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Weon Shik Han is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), part of the College of Letters & Science. He holds a PhD from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, alongside MS and BS degrees from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. His research focuses on environmental and energy-related geoscience, emphasizing geologic CO2 sequestration, groundwater hydrology, and geothermal energy development through interdisciplinary approaches integrating hydrogeology, geochemistry, thermodynamics, and petroleum engineering.
Key research areas include multi-phase phenomena modeling, reactive transport processes, and heat transport dynamics. He develops both analytical and numerical methods for field applications, with a strong emphasis on computational simulations of groundwater flow systems. Han's work addresses critical challenges in climate change mitigation, energy sustainability, and subsurface fluid dynamics.
His recent publications highlight advancements in CO2 sequestration risk assessment, CO2-brine interaction dynamics, and geothermal energy potential. Notable contributions include studies on CO2 migration in stratified systems, geyser eruption mechanisms driven by subsurface CO2, and methodologies for predicting lithology through data assimilation. These studies underscore his expertise in bridging theoretical modeling and practical field applications.
Han teaches courses on Hydrogeology and Flow and Transport in Porous Media. He actively mentors graduate students interested in computational simulations of coupled subsurface processes and provides research opportunities for undergraduates. His lab website (http://pantherfile.uwm.edu/hanw/www/public/) offers access to ongoing research projects and datasets.
