“We are trying to apply fundamental science and engineering processes to predict when a catastrophic event might occur and to develop new methodologies to monitor the process,” said Krishnamoorti, the school’s chief energy officer and director of its Subsea Systems Institute.
And last month, the team received $1.2 million from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program to continue their research. Prior to this grant, the project was funded by $50,000 from the institute, created in 2015 to find ways to reduce the risk of offshore accidents and oil spills following the 2010 accident.