PE_Newsletter_2021_Online, Page 13

PE_Newsletter_2021_Online, Page 13

Nik Kadrisani received an award “In Recognition of Outstanding

Academic Achievement and Dedicated Service to SPE” at the same time Dr. Miskimins received the “Rocky Mountain Region Distinguished

Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty”.

PhD candidate Gama Firdaus with his wife and daughters Aurum and Autumn doing some sightseeing while at his internship with Chevron.

Personal Student News

• Graduate student Daniel Rathmaier had quite the

exciting year. He graduated with a Master’s Degree

from MUL and CSM, published his thesis, interviewed

with NASA concerning solar powered CO2 conversion,

started as a PhD student at CSM and got married!

• Arkhat Kalbekov, MS student, submitted two expanded

abstracts to SEG & AAPG workshop and conference.

One is accepted and the other one is under review. He

also got admitted to PhD in Geophysics program at CSM

starting Fall 2022.

• PhD candidate Gama Firdaus got an internship for

Summer 2022 with Chevron in the Rock Physics

Subsurface team, in Richmond, California.

We sent about 20 students to ATCE in Dubai in the fall. In addition to presenting at the

conference and attending session, the students also made sure to experience many of the things Dubai had to offer, including an overnight desert safari, visiting mosques, going

to the top of the Burj Kahlifa, checking out the Gold and Spice Souks, skiing at the mall

and much more.

One of the undergraduate students is originally from Ethiopia,

so a large group decided to go try Ethiopian food.

The Petrobowl team won regionals virtually, but hopefully we’ll be able

to see them compete in person at ATCE.

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