Curriculum Vitae
LUCA TREVISAN
Phone: +1- (970) 690-6591
Email: luca.trevisan@gmail.com
February 2015
Summary of Experience and Qualifications
The research I have carried out at Colorado School of Mines is aimed to understand and quantify the trapping mechanisms that guarantee an effective immobilization of CO
2
in deep saline formations, reducing the risk of leakage to the human environment. In order to address this issue, my doctoral dissertation included both a laboratory and a modeling component, which combine together to extrapolate and upscale my experimental analysis to actual field scenarios. Overall, my research interests include flow and transport phenomena in porous media. I have been studying and doing research on subsurface hydrology and soil physics for nine years, attending universities in three different countries, as well as multiple international workshops and conferences related to my hydrogeological background. During my academic formation, in addition to my geosciences curriculum, I have taken several graduate courses from interdisciplinary fields such as Chemical, Environmental, Civil, and Petroleum Engineering, which allow me to understand multiphase flow and transport problems from different research perspectives. During my work experience in the environmental consultancy, I gained expertise in applying numerical models to real world scenarios related to management of groundwater resources, aquifer contamination and remediation, and civil underground excavation.
Education
12/2014
12/2012
Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D
, Colorado School of
Mines, Golden, CO, USA. Advisor: Tissa Illangasekare
Dissertation: Study of trapping mechanisms of supercritical carbon dioxide in deep heterogeneous geologic formations through intermediate scale testing and modeling
Environmental Science and Engineering M.S.
, Colorado School of
07/2007
03/2005
Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Groundwater Hydrology M.S.
, Polytechnic University of Catalonia
(UPC), Barcelona, Spain. Advisor: Daniel Fernandez-Garcia
Thesis: Modeling solute transport and mass–transfer processes at the
MADE site aquifer, Mississippi
Geology B.S.
, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Thesis: Geological study of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations in the Vizze Valley (Eastern Alps)
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Professional Experience
10/2010 – 12/2014 Graduate Research Assistant , Development of experimental analysis of supercritical CO
2
injection in deep saline reservoirs focused on fundamental mechanisms of capillary and dissolution trapping in heterogeneous geologic formations.
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Colorado School of
Mines, Golden, CO, USA
01/2008 – 04/2010 Hydrogeological consultant, Numerical modeling and design of dewatering schemes for the excavation of underground infrastructures; numerical modeling of infiltration ponds for Aquifer Storage Recharge projects; aquifer test analysis for estimation of Lithium reserves in the
Atacama Desert, Chile.
Amphos21 Consulting SL , Barcelona, Spain
12/2007 – 03/2008 Field hydrogeologist , Monitoring of dewatering wells network to allow dry excavation and construction of the High-Speed Rail (AVE) tunnel at the
Sants station west entrance, Barcelona.
Ferrer S.L.
, Barcelona, Spain
11/2007 – 01/2008 Hydrogeological consultant, Environmental studies of VOC contaminated sites; design of dewatering schemes; groundwater resource management.
Novaterra Medioambiental , Barcelona, Spain
Complementary Courses
7th International CCS Summer School by IEAGHG, Nottingham, UK, Jul 21 st
-26 th
, 2013
Subsurface CO
2
modeling short course by Geological Storage Consultants, Minneapolis, USA,
Jun 20 th
– 23 rd
, 2011
Density – Dependent and Unsaturated Modeling, FEFLOW Training Courses by DHI-WASY
GmbH, Berlin, Germany, Sep 17 th
– 18 th
, 2009
Model Calibration and Quantification of Predictive Uncertainty Using PEST, by John Doherty,
Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Sep 15 th
– 19 th
, 2008
Environmental Isotopes applied to groundwater pollution studies, by Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Apr 16 th
– 19 th
, 2007
Computer / Modeling Skills
Multiphase flow and transport modeling software: Comsol Multiphysics, Feflow, GMS, Visual
Modflow, TOUGH2
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Hydraulic testing: AquiferTest, Ephebo
Programming Languages: C++, Matlab
Others: Surfer, Tecplot, AutoCAD, ArcGIS
Journal Articles
1.
Trevisan, L., Cihan, A., Fagerlund, F., Agartan, E.,Mori, H., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q.,
Illangasekare, T.H. (2014). Investigation of mechanisms of supercritical CO
2
trapping in deep saline reservoirs using surrogate fluids at ambient laboratory conditions. International
Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control , 29 , 35-49, doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.07.012
.
2.
Agartan, E., Trevisan, L., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T.H. (2015).
Experimental study on effects of geologic heterogeneity in enhancing dissolution trapping of supercritical CO
2
. Water Resources Research, doi: 10.1002/2014WR015778 .
Journal Articles in Review
1.
Mori, H., Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H. Evaluation of relative permeability functions as inputs to multiphase flow models simulating supercritical CO
2
behavior in deep geologic formations. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (submitted: December 2014).
Journal Articles in Preparation
1.
Trevisan, L., Pini, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T.H. Experimental analysis of spatial correlation effects on capillary trapping of supercritical CO
2
at the intermediate laboratory scale in heterogeneous porous media.
2.
Trevisan, L., Pini, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T.H. Process understanding for capillary trapping enhancement of supercritical CO
2
in complex heterogeneous media through intermediate scale testing.
Oral Presentations, Posters, and Conference Proceedings
1.
Trevisan, L., Pini, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T.H. Experimental investigation of supercritical CO
2
trapping mechanisms at the intermediate laboratory scale in well-defined heterogeneous porous media. 12 th
International Conference on Greenhouse
Gas Technology, Austin, TX, Oct 2014.
Energy Procedia 63 , 5646-5653, doi:
10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.597
.
2.
Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Trevisan, L., Bianchi, M., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T.H. A connectivity-based modeling approach for representing hysteresis in macroscopic two-phase
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flow properties. 12 th
International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technology, Austin, TX,
Oct 2014. Energy Procedia 63 , 3456-3463, doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.374
.
3.
Trevisan, L., Pini, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T.H. Experimental analysis of trapping phenomena at the intermediate laboratory scale in well-defined heterogeneous porous media. Gordon Research Conference, Lewiston, ME, Jul 2014.
4.
Trevisan, L., Cihan, A., Fagerlund, F., Agartan, E., Mori, H., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q.,
Illangasekare, T.H. Investigation of multiphase modeling approaches for behavior of super critical CO
2
in deep formations using analog fluids in the laboratory. Fall Meeting of the
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2013.
5.
Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H., Cihan, A., Vargas-Johnson, J., Agartan, E., Mori, H.,
Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. Investigation of multiphase modeling approaches for behavior of super critical CO
2
in deep formations using analog fluids in the laboratory. Carbon storage
R&D project review meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug 2013.
6.
Illangasekare, T.H., Agartan, E., Trevisan, L., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. A fundamental study of convective mixing contributing to dissolution trapping of CO
2
in heterogeneous geologic media using surrogate fluids and numerical modeling. General
Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2013.
7.
Illangasekare, T.H., Plampin, M., Trevisan, L., Agartan, E., Mori, H., Sakaki, T., Cihan, A.,
Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Pawar, R., Zyvoloski, G. Multiple scale physical and numerical modeling for improved understanding of mechanisms of trapping and leakage of CO
2
in deep geologic formations. General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna,
Austria, Apr 2012.
8.
Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H., Cihan, A., Agartan, E., Mori, H., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q.
Study of trapping mechanisms of supercritical carbon dioxide in deep heterogeneous geologic formations through intermediate scale testing and modeling. Carbon Management
Center Launch Forum, Golden, CO, Oct 2012 (invited).
9.
Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H., Rodriguez, D., Sakaki, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T.,
Zhou, Q. Experimental methods for the simulation of supercritical CO
2
injection at laboratory scale aimed to investigate capillary trapping. Fall Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2011.
10.
Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H., Rodriguez, D.,
Sakaki, T. A Numerical modeling study of effect of heterogeneity on capillary trapping of geologically sequestrated CO
2
. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, CA, Dec 2011.
11.
Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H., Rodriguez, D., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q.
Improved understanding of migration and entrapment of supercritical CO
2
in deep geologic formations: intermediate scale testing and modeling. Modflow and More Conference,
Golden, CO, Jun 2011.
12.
Illangasekare, T.H., Trevisan, L., Rodriguez, D., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. A fundamental study of migration an entrapment of supercritical CO
2
in heterogeneous deep
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geologic formations: intermediate scale testing and modeling. General Assembly of the
European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2011.
13.
Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H., Rodriguez, D., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q.
Experimental study of the capillary trapping during supercritical CO
2
sequestration through analogue test fluid injection at small to intermediate laboratory scales. AGU Hydrology
Days, Fort Collins, CO, Mar 2011.
14.
González-Nicolás, A., Trevisan, L., Ruiz, E., Pérez-Paricio, A. An in situ thermal injection experiment: Some key aspects of the numerical interpretation in the design of groundwater heat pumps. Proceedings of 2 nd
International FEFLOW User Conference, Berlin, Germany,
Sep 2009.
15.
Luna, M., Salas, J., Molinero, J., Queralt, E., Rull, M., Colomer, V., Trevisan, L., Ruiz, E.,
Guimerà, J., Niñerola, J.M. Conceptual and numerical modeling of the infiltration capacity of some artificial recharge basins at the Llobregat aquifer (Barcelona, Spain). International
Congress on Underground Environment, São Paulo, Brazil, Sep 2009.
16.
Ruiz, E., Mañé, R., Luna, M., Trevisan, L., Cot, A., Ros, X., Vilar, C. Design of a drainage solution for the excavation of the subway station accessing the new T1 terminal at the
Barcelona airport. Symposium on water and infrastructure in the subsurface, Barcelona,
Spain, Nov 2008.
Awards
09/2003 –
03/2004
Erasmus Scholarship at the Geodynamics and Geophysics Department of the
University of Barcelona, Spain
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