Dr Isa Kolo

Research Associate (Systems Power & Energy)

Biography

Following the award of a Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace, Honours) from the Mechanical Engineering Department of International Islamic University Malaysia, I joined Masdar Institute (now Khalifa University), Abu Dhabi, for an MSc in Mechanical Engineering. While working there as a Research Assistant, I explored robust numerical techniques and computational tools for predicting the behaviour and failure of materials and structures. This continued in Sheffield where I developed an adaptive isogeometric finite element framework for gradient elasticity and gradient plasticity resulting in a PhD from the University of Sheffield.

The computational techniques I have worked on have wide-ranging applications from the design of sustainable buildings to efficient extraction of the earth’s resources. For example, I have modelled fold-induced rock fractures and investigated advanced concepts to manage losses in conventional geothermal systems. After my PhD, I joined a carbon capture and storage joint project between Eindhoven University of Technology and Shell International BV to develop a coupled multi-physics hydraulic fracture simulator.

At the end of July 2021, I joined the University of Glasgow where I am working on two EPSRC net-zero projects: NetZeroGeoRDIE – looking at repurposing the Newcastle Helix Borehole as a deep coaxial borehole heat exchanger, and INTEGRATE – focusing on underground thermal energy storage in the UK.

Publications

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2025

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Watson, Sean, Lyden, Andrew, Friedrich, Daniel and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2025) Surface–subsurface modelling of seasonal borehole thermal energy storage for a university building. Journal of Energy Storage, 113, 115598. (doi: 10.1016/j.est.2025.115598)

Brown, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Friedrich, Daniel and Watson, Sean (2025) Investigating Mixed-Circuit Injection-Extraction Strategies Between Borehole Heat Exchangers in a Cooling Dominated System. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3141)

Chen, Chaofan, Witte, Francesco, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and Cai, Wanlong (2025) Modeling Closed-Loop and Open-Loop Geothermal Energy Systems for the Dual Utilization of Energy Extraction and Storage. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-8665)

Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X and Angelidis, Orestis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-1333 (2025) Geothermal production, injection and storage engineering. In: Livescu, Silviu and Dindoruk, Birol (eds.) Geothermal Energy Engineering: Technology Transfer with the Oil and Gas Industry. Elsevier. ISBN 9780443216626 (In Press)

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2025) A perspective on Paul Younger’s work on the Newcastle science central deep geothermal borehole and new developments from the NetZero GeoRDIE Project. Green Energy and Sustainability, 5(1), 0002. (doi: 10.47248/ges2505010002)

Desguers, Thibaut, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Friedrich, Daniel (2025) Short-cycle borehole thermal energy storage: Impact of thermal cycle duration on overall performance. Applied Thermal Engineering, 258(B), 124610. (doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.124610)

Doran, Hannah R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-4992, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Sanderson, David C.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9615-4412 (2025) Modelling a novel technique to remove excess decay heat from a geological disposal facility using a closed-loop geothermal system. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 57, 103090. (doi: 10.1016/j.tsep.2024.103090)

Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William and Harrison, Bob (2025) Putting the Potential of Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers into Perspective: a Gas Well Repurposing Case Study, Onshore in the UK. In: 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, 10-12 February 2025,

2024

Kolo, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, C.S., Falcone, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Desgaurs, T., Lyden, A. and Friedrich, D. (2024) Underground Thermal Energy Storage: Overview and Case Study in Scotland. 2nd International Conference on Powering Net Zero, Birmingham, UK, 03-06 Dec 2024.

Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X, Brown, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2024) A Pathway to Simplifying Modelling of Single Coaxial Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers (DBHE). 11th (UK) Geothermal Symposium, London, UK, 11-13 November 2024.

Muhammad, Tiorafi, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2024) Investigating the Potential for a 6 km Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger to Supply Heat and Power in Glasgow. 11th UK Geothermal Symposium, London, UK, 11-13 Nov 2024. (Accepted for Publication)

Ben, Hui, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Walker, Sara (2024) Decarbonising well-insulated buildings in a warming climate: the case of adaptive thermal comfort with geothermal space heating. Energy and Buildings, 319, 114466. (doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114466)

Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2024) Generic modelling to develop thermal yield nomograms for coaxial deep borehole heat exchangers (DBHE). Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 57(3), 2023-162. (doi: 10.1144/qjegh2023-162)

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Nibbs, William, Cai, Wanlong, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Nagel, Thomas and Chen, Chaofan (2024) A comprehensive review of deep borehole heat exchangers (DBHEs): subsurface modelling studies and applications. Geothermal Energy, (doi: 10.1186/s40517-024-00297-3)

Brown, C.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Lyden, A., Franken, L., Kerr, N., Marshall-Cross, D., Watson, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-9188, Falcone, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Friedrich, D. and Diamond, J. (2024) Assessing the technical potential for underground thermal energy storage in the UK. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 199, 114545. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114545)

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2024) Comparing the Performance of Single U-tube, Double U-tube and Coaxial Medium-to-Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April 2024. (Accepted for Publication)

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2024) Comparison of the thermal and hydraulic performance of single U-tube, double U-tube and coaxial medium-to-deep borehole heat exchangers. Geothermics, 117, 102888. (doi: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102888)

2023

Ben, Hui, Walker, Sara, Brown, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Decarbonising Heating and Cooling Using Temperature Setback and Geothermal Energy. In: CISBAT 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland, 13-15 September 2023, (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/2/022015)

Brown, C. S. et al. (2023) Repurposing a Geothermal Exploration Well as a Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger: Updates from the NetZero GeoRDIE Project. The 10th UK Geothermal Symposium, London, UK, 20-22 Nov 2023.

Morrison, Luke, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Watson, Sean, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Understanding the Impact of Paleoclimate Corrections on the Cheshire Basin with Application to Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers. The 10th UK Geothermal Symposium, London, UK, 20-22 Nov 2023.

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Harrison, Bob (2023) Repurposing an Offshore Oil Well as a Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger: a UK case study. In: AAPG International Conference and Exhibition (ICE '23), Madrid, Spain, 6-8 Nov 2023, (Accepted for Publication)

Ben, Hui, Walker, Sara, Brown, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Geothermal Space Heating and Thermal Comfort Strategy for Low-carbon Non-domestic Buildings Under Warming Climate. 11th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Building and Environment (SuDBE 2023), Helsinki, Finland, 14-18 Aug 2023. (Unpublished)

Doran, Hannah R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-4992, Renaud, Theo, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Sanderson, David C.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9615-4412 (2023) Radioactive Waste as an Anthropogenic Heat Source: Shallow and Deep Geothermal Applications. In: European Geothermal Congress 2022, Berlin, Germany, 17-21 Oct 2022, ISBN 9782960194623

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X (2023) Closed-loop Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger: Newcastle Science Central Deep Geothermal Borehole. In: European Geothermal Congress 2022, Berlin, Germany, 17-21 Oct 2022, ISBN 9782960194623

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Doran, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-4992, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Investigating the influence of groundwater flow and charge cycle duration on deep borehole heat exchangers for heat extraction and borehole thermal energy storage. Energies, 16(6), 2677. (doi: 10.3390/en16062677)

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X (2023) Repurposing a geothermal exploration well as a deep borehole heat exchanger: understanding long-term effects of lithological layering, flow direction, and circulation flow rate. Sustainability, 15(5), 4140. (doi: 10.3390/su15054140)

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X (2023) Repurposing a deep geothermal exploration well for borehole thermal energy storage: implications from statistical modelling and sensitivity analysis. Applied Thermal Engineering, 220, 119701. (doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119701)

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Desguers, Thibaut, Lyden, Andrew, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Friedrich, Daniel and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Modelling Borehole Thermal Energy Storage using Curtailed Wind Energy as a Fluctuating Source of Charge. In: 2023 Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, 6-8 Feb 2023,

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Thermal Power from a Notional 6 km Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger in Glasgow. In: 2023 Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, 6-8 Feb 2023,

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X (2023) Investigating scalability of deep borehole heat exchangers: numerical modelling of arrays with varied modes of operation. Renewable Energy, 202, pp. 442-452. (doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.11.100)

Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X, Doran, Hannah R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-4992 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Modelling Thermal Response Tests for Deep Coaxial Borehole Heat Exchangers. In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,

Doran, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-4992, Renaud, T., Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Sanderson, D. (2023) Harnessing Anthropogenic Heat from Radioactive Waste in Geological Disposal Facility settings via Closed-Loop Geothermal Systems. In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Lyden, Andrew, Watson, Sean, Banks, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-504X, Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Friedrich, Daniel (2023) A Modelling Study of Seasonal Borehole Thermal Energy Storage in Scotland: Integrating Surface Demand and the Subsurface Heat Store. In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,

Nibbs, William, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Watson, Sean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-9188 and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X (2023) Repurposing Onshore Wells for Geothermal Use in the United Kingdom: Application as Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers. In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,

2022

Lyden, A., Brown, C.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Falcone, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Friedrichs, D. (2022) Seasonal thermal energy storage in smart energy systems: district-level applications and modelling approaches. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 167, 112760. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112760)

2019

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Chen, Lin and de Borst, René (2019) Strain-gradient elasticity and gradient-dependent plasticity with hierarchical refinement of NURBS. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 163, pp. 31-43. (doi: 10.1016/j.finel.2019.06.001)

2018

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and de Borst, René (2018) Dispersion and isogeometric analyses of second-order and fourth-order implicit gradient-enhanced plasticity models. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 114(4), pp. 431-453. (doi: 10.1002/nme.5749)

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and de Borst, René (2018) An isogeometric analysis approach to gradient-dependent plasticity. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 113(2), pp. 296-310. (doi: 10.1002/nme.5614)

2017

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Askes, Harm and de Borst, René (2017) Convergence analysis of Laplacian-based gradient elasticity in an isogeometric framework. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 135, pp. 56-67. (doi: 10.1016/j.finel.2017.07.006)

Brimmo, Ayoola T., Sodiq, Ahmed, Sofela, Samuel and Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 (2017) Sustainable energy development in Nigeria: wind, hydropower, geothermal and nuclear (Vol. 1). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 74, pp. 474-490. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.162)

2016

Kolo, Isa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K. and Sousa, Rita L. (2016) Computational modelling of fracture propagation in rocks using a coupled elastic-plasticity-damage model. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2016, 3231092. (doi: 10.1155/2016/3231092)

2015

Kolo, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Al-Rub, R.K.A., Sousa, R.L., Sassi, M. and Sirat, M. (2015) Numerical Modelling of Fold-related Fractures. In: 13th ISRM International Congress of Rock Mechanics, Montréal, QC, Canada, 10-13 May 2015, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9781926872254

2014

Abid, N., Kolo, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716 and Janajreh, I. (2014) Computational Fluid Dynamics Study on Wind, Solar Effect and Pollutant Dispersion in Masdar City. In: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2014), Melbourne, Australia, 08-11 Dec 2014, ISBN 9780646596952

Kolo, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Sousa, R. and Zhang, T. (2014) Heat Transmission in a Geothermal Wellbore: Modelling and Application. In: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2014), Melbourne, Australia, 08-11 Dec 2014, ISBN 9780646596952

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