We are the Energetic Materials, Rock Characterization, and Geomechanics Research Center (EMRGe).
As a multidisciplinary research institution, we are expanding on the research of energetic materials and geomechanics in a joint effort of subterranean exploration and national defense to address the many complex geomechanical challenges in subsurface engineering disciplines.
EMRGe Highlights
Analysis of Coal Mine Seal Integrity from Explosively Driven Projectiles
Mater's student Ethan Steward works with one of our Researcher's Dr. Kyle Perry, Associate Professor of Explosives Engineering on Analysis of Coal Mine Seal Integrity from Explosively Driven Projectiles
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Using Glass Microspheres to Attenuate Blast Loading
Dr. Phillip Mulligan, assistant research professor of Geological Engineering, is designing a load cell sensor for measuring how materials absorb and transfer loads generated during an explosion.
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Current Research
- Understanding the effect of digging parameters on excavation forces using discrete element method- Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei
- Integrated numerical-laboratory approach to evaluate cement sheath integrity at Mont Terri- Dr. Andreas Eckert
- Crustal Structure and Subsidence of the Williston Basin: Constraints from Modeling of Gravity Data: Dr. Stephen Gao
- Post Blast Forensics Training for Fort Leonard Wood USAMPS- Dr. Catherine Johnson
- Low Intensity Blast-Induced Brain Molecular and Ultrastructural Abnormalities in Human Tau Transgenic Mice- Dr. Catherine Johnson
- Graduate Fellowships in Nuclear Engineering at Missouri S&T 2014-2021- Dr. Hyoung Lee
- Stationary CT Design for Real TIme 4-D Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury- Dr. Hyoung Lee
- Development of Design Method for H2Ri Wicking Fabric in Pavement Structures: Phas II- Dr. Xiong Zhang
- SME 2017 Freeport-McMoRAN Career Development Grant - Dr. Catherine Johnson
- Geopaths-Extra: Road Maps into Geoscience - Dr. Andreas Eckert
- First Ever Field Pilot on Alaska's North Slope to Validate the use of Polymer Flodds for Heavy oil EOR - Dr. Baojun Bai
- Investigating the Pervasiveness of Complex Seismic Anisotropy and its Geodynamic Significance beneath Continents - Dr. Stephen Gao
- Preparing Interdisciplinary Professionals for Rebuilding/Engineering Resilient Infrastructure of the Nation - Dr. Jenny Liu
- Investigating the Pervasiveness of Complex Seismic Anisotropy and its Geodynamic Significance beneath Continents- Dr. Kelly Liu
- Explosives and Soybeans: Meeting the Need for a More Environmentally Friendly Explosive- Dr. Phillip Mulligan
- Use of H2Ri Mitigate Pumping in Concrete Pavement Shoulders- Dr. Xiong Zhang
- Detonations Synthesis of Nanomaterials- Dr. Catherine Johnson
- The LIBRE (Lake Izabal Basin Research Endeavor) Scientific Drilling WOrkshop: Drilling and Coring the Lake Izabal Basin- Dr. Jonathan Obrist-Farner
- Analysis of Coal Mine Seal Integrity from Explosively Driven Projectiles- Dr. Kyle Perry
- Understanding the Effect of Digging Parameters on Excavation Forces using Discrete Element Method- Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh
- City Utilities Utility Waste Landfill Detailed Site Investigation: Proposed Missouri S&T Geophysical Work Plan: Dr. Evgeniy Torgashov
- First Ever Field Pilot on Alaska's North Slope to Validate the Use of Polymer Floods for Heavy Oil EOR- Dr. Mingzhen Wei
- Petro- Physics Property and EOR Potential Evaluation of Tight Oil Sands- Dr. Mingzhen Wei
- Collaborative Research: NNA Track 1: Advancing Arctic Prosperity through Infrastructures and Sociodemographic Resilience under the Effect of Permafrost Degradation- Dr. Xiong Zhang
Have a Question?
Interested in discussing what research and manufacturing challenges we can help you solve? Please contact us.
Andreas Eckert
Director, Associate Professor of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
573-341-4876 | fax: 573-341-4368 | eckertan@mst.edu |
328 McNutt Hall