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PhD student Shaken
Kenzhekhanov works in the
Multiphase Fluid Dynamics and
Fluid Properties consortium led by Dr. Yin. Their research involves
fluids in microfluidic chips.
Pictured far left is a microscope
as well as what the microfluidic
experiment looks like under it. Their group uses microfluidics to visualize and conduct fundamental
research on fluid flow through
porous media.
PhD student Kirtland McKenna's does his research alongside
Dr. Bill Eustes using the Apache Drill. The Apache rig is an
industrial coring rig used in the mining industry. The PE
department is using it for education and research. Their
research is to use artificial intelligence to characterize geomechanics directly from drilling data. We have outfitted the
drill rig with sensors and have a custom built measurements while drilling tool to measure high frequency drilling dynamics.
Pictured below is the Apache rig being used to drill a 123 ft horizontal wellbore from one mine drift to another. This was
for a closed flowloop research project. You can see the drill pipe and hole opener coming out of the mountain next to PhD
student Kirt McKenna
Research Assistant Professor Tedesse Teklu’s research includes experimental and
modeling study of: (1) EOR/IOR of sandstone, carbonate, and shale reservoirs
using variable fluids such as seawater, low-salinity water, surfactant, CO2 and combination of these fluids; (2) Matrix and fracture permeability, geomechanics,
hydraulic fracturing, and CO2 storage characteristics of sandstone, carbonate,
and share formations. These experimental studies are performed under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) conditions. The photos below shows the HPHT coreflood and imbibition experimental setup used in Dr. Teklu’s research
work.
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