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Jesse Hampton

Jesse Hampton

Assistant Professor

Department

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Contact

2206, Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 2015, Colorado School of Mines
  • MS 2012, Colorado School of Mines
  • BS 2010, Old Dominion University

  • experimental geomechanics, geophysics, and petrophysics
  • induced seismicity
  • non-destructive evaluation
  • acoustic emission
  • anisotropy/heterogeneity
  • damage, fractures, and material behavior
  • upscaling/downscaling
  • artificial intelligence in geological engineering
  • digital rock physics/mechanics

  • 2024 ARMA, ARMA Early Career Keynote Lecture
  • 2023 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, WARF Accelerator Award
  • 2022 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, WARF Accelerator Award
  • 2021 American Rock Mechanics Association, Rock Mechanics Research Award
  • 2021 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, WARF DRAPER TIF Award
  • 2020 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence Fellowship
  • 2018 American Rock Mechanics Association, Future Leader
  • 2014 Halliburton, Leadership Development Award
  • 2013 Acoustic Emission Working Group Conference, Student Paper Award

  • Xiong, Q., Lin, Q., Gao, Y., Han, Y., & Hampton, J. (2024). Laboratory visualization of damage asymmetry formation of rock fracture via acoustic emission and digital imaging correlation. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Xiong, Q., Lin, Q., Gao, Y., & Hampton, J. (2024). Spatial continuity and stress transfer: primary and complementary factors shaping pure-swarm laboratory catalog into mixed burst-like and swarm-like. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Luo, X., Sherman, C., Feigl, K., Murphy, J., Akerley, J., Sone, H., Cardiff, M. A., Hampton, J., Guo, H., Lord, N. E., & others, (2024). WHOLESCALE modeling of hydro-mechanical processes at San Emidio, Nevada, US on time scales of days. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States).
  • Knippel, E., Villaquiran Vargas, A., Xiong, Q., & Hampton, J. (2023). Capturing elastic properties and their dependencies as a precursor to understanding damage. In ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (pp. ARMA–2023).
  • Xiong, Q., Lin, Q., Wu, C., & Hampton, J. (2023). Combining Graphic Data Analysis and Mechanical-Statistical-Physical Models in Overcoming the Uncertainties of Laboratory Rock Mechanics Investigation. In ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (pp. ARMA–2023).
  • Villaquiran Vargas, A., Knippel, E., Xiong, Q., & Hampton, J. (2023). Experimental Evaluation of Flow Heterogeneity in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). In ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (pp. ARMA–2023).
  • Xiong, Q., Gossett, D., Brudzinski, M., Lin, Q., & Hampton, J. (2023). Seismo-magnitude clustering is imposed by structural constraint and shear stress. In ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (pp. ARMA–2023).
  • Feigl, K. L., Guo, H., Cunningham, E., Hampton, J., Folsom, M., Akerley, J., Cusini, M., Sherman, C., Warren, I., Kreemer, Corné,, & others, (2023). The 2022 WHOLESCALE deployment at San Emidio, Nevada, US. In Proceedings, 48th workshop on geothermal reservoir engineering.
  • Knippel, E. P., Xiong, Q., Vargas, A. P., & Hampton, J. (2023). Measurements of elastic properties and their dependencies within a damage mechanics workflow. Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 2(4), 100083.
  • Luo, X., Guo, H., Cunningham, E., Akerley, J., Sherman, C. S., Kreemer, C., Batzli, S., Hampton, J., Sone, H., Cardiff, M. A., & others, (2023). Measuring and Modeling Deformation in the San Emidio Geothermal Field, Nevada, US 2019--2022. AGU23.

  • CIV ENGR 330 - Soil Mechanics (Spring 2025)
  • G L E 330 - Soil Mechanics (Spring 2025)
  • G L E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 534 - Nondestructive Evaluation (Fall 2024)
  • G L E 534 - Nondestructive Evaluation (Fall 2024)
  • G L E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • G L E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 474 - Rock Mechanics (Spring 2024)
  • G L E 474 - Rock Mechanics (Spring 2024)
  • G L E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • GEOSCI 474 - Rock Mechanics (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 474 - Rock Mechanics (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 530 - Seepage and Slopes (Fall 2023)
  • G L E 530 - Seepage and Slopes (Fall 2023)
  • G L E 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2023)
  • G L E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • G L E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2023)