EER Student Earns Outstanding Student Award From Carbon Storage Summer School

December 8, 2024

Previna Arumugam, a graduate student in the Energy and Earth Resources master’s program, received an Outstanding Student Award from the 2024 International CCS Summer School.

The summer school is a prestigious week-long course run by the International Energy Agency that delves into various aspects of the carbon capture and storage industry. Over 200 people, both professionals and students, applied to the program, which took place in Darwin, Australia. Previna was one of 45 participants from 28 countries. Katherine Romanak, a research professor at the Bureau of Economic Geology’s Gulf Coast Carbon Center, was an instructor for the program.

Previna is a graduate research assistant at the Gulf Coast Carbon Center and is advised by Research Associate Professor Alex Bump. Her research focuses on the lateral migration of subsurface carbon dioxide and efficient detection of unintended plume migration to ensure safe and secure containment.