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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 CO2 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)

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Professional Experience

10/2010 – 12/2014 Graduate Research Assistant, Development of experimental analysis of

supercritical CO2 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 21st-26

th, 2013

Subsurface CO2 modeling short course by Geological Storage Consultants, Minneapolis, USA,

Jun 20th

– 23rd

, 2011

Density – Dependent and Unsaturated Modeling, FEFLOW Training Courses by DHI-WASY

GmbH, Berlin, Germany, Sep 17th

– 18th

, 2009

Model Calibration and Quantification of Predictive Uncertainty Using PEST, by John Doherty,

Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Sep 15th

– 19th

, 2008

Environmental Isotopes applied to groundwater pollution studies, by Spanish National Research

Council (CSIC) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Apr 16th

– 19th

, 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 CO2 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 CO2. 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 CO2 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 CO2 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 CO2 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 CO2 trapping mechanisms at the intermediate laboratory scale

in well-defined heterogeneous porous media. 12th

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. 12th

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 CO2 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 CO2 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 CO2 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 CO2 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 CO2 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 CO2. 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 CO2 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 CO2 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 CO2 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 2nd

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