- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-7672
- Email: wencheng.jin@tamu.edu
- Office: RICH 401F
- Website: Personal Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology – 2018
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology – 2016
- M.Eng., Engineering Mechanics, Sichuan University, China – 2014
- B.Eng., Engineering Mechanics, Sichuan University, China – 2011
Research Interests
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- Novel rock breakage and fracture for subsurface resource recovery
- Data-driven and physics-based multiphysics modeling in porous media
- Granular material flow characterization and modeling
- Engineering application on enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), reservoir thermal energy storage (RTES), geologic hydrogen, and critical minerals mining
Awards & Honors
- Early Career Achievement Award, Energy and Environmental Science & Technology Directorate, Idaho National Laboratory – 2023
- Future Leader, American Rock Mechanics Association – 2022
- Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology – 2018