38 Geoscience and Hydrogeology in the AI Era: From Predictive Models to Real-Time Applications

This session offers a unique platform to showcase advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and physics-informed methodologies, focusing on topics in hydrogeology, subsurface flow and transport, real-time geophysical inversion, critical minerals, and energy applications.

Sunday, 19 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 210AB

Participants

• Chair Robert M. Holt
• Chair Md Lal Mamud
• Chair Maruti K. Mudunuru
• Chair Piyoosh Jaysaval
• Chair Md Kibria
• Chair Andrew O'Reilly
• Chair Arindam Mukherjee
• Chair Katherine Knierim
• Chair Mason Stahl
• Chair Paul Stackelberg

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  Scaling up Speciation: Using Machine Learning to Upscale Speciation Measurements in Arsenic-Impacted Groundwater
  Athena Nghiem, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI and Lenny Winkel, Eawag, Dübendorf
  413109 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  Advances in progressive transfer learning for subsurface storage and energy recovery systems
  Hongkyu Yoon, Sandia National Laboratories, Geomechanics Department, Albuquerque, NM
  413103 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  Predicting Groundwater Hydrochemical Facies in Three Dimensions across the Conterminous United States with Random Forest Classification
  Paul Stackelberg, Water Resources Mission Area, Troy, NY and Katherine Knierim, Water Resources Mission Area, Little Rock, AR and Kenneth Belitz, Water Resources Mission Area, Taghkanic, NY and Charles Cravotta III, Water Resources Mission Area, New Cumberland, PA and R.Blaine McCleskey, Water Resources Mission Area, Boulder, CO and Courtney Killian, Water Resources Mission Area, Bridgeville, PA
  412915 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  An Efficient Surrogate-based Multi-Objective Optimisation Framework Using Sequential Sampling Strategy and Evolutionary Algorithm for Sustainable Island Groundwater Management under Recharge Change and Sea-level Rise
  Weijiang Yu, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma State and Yipeng Zhang, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma State
  413188 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  Integrating Machine Learning with Geochemical Modeling: A Hybrid Random Forest–Gaussian Processes Approach
  Javier Samper-Pilar, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia and Changbing Yang, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia and Javier Samper, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia and Alba Mon, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia
  413754 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Modeling Flow in Dual-Pore Porous Media
  Kalyana Nakshatrala, University of Houston, HOUSTON, TX and Venkat Maduri, University of Houston, HOUSTON, TX
  413842 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  Prediction of Karst Aquifer Recharge Through a Hybrid Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Hydrological Modeling Approach
  Hakan Basagaoglu, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX and Chetan Sharma, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Changbing Yang, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX and Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and Debaditya Chakraborty, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Logan Schmidt, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX and Icen Yoosefdoost, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Adrienne Wootten, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Paul Bertetti, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX and Arif Sahinli, Ankara University, Ankara and Arfan Arshad, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO and Maryam Samimi, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX and John Sharp, The University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX
  414511 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:05 PM
  Challenges Applying Deep Learning to Rainfall-Runoff Modeling in the Hydrologically Complex Catchments of the Texas Hill Country
  Aspen Lightfoot, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, Texas and Logan Schmidt, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, TX and F. Paul Bertetti, Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, Texas
  414540 (Technical Sessions)