The Center for Advanced Reservoir Characterization and Forecasting is a multi-sponsored program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, established in May 2016, to advance the state-of-the-art dynamic characterization and forecasting technologies for subsurface reservoirs. ARCF Center was initially funded by Energi Simulation to develop novel simulation technologies for subsurface energy systems. The Center is co-directed by Behnam Jafarpour and Kristian Jessen, and is hosted in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
The Center aims to improve the description of subsurface reservoirs and their physical properties using dynamic monitoring and performance data, and to enhance the representation and modeling of multiphase fluid flow in heterogeneous geologic rock formations. The focus of research in ARCF is on a number of critical energy, hydrological, and environmental applications, as well as underground sequestration and disposal of CO2 and other wastes.