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
SEP 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!
