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Weon Shik Han

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Geosciences

Education

  • PhD, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  • MS, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • BS, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Teaching Interests

  • Hydrogeology
  • Flow and Transport in Porous Media

Research Interests

Weon Shik Han's research focuses on environmental, climate change, and energy related research such as geologic CO2 sequestration, groundwater hydrology, and geothermal energy development with an emphasis in multi-phase phenomena, reactive transport modeling, and heat transport. The methods preferred range widely, from analytical and numerical approaches to field applications. Thus, the research includes interdisciplinary approaches, integrating elements of groundwater hydrology, hydrogeochemistry, geology, thermodynamics, and petroleum engineering.

Students interested in graduate studies on coupled processes in groundwater flow emphasis on computation simulations are encouraged to contact Weon Shik Han. Undergraduates interested in research experience and work opportunities should also contact him.

Selected Publications

Han, Weon S., Graham, J., Choung, S., Park, E., Choi, Woonsup, and Kim, Y.S.. “Local-Scale Variability in Groundwater Resources: Cedar Creek Watershed, Wisconsin, U.S.A” Journal of Hydro-environment Research20. (2018): 38-51.
Oh, H., Kim, K.-Y., Han, Weon S., Park, E., and Kim, J.-C.. “Migration behavior of supercritical and liquid CO2 in a stratified system: Experiments and numerical simulations” Water Resources Research51.10 (2015): 7937-7958.
Choung, S., Oh, J., Han, Weon S., Chon, C.-M., Kwon, Y., Kim, D.Y., and Shin, W.. “Comparison of physicochemical properties between fine (PM2.5) and coarse airborne particles at cold season in Korea” Science of the Total Environment541. (2015): 1132-1138.
Yang, Q., Zhao, W., Dixon, T. H., Amelung, F., Han, Weon S., and Li, P.. “InSAR monitoring of ground deformation due to CO2 injection at an enhanced oil recovery site, West Texas” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control41. (2015): 20-28.
Jung, N.-H., Han, Weon S., Han, K., and Park, E.. “Regional-scale advective, diffusive, and eruptive dynamics of CO2 and brine through faults and wellbores” Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth120.5 (2015): 3003-3025.
Han, Weon S., Kim, K. Y., Jung, N. H., and Park, E.. “Coupled Transport of Groundwater, Heat, and Radiogenic He in Topography-Driven Basins” Ground Water53.S1 (2015): 33-46.
Guyant, Ethan, Han, Weon S., Kim, K.-Y., Park, M.-Y., and Kim, B.-Y.. “Salt precipitation and CO2/brine flow distribution under different injection well completion” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control37. (2015): 299-310.
Wriedt, J., Deo, M., Han, Weon S., and Lepinski, J.. “A methodology for quantifying risk and likelihood of failure for carbon dioxide injection into deep saline reservoirs” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control20. (2014): 196-211.
Ding, G., Park, E., Kim, K.-Y., Chen, H., Han, Weon S., Kim, Y., and Kim, K.. Analysis of recovery of head and total dissolved solids (TDS) from long-term pressure depression in coastal aquifers2014.
Jeong, J., Paudyal, P., Kim, K.-Y., Han, Weon S., and Park, E.. “Development of an explicit iterative characterization method of non-stationary aquifers based on history curves matching” Water Resources Research(2014).
Watson, Z. T., Han, Weon S., Keating, E. H., Jung, N.-H., and L.“Eruption dynamics of CO2-driven cold-water geysers: Crystal, Tenmile geyser in Utah and Chimayó geyser in New Mexico” Earth and Planetary Science Letters408. (2014): 272-284.
Han, Weon S., Lee, S.-Y., Allen, J., and Potter, S.L.. Potential effects of dip and sinusoidal structures in geologic formations on CO2 plume migration and storage2014.
Wriedt, J., Deo, M., Han, Weon S., and Lepinski, J.. “A Methodology for Quantifying Risk and Likelihood of Failure for Carbon Dioxide Injection into Deep Saline Reservoris” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control20. (2014): 196-211.
Kim, K.-Y., Han, Weon S., Park, E., and Lee, P.-K.. “Flow dynamics of CO2/brine at the interface between the storage formation and sealing units in a multi-layered model” Transport in Porous Media105.3 (2014): 611-633.
Jeong, G., Park, E., Han, Weon S., and Kim, K.-Y.. “A Novel Data Assimilation Methodology for Predicting Lithology Based on Sequence Labeling Algorithms” Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth119.10 (2014): 7503-7520.
Jung, N. H., Han, Weon S., Watson, Z. T., Graham, J. P., and Kim, K. Y.“Fault-Controlled CO2 Leakage from Natural Reservoirs in the Colorado Plateau, East-Central Utah” Earth and Planetary Science Letters403. (2014): 358-367.
Han, Weon S., Kim, K. Y., Jeong, J., Chung, S., Jung, N. H., and Park, E.. “Non-parametric simulations-based conditional stochastic predictions of geologic heterogeneities and leakage potentials for hypothetical CO2 sequestration sites” Environmental Earth Sciences71.6 (2014): 2739-2752.
Potter-McIntyre, S., Allen, J., Lee, S.-Y., Han, Weon S., Marjorie, C., and McPherson, B.. “Iron precipitation in a natural CO2 reservoir: Jurassic Navajo Sandstone in the northern San Rafael Swell, UT, USA” Geofluids13.1 (2013): 82-92.
Han, Weon S., Lu, M, McPherson, B J., Keating, E H., Moore, J, Park, E, Watson, Z.T., and Jung, N.-H.. “Characteristics of CO2-driven cold-water geyser, the Crystal Geyser in Utah: Experimental observation and mechanism analysis” Geofluids13.3 (2013): 283-297.
Oh, J., Kim, K.-Y., Han, Weon S., Kim, T., Kim, J.-C., and Park, E.. “Experimental and numerical study on supercritical CO2/brine transport in a fractured rock: Implications of mass transfer, capillary pressure and storage capacity” Advances in Water Resources62.Part C (2013): 442-453.