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Víctor Vilarrasa’s CV

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

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

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

Last update: March 17, 2017

Current position

Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish

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

PhD studies: Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain

- Title: Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Impacts of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Injection in Deep

Saline Aquifers

- Thesis defended 20 July 2012 (with honours “cum laude”)

Civil Engineering degree: Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain

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

(September 2004 – June 2005): Numerical modelling of fluid flow and particle

transport in a rough rock fracture during shear

- Degree completed June 2006

Other courses

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

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

Experience as a postdoc

- ‘EPFL Fellows’ Fellowship co-funded by Marie Curie at the Swiss Federal Institute of

Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (2015 – 2016)

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

curie/granted-fellowships-2013/victor-vilarrasa

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

2014)

Short stays

- Stay at the Department of Energy Resources Engineering of the Stanford University,

California, USA (October to December 2009)

Awards

- Alfons Bayó Award to Young Researchers awarded by the International Association of

Hydrogeologists – Spanish Group, in its 6th edition, 2015

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- 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

- Special Doctoral Award of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) to the most

outstanding doctoral theses defended during the academic year 2011-12

Honours

- Nominee of ENI 2016 Award, ENI Award Scientific Secretariat, Rome, Italy (2016), with

the research project “Geologic carbon storage remains a safe strategy to mitigate

anthropogenic climate change”

- 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

- Nominee of ENI 2014 Award, ENI Award Scientific Secretariat, Rome, Italy (2014), 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. 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

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

Science Reviews, 165: 245-256

3. Vilarrasa, V., Parisio, F. and Laloui, L., 2016. Strength evolution of geomaterials in the

octahedral plane under non-isothermal and unsaturated conditions. International

Journal of Geomechanics, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000851

4. 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

5. 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

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

overpressure and cooling in geologic carbon storage. Geofluids, doi: 10.1111/gfl.12197

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7. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

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21. 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

22. 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

23. Vilarrasa, V., Carrera, J. and Olivella, S., 2013. Hydromechanical characterization of CO2

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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

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Conference participations

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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-34, Porrentruy, Switzerland, 8-9 February 2017

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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)

13. 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)

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14. 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)

15. 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

16. 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)

17. 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)

18. 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

19. 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 2015

20. 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

21. 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)

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

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26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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)

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

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39. 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

40. 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

41. 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)

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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.

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

Roquetes, Tarragona, Spain, 14-16 May 2012

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

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63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

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75. 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.)

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

Invited talks at seminars

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

of CID, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, 17 March 2017

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

ParisTech, Paris, France, 15 September 2016

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

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

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

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

15 January 2016

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

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

December 2015

6. ‘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

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

Seminar, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 19 May 2015

8. ‘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

9. ‘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

10. ‘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

11. ‘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

12. ‘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

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

Group Seminar, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 18 February

2010

14. ‘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

15. ‘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

16. ‘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

17. ‘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

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Technical reports

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

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

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

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processes in the EBS: FY13 Report (No. LBNL-6400E). Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, doi: 10.2172/1165203

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

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

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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

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

25. 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

26. 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

Participation in scientific projects from competitive calls

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

H2020-EU.3.3.2.3 under grant agreement n 640979, fracrisk.org

- TRUST Project from the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013

under grant agreement nº 309067, trust-co2.org

- SCCER-SoE Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research Supply of Energy, from the

Energy funding programme of the Swiss Conference, www.sccer-soe.ch

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

under grant agreement DE-AC02-05CH11231

- MUSTANG Project from the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme FP7/2007-

2013 under grant agreement nº 227286, www.co2mustang.eu

- PANACEA Project from the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme FP7/2007-

2013 under grant agreement nº 282900, www.panacea-co2.org

- Project ALM/09/018 “Procesos hidrodinámicos avanzados de almacenamiento

geológico de CO2 en formaciones salinas profundas”, from the Programa de

Almacenamiento Geológico de CO2, CIUDEN, Gobierno de España

- Compostilla OXYCFB300 project of the European Union through the “European Energy

Programme for Recovery”

Participation in scientific non-competitive projects

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

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

- Induced seismicity in Basel, for Geoenergy Suisse

Grant support

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

- 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)

- 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)

- 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)

- 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)

- 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

- Lecturer (together with Dr. Roman Makhnenko) of the course “Mechanics for Earth

Resources” of the Doctoral Program in Mechanics, Academic year 2015-2016, EPFL

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- 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

- ‘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

- ‘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

- ‘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

- ‘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

- ‘Hydromechanical Coupling’ lecture in the master course ‘Aquifer Mechanics’,

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 18 March 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

- 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)

- 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)

Co-supervised PhD students

- Silvia De Simone (2011-2016, UPC), thesis entitled “Induced Seismicity in Enhanced

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

Supervised master students

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

permeability faults

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

related to nuclear waste storage

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

deep saline formations

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

- Oscar Molina (2015, Louisiana State University)

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

Reviewer of scientific journals

- Advances in Water Resources

- Bulletin of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain

- Computational Geosciences

- Computers and Geosciences

- Energy and Fuels

- Engineering Geology

- Environmental Earth Sciences

- Environmental Science and Technology

- Frontiers in Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilization

- Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment

- 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

- Transport In Porous Media

- Water Resources Research

Reviewer of scientific proposals

- Swiss National Science Foundation

Scientific management

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

Spain, 19 May 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

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- Scientific assessment of the Swiss CO2 Injection Pilot. Meetings on 3 July 2015 and 24

November 2015, Bern, Switzerland

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

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

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

launched on 19 May 2015

- Organizer of the “CO2 Sequestration Modelling Course”, Technical University of

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

Dissemination, communication and public engagement activities

- Interview of the MIT Technology Review published in

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

- Interview of the Civil Engineers Society of Catalonia published in

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

- 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.html), 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).

Scientific consultancy

- 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

- 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

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- 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