Dr. Anthony Ingraffea is the Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University, where he taught structural mechanics, finite element methods, and fracture mechanics at Cornell for 37 years. Dr. Ingraffea’s research concentrates on computer simulation and physical testing of complex fracturing processes. He and his students performed pioneering research in using interactive computer graphics in computational mechanics, and together they authored more than 250 papers in these areas. He has been a principal investigator on more than $37 million in R&D projects from the NSF, NASA, Nichols Research, AFOSR, FAA, Kodak, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, IBM, Schlumberger, EXXON, the Gas Research Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, General Dynamics, Boeing, Caterpillar Tractor, and Northrop Grumman Aerospace. For his research achievements he has won the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics “1994 Significant Paper Award” for one of the five most significant papers in the category of Computational/Analytical Applications, twice won the National Research Council/U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics Award for Research in Rock Mechanics (1978, 1991), and the George Irwin Medal form the American Society for Testing and Materials (2006). He was named a Fellow of the International Congress on Fracture in 2009. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the premier journal in his field, Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
2015 LECTURES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC:
- Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, Feb 2
- Tully, NY, April 27
- Gates Mills, Ohio, July 28
- Denver, CO, Oct 3
2015 INVITED PRESENTATIONS AT UNIVERSITIES:
- University of Calgary, Jan 30
- University of Colorado/Boulder, April 7
- Dickinson College, Sept 16
- Westminster College, Sept 23
- Cornell University, Oct 22
- Mercyhurst College, Oct 26
- Purdue University, Oct 27
- Yale University, Nov 2
2015 INVITED PRESENTATIONS TO GROUPS:
- 2015 NCSE Climate and Energy Conference, Jan 27
- PA House Democratic Policy Committee, Mar 2
- Global Critical Systems, Environmental Sustainability Group of AllianceBernstein L.P., April 16
- American Chemical Society NE Regional meeting, Jun 11
- Annual Meeting of the Environmental Management Council of New York State, Oct 16
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Ingraffea, A.R., Wells, M., Santoro, R., Shonkoff, S.B.C. (2014). Assessment and Risk analysis of Casing and Cement Impairment in Oil and Gas Wells in Pennsylvania, 2000-2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Jacobson, M., Delucchi, M., Ingraffea, A.R., Howarth, R., et. al. (2014). A Roadmap for Repowering California for all Purposes with Wind, Water, and Sunlight. Energy. http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.energy.2014.06.099.
- Caulton, D., Shepson, P., Santoro, R., Sparks, J., Howarth, R., Ingraffea, A.R., Cambaliza, M., Sweeney, C., Karion, A., Davis, K., Stirm, B., Montzka, S., Miller, B. (2014). Toward a Better Understanding and Quantification of Methane Emissions from Shale Gas Development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
- Jacobson, M., Howarth, R., Delucchi, M., Scobie, S., Barth, J., Dvorak, M., Klevze, M., Katkhuda, H., Miranda, B., Chowdhury, N., Jones, R., Plano, L., Ingraffea, A.R. (2013) Examining the Feasibility of Converting New York State’s All-Purpose Energy Infrastructure to One Using Wind, Water, and Sunlight. Energy Policy.
- Howarth, R., Santoro, R., Ingraffea, A.R. (2012). Venting and Leaking of Methane from Shale Gas Development: Response to Cathles et al., Climatic Change.
- Howarth, R.W., Ingraffea, A.R. (2011). Should fracking stop? Yes, it is too high risk. Nature.
- Howarth, R.W., Santoro, R., Ingraffea, A.R. (2011). Methane and the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations. Climatic Change.
- Santoro, R., R. W. Howarth, and Ingraffea, A.R. (2011). Indirect emissions of carbon dioxides from Marcellus shale gas development. A technical report of the Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Program at Cornell University. Cornell University.
- Walsh, B. (2011, December 14). Person of the Year 2011: People Who Mattered. TIME Magazine.