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Víctor Vilarrasa’s CV
e-mail: [email protected]
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