Department of Petroleum Engineering

Obadare Awoleke

Obadare Awoleke

Associate Professor

Petroleum Engineering

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Research Interests:

  • experimental and theoretical investigation into propped fracture conductivity in low and high permeability environments
  • heavy oil reservoirs (production, completion and stimulation related challenges)
  • data analysis using statistical and virtual intelligence techniques
  • the incorporation of uncertainty into the models used by petroleum engineers to predict oil and gas well productivity using time series analysis methods.
  • application of Monte Carlo techniques and stochastic differential equations to modeling uncertainty in petroleum production or reservoir engineering

Abhijit Dandekar

Abhijit Dandekar

Department Chair | Professor

Petroleum Engineering

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Research Interests:

  • gas-to-liquids
  • gas hydrates
  • CO2 sequestration
  • effect of wettability on oil recovery

Curriculum vitae

Nicole Dufour

Office Manager

Department of Mechanical Engineering | Department of Petroleum Engineering

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Ronald Nguele

Postdoc

Petroleum Engineering

Brent Sheets

Acting PDL Director

Petroleum Development Laboratory

Research Interests:

  • unconventional reservoirs development
  • reservoir simulation and optimization
  • enhanced oil recovery
  • application of nanotechnology in petroleum engineering

Hyun Woong Jang

Postdoc

Petroleum Engineering

Yin Zhang

Yin Zhang

Associate Professor

Petroleum Engineering

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Emeriti
Santanu Khataniar

Santanu Khataniar

Professor Emeritus, Petroleum Engineering

Shirish Patil

Shirish Patil

Professor Emeritus, Petroleum Engineering