Current PhD Students
Abdullah Alqadran(Modeling subsurface storage of CO2)
Ali Eslami (Reactive transport modeling for geologic hydrogen)
Faeze Ghazvini (Modeling of coupled flow, transport, and geomechanics)
Lifeng Wang (Modeling subsurface storage of CO2 and other gases)
Mohammed Alasker (Modeling of transport with fingering instabilities)
Zhongqi Liu (Characterization of mechanical failure and fluid transport processes)
Current MS Students
Ramdhan Wibawa (Physics-informed AI modeling)
Current Undergraduate Students
None
Alumni
Previous PhD Students
Fangning Zheng. Postdoctoral Researcher, Los Alamos National Lab
Thesis: Optimization of CO2 Storage Efficiency under Geomechanical Risks and Prediction Uncertainty
Minh Tran. Geothermal Reservoir Engineer, SLB
Thesis: A novel multiphysics coupled framework to model fluid flow, solute transport, and reservoir geomechanics in fractured porous media
Saro Meguerdijian. Data Scientist, Beyond Limits
Thesis: Dynamics of CO2 Leakage Through Faults
Rayan Dabloul. Reservoir Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Thesis: Characterization of Failure Processes in Fluid-saturated Rocks
Abdulrahman Bubshait. Reservoir Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Thesis: Reactivation of Multiple Faults in Oilfields with Injection and Production
Cyrus Ashayeri. Engineer, Beyond Limits AI
Thesis: Application Of Data-Driven Modeling In Basin-Wide Analysis Of Unconventional Resources Including Domain Expertise
Xiaoxi Zhao. Machine Learning Engineer, LinkedIn
Thesis: A Coupled Multiphase Flow-Geomechanics Framework For Modeling Material, Kinematic And Contact Nonlinearities In Faulted Reservoirs
Ahmed Bubshait. Director, Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia
PhD Thesis: A Coupled Multiphase Flow-Poromechanics-Damage Mechanics Approach To Model Fracture Propagation
Previous MS Students
Mingshuo Wang
Research: Reactive transport modeling of serpentinization
Magdalene Ante
Research: Microscale Laboratory Studies for Determining Fracture Directionality in Tight Sandstone and Shale during Hydraulic Fracturing
Renuhaa Asaithambi. Machine Learning Researcher, Chevron
Research: Rainfall-induced seismicity in the Nepal Himalayan region
Qianru Qi. Research Assistant, USC
Research: Geomechanical Modeling of Deformation in Fractured Rocks Subjected to Hydraulic Fracturing
Tedrik Hayrapetian. Air Quality Engineer, South Coast Air Quality Management District
Research: Imaging and Pressure Monitoring of Lab-scale Hydraulic Fracturing
Farrukh Sohail. Product Manager, Amazon
Research: Prediction of Induced Seismicity and Leakage due to CO2 Injection in a Depleted Aquifer Using a Weakly Coupled Simulation Framework.
Juan Li.
Research: Coupled Flow and Poroelastic Analysis of the 2011 Mw 5.1 Lorca Earthquake
Patrick Ostoyich. Pipeline Integrity Engineer, National Grid
Research: Coupled Flow, Mechanics, and Transport in Porous Media.
Previous Postdoctoral Associates
Saumik Dana. Principal computational Lead, Sapient AI LLC
Research: (1) Two-grid method for coupled flow and geomechanical simulations in tetrahedral grids, (2) Poroelastodynamics framework for induced earthquakes
Manjunath GL. Faculty, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology India
Postdoctoral Research: (1) Fracture mechanics and geomechanics of Gondwana coal and shale across nano-micro-meso scales, (2) Imaging and Pressure Monitoring of Lab-scale Hydraulic Fracturing
Previous Undergraduate Students
Alia Harris
Research: Miscible viscous fingering and coreflooding experiments
Maddy Lee
Research: Miscible viscous fingering and coreflooding experiments
Dylan Chennault. Production Engineer, Aera Energy LLC
Research: Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing-Induced Stress and Pressure
You Sun
Research: Imaging and Pressure Monitoring of Lab-scale Hydraulic Fracturing
Mohammed Idriss
Research: High-Resolution Hydraulic Fracturing and Pressure Monitoring at Lab Scale
Maya Kota
Research: Simulation of Elastic Deformation in Rocks using the PyLith Simulator
Chumeng Cheng
Research: Coupled Flow and Geomechanical Simulations of Aquifers