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
- UNSW-Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaboration Grant - Stage 1, "Compressed air energy storage in porous media", Lead-CI, $20,000.
- 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 Wales, Australia
- Bachelor of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, China
My Awards
- Asian-Australian Leadership Award Finalist in Education, Science & Medicine (2024)
- 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)
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
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"
My Engagement
Stanley, S.(4 Jan 2018). "Testing a New Tool That Illuminates Tiny Fractures in Coal", AGU Earth and Space Science News. Eos, 98.
My Teaching
- ENGG1300, Engineering Mechanics, Summer Term
- MERE4951/9451, MERE Thesis Project, T1-T3
- GSOE9820 Project Management, T3
- Verticallly Integrated Program, 'Deep Earth Storage', T1-T3
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