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Meeting 2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Symposium Materials for Tapping Into the Heat Below: Geothermal and SHR, the Always Available, Sustainable Energy
Sponsorship
Organizer(s) Indranil Roy, DAMORPHE, LICA Energy
James C. Earthman, University of California-Irvine
Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University
Ting Roy, Damorphe Inc.
Scope Clean Air Task Force (CATF) defines Geothermal Energy and Super-Hot Rocks (SHR), as an energy revolution in the making, having the potential to meet long-term demands for low-carbon, always-on power. This is the future, a visionary energy source deserving of investment, and yet almost entirely unrecognized in the decarbonization debate. Geothermal energy is generated harnessing earth’s heat. It exists all over the earth at various depths between a few hundred feet to several miles deep. CATF projections place the cost of geothermal power production to be between $20 and $35 per megawatt hour, which is competitive with current natural gas power production costs.

Geothermal energy is being used in a number of places where super-hot temperatures exist close to the surface of the earth. On the edges of tectonic plate boundaries or near recent volcanic activity, for example, Salton Sea, suitable temperatures might be a mile down. Iceland is a leader in investigating geothermal energy with its Iceland Deep Drilling Project targeting SHR. Beyond that, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States are leaders in geothermal power production activity. Other areas on the edges of tectonic plates, including Central America, Indonesia, Kenya, and the Philippines, also have some development.

In their recent report, “Policy Brief: Earth Energy Innovation”, CATF outlined several policy solutions to barriers advancing geothermal power production. Among these recommended solutions, technology gaps in materials to safely harness geothermal energy remains among the most challenging to achieve. A broad deployment of super-hot geothermal and SHR will require new thermally stable, creep-resistant materials with superior mechanical properties and corrosion resistance.

This session brings together researchers to present and discuss research on materials that are targeted for geothermal applications. The session will open with a keynote from Dr. Kamel Ben Naceur, the Chairman, co-founder, and Executive Director of DAMORPHE and LICA Energy. Dr. Naceur also advises ministries of energy, industry boards, of several countries and serves as a current member of the National Petroleum Council for 2024-2025.

Other planned invited talks in the session: Terra Rogers - Program Director, Superhot Rock Energy, Clean Air Task Force; Siegfried Meissner, President - Energy Transition and Industrial Automation, NABORS; CEOs’ and executive management of ORMAT, FERVO, SAGE, HEPHAE, CTR, Vallourec, LICA Energy, EAVOR, Greenfire, NOV, Oxy, Equinor, among others; Prof. Horne Roland - Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Thomas Davies Barrow Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford University and other select faculty from academia; The symposium will include papers and presentations from students to showcase their work on this effort.

Organized by: Prof. James Earthman, UCI, LICA Energy (DAMORPHE); Dr. Ting Roy, LICA Energy (DAMORPHE); Dr. Levent Eryilmaz, ANL; Prof. Xingbo Liu, WVU and Dr. Indranil Roy, LICA Energy (DAMORPHE).

Potential Sponsors: TMS Corrosion and Environmental Effects Committee, Geothermal Rising, Chevron, Exxon, Baker Hughes, NOV, Vallourec and others.

Abstracts Due 07/01/2025
Proceedings Plan Planned: None Selected
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