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Shimin Liu is a professor in Energy Mineral Engineering at Penn State University, specializing in geomechanics and fluid dynamics applications in unconventional resources development, underground mining, and carbon sequestration. His current research interests include reservoir assessment of coal and shale resources, geomechanics modeling of continuous gas depletion, ground control in mines, coal gas control management, carbon sequestration in deep rocks, and nanoscale rock imaging. Liu's Unconventional Geomechanics Lab (UGL) hosts funded research projects related to rock/geomechanics, fluid transport in porous media, and fluid-rock interactions. The lab conducts advanced multiscale rock characterization under replicated in situ pressure and temperature conditions, focusing on pressure-dependent permeability, sorption-induced rock swelling, gas sorption diffusion in stressed rocks, and stress-path monitoring. UGL serves various industry stakeholders including coalbed methane and shale gas companies, as well as mining and tunneling corporations, providing essential insights into fluid dynamics and geomechanics for resource development.
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