Saar, M.O., Randolph, J.B., Kuehn, T.H., the Regents of the University of Minnesota, and Heat Mining Company LLC, Geothermal energy generation system comprises injection wells for accessing reservoir containing native fluid comprising hydrocarbon, production wells, non-water based working fluid supply apparatus, and energy recovery apparatus, Pending Patent No. WO2014015307-A1.

Saar, M.O., Randolph, J.B., Kuehn, T.H., & the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Carbon dioxide-based geothermal energy generation systems and methods related thereto, U.S. Patent No. US8,316,955 B2 (issued 2012); Canada Patent No. 2.753.393 (issued 2013); Europe Patent No. 2406562 (issued 2014); Australia Patent No. 2010223059 (issued 2015).

U.S. Patent Application for CPG with Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), i.e., CPG-EOR (continuation-in-part of CPG parent patent; patent application number: 13/554,868; pending)

George W. Taylor Career Development Award for top tenure candidate in the College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Editor’s Choice Award for 2011 Hydrogeology Journal article (see publications: Saar, 2011)

Awarded 2009-2011 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship and Chair position, UMN

Awarded endowed Gibson Chair position, University of Minnesota

Awarded Turner Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan

Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union

Awarded: Staples Fellowship for Outstanding Scholastic Achievements, University of Oregon