The department has a very active programme in subsurface geoscience and engineering research and benefits from strong links with industry and conducts significant industry funded research. For more information see our research pages. 

Projects

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Chemical Transport and Adsorption in Hierarchical Porous Solids [Info Sheet - Chemical Transport InFUSE]

Supervisors: Dr Ronny Pini; Professor Camille Petit, Department of Chemical Engineering; Professor Martin Blunt, Department of Earth Science and Engineering

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Mineralisation Processes for CO2 Storage [Info Sheet - CO2 Mineralisation InFUSE]

Supervisors: Dr Sam Krevor; Professor Martin Trusler, Department of Chemical Engineering; Professor Mary Ryan, Department of Materials; Steffen Berg, Shell; Sharif Ahmed, Diamond Light Source

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Minimal surfaces in porous materials: wettability design for optimal flow performance [Info Sheet - Minimal Surfaces InFUSE]

Supervisors: Professor Martin Blunt; Dr Branko Bijeljic, Department of Earth Science and Engineering; Professor Jerry Heng, Department of Chemical Engineering

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Understanding Materials Interfaces in Systems for the Energy Transition [‌Info Sheet - InFUSE 2022‌]

Up to 10 positions are available. We welcome applications from candidates for October 2022 entry to join the multidisciplinary project InFUSE whose aim is to study key material and fluid interfaces across a range of application areas with direct impact on the energy transition. There are a range of projects available within the research programme, and successful applicants will choose a project following discussions with the programme team and supervisors. Informal enquiries and requests for additional information for these posts can be made to Dr. Ronny Pini.

Any queries regarding the application process should be directed to Bhavna Patel or Amy Nommeots-Nomm.

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Determining the Magnetic Signature of Hydrocarbon-Rich Environments: A Numerical Approach [Info Sheet - Hydro‌]

Supervisors: Professor Adrian Muxworthy and Professor Wyn Williams (University of Edinburgh)

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Capture Carbon Dioxide on Shales [Info Sheet - Carbon Dioxide and Shales‌]

Supervisors: Professor Mark A. Sephton, Professor Craig Smalley and Professor Al Fraser

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Five PhD studentships in CO₂ storage, enhanced oil recovery technologies and digital rocks [Info Sheet - CO2 storage, EOR, Digital rocks]

Supervisors: Professor Martin Blunt and Dr Sam Krevor
Contact: Bhavna Patel 

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Pore-Scale Imaging, Analysis, and Data-Driven Pore-Scale Modelling [Info Sheet - Pore-Scale Imaging‌]

Supervisor: Professor Martin Blunt

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Topology, wettability and fluid flow in porous materials [Info Sheet - Topology]‌

Supervisor: Professor Martin Blunt

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CASE studentship: Pore-to-core linkages and upscaling for CO2 Storage in carbonates [Info sheet: Digital Rock CO2 Storage]‌‌

Supervisor: Dr Sam Krevor

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Global CO2 storage capacity: Modeling limitations of geography and injectivity [Info sheet: CO2 storage capacity]

Supervisor: Dr Sam Krevor

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Dynamic semi-structured meshes for fast numerical simulation of MultiPhase Modelling in Oil and Gas [Info Sheet - Semi Structured Meshes]
‌EPSRC CASE studentship sponsored by industrial partner BP PLC
‌Proposed Supervisors: Professor Christopher Pain, Dr Pablo Salinas, Dr A. I. Obeysekara and Dr Andre Nicolle (BP)

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Pore-scale Imaging and Analysis of Multiphase Flow in Improved Oil Recovery by X-Ray Tomography [‌Info Sheet - Pore-Scale Imaging]
Supervisors: Dr Branko Bijeljic and Professor Martin Blunt 

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Pore-scale Modelling and Analysis of Reactive Transportin Carbon Storage and Oil Recovery [Info Sheet - Reactive Transport]
Supervisor: Dr Branko Bijeljic

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Modelling the physics of granular rock compaction for characterisation of flow in reservoirs [Info sheet]‌‌

Supervisors: Dr John-Paul Latham, Dr Jiansheng Xiang and Professor Martin Blunt