2026-08-06
SPE Award: Dr. Kim receives the 2026 Formation Evaluation Award for the Gulf Coast North America Region.
2026-07
Congratulations to Dr. Sangyeong Park, a Geoenergy Systems Laboratory alumnus (postdoc: 2024/08 – 2026/03), on his appointment as an Assistant Professor at Gyeongsang National University in Korea! We are proud of your achievement and excited to see your continued success in academia.
Congratulations, Professor Park!
2026-06-21 ~ 06-24
ARMA 2026 Conference: The Geoenergy Systems Laboratory presented 6 abstracts at the ARMA 2026 Conference! Stay tuned for the full research papers coming soon. Special big congratulations to Jiaming and Hyeontae, who gave their first ARMA presentations and did an excellent job. Great work!
2026-06-04
EMI 2026 Conference: Dr. Kim attended the Engineering Mechanics Institute 2026 and presented on behalf of Ummu and Dr. Asem.
2026-05-28
KGS-NA Workshop: Dr. Kim attended the KGS-NA workshop and presented the group’s work.
2026-05-12
End of Spring 2026 Group Dinner: We had a great time celebrating the end of Spring 2026. We are also excited to welcome Dr. Asem to our team. Welcome, Pouyan!
2026-05-08
2026 Spring Crisman Meeting: Jiaming presented her work on using fiber-optic sensors to characterize anisotropy and heterogeneity in shales as an advanced experimental approach in rock mechanics. Great job, Jiaming!
2026-03-13
Dr. Park Farewell dinner: We will miss you Sangyeong!
2026-02-27
PETE Department Award: Dr. Kim receives the David Dunlap ’83 Faculty Award for Excellence in Service.
2026-02-02
Invited Seminar, Colorado School of Mines: Dr. Kim visited the Department of Petroleum Engineering and delivered an invited seminar on recent research advances from his group.
2026-01-30
Invited Seminar, University of Minnesota: Dr. Kim visited the University of Minnesota, Department of Civil Engineering, and delivered an invited talk in the Warren Distinguished Lecture Series, presenting recent research advances from his group.
2025-12
Invited Seminars, Korea: Dr. Kim delivered research seminars at Universities and government research institutes in Korea.
- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
- Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
- Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT)
- Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
- Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Seoul National University (SNU)
- Korea University (KU)
- Pukyong National University (PKNU)
2025-10-17
GSL Fall 2025 Group Lunch Outing
2025-08-07
SPE Award: Dr. Kim receives the 2025 Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award for the Gulf Coast North America Region.
2025-08-05
SNU ERR visit TAMU: Dr. Kim hosted a group of 25 faculty members and students from the Department of Energy & Resources Engineering at Seoul National University to the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. The visit highlighted ongoing academic exchange, collaborative research interests, and opportunities for future partnership between the two programs.
2025-06-08 ~ 06-11
ARMA 2025 Conference: The Geoenergy Systems Laboratory group presented 6 abstracts at the American Rock Mechanics Association 2025 conference!
792 – Impact of Hydrogen Injection on the Hydromechanical Behavior of Limestones
811 – Experimental Investigation on the Poromechanical Response of Olivine Rocks During Serpentinization
861 – Impact of Stress History on the Breakthrough Response of Mudrocks as Caprocks for CO2 Storage
812 – Geo-Barriers: Inducing mineral precipitation upon transverse mixing to engineer large-scale subsurface fluid containment structures
793 – Experimental Investigation on Generating Precipitation-Induced Geo-Barriers in Porous Rocks
779 – Reservoir-Scale Application of Relative Permeability Experiment Results and Impact on CO2 Plume Propagation
Great job everyone!
2025-06-05
Texas A&M Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows for 2025-2026: Ummu was selected as the Texas A&M Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year. Congratulations Ummu! Well deserved. Find out more information here: Announcing the 2025-2026 Texas A&M Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows – Texas A&M Energy Institute
2025-05-29
EMI 2025 Conference: Dr. Kim presented at EMI 2025 “Self-sealing response in mudrock fractures for subsurface geoenergy systems” on behalf of Aidana Bakeshova and Abdelaziz Elyasa.
2025-05-08
GSL End-of-Semester Lunch: We celebrated the end of the semester with a farewell lunch for Aidana Bakeshova. Wishing Aidana all the best in her future endeavors!
