Graduate student Yu-Jiun Lin, Rice University (IMAGE)

Rice University

Graduate student Yu-Jiun Lin, Rice University

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Graduate student Yu-Jiun Lin holds a microfluidic device used to show how and why dispersants are able to break up deposits of asphaltene that hinder the flow of crude oil in wellheads and pipelines.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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