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Current Group Members
Current Group Members
Barnabas Adeyemi
Barnabas Adeyemi
Position: Ph.D. Student; Hometown: Nigeria
Education History:
B.S: University of Lagos
M.S: Kansas State University
Research Interests: Flow in porous media, flow and transport in geological formations, geomechanics
Profile: Google Scholar
Zechen Ding
Zechen Ding
Position: Ph.D. Student; Hometown: Henan, China
Education History:
B.S: Yangtze University at Wuhan
M.S: China University of Petroleum at Beijing
Research Interests: Cement sheath integrity
Shuo Wang
Shuo Wang
Position: Ph.D. Student; Hometown: Ningxia, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Mining and Technology
M.S: China University of Mining and Technology / Freiberg University of Technology, Germany
Research Interests: Flow in porous media and fluid flow simulation
Mohammad Goli
Mohammad Goli
Position: Ph.D. Student; Hometown: Hamadan, Iran
Education History:
B.S: Malayer University
M.S: Bu-Ali Sina University
Research Interests: Flow in porous media and soil behavior
Oubai Elagab
Oubai Elagab
Position: Ph.D. Student; Hometown: Khartoum, Sudan
Education History:
B.S: University of Khartoum, Sudan
M.S: University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Research Interests: Low salinity waterflooding, Digital rock imaging, Applications of environmental remediation in low-permeability clay
Mengru Zeng
Mengru Zeng
Position: Ph.D. Student; Hometown: Sichuan, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Mining and Technology
M.S: Chongqing University
Research Interests: CO2 geological storage
Profile: ResearchGate
Guanpeng He
Guanpeng He
Position: Ph.D. Student; Hometown: Hebei, China
Education History:
B.S: Jilin University
M.S: Tongji University
Research Interests: Fluid flow in fracture and porous media, rock mechanics
Profile: Google Scholar
Group Alumni
Group Alumni
Alex Teng
Alex Teng
Ph.D. graduate from Chen group in 2024
Position: Ph.D. Candidate; Hometown: Liaoning, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Petroleum, East China
M.S: Technical University of Denmark / Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ph.D.: Stevens Institute of Technology (2024)
Research Interests: Core analysis and core flooding experiments, Multiphase flow in ultra-low permeability porous media, Nanotechnology and other methods to enhance oil recovery, HPHT phase equilibria
Profile: Google Scholar ResearchGate
Current Position: Postdoc at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Qingqi Zhao
Qingqi Zhao
Ph.D. graduate from Chen group in 2024
Hometown: Jiangsu, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Petroleum, East China / University of North Dakota (visiting scholar)
M.S: University of Tulsa
Ph.D.: Stevens Institute of Technology (2024)
Research Interests: Underground Hydrogen Storage
Profile: ResearchGate
Current Position: Postdoc at the University of Stuttgart, Germany
Ruichang Guo
Ruichang Guo
Ph.D. graduate from Chen group in 2022
Hometown: Dongying, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Petroleum, East China
Ph.D: China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Ph.D.: Virginia Tech (2022)
Research Interests: single/multiphase flow and transport in porous media, Lattice Boltzmann Method, Ultra deep horizontal well drilling technology.
Profile: Google Scholar ResearchGate
Current Position: Postdoc at the University of Texas at Austin
Hongsheng Wang
Hongsheng Wang
Ph.D. graduate from Chen group in 2022
Hometown: Shandong Province, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Petroleum, East China
M.S: China University of Petroleum, East China & University of North Dakota
Ph.D.: Virginia Tech (2022)
Research Interests: Digital Rock, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Big Data, Fluid Flow Simulation.
Current Position: Postdoc at the University of Texas at Austin
Ming Fan
Ming Fan
Ph.D. graduate from Chen group in 2019
Hometown: China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Mining and Technology
M.S: West Virginia University
Ph.D: Virginia Tech (2019)
Research Interests: My research is focused on interaction between reservoir depletion, proppant compression, and single-/multiphase flow in a hydraulic fracture and rock characterization using high-resolution imaging methods, such as SEM and FIB-SEM.
Profile: ResearchGate Google Scholar
Next Position after Chen's Group: Postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Current Position: Research scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zihao Li
Zihao Li
Ph.D. graduate from Chen group in 2021
Hometown: Wuhan, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Petroleum, East China
M.S: Virginia Tech & China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Ph.D: Virginia Tech (2021)
Research Interests: Petrophysics / Enhanced oil recovery/ Fluid flow in porous media / Poroelasticity / In-lab experiments.
Profile: Google Scholar ResearchGate Personal website
Next Position after Chen's Group: Postdoc at Cornell University
Current Position: Research scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Misagh Esmaeilpour
Misagh Esmaeilpour
Ph.D. graduate from Chen group in 2025
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Education History:
B.S: University of Tehran
M.S: Kansas State University
Ph.D.: Stevens Institute of Technology (2025)
Research Interests: Numerical and theoretical modeling of flow properties in porous/ fractured media, Geological storage of CO2
Profile: Google Scholar
Current Position: WSP USA Inc.
Weiyu Zheng
Weiyu Zheng
Position: Visiting Scholar;
Hometown: Langfang, Hebei, China
Education History:
B.S: China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing
M.S: China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing
Research Interests: Rock mechanics and Hydraulic fracturing
Jing Zhang
Jing Zhang
Hometown: Shanxi, China;
Education History:
B.S: Hunan University of Science and Technology, Civil Engineering;
M.S: Carnegie Mellon University, Civil Engineering.
Research Interests: Fracture Propagation, FEM, Two-phase Flow, Machine Learning, Deep learning, Computer Vision.
Yang Liu
Yang Liu
Position: Visiting Scholar
Hometown: Suihua, Heilongjiang, China
Education History:
B.S: Wuhan University of Technology, China
M.S: Northeastern University, China
Research Interests: Numerical simulation and analysis of joint rock mass
Alkesh Rath
Alkesh Rath
Position: Undergraduate Student; Hometown: Alpharetta, GA
Education History:
B.S : Mining and Minerals Engineering
B.S : Computational Modeling and Data Analytics
Minor : Green Engineering
Research Interests: To leverage Big Data technologies for Energy Distribution/Consumption solutions.
Hedvig Unander-Scharin
Hedvig Unander-Scharin
Position: Undergraduate Student; Hometown: Clifton, VA
Education History:
B.S: Mining and Minerals Engineering
Academic standing: Senior
Previous research: "Combining Big Compute and Big Data Technologies with ICTAS' Nanoscale Imaging Capabilities" with Dr. Cheng Chen
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