Patents by Inventor Emily B. Stockwell

Emily B. Stockwell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Devices and methods for measuring thermal flux and estimating rate of change of reactive material within a subsurface formation
    Patent number: 10094719
    Abstract: Devices and methods for measuring subsurface thermal fluxes and for estimating a rate of change in the amount of a reactive material within a subsurface formation using the measured thermal fluxes are described herein. The methods of measuring subsurface thermal fluxes may use at least one array of temperature sensors distributed along a vertical transect projecting from the surface and into the subsurface of a region of interest. Methods of estimating a rate of change in the amount of a reactive material within a portion of the region of interest based on perturbations of the thermal profile within the subsurface due to an endothermic or exothermic degradation of the reactive material within the portion of the region of interest are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: GSI Environmental, Inc., Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas C. Sale, Emily B. Stockwell, Charles J. Newell, Poonam R. Kulkarni
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MEASURING THERMAL FLUX AND ESTIMATING RATE OF CHANGE OF REACTIVE MATERIAL WITHIN A SUBSURFACE FORMATION
    Publication number: 20150233773
    Abstract: Devices and methods for measuring subsurface thermal fluxes and for estimating a rate of change in the amount of a reactive material within a subsurface formation using the measured thermal fluxes are described herein. The methods of measuring subsurface thermal fluxes may use at least one array of temperature sensors distributed along a vertical transect projecting from the surface and into the subsurface of a region of interest. Methods of estimating a rate of change in the amount of a reactive material within a portion of the region of interest based on perturbations of the thermal profile within the subsurface due to an endothermic or exothermic degradation of the reactive material within the portion of the region of interest are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicants: Colorado State University Research Foundation, GSI Environmental, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Sale, Emily B. Stockwell, Charles J. Newell, Poonam R. Kulkarni