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 Senior 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 pore-scale characterisation of rocks with the application of micro-CT imaging, and modelling multiphysics flow transport in underground...view more

Dr Yu Jing is Scientia Senior 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 pore-scale characterisation of rocks with the application of micro-CT imaging, and modelling multiphysics flow transport in underground formations.

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

National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFACR) 2024, “decarbonisation of the energy and resources sectors”, co-CI, $125,000
ANSTO Australian Synchrotron Beamtime grant 2023, co-CI, in-kind $98,300.
International Partnership Seed Grant 2023, co-CI, $5,000
GROW Early Career Academics Grant 2023, Lead CI, “Multiscale modelling of rainfall infiltration through waste rock dumps at open cut mines”, $45,000.
ARC Research Hub for Fire Resilience Infrastructure, Assets and Safety Advancements (FRIASA) 2023-2028, CI, $4.9 million.
ANSTO Australian Synchrotron Beamtime grant 2022, Lead CI, in-kind $131,100.
GROW Early Career Academics Grant 2022, Lead CI, “Pore-scale study of groundwater contaminant transport in coal seam gas and groundwater systems”, $39,900.
International Partnership Seed Grant 2022, Lead CI, $5,000.
International collaboration seed grant funded by China University of Mining and Technology, Lead CI, $25,000 CNY ($5,000)
GROW Early Career Academics Grant 2021, Lead CI, “Pore-scale study of groundwater contaminant transport in coal seam gas and groundwater systems”, $31k.
International Partnership Seed Grant 2021, CI, $5,000.
ACARP, “Direct measurements of effective diffusion coefficient of coal”, 2020-2021, $175,000

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

Yuyao Zhang, PhD: Reactive transport modelling in porous media
Aaron Uthaia Kumaran, PhD: CO2 geosequestration in coal seams
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
Wen Xi, PhD: Gas-water two-phase flow dynamics in coal
Lkhamsuren Baatari, PhD: Experimental study of gas diffusion in coal
Seonik Cho, Taste of Research, 'Feasibility study of Australian abandoned coal mines repurposed for geothermal energy"