Dr. Wen Song

Associate Professor

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Biography

Wen Song is an Associate Professor in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Centennial Fellowship #1 and focuses on critical research areas in petroleum engineering, including critical minerals recovery, fluid-rock interactions, geologic carbon storage, and micro/nanofluidics. His research aims to elucidate micro/nanoscale reactive transport processes in porous geomaterials and their roles in energy and environmental resource management. He has developed unique operando visualization platforms for imaging dynamic fluid-solid interactions at interfacial, pore, and pore-ensemble scales. Wen has received numerous honors, including the NSF CAREER Award and the Society of Petroleum Engineers Regional Reservoir Description Dynamics Award. He has published extensively in reputable journals and is actively involved in teaching courses such as Small-Scale Fluid Flow and Primary Recovery Research.

Research Interests

Awards

#1

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Centennial Fellowship #1

2019-01-01
#1

SPE Regional Reservoir Description Dynamics Award

2025-01-01
#1

NSF CAREER Award

2022-01-01

Courses

PGE 383: Small-Scale Fluid Flow PGE 323K: Primary Recovery Research

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
Application Checklist
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  • Three letters of recommendation
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Specialization Notes

General requirements for the Graduate School at UT Austin apply to all programs unless otherwise specified.