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Email: elsworth@psu.edu
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https://personal.ems.psu.edu/~fkd/
http://g3.ems.psu.edu/

Derek Elsworth

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G. Albert Shoemaker Chair and Professor
Research Interests
Energy Geomechanics
Porous Media Flows
Computational Mechanics
Unconventional Resources

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