Rick Jayne

Research Hydrogeologist

Biography

Rick is a research hydrogeologist with research interests at the intersection of geologic fluid systems and energy resources, including radioactive waste disposal (especially in salt), CO₂ sequestration, geothermal energy resources, basin-scale fluid systems and groundwater availability in arid regions. To better understand these geologic fluid systems, Rick utilizes lab and field experimental data to constrain and inform numerical models. This field-based numerical modeling approach combines principles from non-isothermal multi-phase/multi-component fluid flows, reservoir geomechanics, stochastic reservoir characterization, and high-performance computing.

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Education

2019 – Ph.D. Geosciences – Virginia Tech

2015 – M.S. Geosciences – Northern Illinois University

2012 – B.S. Environmental Geology – Kutztown University

2012 – B.S. Environmental Biology – Kutztown University

Featured Publications

Bartol, J., Becker, D.A., Benbow, S., Bond, A., Frank, T., LaForce, T., Nicholas, J., Jayne, R., Stauffer, P.H., Stein, E. and Stone, J., 2025. Designing A Repository in Domal Salt: The Influence of Design Variants in Different Modelling Environments. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, p.100659.

Jayne, R. and Kuhlman, K., 2024. Utilizing high-resolution 3D Voronoi meshing to analyze field data from the Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS). Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 39, p.100585.

Kuhlman, K.L., Bartol, J., Benbow, S.J., Bourret, M., Czaikowski, O., Guiltinan, E., Jantschik, K., Jayne, R., Norris, S., Rutqvist, J. and Shao, H., 2024. Synthesis of results for Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) DECOVALEX-2023 Task E. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 39, p.100581.

Frank, T., Becker, D., Benbow, S., Bond, A., Jayne, R., LaForce, T., and Wolf, J., Value of abstraction in performance assessment – When is a higher level of detail necessary?, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 39, 100577, 2352-3808, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2024.100577.

LaForce, T., Bartol, J., Becker, D., Benbow, S., Bond, A., Dietl, C., Frank, T., Kock, I., Magri, F., Nicholas, J., Jayne, R., Pekala, M., Stauffer, P., Stein, E., Stone, J., and Wolf, J., 2024. Comparing modelling approaches for a generic nuclear waste repository in salt, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 40, 100621, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2024.100621.

Mills, M., Kuhlman, K., Jayne, R., Melzer, J., Cajuhi, T., Freidenburg, L., Czaikowski, O., and Gupta, N., 2024. Proceedings of the 13th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation (M4SF-24SN010303062). Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States).

Matteo, E., Simo, E., Herold, P., Keller, A., Lommerzheim, A., Leon-Vargas, Paola, Kuhlman, K., Jayne, R., Mills, M., and Machado-Lopez, A., 2023. RANGERS – Summary of State-of-the-Art in EBS materials. US-German Workshop. Santa-Fe, NM.

Jayne, R. and Kuhlman, K., 2022. Analyzing Field Data from the Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS): A High-resolution 3D Numerical Comparison between Voronoi and Cartesian Meshing. In International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Phoenix, Az.

Stauffer, P., Kuhlman, K., Rutqvist, J., Boukhalfa, H., Bourret, M., Coens, C., Guilti-
nan, E., Herrick, C., Jayne, R., Mills, M., Nemer, M., Otto, S., Rahn, T., and Wu,
Y., Brine Availability Test in Salt 2.0. In International High-Level Radioactive Waste
Management, Phoenix, Az.

Guiltinan, E., Bartol, J., Benbow, S., Bourret, M., Czaikowski, O., Jantschik, K., Jayne, R., Kuhlman, K., Norris, S., Rutqvist, J., Shao, H., Tounsi, H., Watson, C., and Stauffer, P., 2022. Brine Availability Test in Salt: Collaborative Modeling within DECOVALEX. In International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Phoenix, Az.

Kuhlman, K., Mills, M., Choens, R., Herrick, C., and Jayne, R., 2023. Brine Availability in Salt (BATS) Heater Test at WIPP – First Phase Results and Update. In Waste Management 2023, Phoenix, Az.

Simo, E., Matteo, E.N., Kuhlman, K.L., Jayne, R.S., Vargas, P.L., Herold, P., Lommerzheim, A. and Keller, A., 2022. Design and performance assessment of engineered barrier systems in a salt repository for HLW/SNF. In The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X (pp. 272-282).

Jayne, R.S. and Kuhlman, K.L., 2022. Analyzing Field Data from the Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS): A High-Resolution 3D Numerical Study. In The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X (pp. 446-454).

Jayne, R. and Kuhlman, K., 2022. Analyzing Field Data from the Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS): A High-resolution 3D Numerical Comparison between Voronoi and Cartesian Meshing. In International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Phoenix, Az.

Publications

Tara LaForce, Eduardo Basurto, Kyung Chang, Mohamed Ebeida, William Eymold, Christopher Faucett, Richard Jayne, Nicholas Kucinski, Rosemary Leone, Paul Mariner, Frank Perry, (2022). GDSA Repository Systems Analysis Investigations in FY 2022 https://doi.org/10.2172/1898245 Publication ID: 80240

Kristopher Kuhlman, Edward Matteo, Melissa Mills, Richard Jayne, Benjamin Reedlunn, Steven Sobolik, James Bean, (2022). Salt International Collaborations (FY22 Update) https://doi.org/10.2172/1878437 Publication ID: 80026

Tara LaForce, Richard Jayne, Rosemary Leone, Emily Stein, Son Nguyen, (2022). DECOVALEX-2023, Task F Specification, Revision 8 https://doi.org/10.2172/1869373 Publication ID: 80784

Eric Simo, Philipp Herold, Andreas Keller, Andree Lommerzheim, Edward Matteo, Teklu Hadgu, Richard Jayne, Kristopher Kuhlman, Melissa Mills, (2021). RANGERS: State of the Art and Science on Engineered Barrier Systems in Salt Formations https://doi.org/10.2172/1855075 Publication ID: 79924

Richard Jayne, (2021). Task F – Salt PA Modeling Approach https://doi.org/10.2172/1897151 Publication ID: 76667

Tara LaForce, Eduardo Basurto, Kyung Chang, Richard Jayne, Rosemary Leone, Michael Nole, Frank Perry, Emily Stein, (2021). GDSA Repository Systems Analysis Investigations in FY2021 https://doi.org/10.2172/1821257 Publication ID: 75802

Richard Jayne, (2021). 3D Numerical Study of BATS Field Test ? Meshing and Modeling Complex Geometry https://doi.org/10.2172/1886176 Publication ID: 75501

E. Simo, P. Herold, A. Keller, A. Lommerzheim, P. Leon-Vargas, Edward Matteo, Kristopher Kuhlman, Teklu Hadgu, Richard Jayne, Melissa Mills, (2021). RANGERS: Methodology and Numerical Applications https://doi.org/10.2172/1886156 Publication ID: 75515

Kristopher Kuhlman, Melissa Mills, Richard Jayne, Edward Matteo, Courtney Herrick, Martin Nemer, Yongliang Xiong, Robert Choens, Matthew Paul, Phil Stauffer, Hakim Boukhalfa, Eric Guiltinan, Thom Rahn, Doug Weaver, Shawn Otto, Jon Davis, Jonny Rutqvist, Yuxin Wu, Mengsu Hu, Jiannan Wang, (2021). Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) FY21 Update https://doi.org/10.2172/1821547 Publication ID: 75508

Kristopher Kuhlman, Edward Matteo, Melissa Mills, Richard Jayne, Benjamin Reedlunn, Steven Sobolik, James Bean, Emily Stein, Michael Gross, (2021). Salt International Collaborations FY2021 Update https://doi.org/10.2172/1817334 Publication ID: 79619

E. Simo, P. Herold, A Keller, A. Lommerzheim, Edward Matteo, Teklu Hadgu, Richard Jayne, Melissa Mills, Kristopher Kuhlman, (2021). Methodology for Design and Performance Assessment of Engineered Barrier Systems in a Salt Repository for HLW/SNF https://doi.org/10.2172/1844052 Publication ID: 75397

Andreas Keller, Eric Simo, Phillipe Herold, Andreas Lommerzheim, Edward Matteo, Teklu Hadgu, Richard Jayne, Melissa Mills, Krisotpher Kuhlman, (2021). Design Metholody Comparison for HLW/SNF Repositories in Germany and the US https://doi.org/10.2172/1840512 Publication ID: 75022

Richard Jayne, (2020). DECOVALEX Task F Salt Pa – Waste Inventory https://doi.org/10.2172/1882336 Publication ID: 71813

Kristopher Kuhlman, Melissa Mills, Richard Jayne, Courtney Herrick, Robert Choens, Martin Nemer, Jason Heath, Edward Matteo, Yongliang Xiong, Shawn Otto, Brian Dozier, Doug Weaver, Phil Stauffer, Eric Guiltinan, Hakim Boukhalfa, Thom Rahn, Yuxin Wu, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Dustin Crandall, (2020). First-Round Testing of the Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) https://doi.org/10.2172/1832669 Publication ID: 71838

Richard Jayne, Kristopher Kuhlman, (2020). Utilizing temperature and brine inflow measurements to constrain reservoir parameters during a salt heater test Minerals https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111025 Publication ID: 71870

Richard Jayne, Kristopher Kuhlman, (2020). Matching Temperature and Brine Inflow Measurements During a Salt Heater Test To Constrain Reservoir Parameters https://doi.org/10.2172/1832725 Publication ID: 71904

Richard Jayne, (2020). Generic Salt Reference Case – United States https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1813730 Publication ID: 74525

Edward Matteo, Kristopher Kuhlman, Teklu Hadgu, Marissa Herrera-Mills, Richard Jayne, Eric Simo, Andree Lommerzheim, Phillip Hrold, Adreas Kellers, (2020). RANGERS Project Overview https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1813926 Publication ID: 74548

Kristopher Kuhlman, Edward Matteo, Melissa Mills, Richard Jayne, Benjamin Reedlunn, Steven Sobolik, James Bean, Emily Stein, Michael Gross, (2020). International Collaborations on Radioactive Waste Disposal in Salt (FY20) https://doi.org/10.2172/1643980 Publication ID: 74201

Richard Jayne, (2020). Reservoir Response to Heat Generating Nuclear Waste in Bedded Salt https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5705 Publication ID: 73395

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