Expert on hydraulic fracturing will speak at LCCC

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Expert on hydraulic fracturing will speak at LCCC

Published: November 23, 2010

Dr. Anthony R. Ingraffea, Ph.D., the Dwight C. Baum Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, will give a presentation on “Unconventional Gas Plays: Information for an Informed Citizenry” at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 in Luzerne County Community College’s Educational Conference Center in Nanticoke.

Ingraffea is an expert on hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” which involves cracking underground rocks by means of high-pressure streams of water. A main use of the technique is for horizontal natural gas drilling.

Ingraffea, graduate students and research assistants make up the “Cornell Fracture Group,” which has as its mission “to create, to verify, and to validate computational simulation systems for fracture control in engineered systems,” according to its Web site, www.cfg.cornell.edu.

The group does testing and computer simulations of complex fracturing processes in a variety of materials. Applications include assessing damage tolerance in aircraft, and determining the causes of failure in bridges and dams.

Ingraffea’s presentation is sponsored by the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition, a group of area residents concerned about potential problems caused by natural gas drilling.

For information, contact the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition at 570-266-5116, gdacoaltion@gmail.com, or www.gdacoalition.org.

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One Response to “Expert on hydraulic fracturing will speak at LCCC”
  1. Richard Coleman says:
    November 23, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    As long as his presentation is not one sided in either direction, it is a good thing. Understanding the process of fracking, what it can do and what it cannot is essential for supporters of both sides of the controversy, even me.