Researcher

Dr Yu Jing

Keywords

coal seam gas

digital core analysis

natural gas

geophysical and geological flows

fracture analysis

Fields of Research (FoR)

Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering

Biography

Dr Yu Jing is Scientia Lecturer in School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering at UNSW. Her research focuses on characterising subsurface formation rocks to gain insight into the underground fluids flow behaviours, such as natural gas, oil and groundwater. She is particularly interested in fracture modelling for coal seam gas reservoirs with the application of micro-CT imaging, and modelling multiphysics gas transport and sorption in...view more

Dr Yu Jing is Scientia Lecturer in School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering at UNSW. Her research focuses on characterising subsurface formation rocks to gain insight into the underground fluids flow behaviours, such as natural gas, oil and groundwater. She is particularly interested in fracture modelling for coal seam gas reservoirs with the application of micro-CT imaging, and modelling multiphysics gas transport and sorption in coal.

Professional involvement:

Associate Editor, Journal of Energy Engineering
Communication officer of InterPore Australian Chapter
Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)
Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Member of International Society of Porous Media (InterPore)
Member of European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

My Grants

2023 - GROW Early Career Academics Grant, '4D hydrogen-water two phase flow modelling for underground hydrogen storage', Lead CI, $45k
2022 - ANSTO Australian Synchrotron Beamtime, Lead CI, in-kind $131.1k.
2022 - GROW Early Career Academics Grant, 'Multi-scale modelling of rainfall infiltration through waste rock dumps at open cut mines', Lead CI, $39.9k
2022 - International Partnership Seed Grant funded by the Faculty UNSW, Lead CI, $5,000
2021 - International collaboration seed grant funded by China University of Mining and Technology, Lead CI, $25,000 CNY ($5,000)
2021 - GROW Early Career Academics Grant, 'Pore-scale study of groundwater contaminant transport in coal seam gas and groundwater systems', Lead CI, $31k
2021 - International Partnership Seed Grant funded by the Faculty UNSW, Co-CI, $5,000
2021 - Anglo Coal Australia, 'Permeability characterisation of tight coal', Co-CI, $16,000
2020 - ACARP, 'Direct Measurements of Effective Diffusion Coefficient of Coal', Co-CI, $175k

My Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Petroleum Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
Master of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, University of New South Wale, Australia
Bachelor of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, China

My Awards

The Rising Stars, Asian Deans' Forum (2023)
Equity & Diversity Excellence Award - UNSW (2020)
Future Women Leaders Conference Award - UNSW (2019)
Scientia Fellowship - UNSW (2019)
Postdoctoral Writing Fellowship - UNSW (2017)
Best Presentation in Postgraduate Research Symposium - UNSW (2017)
Australian Postgraduate Awards - UNSW (2016)
TFS Scholarship - UNSW (2014)
Sinopec Haiyang Scholarship - Southwest Petroleum University (2009)
Top Honour Student Award - Southwest Petroleum University (2009-2011)

My Research Activities

Digital core analysis
Characterisation of fractured formation rocks
Flow simulation of underground fluids (e.g. natural gas, groundwater) in formation rocks
Micro-CT imaging of formation rocks
Geostatistics acquisition of formation rocks

For details, please check our research website: www.mutris.unsw.edu.au

My Research Supervision

Supervision keywords

coal seam gas

geophysical and geological flows

digital core analysis

Areas of supervision

I am currently recruiting PhD students with special interests in subsurface energy extraction, CO2 geo-sequestration, and underground geological storage of hydrogen projects. Scholarships and top-ups are available for excellent candidates! Please feel free to contact me via email with any questions.

Currently supervising

Lkhamsuren Baatari, PhD: Experimental study of gas diffusion in coal (Primary supervisior)
Aaron Uthaia Kumaran, PhD: CO2 geosequestration in coal seams (Primary supervisor)
Michael Allan, PhD: Development of recovery strategies for critical metals from mine tailings and acid mine drainage
Meng Yuan, PhD: Multicomponent gas diffusion modelling in coal (Secondary supervisor)
Wen Xi, PhD: Gas-water two-phase flow dynamics in coal (Secondary supervisor)
Seonik Cho, Taste of Research, 'Feasibility study of Australian abandoned coal mines repurposed for geothermal energy"