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Current Members (4 PhD, 2 MS, 2 MEng, and 0 Undergraduate Students)
Lifu Zhang, PhD, Expected Graduation: December 2020
I investigate water-rock interaction to better engineer hydraulic fracturing fluids for Eagle Ford Formation and enhance fracture network map in Eagle Ford Formation.
I have published 1 Journal and 3 Conference Papers from my PhD work so far
Jairo A. Cortes, PhD, Expected Graduation: August 2022
I work on produced water management
I have published no papers from my PhD work so far
I work on complex flow mechanisms in pipelines
Roly Simangunsong, PhD, Expected Graduation: August 2021
I work on the full field modelling of steam flooding and steam assisted gravity drainage for an Alaskan oil field. I mainly investigate accurate modeling of reservoir heterogeneity.
Tanya Matthews, MS, Expected Graduation: May 2021
I work on solvent-steam flooding processes
Damir Kaishentayev, MS, Expected Graduation: December 2021
I work on produced water treatment due to hydraulic fracturing activity
Kevin Volz, MEng, Expected Graduation: May 2020
Harry Liu, MEng, Expected Graduation: December 2019
Currently we have no undergraduate students
Previous Members (5 PhD, 15 MS, 3 MEng, & 19 Undergraduate Students)
A. Graduated PhD Students
Dissertation Title: Flow Control Devices in SAGD Completion Design: Enhanced Heavy Oil/Bitumen Recovery Through Improved Thermal Efficiency. LINK
Dr. Banerjee has published 3 Journal Papers and 4 Conference Papers from his PhD work.
Dissertation Title: Factors Affecting Asphaltenes Stability
Dr. Punase has published 3 Journal Papers and 9 Conference Papers from his PhD work. Also, he has an issued patent.
Dissertation Title: Emulsion Formation Mechanism for Steam & Solvent-Steam Processes for Bitumen Recovery
Dr. Kar has published 3 Journal Papers and 6 Conference Papers from her PhD work.
4. Norasyikin Ismail, PhD, Graduated in December 2019, Now with Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Dissertation Title: Reaction Kinetics Study of In-Situ Combustion: Integration of Experimental & Analytical Approaches
Dr. Ismail has published 2 Journal Papers and 6 Conference Papers from his PhD work.
5. Matthew Morte, PhD, Graduated in December 2019, Now looking for faculty positions in the US
Dissertation Title: Testing Electromagnetic Energy Penetration and Absorption Under Reservoir Conditions
Dr. Morte has published 2 Journal Papers and 4 Conference Papers from his PhD work.
6. Murtdha Alshaikh, PhD Graduated in May 2020, now with Saudi Aramco
Dissertation Title: Impact of Ionic and Polar Interaction Between Heavy Crude Oil and Surfactants During Surfactant-Steam Flooding Processes
Murtdha has published 4 Conference Papers from his PhD work.
B. Graduated MS Students
Thesis Title: Effect of Initial Oil Saturation on In-Situ Combustion Performance of a Canadian Bitumen. LINK
Denis has published 2 Journal Papers and 3 Conference Papers from his MS work.
Thesis Title: An Experimental Investigation of Water Influence on Dry Forward In-Situ Combustion. LINK
Philipp has published 1 Journal Paper and 2 Conference Papers from his MS study.
Thesis Title: Reducing the Environmental Impact of Bitumen Extraction with ES-SAGD Process. LINK
Albina has published 3 Journal Papers and 4 Conference Papers from her MS study.
Thesis Title: Thermally Induced Wettability Change during SAGD for Oil Sand Extraction, December 2014. LINK
Yasin has published 1 Journal Paper and 1 Conference Paper from his MS study.
Thesis Title: Physicochemical Interactions of Source-Rocks with Injected Water-Based Fluids
Zaid has published 1 Journal Paper and 1 Conference Paper from his MS study. LINK
Thesis Title: Produced Water Quality Based on Thermal Recovery Processes and After Interaction with Shale
Maaz has published 1 Journal Paper and 3 Conference Papers from his MS study.
Thesis Title: Analysis of Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, Asphaltenes (SARA), Water, and Clays in Water-Oil Emulsions for Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Expanding Solvent-SAGD (ES-SAGD) LINK
Dr. Kar has published 2 Journal Papers and 6 Conference Papers from her MS study.
Thesis Title: Investigation of the Effectiveness of Electrical and Microwave Heating for Oil Shale Extraction LINK
Selin has published 3 Conference Papers from her MS study.
Thesis Title: Microscopic Displacement of Bitumen during Solvent-Steam flooding: Effects of Reservoir Clays and Solvent Type LINK
Raphael has published 1 Journal Paper and 3 Conference Papers from his MS study.
Thesis Title: Performance Evaluation of Solvent Assisted-Steam Injection Processes with Asphaltene Insoluble Solvents LINK
Philip has published 1 Journal Paper and 3 Conference Papers from his MS study.
Thesis Title: Physicochemical Characterization of Asphaltenes LINK
Andreas has published 2 Journal Papers and 5 Conference Papers from his MS study.
Thesis Title: Relative Permeability Determination for Steam Injection Processes: An Analytical Approach LINK
Matthew has published 1 Journal Paper and 1 Conference Paper from his MS study.
13. Ahmet Birkan Demir, MS, Graduated in December 2016, Now with Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) and PhD student at Hacettepe University
Thesis Title: Effect of Clay and Brine Concentration on Asphaltenes Stability
Ahmet has published 3 Conference Papers from his MS study.
14. Alwin Ng, MS, Graduated in August 2018, Now in Malasia
Thesis Title: Feasibility of Environmental Friendly Solvent in Bitumen Recovery Through Solvent-Steam Processes
Alwin has published 3 Conference Papers from his MS study.
15. Michael (Huaiqi) Liao, MS, Graduated May 2019
Thesis Title: Microwave Effectiveness in Heavy Oil Extraction: The Role of Crude Oil Composition.
Mike has published 2 Conference Papers from his MS work.
C. Graduated MEng Students
MEng Project Title: Horizontal Water Injection: From Initiation to Evaluation
Kathy has published 2 Conference Papers from her MEng study.
2. Olivier Lançon, MEng, Graduated in December 2017, Now with Total.
MEng Project Title: Contribution of Oil and Gas Production within the U.S. to The Climate Change
Olivier has published 1 Conference Paper from her MEng study.
3. Scott James Badham, MEng, Graduated in August 2019, Now with Chemical Tracers, Inc.
MEng Project Title: A Method to Determine Mobile Fluid Saturations in Oil Reservoirs via Injection of a Partitioning Tracer
Scott has published 1 Conference Paper from his MEng study.
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D. Undergraduate Researchers (list includes the undergraduate students with publications only)
Anderson has published 2 Conference Papers from his undergraduate research study.
Matthew has published 1 Conference Paper from his undergraduate research study.
Kristina has published 4 Conference Papers from her undergraduate research study.
Jun has published 1 Conference Paper from his undergraduate research study.
Matthew has published 2 Conference Papers from his undergraduate research study.
Andreas has published 1 Conference Paper from his undergraduate research study.
Pedram has published 1 Conference Paper from his undergraduate research study.
8. Elizabeth Seber from Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2017, NSF Funded Research on Combustion
Ellizabeth has published 1 Journal and 2 Conference Papers from her undergraduate research study.
9. Alwin Ng, January 2017- December 2017, Research on Steam Flooding, Solvent-Steam Flooding
Alwin has published 2 Conference Papers from his undergraduate research study.
10. John Siu from University of Rochester, Summer 2018, NSF Funded Research on Combustion
John has published 1 Conference Paper from his undergraduate research study.
Lee has published 1 Conference Paper from his undergraduate research study.