Yilin Fan

Yilin Fan is an associate professor of petroleum engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, where she also serves as director of the carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) interdisciplinary graduate program. She serves on the SPE Production and Facilities Advisory Committee and the ATCE Program Committee, and is an associate editor for SPE Journal, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, and SPE Production & Operations, as well as a technical editor for several other leading journals in the field.

Fan’s research focuses on developing innovative solutions for multiphase flow monitoring and metering, flow assurance prediction and management, distributed fiber-optic sensing applications, pipeline integrity assessment, and CO₂ transportation. Her work emphasizes the critical importance of secure and reliable pipeline transportation in ensuring safe and efficient energy delivery. She leads a state-of-the-art experimental research laboratory equipped with advanced technologies for multiphase flow characterization and pipeline integrity assessment under realistic field conditions.