Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering: professors and courses
Who teaches here
| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 28 | |
 Matthew Thomas Balhoff CVProfessorPore scale and multiscale modeling · Flow and transport in porous media · Reservoir engineering | PGE 323L |
 J Eric Bickel CVProfessorValuing seismic information · Optimal development plans in unconventional reservoirs · Optimal sequencing of exploration wells | No classes listed this year |
 Hugh C Daigle Evaluations CVProfessorCharacterizing physical and transport properties of rocks · Petrophysical measurement and assessment techniques · Applications of nanoparticles in subsurface engineering · Geohazard detection and prediction | PGE 424 |
Mojdeh Delshad CVResearch professor | PGE 379, PGE 383 |
 David DiCarlo Evaluations CVAssociate professorFluid flow · Pore-scale physics · Preferential and compositional displacements · Gas injection processes | PGE 326, PGE 388, PGE 427 |
David N Espinoza EvaluationsCVProfessor | PGE 334, PGE 379, PGE 383 |
 John Timothy Foster Evaluations CVProfessorExperimental and computational geomechanics · Fracture mechanics · Hydraulic fracturing · Anomalous flow in porous media | PGE 311, PGE 323M, PGE 379, PGE 383 |
Byron Haynes Jr EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of practice | PGE 333T, PGE 379, PGE 383 |
 Zoya Heidari Evaluations CVProfessorPetrophysics · borehole geophysics · formation evaluation · rock physics | PGE 358, PGE 381L |
Chun HuhResearch professor | No classes listed this year |
 Larry W LakeProfessorEnhanced oil recovery · Reservoir engineering · Reservoir characterization · Geochemical modeling and simulation | No classes listed this year |
 Yingda Lu Evaluations CVAssistant professorParaffin gelation and deposition in multiphase flow · Asphaltene precipitation and deposition · Rheological and flow behaviors of non-Newtonian petroleum fluids · Applications of molecular simulation in oil and gas production | PGE 326, PGE 362 |
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| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 28 | |
Krishan A Malik CVAdjunct professor | EER 396, PGE 383 |
Alberto Lopez Manriquez EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of practice | PGE 365, PGE 373L, PGE 379 |
 Kishore Mohanty Evaluations CVProfessorNanotechnology · Petrophysics · Reservoir engineering · Enhanced oil recovery | PGE 379, PGE 381M, PGE 383 |
 Quoc Phuc Nguyen Evaluations CVProfessorChemical and gas enhanced oil recovery · Conformance control technology · Stimulated production of unconventional resources | PGE 322K, PGE 383 |
 Ryosuke Okuno Evaluations CVProfessorEnhanced oil recovery · Thermal oil recovery · Oil displacement theory · Numerical reservoir simulation | PGE 387K, PGE 427 |
Jon E Olson CVProfessor | PGE 301 |
 Eric van Oort Evaluations CVProfessorRig automation · Zonal isolation · Borehole stability and lost circulation · Frac optimization | PGE 383, PGE 430 |
 Masa Prodanovic Evaluations CVProfessorFluid displacement in porous media · Porous matrix and microfractured media characterization · Unconventional reservoirs modeling · Ferrohydrodynamics | PGE 311, PGE 322K |
 Michael Pyrcz Evaluations CVProfessorIntegrated reservoir characterization · Unconventional resources · Petrophysics and pore-scale processes · Geologic carbon storage | PGE 338, PGE 379, PGE 383 |
 Arvind P Ravikumar Evaluations CVAssistant professorAir emissions and air quality · Carbon management · Climate and energy policy · Energy life cycle assessment | PGE 379, PGE 383 |
 Kamy Sepehrnoori Evaluations CVProfessorReservoir simulation development and application · Simulation of enhanced oil recovery processes · Computational methods · Parallel computations | PGE 381K |
 Mukul M Sharma Evaluations CVProfessorFormation damage · Petrophysics · Fluid flow in porous media · Hydraulic fracturing | PGE 379, PGE 383 |
 Wen Song Evaluations CVAssociate professorEnhanced oil recovery · Petrophysics and pore scale processes · Reservoir engineering · Unconventional resources | PGE 323K, PGE 379, PGE 383 |
Brian R Sullivan CVProfessor of practice | PGE 379 |
 Hewei Tang Evaluations CVAssistant professorDirect air capture with geothermal energy · Fracture characterization in enhanced geothermal systems · Using neural operators for subsurface simulations | PGE 338, PGE 379 |
 Carlos Torres-Verdin Evaluations CVProfessorBorehole geophysics · Petrophysics · Formation evaluation · Well logging | PGE 358, PGE 385K |
| Lecturers and instructors · 1 | |
Andrew Logan CVLecturer | No classes listed this year |
Who teaches each course
| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| EER 396 | Krishan A Malik |
| PGE 301 | Jon E Olson |
| PGE 311 | John Timothy Foster, Masa Prodanovic |
| PGE 322K | Quoc Phuc Nguyen, Masa Prodanovic |
| PGE 323K | Wen Song |
| PGE 323L | Matthew Thomas Balhoff |
| PGE 323M | John Timothy Foster |
| PGE 326 | David DiCarlo, Yingda Lu |
| PGE 333T | Byron Haynes Jr |
| PGE 334 | David N Espinoza |
| PGE 338 | Michael Pyrcz, Hewei Tang |
| PGE 358 | Zoya Heidari, Carlos Torres-Verdin |
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| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| PGE 362 | Yingda Lu |
| PGE 365 | Alberto Lopez Manriquez |
| PGE 373L | Alberto Lopez Manriquez |
| PGE 379 | Mojdeh Delshad, David N Espinoza, John Timothy Foster, Byron Haynes Jr, Alberto Lopez Manriquez, Kishore Mohanty, Michael Pyrcz, Arvind P Ravikumar, Mukul M Sharma, Wen Song, Brian R Sullivan, Hewei Tang |
| PGE 381K | Kamy Sepehrnoori |
| PGE 381L | Zoya Heidari |
| PGE 381M | Kishore Mohanty |
| PGE 383 | Mojdeh Delshad, David N Espinoza, John Timothy Foster, Byron Haynes Jr, Krishan A Malik, Kishore Mohanty, Quoc Phuc Nguyen, Eric van Oort, Michael Pyrcz, Arvind P Ravikumar, Mukul M Sharma, Wen Song |
| PGE 385K | Carlos Torres-Verdin |
| PGE 387K | Ryosuke Okuno |
| PGE 388 | David DiCarlo |
| PGE 424 | Hugh C Daigle |
| PGE 427 | David DiCarlo, Ryosuke Okuno |
| PGE 430 | Eric van Oort |
Bachelor’s degrees2 programs
Master’s degrees1 program
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $139,900
| Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out |
|---|---|---|
| Petroleum EngineeringBachelor’s · Petroleum engineering | $87,400 | $139,900 |
Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.
About the department
Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering is part of Cockrell School of Engineering, led by Dean Roger T. Bonnecaze. Its course codes are EER and PGE.
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