Curriculum Vitae LUCA TREVISAN Phone: +1- (970) February 2015

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1 Curriculum Vitae LUCA TREVISAN Phone: +1- (970) 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 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 12/2012 Environmental Science and Engineering M.S., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA 07/2007 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 03/2005 Geology B.S., University of Padua, Padua, Italy Thesis: Geological study of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations in the Vizze Valley (Eastern Alps) Curriculum Vitae Page 1 of 5

2 Professional Experience 10/ /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/ /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/ /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/ /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 Curriculum Vitae Page 2 of 5

3 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: /j.ijggc 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: /2014WR 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 Energy Procedia 63, , doi: /j.egypro 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 Curriculum Vitae Page 3 of 5

4 flow properties. 12 th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technology, Austin, TX, Oct Energy Procedia 63, , doi: /j.egypro 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Curriculum Vitae Page 4 of 5

5 geologic formations: intermediate scale testing and modeling. General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria, Apr 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 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 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 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 Awards 09/ /2004 Erasmus Scholarship at the Geodynamics and Geophysics Department of the University of Barcelona, Spain Curriculum Vitae Page 5 of 5