CHANDRA S. RAI

Director /Eberly Chair
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Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Rock and Mineral Physics
·  Reservoir Characterization
·  Petrophysics

EDUCATION
B.S., Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, 1970
M.S., Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, 1971
Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1977

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : crai@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6866
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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YOUNANE ABOUSLEIMAN

Brummet/ONEOK Chair Professor
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Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Poroelastic media
·  Reservoir Compaction
·  Inclined Boreholes

EDUCATION
B.S., Civil Engineering, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1982
M.S., Civil Engineering, Columbia University, NewYork, 1986
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, 1991

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : yabousle@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-2900
FAX : (405) 325-7491
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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RAMADAN AHMED

Assistant Professor
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Cuttings/Solids Transport
· Drilling Fluid Rheology and Wellbore Hydraulics
· Underbalanced Drilling & MPD
· Well Control


EDUCATION
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa University, 1989
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, 1997
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, 2001

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : r.ahmed@ou.edu
PHONE : (405)325-0745
FAX : (405)325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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FARUK CIVAN

Miller Chair Professor
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Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Unconventional gas, condensate, and oil reservoirs analyses and simulation
· Flow assurance and mitigation in reservoirs, wells, and pipelines
· Oil and gas processing, transportation, and storage

EDUCATION
M.E., Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, 1971
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 1975
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1978

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : fcivan@ou.edu
PHONE : (405)325-6778
FAX : (405)325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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JEFFREY G. CALLARD

Assistant Professor
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Decline Curve Analysis
· Shale Gas

EDUCATION
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1975
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, 1977
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1994

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : callard@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6781
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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DEEPAK DEVEGOWDA

Assistant Professor and Graduate Liaison
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Reservoir characterization & Uncertainty Assessment
· Geostatistics
· Unconventional Oil & Gas Reservoir Engineering

EDUCATION
B.Tech., Electrical Engineering, Indian Institue of Technology, 1998
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2003
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2008

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : deepak.devegowda@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-3081
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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AHMAD GHASSEMI

McCasland Chair Professor
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Geomechanics applied to petroleum and geothermal reservoir development
· Modeling of hydraulic fracturing and faulting
· Reactive fluid flow in fractures, and constitutive modeling for chemically-active rocks

EDUCATION
B.Sc., Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma
M.S., Engineering Geology, South Dakota School of Mines, 1988
M.S., Geomechanics, University of Minnesota, 1990
Ph.D., Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1996

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : ahmad.ghassemi@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-2921
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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Ahmad Jamili

Assistant Professor
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
· CO2–EOR
· Phase behavior
· Compositional modeling
· Naturally fractured reservoirs

EDUCATION
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 1999
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir (Polytechnic) University of Technology, 2002
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Kansas, 2010

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : ahmad.jamili@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-1585
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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SURESH C. SHARMA

Director, Natural Gas Engineering and Management
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Natural gas processing
· Field production technology
· Oil/gas project management

EDUCATION
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1962
M.Tech., Petroleum Refinery Engineering/Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur, India, 1963
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering/ Natural Gas Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1968

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : ssharma@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-5928
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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SAMUEL OSISANYA

Professor

Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Wellbore Stability
·  Drilling Optimization
·  Environmental Studies Related to Drilling and Production

EDUCATION
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1976
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 1986
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 1991

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : sosisanya@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6872
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS:
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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Maysam Pournik

Assistant Professor
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Matrix acidizing & Acid fracturing
·  Hydraulic fracturing
·  Mechanics of fracture closure

EDUCATION
M.Eng., Chemical Engineering,University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2001
M.S., Petroleum Engineering,University of Texas at Austin, 2004
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2008

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : maysam.pournik@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-1120
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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SUBHASH SHAH

Stephenson Chair Professor
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Drilling and Well Completions
·  Stimulation
·  Coiled Tubing Applications
·  Non-Newtonian Fluids Characterization

EDUCATION
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Baroda, India, 1968
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1971
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1974

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : subhash@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6871
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS:
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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BOR-JIER (BEN) SHIAU

Associate Professor
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Enhanced Oil Recovery
·  Chemical Flooding
·  Surfactant and Colloid Science for Petroleum
Prod.

EDUCATION
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, 1983
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1990
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1991
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1995

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : bshiau@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6817
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS:
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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CARL SONDERGELD

Curtis Mewbourne Professor
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Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Rock Mechanics
·  Acoustic emissions
·  Rock physics

EDUCATION
B.A., Geology, Queens College, CUNY of New York, 1969
M.A., Geology, Queens College, CUNY of New York, 1973
Ph.D., Geophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1977

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : csondergeld@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6870
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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Leland Bruce Tate

Instructor- Deepwater Drilling Simulator
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Drilling Engineering & Operations Management
·  Drilling/Completion Optimization
·  Drilling Technologies

EDUCATION
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1979

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : bruce.tate@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6819
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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DJEBBAR TIAB

Professor
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Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Well Test Analysis
·  Petrophysics
·  Reservoir Characterization

EDUCATION
B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering,New Mexico Tech., Socorro, 1974
M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering,New Mexico Tech., Socorro, 1975
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1976

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : dtiab@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6777
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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XINGRU WU

Associate Professor
Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Physics of Multiphase Flow in Permeable Media
·  Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery
·  Reservoir Characterization
·  Geothermal Recovery

EDUCATION
B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, China Petroleum University, 1997
M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering,, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 2002
Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 2006

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : Xingru.Wu@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-1207
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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MUSHARRAF ZAMAN

David Ross Boyd Professor
Aaron Alexander Professor
Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering
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Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Geotechnical Engineering
·  Soil dynamics, rock mechanics, soil structure interaction, flow through porous media

EDUCATION
B.S., Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 1975
M.S., Civil Engineering, Memphis State University, 1979
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Arizona, 1982

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : zaman@ou.edu
PHONE : (405)325-2626
FAX : (405)325-7508
MAILING ADDRESS :
College of Engineering
University of Oklahoma
202 W. Boyd St., Room 107
Norman, OK 73019-1024

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EMERITUS FACULTY

J.C. ROEGIERS

Emeritus Professor
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Borehole Stability
·  Pore Collapse Mechanism
·  Fracture Toughness of Rocks

EDUCATION
B.S., Civil Engineering, Universite de Liege, Belgium, 1969
Ph.D., Geological Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1972

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : jroegiers@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6787
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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ROY KNAPP

Emeritus Professor
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Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS
·  Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
·  Reservoir Simulation & Engineering

EDUCATION
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1963
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1969
D.E, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1973

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-MAIL : knapp@ou.edu
PHONE : (405) 325-6829
FAX : (405) 325-7477
MAILING ADDRESS :
Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
University of Oklahoma
SEC-1210 Sarkeys Energy Center
100 E. Boyd St.
Norman, OK 73019-1003

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