We study the physics of multiphase flow in porous media.
We apply our theoretical, computational and experimental research
to a variety of energy-driven geophysical problems, such as
carbon sequestration, methane hydrates, and petroleum recovery.
Recent News
[May 15, 2013] Ruben Juanes and Jack Germaine receive the Maseeh Award for Excellence in Teaching at MIT.
[May 9, 2013] Prof. Marco Dentz from the Spanish National Research Council visits group and gives Environmental Sciences seminar: Thu, May 9 @4:00pm, Bldg 48-316. (Read the abstract)
[May 7, 2013] Paper on coupling of geomechanics and multiphase flow with strong capillarity, in collaboration with Jihoon Kim from LBNL and Hamdi Tchelepi from Stanford, accepted in SPE Journal.
[May 3, 2013] Ruben Juanes awarded tenure at MIT.
[May 2, 2013] Prof. Martin Blunt from Imperial College London visits group and gives Environmental Sciences seminar: Thu, May 2 @4:00pm, Bldg 48-316. (Read the abstract)
[Apr 30, 2013] Xiaojing Fu and Luis Cueto's paper on pattern formation and coarsening dynamics in 3D convective mixing in porous media, accepted in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.
[April 25, 2013] Peter Kang was selected as a Martin Fellow for Sustainability.
[April 17, 2013] Mike Szulczewski successfully defended his PhD dissertation, titled The Subsurface Fluid Mechanics of Geologic CO2 Storage. Congratulations, Dr. Szulczewski!! (pictures)
[Apr 11, 2013] Chris MacMinn's paper on buoyant currents arrested by convective dissolution, accepted in Geophysical Research Letters.
