Sunghyun Ko, a PhD student in our team, was selected as one of only 8 exceptional graduate students here at the University of Texas at Austin to receive the prestigious 2026-2027 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows Award! This honor recognizes his outstanding research on enhanced oil recovery in shale reservoirs using aqueous ketone solutions. His work [...]
Read MoreCALGARY, AUSTIN, May 20, 2026 Energi Simulation, a Calgary-based not-for-profit organization, has committed an investment of $1,000,000 Canadian dollars over the next five years to support research on Sustainable Energy Expansion (EnergiX) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). This initiative builds on the success of the previous program on Carbon Utilization and [...]
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that Sunghyun Ko, a PhD student, has earned 3rd place in the PhD division of the 2026 Regional SPE Paper Contest for the Gulf coast/Southwestern region held on March 28, 2026 in Houston, Texas. Sunghyun advanced to the regional competition after placing second in the master’s division at UT Austin’s [...]
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that Farhan Jameel, one of our PhD students, recently represented The University of Texas at Austin at the 2026 SPE North America PetroBowl Regional Championship, where his team proudly secured 2nd place among 19 competing universities from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Competing on behalf of the Hildebrand Department […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Sunghyun Ko for his outstanding achievement in the recent annual Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Local Paper Contest, hosted by the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE)! Sunghyun were among the 25 students who delivered 20-minute presentations on their research to a panel of judges from industry and academia. Sunghyun [...]
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that Sunghyun Ko, a PhD student in our group, has been selected as a recipient of the Schechter Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding research and academic achievement. The Schechter Fellowship honors the legacy of Prof. Robert S. Schechter, who served as Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering from [...]
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that Hao Wang, a PhD candidate, has been recognized with the Best Oral Paper Award in Site Simulation, Design, and Engineering at the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Conference 2025. Hao's paper, titled, "Enhancing Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 by Organic Carbonate Additives for Enhanced Oil Recovery", was selected by [...]
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that Sunghyun Ko, a PhD student, has earned 2nd Place in the Master’s Category of the 2025 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Student Paper Contest — held in conjunction with the Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (ATCE). Sunghyun’s award-winning paper is titled “Aqueous Solution of 3-Pentanone for Enhanced Oil Recovery [...]
Read MoreDr. Ryosuke Okuno, Sunghyun Ko (PhD student), and Barlas Sevindik (PhD student) attended the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2025 held at Houston, Texas last October 20-22, 2025. Barlas presented a research titled, "Impact of Wettability on CO2 Plume Migration and Trapping: Sand-tank Experimentation and Modeling" during the conference. Sunghyun presented in the Student [...]
Read MoreDr. Ryosuke Okuno, Dr. Daniel Fuentes Ibarra (Postdoctoral fellow), and Sunghyun Ko (PhD student) attended the Energi Simulation Summit 2025 last September 23-24, 2025, held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Okuno presented a research titled, “Alternative Carbon Carrier Technology using Formate Species”. Watch the video presentation here. Daniel presented a [...]
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