We are proud to announce that Hao Wang, a PhD candidate, has been recognized with the Best Oral Paper Award in Site Simulation,
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We 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 &
Dr. Ryosuke Okuno, Dr. Daniel Fuentes Ibarra (Postdoctoral fellow), and Sunghyun Ko (PhD student) attended the Energi Simulation Summit 2025 last September 23-24,
We are proud to announce that Dr. Ryosuke Okuno, together with Dr. Pedro Tupã Pandava Aum of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) in Brazil,
We are delighted to announce that the research partnership between Dr. Ryosuke Okuno (The University of Texas at Austin) and Dr.
Hao Wang, a PhD student, was one of the 8 exceptional graduate students here at the University of Texas at Austin to be selected and receive the prestigious 2025-2026 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows Award!
After 5 years of dedication, research, and perseverance, Tesleem Lawal has officially earned his Ph.D degree in Petroleum Engineering, here at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sunghyun Ko, a PhD student, won 1st place in the MS division of the SPE Regional Paper Contest for the Gulf coast/Southwestern region.
Hao Wang, a PhD student, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Schechter Fellowship. This honor recognizes his outstanding research and academic achievements in the field of Petroleum Engineering.
Dr. Ryosuke Okuno, Hao Wang (PhD student), Doguhan Barlas Sevindik (PhD student) and Alex Rovirosa (URA student) attended the Carbon Capture,
Hassan Amer (PhD student) attended the Center for Subsurface Energy and the Environment (CSEE) Symposium 2025 held at BEG Houston Research Center in Houston,
Dr. Ryosuke Okuno, Hao Wang (PhD student), Hassan Amer (PhD student) and Precious Olufemi “Femi” Oyenowo (PhD student) attended the Energi Simulation Summit 2024 last November 5 &
Dr. Ryosuke Okuno and Precious Olufemi “Femi” Oyenowo (PhD student) attended the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (24ATCE) 2024 held at New Orleans,
Congratulations to Hassan Amer and Sunghyun Ko for their outstanding achievements in the recent annual Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Local Paper Contest,
Tesleem Lawal (PhD student), Hao Wang (PhD student), Dr. Abouzar Paiaman (Research Associate), and Dr. Ryosuke Okuno presented three papers at SPE IOR in Tulsa,
Hassan Amer (PhD student) and Dr. Ryosuke Okuno presented a paper on “A Study of DME-steam Co-injection Using a Large-scale Physical Model”
Hao Wang (PhD Student), Dr. Omar Carrasco Jaim (Postdoctoral Fellow), and Dr. Ryosuke Okuno presented a poster on “Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 in Formate Solution for Enhanced Carbon Mineralization Using Basaltic Rocks”
The UT Graduate School announced that Hassan Amer, a PhD student in our group, was awarded the prestigeous 2024–2025 University Graduate Continuing Fellowship.
On February 16, 2024, the University of Texas at Austin hosted the SPE Local Paper Contest. This event served as a platform for students to showcase their research prowess,
On December 15, 2023, CSEE hosted its annual holiday party, where Dr. Omar Carrasco Jaim was awarded the Outstanding Staff Award.
Dr. Ryosuke Okuno delivered a presentation on the ‘Thermodynamics of Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion at Elevated Pressure’ at the 2023 Energi Simulation Summit in The Hague,
Dr. Ryosuke Okuno presented “Thermodynamic Modeling of Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion” at SPE ATCE 2023.
The research group led by Dr. Ryosuke Okuno congratulates Sofiane Achour on this remarkable achievement and anticipates the meaningful contributions he will undoubtedly make in their future endeavors.
On June 29, 2023, Precious Olufemi Oyenowo (PhD Student) presented a research entitled “Geochemical Impact on Rock Wettability in Injection of High-Concentration Formate Solution for Enhanced Geologic Carbon Storage and Oil Recovery”

