Attendance to Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG23)

The Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG23) encouraged researchers working on challenging topics related to the energy geotechnics field, including geothermal energy, energy geostructures, energy storage, carbon sequestration and radioactive waste disposal to present their most recent advances. This symposium provided a platform to share research experience on various topics of energy geotechnics. I had an accepted abstract titled ‘Multi-scale investigation on gas transport behaviour of compacted granular bentonite under partially saturated states’. For this purpose, I made an oral presentation about this topic in Parallel Session – Mini-Symposium: Gas migration in geomaterials during the conference. The present work underlined the microstructure of compacted granular bentonite can be modified during gas transport, dependent on hydro-mechanical states, which can further affect the gas transport behaviour. After presenting, I received valuable questions and suggestions from fellow researchers, which have contributed to improving my subsequent research. Moreover, I attentively attended their presentations, expanding my academic horizons and research interests. For instance, I discovered that the field related to investigating carbon dioxide storage should intersect with my research background fitting with high-level nuclear waste geological repositories. Furthermore, considering that my tests were primarily at a laboratory scale, the on-site experimental findings and numerical simulation methods reported by many researchers during this conference held significant relevance to narrowing my knowledge gap. I also have known renowned experts worldwide in my research field, which motivated me for future international scientific exchanges. In conclusion, I believe that I have achieved the original purpose of attending this symposium.