Cole Van De Ven, Carleton University

Research

Greenhouse gases Energy and environment Energy development impacts Groundwater Mass transfer Multiphase flow Process-based environmental monitoring Soil contamination

Latest papers

Challenges to sustainable large-scale shale gas development in China.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Biowindows to mitigate fugitive and residual methane emissions from landfills
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$589,157
Using residual waste products in passive methane oxidation systems (PMOS) to reduce methane emissions from landfills
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Energy and the shallow subsurface: from key processes to robust monitoring of geo-environmental greenhouse gases
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$81,000

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Challenges to sustainable large-scale shale gas development in China.

Wu J, Tan J, Xu J, Li L, Beroza GC, Mumford KG, Van De Ven C, Chen B, Elsworth D

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2415192122 PMID: 40294257

Biowindows to mitigate fugitive and residual methane emissions from landfills

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Cabral, Alexandre AR

Keywords: biosystems; capillary barrier; emissions reduction from landfills; final covers; fugitive emissions; greenhouse gases; residual emissions

$589,157

Using residual waste products in passive methane oxidation systems (PMOS) to reduce methane emissions from landfills

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Van De Ven, Cole CJC

Keywords: biocovers; compost; emissions; greenhouse gases; landfills; methane; methane oxidation

$100,000

Energy and the shallow subsurface: from key processes to robust monitoring of geo-environmental greenhouse gases

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Van De Ven, Cole

Keywords: energy and environment; energy development impacts; greenhouse gases; groundwater; soil contamination; subsurface; unsaturated zone; process-based environmental monitoring; multiphase flow; mass transfer

$81,000

Energy and the shallow subsurface: from key processes to robust monitoring of geo-environmental greenhouse gases

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Van De Ven, Cole

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Greenhouse gases Dear Professor Van De Ven, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Challenges to sustainable large-scale shale gas development in China." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Using residual waste products in passive methane oxidation systems (PMOS) to reduce methane emissions from landfills" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]