Former Members

Ph.D. Graduates

Name Dissertation Title Graduated School Year
LawalTesleem LawalNovel Methods of Water-Based Enhanced Oil RecoveryUniversity of Texas at Austin2025
AchourSofiane H. AchourModeling of Multiphase Multicomponent Transport in Tight Porous MediaUniversity of Texas at Austin2023
Lara OrozcoRicardo Antonio Lara OrozcoWettability Alteration by Glycine and Seawater Injection in Carbonate ReservoirsUniversity of Texas at Austin2022
WangMingyuan WangAqueous Solution of Ketone Solvent for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Tight ReservoirsUniversity 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 ReservoirsUniversity 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 SolventsUniversity of Texas at Austin2020
VenkatramaniArun Venkat VenkatramaniSteam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen Recovery under Reservoir Heterogeneity with Consideration of Water Solubility in OilUniversity 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-AlkanesUniversity of Alberta2015

M.S. Graduates

Name Thesis Title Graduated School Year
KoSunghyun KoAqueous Solution of 3-Pentanone for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Texas Shale ReservoirsUniversity of Texas at Austin2024
OyenowoPrecious Olufemi OyenowoAqueous Formate Solution for Geological Carbon Storage: Numerical Simulation and Geochemical Interaction StudiesUniversity of Texas at Austin2023
ZhaoMark ZhaoA Proxy Peng-Robinson EOS for Efficient Modeling of Phase BehaviorUniversity of Texas at Austin2021
LiuYoung LiuMixing of Solvent and Bitumen in Steam-Solvent Co-injection Under Controlled Thermodynamics ConditionsUniversity of Texas at Austin2021
BaghishovIlgar BaghishovComparison of Glycine, Acetate, and Formate as Wettability Modifiers for Carbonate FormationsUniversity 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 CalculationsUniversity of Texas at Austin2019
XinYichen XinExperiment Design and Improvement for PGE 427 Properties of Petroleum FluidsUniversity of Texas at Austin2017
GaoJianyi GaoAn Experimental Study of Multiphase Behavior for Athabasca-Bitumen/Alkane-Solvent MixturesUniversity of Alberta2016
XuZhongguo XuNumerical Study of Oil Displacement by Three Hydrocarbon PhasesUniversity of Alberta2016
ShengKai ShengAnalysis of Phase Behavior for Steam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen RecoveryUniversity of Alberta2016
ShiXiaoxing ShiAnalytical Solution for SAGD with Consideration of Temperature Variation along the Edge of a Steam ChamberUniversity of Alberta2016
VenkatramaniArun Venkat VenkatramaniModeling of Water-Containing Reservoir Oil for Steam Injection SimulationUniversity of Alberta2014
ZhangBo ZhangModeling of Bypassed Oil Recovery in EOS Compositional SimulationUniversity of Alberta2014
KeshavarzMohsen KeshavarzMechanistic Simulation Study of Steam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen and Heavy-Oil RecoveryUniversity of Alberta2013

Research Staff

Name Period Current Position
NguyenAnh NguyenResearcher Fellow 2024 - 2025
KitagawaHirotake KitagawaVisiting Researcher 2024 - 2025Nissan Chemical Corporation
ShahriarMd Fahim ShahriarVisiting Research Fellow February - December 2024
HageVitor Felipe Hage SerraVisiting Researcher June - November 2024Federal University of Pará
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 2020 - 2022Argonne National Laboratory