Members

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Scientists

Gyeol Han

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests

• Develop fracture surface generation method

• Fracture characterization and analysis

• Coupled reactions in fractures (C-H, T-H-M, M-H, C-M-H)

• X-ray CT technology for geological applications

Andrea Muñoz Ibáñez

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests

• Carbon mineralization in mafic fractured formations

• Hydro-chemo-mechanical coupled processes

• Geologic hydrogen and hydrogen storage

• Rock fracture mechanics

    Ph. D. Students.

    Jun Yeop Yeo

    Ph. D. Student

    Research Interests

    •Gas flow in nano/micropores of underground gas storage.

    •Gas mixing in micropores of underground gas storage.

    •Particle laden flow.

    •Hydrogen genesis.

    Joya Rani Mallick

    Ph. D. Student

    Research Interests

    •Continuous flow geochemistry

    •Fracture Sealing

    •Gas adsorption in porous media

    •Hydrogen hydrate in hydrogels

    •Offshore urban scale hydrogen storage

    Jose Maria Ferdinand Calaunan

    Ph. D. Student

    Research Interests

    •Hydromechanical properties of clay tactoids through thin films for sealing applications in energy storage systems

    •Radiation-induced effects on bentonite using electrokinetics and surface morphology for nuclear waste disposal

    •Extraction and recovery of rare earth elements from fine-grained materials

    •Advanced laboratory characterization techniques of geomaterials

    Weiling Cai

    Ph. D. Student

    Research Interests

    •Multiphase flow in porous media

    •Geologic hydrogen storage

    •Thermal-hydro-chemo-mechanical coupled processes

    •Geophysical multiscale geomaterials characterization

    Visiting Ph.D. student

    Haochen Huang

    Visiting Ph.D. student (CUPB)

    •Production enhancement of natural gas hydrate

    •Cavitation water jet

    •Molecular simulation about the decomposition of gas hydrate

    •Laser-induced cavitation erosion to solid surfaces

      Undergraduate Researchers – 3REE students

      REE (Rare Earth Element) students.

      Rohan K Faizer

      Joseph I Loza

      Ty E Vasquez

      At KAUST

      Jooyoung Im

      Research Scholar (Collaborator, KAUST)

      •Sustainable geotechnical engineering solutions to combat climate change and desertification.

      •Soil erosion prevention and soil preservation against natural and climate hazards

      •Geotechnical evaluation of natural; artificial; and bio-treated soils through laboratory (micro) to field (macro) experimental approaches.

        Carlos Daniel Rodriguez Hernandez

        Ph. D. Student (Collaborator, KAUST)

        •Shale formation

        •Clay tactoids deformation

        •Hydraulic fracturing

        •Proppant performance

        José Luiz Dávalos Monteiro

        Ph. D. Student (Collaborator, KAUST)

        •Multiphase fluid flow.

        •Gas flow in micro and nanopores with applications in H2 /CO2 storage and enhanced shale gas recovery.

        •High pressure, high temperature rock-fluid interaction.

        •Caprock integrity.