Distinguished Seminar Series
We continue to work on strengthening and expanding our seminar series and invited local and out of state speakers from industry and academia to come and speak to our graduate students on a variety of topics. The presentations were an hour long on Friday morn- ings every two weeks.
We want to continue building interest and momentum. To do so, we need to continue getting compelling and distinguished presenters who can cover topics ranging from technical issues to developing soft skills.
We are still looking for speakers for this academic year. We are especially inerested in speakers who can address future opportunities (research opportunities in new techniques, future of the field, etc.), technical topics or related topics such as artificial intelligence or banking and its involvement in O&G.
Please contact the department at (303) 273-3740 or petroleum@mines.edu with speaker referrals or to vol- unteer to speak on these or related topics.
PRESENTERS IN AY 18-19
Fall 2018
• Stefan Miska, University of Tulsa. The Effec of O&G
Production Related Activities on Induced Seismicity
• Russell Johns, Penn State. Transport Mechanisms for
Oil Shale and Implactions for the Solvent Huff’n-Puff
Process
• Vakkeyil Naveen Nair, Halliburton. Directional Drilling
Approach: Bridging the class room learning with field
operations
• Cheng Chen, Virginia Tech. Pore-scale Imaging/Mod-
eling and the Application in the Study of Proppant
Compaction and Embedment
• Russell Johns, Penn State. How to Make Composition-
al Simulation Truly Compositional
• Ergün Kuru, University of Alberta. Assessment of Crit-
ical Conditions Required for Effective Hole Cleaning in
Horizontal Wells
• Francisco Alhanati, CFER. Unconventional Well Appli-
cations - Challenges for Articial Lift
Spring 2019
• Roel Snieder, CSM. How to (Not) Give a Truly Terrible
Talk
• Christopher Thiry and Brianna Buljung, CSM. Start
Your Research Right: Conducting Literature Reviews
and Organizing Your Research
• Rajan Chokshi, University of Houston. Real-Time Data
Acquisition & Analysis for Enhanced Production
• Shari Dunn-Norman, Missouri State University. Are
there Health Effects from Unconventional Oil and Gas
Development?
• Andrzej Wojtanowicz, Louisiana State University. Well
Integrity Loss due Gas Flow behind Casing – Mecha-
nism, Diagnosis, and Remediation
• Phaneendra Kondapi, University of Houston. Key Flow
Assurance Strategies to Understand Overall System
Performance in Field Applications
• Soheil Saraji, University of Wyoming. Flow of Complex
Fluids in Porous Media: Implications for Enhanced Oil
Recovery
• Mark Knackstedt, Australian National University. Digi-
tal Maerials Design
SUPPORTING PE STUDENTS
Scholarships provide much needed financial assis- tance to students pursuing studies in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, especially to those who demonstrate a passion for learning and applying new knowledge in support of the science and engineering community.
Donations can be made to any of the petroleum en- gineering scholarships found on our website. You can support our students by making a gift, in any amount.
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