Tarabay H. Antoun, Ph.D.

Dr. Antoun is the Program Manager of the Energy and Homeland Security Program (E Program) in the Global Security Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has held this position since June 1, 2020. The E Program develops innovative multidisciplinary science and technology solutions for reliable clean energy supply, resilient infrastructure, domestic and cyber security, and defense systems.

Dr. Antoun’s prior position was as Division Leader of the Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Division (AEED) in the Physical and Life Sciences Directorate. Researchers in AEED utilize world-class scientific capabilities and modern high-performance computing facilities to engage in multidisciplinary research across a broad spectrum of atmospheric and Earth sciences supporting Laboratory programs in mission areas ranging from energy to national security.

Before becoming Division Leader in 2013, Dr. Antoun was the Computational Geosciences Group Leader in AEED, where research efforts focus on developing and using computational tools to understand the response of geologic materials in diverse environments and under varied loading conditions.

He has extensive experience using high-performance computing to study the response of frictional materials (ceramics, glass, concrete, and geologic materials) to strong shock waves, and the interaction of those waves with underground structures. He led the effort to maintain a world-class computational geomechanics capability for the laboratory, with applications to problems in national security, homeland defense, and energy and environment.

He joined the laboratory in 1998 after a six-year tenure with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI International), during which he performed numerical and experimental investigations aimed at understanding dynamic fracture and fragmentation in geologic materials.

Publications & Patents
Dr. Antoun, along with SRI and international colleagues, published the book Spall Fracture, representing the state of the art in analytical, experimental, and computational investigations of dynamic fracture. He is also the author of over 100 technical publications and holds a patent for a high-strain-rate method of producing optimized fracture networks in the subsurface for geothermal and other energy applications.

Education & Honors
Dr. Antoun received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton (1991), following a B.S. in Civil Engineering (1983) and an M.S. in Structural Engineering (1986). He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and the recipient of numerous awards, including several achievement awards from SRI, LLNL, and DOE.

Ken Haney

Ken Haney is the Strategic Advisor on Carbon Management and Engineering Manager for California Resources Corporation’s (CRC) Carbon TerraVault (CTV) business. Ken has 8 years of carbon management experience with CRC and 32 years of experience in upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production with CRC, Occidental Petroleum, Chevron, and Texaco.

Industry Experience & Technical Focus
Throughout his career, Mr. Haney has worked as an Engineer, Manager and VP on projects and reservoirs in California, West Texas, New Mexico, Alberta (Canada) and Columbia. His breadth of technical focus includes carbon management across the value chain from carbon dioxide (CO2) capture through transport and storage, miscible and immiscible gas injection, and primary/secondary and tertiary oil recovery operations in shale, clastic and carbonate reservoirs.

Education
Mr. Haney holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from California State University, Bakersfield, and a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Stuart M. Heisler

Stuart Heisler is the Co-Founder of Anacapa Engineering and Design, Inc. in Bakersfield, CA. Stuart has over 40 years of experience in conventional and alternative energy engineering and currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board at the California Energy Research Center (CERC) at CSUB.

Industry Experience & Technical Focus
Throughout his career, Mr. Heisler has held key technical and leadership roles, starting as a Production Engineer at Shell Oil and a Facilities Engineer at Chevron. In 1990, he joined TJ Cross Engineers as a Process Engineer, eventually becoming a partner and Engineering Manager until the firm's acquisition in 2015. He holds a Mechanical Engineering License in California and nine (9) US Patents in Solar Steam Generation for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). He is also an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the American Petroleum Institute (API).

Education
Mr. Heisler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Wayne State University.