Sunghyun Ko
M.S. Student
sunghyun.ko@austin.utexas.edu
GLT 5.214
Research Area
- Unconventional reservoirs
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Phase Behavior
Biography
Sunghyun is an M.S. student in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from The University of Oklahoma. Since 2023, he has been collaborating with Professor Ryosuke Okuno on research related to unconventional reservoirs. Sunghyun’s current research focuses on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in shale oil reservoirs using aqueous ketone injection.
Education
- M.S. in Petroleum Engineering (2024), The University of Texas at Austin, USA
- B.S. in Petroleum Engineering (2022), University of Oklahoma, USA
Representative Publications
- Ko, S., Ghassemi, A. and Uddenberg, M., 2023. Selection and Testing of Proppants for EGS. In: Proceedings, 48th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.