Tianjia Huang

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Texas A&M University

Advisor: Dr. George Moridis and Dr. Thomas Blasingame

Email: huangtj@tamu.edu

I am currently seeking a postdoctoral position. If your research requires expertise in numerical simulations of subsurface flows, please feel free to contact me!

Education

Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
PhD. Candidate., Petroleum Engineering (08/2020 - Present)
Advisor: Dr. George Moridis, Dr. Thomas Blasingame
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
M.Eng, Mechanical Engineering (08/2017 - 08/2020)
Advisor: Dr. Yu Zhang, Dr. Xiaosen Li
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Non-Degree Coursework, Mechanical Engineering (08/2017 - 08/2018)
Xian Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
B.Eng, Building Environmental and Energy Application Engineering (08/2013 - 08/2017)

Research Interests

I am proficient in Fortran and Matlab, both of which I actively use for the development and enhancement of the TOUGH software suite from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. My work focuses on parallelization and optimization of TOUGH modules to investigate various subsurface energy problems, and I have a strong interest in (i) transport in porous media, and (ii) high-performance computing for petroleum science.

Numerical modeling of coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) dynamics in subsurface environment
- Underground hydrogen storage in aquifers and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs
- Geologic carbon storage in saline formations and natural gas reservoirs
- Geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel
- Extraction of geologic hydrogen from rocks
Numerical modeling of particle transport within porous media
- Sand production modeling in gas hydrate-bearing sediments
- Particulate flow modeling using the Discrete Element Method (DEM)
High-performance computing for complex simulations in petroleum science
- Code parallelization using MPI, OpenMPI, and CUDA.
- Parallel performance analysis using tools like TAU performance system
- Code development and numerical simulation using TOUGH2, TOUGH+, and TOUGH+FLAC3D

Work Experience

Affiliate Student Interns at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, 08/2024 - Present
Advisor: Dr. Jonny Rutqvist
Graduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M University, USA, 08/2021 - Present
Advisor: Dr. George Moridis & Dr. Thomas Blasingame
Ingenuity Internship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, 06/2024 - 08/2024
Advisor: Dr. Jonny Rutqvist
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Texas A&M University, USA, 01/2024 - 06/2024
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Blasingame
Ingenuity Internship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, 06/2023 - 08/2023
Advisor: Dr. Jonny Rutqvist
Internship at King Abdullah University of Science&Technology, KSA, 06/2022 - 08/2022
Advisor: Dr. Bicheng Yan
Research Assistant at Peking University, China, 09/2020 - 06/2021
Advisor: Dr. Ke Xu
Research Assistant at Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, China, 08/2018 - 05/2020
Advisor: Dr. Yu Zhang & Dr. Xiaosen Li