Research Interests
Professor Sun's recent research covers:
- Finite element methods (in particular, adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for flow and reactive transport problems in porous media) and numerical analysis (a priori and a posteriori error estimation)
- Computational transport phenomena and numerical oil reservoir simulations
- Computational thermodynamics of reservoir fluids
Professional Profile
- 2012 - 2018: Associate Professor of AMCS and ErSE, Division of Computer, Electrical & Mathematical Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 2009 - 2011: Assistant Professor of AMCS and ErSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Aug 2006 - Aug 2010: Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
- Feb 2005 - Aug 2006: Research Associate,
Center for Subsurface Modeling, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Education Profile
- Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003
- M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 1997
- M.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 1994
- B.S., Industrial Chemistry, Tianjin University, 1991