John McLennan

Biography

Since 2009, Professor John McLennan has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. He has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto, awarded in 1980. Before joining the university, he had nearly thirty years of experience with petroleum service and technology companies, including Dowell Schlumberger, TerraTek, Advantek International, and ASRC Energy Services. He has worked on subsurface energy recovery in a variety of reservoir environments throughout the world, and particularly on geothermal energy over the last decade. He is a co-principal investigator for the Utah FORGE project. He is an American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Fellow and has served as ARMA president. He is a member of the Utah Academy of Engineering and Science.