Currently Sponsored Master's Students
Elton Ferreria
Construction of static and dynamic multi-layer and multi-well petrophysical models in deepwater carbonates (Spring 2011 – Fall 2012).
Essi Kwabi
Research topic to be chosen (Fall 2011 – Summer 2013).
Hyungjoo Lee
Research topic to be chosen (Summer 2011 – Fall 2012).
Abhishek Bansal
Radial length of investigation and vertical resolution of resistivity and nuclear logs (Fall 2010 – Summer 2012).
Haryanto Adiguna
Estimation of mineral and fluid concentrations from conventional well logs (Fall 2010 – Summer 2012).
Currently Sponsored Ph.D. Students
Paul Sayar
Research topic to be chosen (Fall 2011 – Summer 2015).
Rebecca Gao
Research topic to be chosen (Fall 2011 – Summer 2015).
Shaina Kelly
Research topic to be chosen (Fall 2011 – Summer 2015).
Olabode Ijasan
Combined petrophysical interpretation of LWD resistivity and nuclear logs (Spring 2010 – Fall 2013).
Siddharth Mishra
Topic to be chosen (Fall 2010 – Spring 2014).
Antoine Montaut
Topic to be chosen (Fall 2010 – Spring 2014).
Edwin Ortega
Numerical simulation and interpretation of nuclear and resistivity measurements (Spring 2010 – Fall 2013).
Shan Huang
Combined interpretation of resistivity and sonic borehole measurements (Spring 2010 – Fall 2013).
Oyinkansola Ajayi
Numerical simulation and interpretation of neutron-capture gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements (Fall 2009 – Summer 2013).
Tatyana Torskaya
Pore-scale numerical simulation of fluid transport, electrical, and diffusion phenomena in the presence of clays.
Zoya Heidari
Combined numerical simulation and inversion of nuclear and resistivity measurements acquired in highly-deviated wells.
Rohollah Abdollah Pour
Application and Development of 2D and 3D Compositional Model for Near Wellbore Problems Including the Effect of Mud-Filtrate Invasion.
Vahid Shabro
Pore-level numerical simulation of multi-phase and nano-particle flow (Spring 2009 – Fall 2012).
Chicheng Xu
New methods for rock classification based on well logs and core data (Spring 2009 – Fall 2012).
Amir Frooqnia
Numerical simulation and interpretation of borehole fluid-production measurements (Spring 2009 – Fall 2012).
Abdolhamid Hadibeik Nishaboori
Numerical simulation and interpretation of formation-tester measurements acquired in highly-deviated wells.
Previously Sponsored Master's Students
Andy Popielski
Rock classification with conventional well logs in hydrocarbon-bearing shale (Fall 2009 – Summer 2011).
Philippe Marouby
Estimation of elastic properties of hydrocarbon-bearing shale by combining conventional well logs, effective-medium theory, and dispersion processing of sonic waveforms (Fall 2009 – Summer 2011).
Kanay Jerath
Invasion-consistent interpretation of two-dimensional NMR measurements (Fall 2009 – Summer 2011).
Jordan Mimoun
Rapid numerical simulation and inversion of pulsed neutron capture logs acquired in vertical wells (Fall 2008 – Summer 2010).
Ankur Ghandi
Construction of Static and Dynamic Multi-Layer Petrophysical Models in Camisea Gas Reservoirs, Peru (Fall 2008 – Summer 2010). Currently working
with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
Ali Moinfar
Time-Lapse Variations of Multi-Component Electrical Resistivity Measurements Acquired in High-Angle Wells, August 2009.
Jorge Sanchez
Field Examples of the Combined Petrophysical Inversion of Gamma-Ray, Density, and Resistivity Logs Acquired in Thinly-Bedded Clastic Rock
Formations (Summer 2007 – Summer 2009). Currently working with BHP Billiton.
Malek Lemkecher
Interactive Interpretation of Nuclear Logs with Fast Modeling Procedures, August 2009.
Amir Reza-Rahmani
Numerical Simulation of Water- and Oil-Based Mud-Filtrate Invasion in Vertical Wells and Corresponding Impact on Monopole and Dipole Sonic Waveforms, August,
2009.
Luis Javier Miranda
Mud-Filtrate Invasion Modeling to Quantify Static and Dynamic Petrophysical Properties of Fractured and Vuggy Carbonate Formations (Scholarship from Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A.) (Summer 2006 - Spring 2008). Currently working with PDVSA.
Curriculum Vitae
Zhipeng Liu
Numerical simulation and inversion of nuclear and resistivity logs acquired in thinly-bedded rock formations (Spring 2006 - Fall 2007). Currently working with Kinder-Morgan.
Nathan Vrubel
Model-independent statistical interpretation of well logs (Fall 2005 - Spring 2007). Currently working with Chevron.
Tobiloluwa B. Odumosu
Estimation of dry bulk modulus and shear modulus from sonic logs by considering the physics of mud filtrate invasion. (Fall 2005 - Fall 2007). Currently working with BP.
Echezona Uzoh
Numerical simulation of LWD nuclear logs in vertical and deviated wells (Spring 2006 - Summer 2007). Currently working with BP.
Aymeric-Pierre B. Peyret
Assessment of shoulder-bed, invasion, and lamination effects on borehole sonic logs (Fall 2004 - Fall 2006).
Thaimar Ramirez
Master's Thesis: Numerical simulation of dual-packer formation tester measurements in the presence of naturally fractured formations (Spring 2003 - Fall 2004). Currently working for ConocoPhillips.
German Merletti
Extrapolation of petrophysical properties away from wells in thinly-bedded formations using well logs and pre-stack seismic amplitude measurements (Fall 2004 - Spring 2006). Currently working at BP America
Bovan George
Master's Thesis: A case study integrating the physics of mud-filtrate invasion with the physics of resistivity logging. May 2003. Currently working for Schlumberger.
Jackline Renno
Master's Thesis: Sensitivity Analysis of Fluid Density from Multi-Phase Wireline Formation Tester Measurements in the Presence of Invasion (Fall 2003 - Summer 2004). Currently working for Marathon Oil Company.
Olga M. Campos
Master's Thesis: Spatial distribution of calcite concretions inferred from borehole image data and their use in reservoir modeling: an application to Breitbrunn field. December 2002. Currently working for Schlumberger Oilfield Services.
Alvaro Grijalba-Cuenca
Master's Thesis: Geostatistical inversion for the extrapolation of petrophysical variables laterally away from the well. PDF1 PDF2 PDF3 Graduation date: December 2000. Currently working as Reservoir Engineer with Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, Houston , Texas.
Subhadeep Chowdhury
Master's Thesis: Interpretation of Borehole Measurements Acquired in Laminated Clastic Sequences Subject to Mud-Filtrate Invasion (Fall 2002 - Spring 2004). Currently working for British Gas in India.
Jesus Mauricio Salazar
Master's Thesis: Assessment of Permeability from Well Logs based on Core Calibration and Simulation of Mud-Filtrate Invasion (Summer 2003 - Spring 2004). Currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin.
Curriculum Vitae
Previously Sponsored Ph.D. Students
Zoya Heidari
Construction of static and dynamic multi-layer reservoir models from well logs (Fall 2007 – Summer 2011).
Rohollah Abdollah Pour
Numerical simulation of invasion and formation-tester measurements in vertical and deviated wells (Summer 2008 – Fall 2011).
Robert Mallan
Joint inversion of electromagnetic and borehole sonic measurements acquired in highly deviated wells (Spring 2005 - Fall 2008). Currently working
with Chevron.
Alberto Mendoza
Numerical simulation and inversion of borehole nuclear logs acquired in vertical and deviated wells (Fall 2005 - Fall 2009). Currently working with
ExxonMobil.
Renzo Angeles-Boza
Numerical simulation and inversion of formation tester data acquired in highly deviated wells (Fall 2005 - Fall 2009). Currently working with
ExxonMobil.
Web Page
Mayank Malik
Numerical simulation and inversion of formation-tester measurements in the presence of oil-base mud-filtrate invasion (Summer 2004 - Summer 2007). Currently
working with Chevron.
Hee Jae Lee
Numerical simulation and interpretation of multi-phase formation-tester measurements in the presence of geomechanical deformation (Spring 2003 - Spring 2007).
Currently working with ExxonMobil.
Curriculum Vitae
Jesus Mauricio Salazar
Simulation and Inversion of electromagnetic measurements for the estimation of petrophysical properties in the presence of water-base and oil-base mud-filtrate invasion. (Fall 2004 - Fall 2007). Currently working with ConocoPhillips.
Curriculum Vitae
Emmanuel Toumelin
Ph.D. Thesis: Pore-Scale Petrophysical Models for the Simulation and Combined Interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Wide-Band Electromagnetic Measurements of Saturated Rocks (Fall 2001 - Spring 2006). Currently working for Chevron North America Exploration and Production Co.
Maika Gambús-Ordaz
Ph.D. Thesis: Quantitative Integration of 3D seismic data, well-logs, geological information, and production data: assessing uncertainty in dynamic behavior with applications to a Gulf-of-Mexico deepwater gas reservoir (Fall 1999 - Fall 2003). Currently working as Professor of the Faculty of Engineering of the Universidad de Zulia, Venezuela.
Arturo Contreras
Ph.D. Thesis: Spatial Delineation, Fluid-Lithology Characterization, and Petrophysical Modeling of Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Reservoirs Through Joint AVA Deterministic and Stochastic Inversion of 3D Partially-Stacked Seismic Amplitude Data and Well Logs (Fall 2001 - Spring 2006). Currently working for Chevron Energy Technology Company.
Jianghui Wu
Ph.D. Thesis: Numerical Simulation of Multi-Phase Mud-Filtrate Invasion and Inversion of Formation Tester Data (Fall 1999 - Spring 2004). Currently working for Baker Atlas Logging Services.
Guozhong Gao
Ph.D. Thesis: Simulation of Borehole Electromagnetic Measurements in Dipping and Anisotropic Rock Formations and Inversion of Array Induction Data (Fall 2000 - Spring 2005). Currently working for Schlumberger EMI Technology Center.
Shihong Chi
Ph.D. Thesis: Simulation of Wave Propagation in Boreholes and Radial Profiling of Formation Elastic Properties (Fall 2001 - Fall 2003). Currently working for Marathon Oil Company.
Omer F. Alpak
Ph.D. Thesis: A multi-physics inversion approach for the joint petrophysical interpretation of electromagnetic and fluid-flow measurements (Spring 2000 - Fall 2004). Currently working for Shell International Exploration and Production Company.
Omar J. Varela
Ph.D Thesis: Stochastic inversion of pre-stack seismic data to improve forecasts of reservoir production (Fall 2000 - Summer 2003). Currently working with ExxonMobil Research Company.
