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Mohamed Soliman Professor and Department Chair Email: mysoliman [at] uh [dot] edu M. Y. Soliman is Department Chair and the William C. Miller endowed chair professor. PhD from Stanford University in 1979. He is a distinguished member of SPE and a licensed professional engineer by the State of Texas. He is also a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He has authored... |
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Christine Ehlig-Economides Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair; Ph.D., Stanford University. Email: ceconomides [at] uh [dot] edu Member of the National Academy of Engineering, recipient of SPE Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal, Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, and Lester C. Uren, Innovative Teaching, and Formation Evaluation Awards. Co-author of Petroleum Production Systems. Member of the Board on... |
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Lori Hathon Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Missouri. Email: lahathon [at] uh [dot] edu Hathon was senior research geologist for Shell International E & P, Inc. before she joined the UH Cullen College faculty. For more than two decades, her work has focused on routine and special core analysis, clastic petrology, reservoir quality analysis and predictive modeling, applications of... |
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Dimitrios G. Hatzignatiou Professor; Ph.D., University of Tulsa Phone: 713-743-9172 Email: dghatzig [at] Central [dot] UH [dot] EDU |
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Konstantinos Kostarelos Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. Email: kkostarelos [at] uh [dot] edu Before joining the University of Houston, Dr. Kostarelos was on the faculty at The University of Cyprus where he and his colleagues have founded the NIREAS International Water Research Center, which includes his Subsurface Research Laboratory, which resulted in an award. His research interests in... |
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Michael T. Myers Associate Professor and Ali Daneshy Endowed College Professor of Petroleum Engineering; Ph.D., University of Michigan. Email: mtmyers [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu Dr. Myers has twenty five years research experience in rock and fluid properties at Shell International Exploration and Production. He served as an Adjunct Faculty at UH before joining the department full time. His research areas of interest include static and dynamic properties of porous media.
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Guan Qin Associate Professor and Gulf Coast Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Endowed College Professor in Petroleum Engineering; Ph.D., University of Wyoming Email: gqin2 [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu |
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Ganesh Thakur Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Director of UH Energy Industrial Partnerships; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Email: gcthakur [at] uh [dot] edu Member of the National Academy of Engineering;
2012 SPE International President;
Former Vice President, Global Advisor and Fellow – Chevron Energy Technology Co. (37 years in various positions);
SPE Board of Director – Reservoir Characterization and Dynamics;
Chief Petroleum Engineer/... |
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Huai D. Wang Instructional Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Laboratory Director; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Phone: 832-842-4849 Email: hdwang [at] central [dot] uh [dot] edu |
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George K. Wong Associate Professor; Ph.D., Stanford University Phone: 713-743-8790 Email: gwong3 [at] uh [dot] edu Dr. Wong was the Production Engineering Advisor and Principal Technical Expert in Sand Control and Sand Management at Shell E... |
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Ramanan Krishnamoorti Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Email: ramanan [at] uh [dot] edu |
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Michael Nikolaou Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Email: nikolaou [at] uh [dot] edu |
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Don Bellman Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering and Clinical Assistant Professor at Bauer College of Business at UH.; M.B.A., Stanford University Email: dbellman [at] comcast [dot] net |
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E. Glen Bilderback Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; M.S., University of Texas at Austin. Email: glenbilderback [at] gmail [dot] com |
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Ali Daneshy Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla. Email: alidaneshy [at] daneshy [dot] com |
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Birol Dindoruk Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., Stanford University Email: birol [at] shell [dot] com |
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Peter Doe Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Bristol Email: phdoe619 [at] yahoo [dot] com |
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Reinaldo Gonzalez Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., Universidad Central de Venezuela Email: rey [dot] j [dot] gonzalez [at] gmail [dot] com |
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Reuven Hollo Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. Email: rhollo [at] aries-operating [dot] com |
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Matteo Marongiu-Porcu Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer; Ph.D., Texas A&M University. Email: mmarongiuporcu [at] uh [dot] edu |
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Scott W. Randall Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; M.B.A., Thunderbird School of Global Management. Email: randalls [at] plusalpharisk [dot] com |
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Dean C. Rietz Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; M.S., University of Houston. Email: Dean_Rietz [at] RyderScott [dot] com |
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Miguel Saldana Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer; Ph.D., Stanford University Email: Miguel [dot] Saldana [at] live [dot] com 2016-Present: University of Houston, Adjunct Professor of Ph.D. and undergraduate classes.
2010-2015: Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation (OXY), Senior Consultant Reservoir Engineer. Field and Pilot Studies of Miscible, Thermal and Chemical EOR Methods.
2007-2009: BP, Senior Reservoir Engineer,... |
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Robello Samuel Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Tulsa Phone: 832-275-8810 Email: robellos [at] hotmail [dot] com Dr.Robello Samuel has been a Chief Technical advisor and is currently a Technology Fellow in the Drilling division of Halliburton, working with Halliburton since 1998. He is presently a research and engineering lead for well engineering applications and responsible for research and scientific... |
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John B. Thurén Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; D.Sc., Colorado School of Mines. Email: jbthuren [at] uh [dot] edu |
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Jeffrey Yarus Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Email: jyarus [at] lgc [dot] com |
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Neal Adams Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines. Email: nealadams [at] comcast [dot] net |
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Jeff App Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer |
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Jon Burger Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer |
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Chih Chen Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer; M.S., University of Tulsa. Email: chen [at] kappaeng [dot] com |
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William Doescher Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer |
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Thomas K. Holley Former Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Dr. Holley's career has spanned 28 years of research, teaching, recruiting, and exploration experience at Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc. He joined the University of Houston in 2010 as Director of the Petroleum Engineering Program.
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Mark E. Juedeman Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; M.S., University of Houston. Email: mjuedeman [at] gmail [dot] com |
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W. John Lee Former UH Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology. Email: john-lee [at] tamu [dot] edu Member of the National Academy of Engineering, recipient of SPE DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal, the AIME/SPE Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal, and the AIME Mineral Industry Education Award. Author of three textbooks published by SPE.
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Ramanan Pitchumani Instructional Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Laboratory Director; Ph.D., Delft University of Technology. |
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Jon Wallace Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., Georgia Tech University. Email: jwallace [at] hess [dot] com |
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Xiuli Wang Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Houston. |
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Michael J. Economides Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer; Ph.D., Stanford University. Dr. Michael Economides earned his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas and then his Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University. His career spanned over twenty-five years experience in industry and academia (Celanese Chemical Co., University of Alaska, Dowell... |