Fundamental Processes Staff
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Russell T. Johns, Program Manager rjohns@mail.utexas.edu His research interests include enhanced oil recovery with emphasis on gas injection, multiphase flow processes in porous media, remediation of contaminated aquifers, and well testing. |
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Matthew Balhoff balhoff@mail.utexas.edu Prof. Balhoff's research interests include pore-scale and multiscale modeling; flow and transport in porous media. |
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Steven L. Bryant steven_bryant@mail.utexas.edu Prof. Bryant is one of the leading proponents of using physically representative models to understand the mechanisms of flow and transport in soils and sedimentary rocks. Working with many collaborators, he has applied this approach to develop predictive models of the influence of rock-forming processes on permeability, formation factor, resistivity, acoustic velocity and capillary pressure curves. Current research interests include the interfacial area of two immiscible fluids in a porous medium and the critical curvatures required for pore-level drainage and imbibition events. |
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David Dicarlo dicarlo@mail.utexas.edu Prof. DiCarlo's research interests include using advanced experimental techniques such as multi-energy CT scanning, synchrotron radiation, and acoustical measurements. These techniques are used to connect the laboratory scale to the pore scale and reservoir scale on topics such as three-phase, compositional, fracture, and preferential flow in the subsurface. |
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Chun Huh chunhuh@mail.utexas.edu Prof. Huh's research interests include application of small-scale fluid mechanics and interfacial and polymer physics to problems related to enhanced oil and gas recovery processes. Pore-level modeling investigation on effects of polymer on foam transport and lamellae stability in porous media, and detailed fluid mechanics simulation of two immiscible fluids moving in fractures to better define fracture relative permeability, are two example problems of his current interest. |
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Larry W. Lake mailto:larry_lake@mail.utexas.edu Professor Lake's interests include enhanced oil recovery, reservoir engineering, reservoir characterization, geochemical modeling, and simulation. |
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Quoc P. Nguyen quoc_p_nguyen@mail.utexas.edu Research interests include rheology of complex fluids (e.g., viscoelastic surfactants, polymer solutions, and dispersed systems) and reactive flow in porous media. |
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Mukul M. Sharma msharma@mail.utexas.edu Professor Sharma's research applies concepts of surface / colloid chemistry and fluid flow in porous media to problems related to oil and gas exploration and production. His current research projects include: stability of thin fluid films, influence of wettability on relative permeability, multi-component filtration, and the phase behavior of mixtures of polar fluids. In the past he has worked on, emulsion stability, adhesion of colloids to surfaces and the application of novel surfactants in drilling, completion and stimulation fluids. This research activity has been supported primarily by industry, but also by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation and by the State of Texas. |