Former Members

Former Members

Ph.D. Graduates

Name Dissertation Title Graduated School Year
AchourSofiane H. AchourModeling of Multiphase Multicomponent Transport in Tight Porous MediaUniv. of Texas at Austin2023
Lara OrozcoRicardo Antonio Lara OrozcoWettability Alteration by Glycine and Seawater Injection in Carbonate ReservoirsUniv. of Texas at Austin2022
WangMingyuan WangAqueous Solution of Ketone Solvent for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Tight ReservoirsUniv. of Texas at Austin2022
ShengKai ShengInterplay of Multicomponent Phase Behavior and Flow in Steam-Solvent Coinjection for Heavy-Oil and Bitumen RecoveryUniv. of Texas at Austin2021
NeshatSajjad Sadeghi NeshatPhase Behavior and Compositional Simulation of Solvent EOR Processes in Unconventional ReservoirsUniv. of Texas at Austin2020
BaekKwang Hoon BaekApplication of Different Types of Solvents for Heavy Oil Recovery: Experimental Study on Dimethyl Ether, Organic Alkalis, and Surface Active SolventsUniv. of Texas at Austin2020
VenkatramaniArun Venkat VenkatramaniSteam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen Recovery under Reservoir Heterogeneity with Consideration of Water Solubility in OilUniv. of Alberta2017
ZhuDi ZhuSimultaneous Phase-Stability/Split Computation for Multiphase Oil-Displacement SimulationUniv. of Texas at Austin2017
KumarAshutosh KumarCharacterization of Reservoir Fluids based on Perturbation from n-AlkanesUniv. of Alberta2015

M.S. Graduates

Name Thesis Title Graduated School Year
OyenowoPrecious Olufemi OyenowoAqueous Formate Solution for Geological Carbon Storage: Numerical Simulation and Geochemical Interaction StudiesUniv. of Texas at Austin2023
ZhaoMark ZhaoA Proxy Peng-Robinson EOS for Efficient Modeling of Phase BehaviorUniv. of Texas at Austin2021
LiuYoung LiuMixing of Solvent and Bitumen in Steam-Solvent Co-injection Under Controlled Thermodynamics ConditionsUniv. of Texas at Austin2021
BaghishovIlgar BaghishovComparison of Glycine, Acetate, and Formate as Wettability Modifiers for Carbonate FormationsUniv. of Texas at Austin2021
LiuMingyan LiuEffects of Surfactant Partition Coefficient and Interfacial Tension on The Oil Displacement in Low-Tension Polymer FloodingUniv. of Texas at Austin2021
AchourSofiane H. AchourPhase Stability Analysis for Tight Porous Media with the Helmholtz Free EnergyUniv. of Texas at Austin2019
Hemandez-MejiaJose Luis Hemandez-MejiaApplication of Artificial Neural Networks for Rapid Flash CalculationsUniv. of Texas at Austin2019
XinYichen XinExperiment Design and Improvement for PGE 427 Properties of Petroleum FluidsUniv. of Texas at Austin2017
GaoJianyi GaoAn Experimental Study of Multiphase Behavior for Athabasca-Bitumen/Alkane-Solvent MixturesUniv. of Alberta2016
XuZhongguo XuNumerical Study of Oil Displacement by Three Hydrocarbon PhasesUniv. of Alberta2016
ShengKai ShengAnalysis of Phase Behavior for Steam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen RecoveryUniv. of Alberta2016
ShiXiaoxing ShiAnalytical Solution for SAGD with Consideration of Temperature Variation along the Edge of a Steam ChamberUniv. of Alberta2016
VenkatramaniArun Venkat VenkatramaniModeling of Water-Containing Reservoir Oil for Steam Injection SimulationUniv. of Alberta2014
ZhangBo ZhangModeling of Bypassed Oil Recovery in EOS Compositional SimulationUniv. of Alberta2014
KeshavarzMohsen KeshavarzMechanistic Simulation Study of Steam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen and Heavy-Oil RecoveryUniv. of Alberta2013

Research Staff

Name Period Current Position
LuoBo LuoPostdoctoral Fellow 2023 - 2024ExxonMobil
PaiamanAbouzar Mirzaei PaiamanResearch Associate 2022 - 2024Bureau of Economic Geology
ShengKai ShengPostdoctoral Fellow 2021-2023
VivasFrancisco Javier Argüelles VivasPostdoctoral Fellow 2015-2021 | Research Associate 2021 - 2022ExxonMobil
AbeykoonGayan Aruna AbeykoonPostdoctoral Fellow 2018 - 2021 | Research Associate 2021 - 2022Intel Corp
BaekKwang Hoon BaekPostdoctoral Fellow September 2020-January 2022Argonne National Laboratory