Summer 2012 Plans
I will visit the British Petroleum Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK to conduct the experiments of exchange flows through porous media. This work is supported by Geological Society of America (GSA) research grant.
Academic Background:
Ph.D. in Geological Sciences Expected graduation: December 2011
Concentration: Geology & Environmental Science
Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Advisers: Dr. Susan D. Hovorka & Dr. Marc A. Hesse
Masters of Sciences in Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering May 2007
Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Thesis: A Simulation Study of Injected CO2 Migration in the Faulted Reservoir
Advisers: Dr. Gary A. Pope & Dr. Steven L. Bryant
Bachelors in Geotechnical Engineering February 2005
Department of Civil, Urban & Geotechnical Engineering
Seoul National University, South Korea
Memberships:
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- Geological Society of America
- Society of Petroleum Engineers
Research Interests:
- Fluid flow in porous media
- Carbon sequestration into the geologically discontinuous formations, especially faulted as well as multi-layered reservoirs
- Geomechanical analysis on fluid-matrix systems
- Numerical reservoir modeling
Goals:
- To be a scientist with engineering ideas
- To be an engineer with a scientific mind |
