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Giorgia Bettin received a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and a PhD, also in Mechanical Engineering, from MIT. In 2007 Giorgia joined Schlumberger-Doll Research and worked on a variety of projects related to energy harvesting, intelligent completions of oilfields and designing of ‘smart-fluids’ for ‘High-Temperature, High-Pressure’ environments. Giorgia joined Sandia in 2012 where she has worked on various projects for the Strategic Petroleum Reserves as well as wellbore integrity projects for Oil & Gas and Storage Industry. Giorgia currently manages the Geothermal Research department and program.

Dr. Bobby Middleton is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He holds MS and PhD degrees in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. Bobby has extensive experience in complex systems modeling, Bayesian statistical models, and heat transfer and fluid flow. He holds three patents. His current research portfolio includes the use of supercritical, transcritical and compressed fluids for heat transfer, cost-effect reduction in water use at power plants, and modeling of complex dynamic systems.