{"id":1181,"date":"2025-07-21T16:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professores.uepb.edu.br\/wilker\/?page_id=1181"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:56:22","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/professores.uepb.edu.br\/wilker\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Research activities&#8221; i_type=&#8221;material&#8221; i_icon_material=&#8221;vc-material vc-material-recent_actors&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; i_custom_color=&#8221;#DD3333&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; padding: 20px; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/grupos.uepb.edu.br\/gpteca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Technologies Research Group &#8211; GPTecA<\/a>, Brazil.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Researcher and co-manager at the <a href=\"https:\/\/laboratorios.uepb.edu.br\/labegi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LABEGI\/UEPB<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tril.ci.ufpb.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRIL Lab &#8211; Computational Engineering<\/a>, Brazil.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/co2ssproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2SS Project<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Researcher funded by <a href=\"http:\/\/fapesq.rpp.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foundation for Research Support of the State of Para\u00edba &#8211; FAPESQ-PB<\/a>, Brazil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Reviewer for&#8221; i_type=&#8221;material&#8221; i_icon_material=&#8221;vc-material vc-material-pageview&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; 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text-align: justify;\"><strong data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"82\">Applied Numerical Modeling in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c80000; text-align: justify;\"><strong data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"212\">Mathematical Modeling <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 formulation and analysis of mathematical models describing physical, chemical, and biological processes in environmental and industrial systems.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\"><strong data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"414\">Computational Simulation of Environmental Systems <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 study and prediction of environmental processes such as water quality, pollutant dispersion, and subsurface flow using scientific computing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\"><strong data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"212\">Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation \u2013<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0modeling and evaluation of strategies such as geological carbon sequestration, renewable energy use, and environmental impact reduction through computational simulation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\"><strong data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"609\">Computational Engineering<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Numerical tools for the analysis and optimization of engineering systems.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\"><strong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"716\">Environmental Engineering<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Modeling of hydrological, atmospheric, and geochemical processes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\"><strong data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"811\">Petroleum Engineering<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Simulation of multiphase flow in porous media and enhanced oil recovery.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #c80000; text-align: justify;\"><strong data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"82\">Spatiotemporal Coding<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Portfolio&#8221; i_type=&#8221;material&#8221; i_icon_material=&#8221;vc-material vc-material-recent_actors&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; i_size=&#8221;lg&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; i_custom_color=&#8221;#DD3333&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Below are a few cards highlighting the key themes that make up my research portfolio.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;conf-vermelho&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Distance-to-trap functions for qualifying geological carbon storage sites&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-file-image&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; 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It provides an effective means of assigning relevance scores to areas surrounding a geological trap, making it particularly useful during the site screening and selection phases of geological carbon storage (GCS) protocols.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; el_class=&#8221;conf-vermelho&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Drilling paths&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-file-image&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; i_custom_color=&#8221;#DD3333&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1642&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3D view of selected well trajectories.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; el_class=&#8221;conf-vermelho&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Square cavity problem&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-file-image&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; i_custom_color=&#8221;#DD3333&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1652&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;zoom&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Square cavity problem with sliding lid using the FTCS method to solve the vorticity transport equation and the ADI\/SOR method to solve the Poisson equation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Research activities&#8221; i_type=&#8221;material&#8221; i_icon_material=&#8221;vc-material vc-material-recent_actors&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; i_custom_color=&#8221;#DD3333&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Researcher at the Environmental Technologies Research Group &#8211; GPTecA, Brazil. 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