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Pandey, Upasana

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Illinois State Geological Survey
101 NRB
M/C 652
Champaign, IL  61820
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6457-404X

Education

  • University of Waterloo, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2024
  • Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India, M.Tech., Excavation Engineering, 2018
  • Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India, B. Tech. Civil Engineering 2016

Research Interests

  • Subsurface Energy Technologies
  • Underground Thermal Energy Storage
  • Resilient Underground Energy Storage for AI infrastructure


Academic Positions

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dec 2024 - Present

Industry Positions

  • Engineer in Training, Geosource Energy, Canada, July 2024 - Dec 2024

Selected Publications

Journals

  • Pandey, U., Stumpf, A.J. and Lin, Y.-F.F. (2026), Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage: Groundwater for Efficient Data Center Cooling in the United States. Groundwater. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.70084 
  • Malpure A., Stumpf A.J., Pandey U., Lin Y.-F.F., Bradshaw C. (2026). Techno-Economic Comparison of Data Center Cooling Using Magnetic Bearing Chillers and Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage. Energies. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19173947
  • Pandey, U., and Basu, D. (2024). Thermal analysis of borehole thermal energy storage in unsaturated soil. Geothermics, 118, 102898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102898                
  • Pandey, U., and Basu, D. (2023). Effect of groundwater flow on thermal performance of SBTES systems. Journal of Energy Storage, 74, 109375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.109375


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