ChunHuh

Chun Huh leaning against desk with microscope and research equipment on it while wearing lab coat.
Research Professor

Research Areas
Research Interests

Superparamagnetic nanoparticles; Surfactant-based and polymer-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods

About

Chun Huh, who retired from UT Austin in 2016, was a research professor in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering.

He is one of the world’s leading experts on surfactant- and polymer-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. The “Chun Huh equation”, which predicts ultralow interfacial tension from microemulsion solubilization, is widely used for the design of surfactant-based EOR processes. He is also the formulator of the Huh-Scriven paradox, whose resolution is still being proposed by fluid mechanics researchers working on the dynamics of wetting.

Before joining UT in 2004, Huh worked as an Engineering Advisor at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Houston, Texas for 27 years. As a research professor at UT, he carried out research on use of nanoparticles for upstream oil industry applications, co-authoring over 60 publications on the subject and a book, Practical Nanotechnology for Petroleum Engineers.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1969
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1965

Select Awards & Honors

  • National Academy of Engineering member (2018)
  • IOR Pioneer Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2012)
  • Distinguished Membership Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2015)

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