Kareem Aboayanah
PhD Student
Biography
Kareem Aboayanah is working on his PhD in Civil Engineering with Prof. Grasselli at the University of Toronto. He received his MASc from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 2019, and a BASc from Suez University, Egypt, in 2012, both in petroleum engineering. Kareem has more than 2 years of experience in heavy-oil reservoirs stimulation. His research interests include: THM-coupled processes in rock mechanics and induced seismicity.
Invited Talk
Invited talk on "Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled modelling framework in the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM-THM): implementation and application" as part of the Geological Controls and Fracture Mechanics - Considerations for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen, Methane and Compressed Air.
Award
Received the Lassonde International Graduate Scholarship in Mining
Award
Won the Best Student Paper at the ARMA/DGS/SEG Second International Geomechanics Symposium
Award
Won the Lassonde International Graduate Scholarship in Mining
Poster
Poster presented at GeoConvention 2020 virtual conference titled "Geomechanical assessment of potential gas leak pathways: a numerical modeling study on caprock integrity of natural gas storage site"
Joined
Joined as a PhD Student
Publications
Sun, L., Tang, X., Aboayanah, K. R., Xu, X., Liu, Q., & Grasselli, G. (2024). Coupled hydro-mechanical two-phase flow model in fractured porous medium with the combined finite-discrete element method. Engineering with Computers.
Aboayanah, K. R., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Investigating Thermal Gradient Cracking and Fracture Process Zone Development in Granitic Rocks.
Aboayanah, K. R., Sun, L., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Investigating Thermal Gradient Cracking and Fracture Process Zone Development in Granitic Rocks. International Geomechanics Symposium (p. 7). Presented at the International Geomechanics Symposium, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Sun, L., Tang, X., Aboayanah, K. R., Zhao, Q., Liu, Q., & Grasselli, G. (2023). A coupled cryogenic thermo-hydro-mechanical model for frozen medium: Theory and implementation in FDEM. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
Abdelaziz, A., Aboayanah, K. R., Adams, M., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Mechanical Characterization, Anisotropy, and Failure Pattern of Unconventional Reservoirs for Wellbore Stability and Fracture Enhancement. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. Presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Ossetchkina, E., Popoola, A., Aboayanah, K. R., Zhao, P., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2022). From Grain to Element: Thermal Fracturing Experiments to Build Better Grain-Based FDEM Models.
Haile, B. F., Aboayanah, K. R., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Investigating the Thermal Cracking Process of Granitic Rocks Using Digital Image Correlation (DIC).
Ghafouri, S. M. H. S., Aboayanah, K. R., Abdelaziz, A., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Numerical Investigation of the Influence of Bedding Plane Thickness and Friction on Cracking Pattern and Mechanical Behavior of Shale under Unconfined Loading Condition Using the Finite-Discrete Element Method (FDEM) (p. 11). Presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
Ossetchkina, E., Popoola, A., Aboayanah, K. R., de Boer, T., Magsipoc, E., Younes, J., Peterson, K., et al. (2022). Automated Quantification of Fracture Networks in Thermally Treated Granite. Presented at the 18th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials, Lille, France: EMABM.
Shao, Z., Sun, L., Aboayanah, K. R., Liu, Q., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Investigate the Mode I Fracture Characteristics of Granite After Heating/-LN2 Cooling Treatments. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
Aboayanah, K. R., Popoola, A., Abdelaziz, A., Sun, L., Ossetchkina, E., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Effect of pre-existing cracks on thermal cracking of granitic rocks under confinement. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 8(4).
Aboayanah, K. R., Popoola, A., Sun, L., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2021). Grain-Based Finite-Discrete Element Modeling of Thermal Cracking in Stanstead Granite (p. 7). Presented at the ARMA/DGS/SEG 2nd International Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
Aboayanah, K. R., Wang, Y., Eldridge, E., Dormer, R., & Mayer, B. (2020). Geomechanical assessment of potential gas leak pathways: a numerical modeling study on caprock integrity of natural gas storage site.
Aboayanah, K. R., Wang, Y., Eldridge, E., Dormer, R., & Mayer, B. (2020). Geomechanical assessment of potential gas leak pathways: a numerical modeling study on caprock integrity of natural gas storage site.
Dormer, R., Eldridge, E., Aboayanah, K. R., & Wang, Y. (2020). Modernizing Caprock Integrity Regulations for Natural Gas Storage Sites to Mitigate Fugitive Gas Emissions. Presented at the University of Calgary CREATE ReDeveLoP Annual Innovation Program, Virtual.