FACULTY NEWS
In the Classroom
Several of our faculty helped develop course content for Nazarbayev University. These included
° Advanced Reservoir Engineering - Dr. Zerpa ° Advanced Production Engineering - Dr. Fan
° Advanced Petroleum Economics and Reservoir
Management - Elio Dean
° Advanced Well Stimulation Methods - Dr. Miskimins ° Advanced Enhanced Oil Recovery - Dr. Wu
Dr. Ermila continues to enjoy his time in the classroom. His 14 years of field experience continues to aid him in tackling all kind of petroleum engineering problems in the classroom and lab. He enjoys working with students of varying expertise levels, from freshman to seniors and grad students.
Dr. Sampaio is thrilled with the new digital rheometers for the PEGN311 Mud Lab; they brought several advan- tages for the students, including more reliable results. The students were introduced to rheometer program- ing and automatic experiment runs (saving time during the lab sessions). Now different teams obtain similar results, which reduces frustration compared to using inadequate instruments. A new video clip was shot to help to learn how to use and how to program the digi- tal instrument and the lab manual was also updated to include the details of the rheometer. However, students are required to use the old instruments in lab session 1 to give them hands-on experience with the mechanical rheometers which still are the standard in most rigs.
Dr. Miskimins has now officially completed 54 cumula- tive weeks (+1 year) in Massadona!
Awards and Honors
We were well represented among the technical awards given out by the SPE Rocky Mountain Region. Dr. Bat- talora (Regional Sustainability and Stewardship in the Oil and Gas Industry Award), Dr. Fleckenstein (Regional Completions Optimization and Technology Award) and Dr. Eustes (Regional Drilling Engineering Award) all re- ceived awards.
Each semester the PE students nominate faculty for the Enger Teaching award and we announce the winner at our department graduation reception. This year Dr. Miskimins received it in the fall and Dr. Kazemi in the spring.
Dr. Battalora was the recipient of the SPE Distinguished Member Award and was recognized during the award ceremony at ATCE 2018.
Dr. Battalora received her Distinguished Member Award from SPE President Darcy Spady at ATCE 2018.
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Drs. Miskimins and Kazemi at the fall graduation reception.
Dr. Battalora was selected as a SPE Distinguished Lec- turer for the 2019-2020 Program and was elected to be a Faculty Trustee for the Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees.
Dr. Prasad was named Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) on Rock Physics by the Society of Explo- ration Geophysicists (SEG) for 2019. She was also elect- ed as 2nd Vice President of SEG 2019