injection for geological storage in deep saline aquifers. 7th Trondheim CCS

Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 4-6 June 2013

65. De Simone, S., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Alcolea, A. and Meier, P., 2013. Thermo-

hydro-mechanical modeling of water circulation in a geothermal reservoir.

Conference on Technological and Hydrogeological Aspects of Geothermal Resources,

Barcelona, Spain, 18-19 April 2013

66. De Simone, S., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Alcolea, A. and Meier, P., 2013. Modeling the

effects of hydraulic stimulation on geothermal reservoir. EGU 2013, Geophysical

Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April 2013

67. Carrera, J., Vilarrasa, V., Silva, O., Rötting, T. and Olivella, S., 2012. CO2 injection,

better liquid than supercritical. 3rd French-Spanish Symposium on Geological

Storage of CO2, Orleans, France, 17-19 October 2012

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68. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S., Silva, O. and Carrera, J., 2012. Non-isothermal simulation

of CO2 storage in deep saline deformable formations. European Congress on

Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Vienna, Austria, 10-14

September 2012

69. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S., Silva, O. and Carrera, J., 2012. Coupled thermo-hydro-

mechanical modelling of CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers. Proceedings of 2nd

Workshop on Advanced Scientific Results from IDAEA, CSIC, Roquetes, Tarragona,

Spain, 14-16 May 2012

70. De Simone, S., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Alcolea, A. and Meier, P., 2012. Coupled

thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling of cold water injection in a fractured hot rock.

Proceedings of 2nd Workshop on Advanced Scientific Results from IDAEA, CSIC,

Roquetes, Tarragona, Spain, 14-16 May 2012

71. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S., Silva, O. and Carrera, J., 2012. Extension of CODE_BRIGHT

to simulate non-isothermal CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers. Proceedings of 4th

Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, 3 May 2012

72. De Simone, S., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Alcolea, A. and Meier, P., 2012. Thermo-

hydro-mechanical simulation of geothermal reservoir stimulation. Proceedings of

4th Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, 3 May 2012

73. Saaltink, M., Vilarrasa, V., de Gaspari, F., Silva, O. and Carrera, J., 2012. A method for

incorporating chemicals reactions into CODE_BRIGHT. Proceedings of 4th Workshop

of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, 3 May 2012

74. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2012. High pressure injection test for

hydromechanical and onset of induced microseismicity characterization of CO2

injection sites. EGU 2012, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, Vienna, Austria,

22-27 April 2012

75. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S., Silva, O. and Carrera, J., 2012. Numerical simulation of non-

isothermal CO2 injection using the thermo-hydro-mechanical code CODE_BRIGHT.

EGU 2012, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April

2012

76. De Simone, S., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Alcolea, A. and Meier, P., 2012. Fracture

instability caused by cold water injection. EGU 2012, Geophysical Research

Abstracts, Vol. 14, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012

77. Pool, M., Vilarrasa, V. and Carrera, J., 2012. Dynamics of dissolved CO2 injection

systems: optimal design. EGU 2012, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, Vienna,

Austria, 22-27 April 2012

78. Saaltink, M., Vilarrasa, V., de Gaspari, F., Silva, O. and Carrera, J., 2012. A method for

incorporating chemicals reactions into multiphase flow models for CO2 injection.

EGU 2012, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April

2012

79. Carrera, J., Silva, O., Rötting, T., Vilarrasa, V., Carbonell, R., Pérez-Estaún, A. and

CIUDEN’s research group, 2011. Instrumentation and monitoring techniques at the

Hontomín CO2 injection site (Spain). 2nd Spanish-French Symposium on Geological

Storage of CO2, Ponferrada, Spain, 24-26 October 2011

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80. Carrera, J., Cubillo, B., de Gaspari, F., Martínez-Landa, L., Rötting, T., Silva, O.,

Slooten, L. J. and Vilarrasa, V, 2011. Hydrological and hydrogeochemical

characterization tests planned at the Hontomín CO2 storage Technology

Demonstration Plant (Spain). 2nd Spanish-French Symposium on Geological Storage

of CO2, Ponferrada, Spain, 24-26 October 2011

81. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2011. Coupled hydromechanical processes

during CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. IV International Conference on

Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Kos

Islands, Greece, 20-22 June 2011

82. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2011. Hydromechanical behaviour of the

aquifer and caprock under high pressure injection. 6th Trondheim CCS Conference,

Trondheim, Norway, 14-16 June 2011

83. Silva, O., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2011. An efficient injection concept for the

geological storage of CO2. 6th Trondheim CCS Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 14-

16 June 2011

84. Carrera, J., Silva, O., Rötting, T., Carbonell, R., Vilarrasa, V., Pérez-Estaún, A. and

CIUDEN’s Research Group, 2011. Characterization and working programme of

Hontomin CO2 injection site (Spain). Monitoring, hydrogeochemical

characterization and injection tests. 6th Trondheim CCS Conference, Trondheim,

Norway, 14-16 June 2011

85. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2011. CO2 Injection in deep saline sloping

aquifers through a vertical well. Proceedings of 3rd Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT

Users, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, 2 June 2011

86. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2011. Hydromechanical characterization

test for CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. EGU 2011, Geophysical Research

Abstracts, Vol. 13, Vienna, Austria, 3-8 April 2011

87. Jurado, A., de Gaspari, F., Vilarrasa, V., Sánchez-Vila, X., Fernández-García, D.,

Tartakovsky, D.M. and Bolster, D., 2010. A probabilistic risk assessment of

groundwater-related risks at excavation sites. 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, San

Francisco, California, USA, 13-17 December 2010

88. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Effects of the initial stress state on the

geomechanical stability of the caprock during CO2 sequestration in deep saline

aquifers. 1st French-Spanish Symposium on Geological Storage of CO2, Pau, France,

22-24 November 2010

89. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Geomechanical stability of the

caprock during CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. 10th International

Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-23

September 2010

90. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Caprock hydromechanical changes

during CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. XVIII International Conference on

Computational Methods in Water Resources, Barcelona, Spain, 21-24 June 2010

91. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Coupled hydromechanical modelling

of CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers. Proceedings of 1st Workshop on Advanced

Scientific Results from IDAEA, CSIC, Blanes, Barcelona, Spain, 9-11 June 2010

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92. Vilarrasa, V., Bolster, D., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Coupled hydromechanical

modelling of radial CO2 injection in deep saline aquifers. Proceedings of 2nd

Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, 6-7 May 2010

93. Vilarrasa, V., Bolster, D., Dentz, M., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2010. Semianalytical

solution for CO2 plume and pressure evolution during injection of compressible

CO2 in deep saline aquifers. Conference CCS Ready to go?, Rotterdam, Netherlands,

19-22 April 2010

94. Sánchez-Vila, X., Jurado, A., de Gaspari, F., Vilarrasa, V., Bolster, D., Fernández-

García, D., Vázquez-Suñé, E. and Tartakovsky, D.M., 2009. Probabilistic risk analysis

of groundwater related problems in subterranean excavations. 2009 AGU Fall

Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 14-18 December 2009 (Eos Trans. AGU,

90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.)

95. Vilarrasa, V., Olivella, S. and Carrera, J., 2009. Coupled hydromechanical modeling

of CO2 sequestration in deep saline aquifers. EGU 2009, Geophysical Research

Abstracts, Vol. 11, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April 2009

96. Vilarrasa, V., Vázquez-Suñé, E., Carrera, J., Jurado, A. and Pujades, E., 2008. A

method for characterizing the hydraulic effectiveness of annular low-permeability

enclosures. Proceedings of the Symposium on Water and Infrastructures in

Underground Media, Barcelona, Spain, 24-26 November 2008, pp. 103-109

97. Vilarrasa, V., Jurado, A., Vázquez-Suñé, E., Carrera, J. and Pujades, E., 2008.

Modeling as a key element in the hydrogeological monitoring of the Spanish High

Speed Train – Stretch La Torrassa - Sants. Proceedings of the Symposium on Water

and Infrastructures in Underground Media, Barcelona, Spain, 24-26 November

2008, pp. 235-241

98. Jurado, A., Pujades, E., Vilarrasa, V., Vázquez-Suñé, E. and Carrera, J., 2008.

Development of a method for solving the drainage of excavations between

diaphragm walls. Proceedings of the Symposium on Water and Infrastructures in

Underground Media, Barcelona, Spain, 24-26 November 2008, pp. 55-61

99. Pujades, E., Mascuñano-Salvador, E., Jurado, A., Vilarrasa, V., Vázque-Suñé, E. and

Carrera, J., 2008. Detection of open joints in drained linear excavations.

Proceedings of the Symposium on Water and Infrastructures in Underground Media,

Barcelona, Spain, 24-26 November 2008, pp. 71-77

100. Vilarrasa, V. and Carrera, J., 2008. Hydrogeology and civil engineering: the role of

jet-grouting. Workshop Challenges in Hydrogeology Modeling and Investigation

Techniques as Support for Groundwater Management and Protection, Murighiol,

Romania, 8-10 October 2008

101. Koyama, T., Vilarrasa, V. and Jing L., 2006. Tracer transport in a rough rock fracture

during shear – a numerical study. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on

Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geo-Systems: Fundamentals, Modeling, Experiments

and Applications, GeoProc 2006, Nanjing, China, 22-25 May 2006, pp. 575-580

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Invited talks at seminars

1. ‘Induced seismicity in geoenergy applications’, Geotechnical Engineering Seminar

at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois,

USA, 16 February, 2018

2. ‘Minimizing the risk of inducing felt seismicity in geologic carbon storage’, UPC-

CSIC Hydrogeology Group Seminar, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC),

Barcelona, Spain, 1 June, 2017

3. ‘Hydrogeology: Flow and reactive transport in heterogeneous media’, 50th

Anniversary of CID, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, 17

March 2017

4. ‘The role of clay-rich geomaterials in geo-energy applications’, Seminar at Mines

ParisTech, Fontainebleau, France, 15 September 2016

5. ‘Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of geo-energetic applications’, Seminar at the

University of Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, 8 June 2016

6. ‘Geomechanical challenges of geologic carbon storage’, 80th Anniversary of the Soil

Mechanics Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),

Switzerland, 15 January 2016

7. ‘Modeling Geomechanical and Geochemical Coupled Processes in Geoenergies’,

Seminar at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland, 21

December 2015

8. ‘Geologic Carbon Storage: A Geomechanically Stable Option to Significantly Reduce

CO2 Emissions to the Atmosphere’, Seminar at the Institute of Process Engineering,

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, 9 December 2015

9. ‘Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Geo-Energy Applications’, LMS-EPFL

Modeling Seminar, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland,

19 May 2015

10. ‘Injecting CO2 in Liquid Phase to Improve Geomechanical Stability and Reduce

Compression Costs’, Rock & Energy – ENAC Public Lectures, School of Architecture,

Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

(EPFL), Switzerland, 12 September 2014

11. ‘Liquid CO2 Injection: A New Concept for Geological Carbon Storage that Reduces

Induced Microseismicity in the Caprock’, Research Seminar Series, Water

Resources Discipline, US Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, California, USA, 15

May 2014

12. ‘Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Effects of Liquid (Cold) CO2 Injection in Deep Saline

Formations’, SUPRI-B Group Seminar, Energy Resources Engineering Department,

Stanford University, California, USA, 15 April 2014

13. ‘Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Impacts of Geologic Carbon Storage in Deep Saline

Formations’, Earth Sciences Division’s Modeling Forum, Lawrence Berkeley

National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, 3 April 2013

14. ‘Hydromechanical Characterization for Site Selection in CO2 Permanent Storage in

Deep Saline Aquifers’, UPC-CSIC Hydrogeology Group Seminar, Technical

University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 23 June 2011

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15. ‘Geomechanics in CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers’, UPC-CSIC

Hydrogeology Group Seminar, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona,

Spain, 18 February 2010

16. ‘Effects of CO2 Compressibility on CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers’, SUPRI-B

Group Seminar, Energy Resources Engineering Department, Stanford University,

California, USA, 1 December 2009

17. ‘Coupled Hydromechanical Modeling of CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers’,

Seminar of the Hydrogeology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence

Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, 24 November 2009

18. ‘Coupled Hydromechanical Modeling of CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers’,

UPC-CSIC Hydrogeology Group Seminar, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC),

Barcelona, Spain, 5 February 2009

19. ‘Numerical modelling of fluid flow and particle transport in a rough rock fracture

during shear’, Seminar of the Engineering Geology & Geophysics Research Group,

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, 7 June 2005

Technical reports

1. Vilarrasa, V., Tatomir, A., Tian, L., Levchenko, S., Basirat, F., Figueiredo, B., Paluszny, A., Olivella, S., Niemi, A., Carrera, J., De Simone, S., Bensabat, J. and Sauter, M., 2018. Conclusions from the code cross-validation. D4.8, TRUST, Project No. 309067, 7th Framework Programme

2. Carrera, J., Pool, M., Vilarrasa, V. and De Simone, S., 2017. Evaluation of dissolved CO2 injection. D5.2, TRUST, Project No. 309067, 7th Framework Programme

3. Vilarrasa, V., Bonet, E., De Simone, S., Luquot, L. and Carrera, J., 2016. Data set for model cross-comparison. D4.4, TRUST, Project No. 309067, 7th Framework Programme

4. Gomez, B., De Simone, S., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2016. Review of capabilities of existing industry and research codes on the six generic focused scenarios addressed. D5.2, FracRisk, Project No. 640979, Horizon H2020

5. Makhnenko, R., Mylnikov, D., Vilarrasa, V. and Laloui, L., 2016. Mont Terri Project, Phase 21 (CSC1_PH21): Permeability of Opalinus clay with respect to CO2-brine mixtures. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

6. Vilarrasa, V., Carpaij, R., Parisio, F. and Laloui, L., 2016. THM-Modelling of the FE Experiment as part of the FE-Modelling Task Force. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

7. Vilarrasa, V., Luquot, L., Gomez, B., De Simone, S. and Carrera, V., 2015. Report on the effectiveness of different injection geometries. D5.3, TRUST, Project No. 309067, 7th Framework Programme

8. Bensabat, J., Niemi, A., Carrera, J. and Vilarrasa, V., 2015. Guidelines for optimal storage efficiency and injection procedure. D0407, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

9. Rutqvist, J., Davis, J., Zheng, L., Vilarrasa, V., Houseworth, J. and Birkholzer, J., 2014. Investigation of coupled THMC processes and reactive transport: FY14 Progress (No. LBNL-6720E). Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, doi: 10.2172/1150010

10. Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Steefel, C., Kim, K., Chen, F., Vilarrasa, V., Nakagawa, S., Houseworth, J. and Birkholzer, J., 2014. Investigation of coupled processes and

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impact of high temperature limits in argillite rock (No. LBNL-6719E). Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, doi: 10.2172/1150013

11. Niemi, A., Power, H., et al., 2014. Synthesis of modeling results. D076, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

12. Rötting, T., Niemi, A., et al., 2014. Updates CODEBRIGHT-RETRASO and TOUGH2. D074, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

13. Niemi, A., Yang, Z., et al., 2014. Results of site models. D073, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

14. Liu, H.H., Houseworth, J., Rutqvist, J., Zheng, L., Asahina, D., Li, L., Vilarrasa, V., Chen, F., Nakagawa, S., Finsterle, S., Doughty, C., Kneafsey, T. and Birkholzer, J., 2013. Report on THMC modeling of the near field evolution of a generic clay repository: Model validation and demonstration (No. LBNL-6377E). Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA

15. Houseworth, J., Rutqvist, J., Asahina, D., Chen, F., Vilarrasa, V., Liu, H.H. and Birkholzer, J., 2013. Report on international collaboration involving the FE Heater and HG-A tests at Mont Terri (No. LBNL-6635E). Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, doi: 10.2172/1131035

16. Rutqvist, J., Steefel, C., Chen, F., Houseworth, J., Vilarrasa, V., Liu, H.H., Birkholzer, J., Jové-Colón, C.F. and Ding, M., 2013. International collaborations on Engineered Barrier Systems: Experimental and modeling investigations report (No. SAND2014-0069P). Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

17. Davis, J., Rutqvist, J., Steefel, C., Tinnacher, R., Vilarrasa, V., Zheng, L., Bourg, I., Liu, H.H. and Birkholzer, J. 2013. Investigation of reactive transport and coupled THMC processes in the EBS: FY13 Report (No. LBNL-6400E). Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, doi: 10.2172/1165203

18. Bear, J., Saaltink, M., Vilarrasa, V., de Gaspari, F., Silva, O., Carrera, J., Rötting, T., Woods, A. and Rayward-Smith, W., 2012. Mathematical description and numerical simulation of the motion of the immiscible supercritical CO2 plume during the injection period. D055, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

19. Power, H., et al., 2012. Dynamic simulation of changes on the local fluid pressure by leakages through growing cracks at the inner and outer CO2 plume regions. D071, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

20. Dentz, M., Carrera, J., Bolster, D., Neuweiler, I., Russian, A., Silva, O., De Simone, S., Vilarrasa, V. and Olivella, S., 2012. Scale dependent parameterization of multiphase description and mechanical behavior. D082, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

21. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2012. Línea acoplamiento hidromecánico: Resumen de los resultados alcanzados. H5, Project ALM/09/018, CIUDEN

22. Vilarrasa, V. and Carrera, J., 2012. Informe ensayos de inyección. Project ALM/09/018, CIUDEN

23. Power, H., McDermott, C., Carrera, J., et al., 2011. Mathematical description and numerical simulation of vertical and lateral viscous fingering stability including the effect of density stratification as well as dissolution of CO2. D054, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

24. Bear, J., Gouze, P., Saaltink, M., Silva, O., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Power, H., Wiegand, G., Licha, T., Woods, A., Furman, A., Kitron-Belinkov, M., Bensabat, J. and Niemi, A., 2011. Process models for flow, transport, geochemical and geomechanical processes. D052-D053, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

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25. Cubillo, B., de Gaspari, F., Carrera, J., Slooten, L.J., Martínez, L., Silva, O., Rötting, T. and Vilarrasa, V., 2011. Ensayos de caracterización de la Planta de Desarrollo Tecnológico de Hontomín (Burgos). Project ALM/09/018, CIUDEN

26. Ayora, C. et al., 2010. Procesos de captura geológica de CO2 en formaciones salinas profundas. Programa de Almacenamiento Geológico de CO2, CIUDEN

27. Erlström, M., Niemi, A., Fagerlund, F., Shtivelman, V., Scradeanu, D., Silva, O., Vilarrasa, V., Wuttke, M., Sauter, M. and Bensabat, J., 2010. Templates for the characterization of the test sites. D021, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

28. Bear, J., Niemi, A., Rasmusson, K., Rasmusson, M., Licha, T., Gouze, P., Saaltink, M., Silva, O., Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J., Power, H., Wiegand, G., Woods, A., Furman, A. and Bensabat, J., 2010. Comprehensive description of all processes involved. D051, MUSTANG, Project No. 227286, 7th Framework Programme

Principal Investigator of non-competitive projects

2018 “Hydrogeology: Flow and Reactive Transport in Heterogeneous Media”,

starting grant provided by CSIC for the Staff Scientist position (5.000 €)

2018 “Scientific and technical assistance related to modelling of poroelastic

effects relevant for risk assessment of induced seismicity”, for Geo-Energie

Suisse (25.000 €)

Participation in scientific projects from competitive calls

2017-2018 MHetScale, ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council

under grant Agreement no.: 617511 (PI: Marco Dentz)

mhetscale.wordpress.com

2015-2018 FracRisk Project from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework

Programme H2020-EU.3.3.2.3 under grant agreement n 636811, (PI: Jesus

Carrera) fracrisk.eu

2012-2017 TRUST Project from the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme

FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement nº 309067, (PI: Jesus Carrera)

trust-co2.org

2014-2016 SCCER-SoE Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research Supply of

Energy, from the Energy funding programme of the Swiss Conference, (PI:

Lyesse Laloui) www.sccer-soe.ch

2013-2014 Engineered Barrier Systems for Nuclear Waste Disposal, US Department of

Energy, under grant agreement DE-AC02-05CH11231 (PI: Jonny Rutqvist)

2009-2014 MUSTANG Project from the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme

FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement nº 227286, (PI: Jesus Carrera)

www.co2mustang.eu

2012-2014 PANACEA Project from the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme

FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement nº 282900, (PI: Jesus Carrera)

www.panacea-co2.org

2009-2011 Project ALM/09/018 “Procesos hidrodinámicos avanzados de

almacenamiento geológico de CO2 en formaciones salinas profundas”, from

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the Programa de Almacenamiento Geológico de CO2, CIUDEN, Gobierno de

España (PI: Jesus Carrera)

2009-2011 Compostilla OXYCFB300 project of the European Union through the

“European Energy Programme for Recovery” (PI: Jesus Carrera)

Participation in scientific non-competitive projects

2014-2016 THM-Modeling of the FE experiment as part of the FE-Modelling Task Force, for Nagra

2011 Asesoramiento y redacción de contenidos para el proyecto museográfico para el Centro de Interpretación del Almacenamiento Geológico, for Playmedia Motion Graphics

2011-2013 Thermal effects on induced seismicity, for Geoenergy Suisse

Grant support

2015-2016 ‘EPFL Fellows’ Fellowship co-funded by Marie Curie (January 2015 – April

2016)

2008-2012 Fellowship of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI)

“Formación de Profesorado Universitario” (FPU) Program for PhD thesis

(24 July 2008 – 23 July 2012)

2008-2012 Funding of the “Colegio de Ingenieros, Caminos, Canales y Puertos –

Catalunya” (Spanish Civil Engineers Society) for complementing the PhD

fellowship of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI) (24 July

2008 – 23 July 2012)

2004-2005 Erasmus Scholarship granted by the Technical University of Catalonia for

attending courses and performing the M Sc thesis at the Royal Institute of

Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden (1 September 2004 – 30 June 2005)

2003-2004 Scholarship of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) for

developing tasks of teaching assistant and writing of a text book in the

Department of Applied Mathematics III of the Civil Engineering School,

Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain (1 October 2003 – 31

July 2004)

2003-2004 Scholarship of the Technical University of Catalonia for being a teaching

assistant in the Department of Construction Engineering of the Civil

Engineering School, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain (1

September 2003 – 30 June 2004)

Teaching

2017 Lecturer (together with Prof. Jacob Bear, Prof. Auli Niemi, Dr. Jacob Bear

and Prof. Jesus Carrera) of the “3rd Advanced Course on CO2 Storage in

Deep Saline Formations”, Training course of the TRUST European Project,

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, 13-14

September 2017

2015-2016 Lecturer (together with Dr. Roman Makhnenko) of the course “Mechanics

for Earth Resources” of the Doctoral Program in Mechanics, EPFL

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2010 Lecturer (together with Prof. Sebastià Olivella) of the “CO2 Sequestration

Modelling Course”, Training course of the MUSTANG European Project,

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 17-19 June 2010

Collaboration in courses

2017 ‘Hydro-mechanical processes’ lecture in the training course ‘3rd Advanced

Course on CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Formations’, Spanish National

Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, 13-14 September 2017

2011 ‘Examples of drainage between diaphragm walls’ lecture in the master

course ‘Hydrogeology and Civil Engineering’, Technical University of

Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 9 May 2011

2010 ‘CO2 injection in a deep saline aquifer including mechanical interactions’

lecture in the CO2 Sequestration Modelling Course, Technical University of

Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 17-19 June 2010

2010 ‘Implementation of density and viscosity functions for CO2. Verification’

lecture in the CO2 Sequestration Modelling Course, Technical University of

Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 17-19 June 2010

2010 ‘Advective and non-advective fluxes. Multiphase flow and deformation.

Two phase flow of water and CO2’ lecture in the CO2 Sequestration

Modelling Course, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona,

Spain, 17-19 June 2010

2010 ‘Hydromechanical Coupling’ lecture in the master course ‘Aquifer

Mechanics’, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 18

March 2010

2010 ‘Vadose Zone and Multiphase Flow’ lecture in the master course ‘Aquifer

Mechanics’, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 11

March 2010

Teaching services

2011 Teaching assistant of the “Hydrogeology and Civil Engineering” master

course, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. The instructor

of the course was Prof. Jesus Carrera (January 2011 – July 2011)

2010 Teaching assistant of the “Aquifer Mechanics” master course, Technical

University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. The instructor of the course was

Prof. Jesus Carrera (January 2010 – July 2010)

Supervised PhD students

2011-2017 Silvia De Simone (UPC), thesis entitled “Induced Seismicity in Enhanced

Geothermal Systems: Assessment of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Effects”

(co-supervised with Jesus Carrera)

2017-2018 Behzad Delkhahi, Beheshti University, Iran (6-month sabbatical stay at

CSIC), thesis entitled “The origin and mechanism of gas leakage in water

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wells and environmental effects in Hamedan province using isotopic and

hydrogeochemical techniques”

2017- Ahmad Zarei, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, thesis entitled

“Simulation of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical effects of gas injection on

caprock integrity of carbonate reservoirs”

Supervised master students

2015 Gil Bustarret (EPFL), Modeling of CO2 storage in saline aquifers bounded by

low permeability faults

2015 René Carpaij (EPFL), Modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical

processes related to nuclear waste storage

2015 Valentin Martyniak (EPFL), Modeling of fault reactivation due to CO2

storage in deep saline formations

2015 Geoffroy Melot (EPFL), Geomechanical implications of CO2 leakage around

wells

2015 Oscar Molina (Louisiana State University), Cooling-induced stresses on

shale gas stability

2015 Hani Taha (EPFL), Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of nuclear waste

storage

Member of Committees

2017 Member of the Committee to evaluate the PhD Thesis Project of Arnau

Canelles, UPC, Spain

Editorial services

2018 Guest editor together with Jonny Rutqvist and Ki-Bok Min at the Journal

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering for a special issue focusing on

experimental work at different scales derived from the contributions to the

conference CouFrac2018

Reviewer of scientific journals

- Advances in Water Resources

- American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin

- Applied Sciences

- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

- Bulletin of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain

- Computational Geosciences

- Computers and Geosciences

- Earth Science Reviews

- Energies

- Energy and Fuels

- Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

- Engineering Geology

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- Environmental Earth Sciences

- Environmental Science and Technology

- Estudios Geológicos (in Spanish: “Geological Studies”)

- Frontiers in Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilization

- Geofluids

- Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment

- Geophysical Research Letters

- Geothermal Energy

- Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

- Hydrogeology Journal

- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

- International Journal of Geomechanics

- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

- Journal of Applied Geophysics

- Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth

- Journal of Hydrologic Engineering - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

- Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

- Land Degradation and Development

- Transport In Porous Media

- Water Resources Research

Reviewer of scientific proposals

- Swiss National Science Foundation

Reviewer for conferences

- American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Symposium 2018

- IberFault 2018

- World Renewable Energy Congress 2011

Service to the community

2018 Member of the Organizing Committee for the Conference on Coupled

processes in Fractured geological media: Observation, modeling, and

application (CouFrac), Wuhan, China, November 12-14, 2018

2018 Convener, together with Dr. Estanislao Pujades, Dr. Dorothee Rebscher, Dr.

Jonny Rutqvist, Dr. Guido Blöcher, Dr. Mauro Cacace, Dr. Jerome Fortin and

Dr. Harald Milsch of the session “Evaluation of coupled thermo-hydro-

mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes related to geo-energy applications:

from laboratory to reservoir scale”, EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, 8-

13 April 2018

2017-2018 Senior/Key personnel of the Geomechanical measurements theme at the

Geological Center for CO2 storage (GSCO2, gsco2.org), an integrated

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multidiscipline and multi-institution research center focused on

recognizing challenges for commercial scale storage of CO2 storage,

especially on answering the question: What are the mechanisms of

injection-induced microseismicity, and can we control and predict its

occurrence?

2017 Convener, together with Prof. Pania Newell, Dr. Anastasia G. Ilgen and Dr.

Jonny Rutqvist, of the session “Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-

chemical-biological processes in subsurface systems”, 2017 AGU Fall

Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 11-15 December 2017

2015 Chairman of a session in the 8th Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, UPC,

Barcelona, Spain, 19 May 2015

2015 Convener and chairman, together with Dr. Paul Hsieh and Dr. Jonny

Rutqvist, of the session “Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical

processes related to geo-energy and geo-engineering applications”, 2015

AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December 2015

2015 Scientific assessment of the Swiss CO2 Injection Pilot. Meetings on 3 July

2015 and 24 November 2015, Bern, Switzerland

2015 Organizer of the “Deep Geo-Energies Modeling Workshop” in the context of

the SCCER-SoE Project, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 12 May 2015

2015-2016 Organizer of the weekly “Modeling Seminar LMS”, EPFL, Lausanne,

Switzerland, launched on 19 May 2015 until 30 April 2016

2010 Organizer of the “CO2 Sequestration Modelling Course”, Technical

University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 17-19 June 2010

Dissemination, communication and public engagement activities

2017 Informational talk on “Ways to mitigate climate change”, at the 1st Open

Day of the Official Language School, Inca, Spain, 7 April 2017

2014 Interview of the MIT Technology Review published in

www.technologyreview.es/tr35espana/1509/victor-vilarrasa

2014 Interview of the Civil Engineers Society of Catalonia published in

blog.camins.cat/2014/11/25/lenginyer-de-camins-victor-vilarrasa-

premiat-pel-mit

2014 Publication of the news of the MIT Technology Review Award to Innovators

Under 35 in several journals: El Mundo

(www.elmundo.es/economia/2014/09/25/5423eb3222601d647e8b457.h

tml), Efe (www.efeemprende.com/noticia/elegidos-los-diez-innovadores-

espanoles-reconocidos-por-el-mit), El Norte de Castilla, Centro de

Innovación BBVA (www.centrodeinnovacionbbva.com/en/news/ten-

young-spanish-innovators-aged-under-35), Infocif

(noticias.infocif.es/noticia/el-mit-anuncia-los-diez-jovenes-espanoles-mas-

innovadores-del-ano), Toluna (es.toluna.com/opinions/1908765/los-diez-

l%C3%venes-espa%C3%B1oles-m%C3%A1s-innovadores-de-2014), and

the Instituto de la Ingeniería de España (www.oximity.com/article/dos-

ingenieros-de-caminos-entre-los-j-1)

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Scientific consultancy

2007-2008 Monitoring and assessment of the interaction between groundwater and

the civil works related to the construction of the Spanish High Speed Train

(AVE) in its arrival to Barcelona – Stretch La Torrassa - Sants, for the

construction company Sacyr from September 2007 to September 2008

Professional memberships

- Spanish Civil Engineers Society (CICCP)

- European Geosciences Union (EGU)

- International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

- Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)

Other professional experience

2006-2007 Head of Production in the construction of the connection and extension of

the train stations of the Catalan Railways Sant Gervasi and Plaça Molina,

Barcelona, in the company COMSA from September 2006 to September

2007

2005-2006 Head of Quality and Environment in the Technical Assistance of the

construction of the Spanish High Speed Train (AVE) in its arrival to

Barcelona – Stretch Hospitalet - La Torrassa, in the company CYGSA, from

August 2005 to August 2006