PhD Defense at DFMT/IFUSP - Wellington Luiz dos Santos Araújo

PhD Defense at DFMT/IFUSP: Simulation of Low-Salinity Water Injection Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method – Wellington Luiz dos Santos Araújo

PhD Defense

The Department of Materials and Mechanics Physics of the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo (DFMT/IFUSP) announces the PhD defense of Wellington Luiz dos Santos Araújo, titled "Simulation of Low-Salinity Water Injection Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method".

The work applies the Lattice Boltzmann method — a numerical approach widely used to study flow in porous media — to investigate low-salinity water injection, an enhanced oil recovery technique aimed at increasing extraction efficiency in reservoirs. The defense is open to the academic community.

Defense Details

• Date: November 23, 2026 (Monday)
• Time: 2:00 p.m.
• Venue: SPG 2006 Defense Room — IFUSP

Examination Committee

• Prof. Dr. Caetano Rodrigues Miranda – IFUSP (supervisor)
• Prof. Dr. Marco Aurélio Brizzotti Andrade – IFUSP
• Prof. Dr. Jean Vicente Ferrari – EPUSP
• Prof. Dr. Maurice de Koning – Unicamp
• Dr. Everton Lucas de Oliveira – CNPEM

Department of Materials and Mechanics Physics - IFUSP