Rafid Al-Khoury

Rafid Al-Khoury is a Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology. His work focuses on computational poromechanics, geothermal systems, and CO2 geosequestration, utilizing advanced finite element and spectral methods. He leads the Computational Mechanics chair within the Applied Mechanics section.

• Education: Ph.D. (Cum Laude) in Computational Mechanics, M.Sc. (Distinction) in Civil Engineering, and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering.
• Research: Specializes in mesh-independent finite element schemes, inverse problems, and spectral analysis for geothermal and CO2 storage applications.

His publications address transient heat flow, fracturing porous media, and energy pile dynamics. Key contributions include books on Computational Modeling of Shallow Geothermal Systems (2012) and Computational Models for CO2 Geo-sequestration & Compressed Air Energy Storage (2014). He has chaired program committees for major conferences like InterPore.