Thermochemical, hydrological, geomechanical modeling of salt for underground nuclear waste disposal (SALT)
Low Yield Nuclear Monitoring (LYNM) Hydrogeologic modeling of White Sands National Monument
Education
M.S., Hydrology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
2015
B.S., Earth Sciences
University of California Santa Cruz
2008
Positions
2017 - Present | Research Technologist 1
2015 - 2017 | Post-Masters Student
Awards
Beverly Wellnitz Memorial Scholarship, New Mexico Geologic Society, 2014
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2014
US Department of the Interior Partners in Conservation Award, 2009
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
New Mexico Geologic Society
Publications
Bourret, S.M., P.J. Johnson, G.A. Zyvoloski, S.P. Chu, D.J. Weaver, S. Otto, H. Boukhalfa, F.A. Caporuscio, A.B. Jordan, P.H. Stauffer (2016). Experiments and Modeling in Support of Generic Salt Repository Science. Los Alamos National Laboratory, USDOE Used Fuel Disposition Campaign. Final Report. LA-UR-16-27329.
Bourret, S.M., S. Otto, P.J. Johnson, D.J. Weaver, H. Boukhalfa, P.H. Stauffer (2016). High Level Waste in Salt Repositories: Experiments and Simulations of Evaporation in the Underground. Paper in preparation.
Bourret, S.M. (2015) Stabilization of the White Sands gypsum dune field, New Mexico, by groundwater seepage: a hydrological modeling study. Masters Thesis. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Presentations
Bourret S.M., S. Otto, P.J. Johnson, D.J. Weaver, H. Boukalfa, P.H. Stauffer (2017). High-Level Waste in Salt Repositories: Experiments and Simulations of Evaporation in the Underground. Presented at 2017 Waste Management Symposium, Phoenix, AZ.
Stauffer, P.H., D.J. Weaver, H. Boukalfa, S. Otto, F.A. Caporuscio, G.A. Zyvoloski, S.M. Bourret, P.J. Johnson (2016). Updates on Salt Repository Experiments and Modeling. Presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. Paper No. 131-7.
ourret, S.M., P.H. Stauffer, S.P. Chu, G.A. Zyvoloski, P.J. Johnson (2016). Thermal-hydrologic-chemical modeling for experiment comparison. Presented at the UFD 2016 Working Group Meeting. Las Vegas, NV.
Bourret, S.M., B.T. Newton (2014). Multi-scale hydrologic modeling of the White Sands dune field, New Mexico. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco. Abstract H41H-01.
Bourret, S.M., B.T. Newton, M.A. Person (2014). Hydrologic modeling of the White Sands dune field, New Mexico. Presented at the New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting, pp. 15. Socorro, NM.
Posters
Bustos, D., S.M. Bourret, B.T. Newton (2015). Hydrologic modeling of the largest gypsum dune field on Earth, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Presented at Science for Parks, Parks for Science. Berkeley, CA.
Bourret, S.M., B.T. Newton, M.A. Person (2013). Hydrologic modeling of the White Sands dune field, New Mexico. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Abstract H11H-1233. -->