UH Petroleum Engineering News
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UH SPE earns highest PetroBowl finish, Presidential award September 21, 2021The University of Houston's student chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers continues to make headlines, as a chapter-best third place finish in the prestigious PetroBowl competition comes on the heels of its first-ever… |
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MMP calculator developed by Petro's Dindoruk already in high use September 9, 2021Birol Dindoruk, Ph.D., the American Association of Drilling Engineers Endowed Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has developed an online calculator for minimum miscibility… |
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Cullen College of Engineering welcomes 13 new hires September 1, 2021The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to welcome 13 new professors and lecturers for the 2021-22 academic year, as part of its continuing effort to grow the faculty and to provide high quality instruction for undergraduate… |
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UH Geology, Petro Personnel Win 2021 AAPG Jules Braunstein Memorial Award August 11, 2021The American Association of Petroleum Geologists awarded the University of Houston’s Michael Fonseca, Lori Hathon and Tom Lapen the Jules Braunstein Memorial Award. It recognizes the best poster session paper presented at the… |
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Lee awarded two grants totaling $390,000 July 22, 2021Kyung Jae Lee, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received funding for two recent grants for more than $350,000. A grant approved by the American… |
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4 Cullen College graduate students honored for posters June 9, 2021Four students from the Cullen College of Engineering are among the winners of this year's University of Houston Graduate Research Showcase Virtual Poster Session. Held on March 22, the event showcases the breadth and depth of… |
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Petro's Stewart trades call sheet for subsea June 7, 2021The transition from Broadway to the Houston energy industry might seem like an unusual one for some, but for Jennifer Stewart, it was one facilitated by her sister, Rebecca, and her mother, Judith. Stewart initially graduated… |
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From Iran to Kansas to Texas, Zeinali continues to learn May 6, 2021For University of Houston Master's student Leila Zeinali, her interest in learning has never really abated, and it has persisted from her native Iran, through a stint as a high quality teacher herself, to the Petroleum… |
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21 Cullen College students receive SURF opportunities April 22, 2021The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce that 21 undergraduate students have been selected for the University of Houston's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), according to the Honors College. The… |
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UH, HCC partnering on Engineering Academy at Fraga campus April 14, 2021The University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering and Houston Community College have reached an agreement to offer UH Engineering Academy courses at the HCC Felix Fraga Academic Campus on the east side of Houston on… |
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Cullen College improves again in U.S. News & World Report rankings March 30, 2021The stature of the Cullen College of Engineering has increased again, as it improved by its ranking by one in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report, up to the No. 66 rated graduate engineering program in the country… |
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With Lithium in High Demand, UH Researcher Examines New Sources February 25, 2021As the energy transition motors on to reduce the use of fossil fuels, the need for lithium has grown exponentially over the past decade because lithium-ion energy storage (i.e., lithium-ion batteries) powers both electric… |
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New Clues Help Explain Why PFAS Chemicals Resist Remediation January 20, 2021Work Suggests New Avenues for Cleaning Up These ‘Forever Chemicals’ The synthetic chemicals known as PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are found in soil and groundwater where they have accumulated,… |
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Papers from Cullen College of Engineering professors make the grade, analysis finds November 12, 2020Several professors and researchers at the University of Houston are among the most cited in the world, according to an October 2020 update by researchers from Stanford about paper citations. “A standardized citation metrics… |
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UH’s newest flow loop testing helps Shell achieve industry-first in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico October 7, 2020Thanks to laboratory testing contributed by a team led by Dr. George K. Wong of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, a controlled mud level horizontal gravel pack – an industry first… |
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Two UH students take 1st place at SPWLA International Contest September 16, 2020A pair of Petroleum Engineering students from the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering took home first place honors from the 61st annual Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts International Student… |
![Two Cullen College of Engineering students studying Petroleum Engineering took home first place awards at the 61st annual SPWLA International contest. Makpal Sariyeva [left] won first place in the Oral Presentation Undergrad Category. Naveen Krishnaraj, a doctoral candidate, won first place in the Oral Presentation PhD Category.](https://www.egr.uh.edu/sites/ccoe.egr.uh.edu/files/styles/teaser/public/images/news/2020/spwla-group-crop-01.jpg?itok=Lk3zoaI5 "Two Cullen College of Engineering students studying Petroleum Engineering took home first place awards at the 61st annual SPWLA International contest. Makpal Sariyeva [left] won first place in the Oral Presentation Undergrad Category. Naveen Krishnaraj, a doctoral candidate, won first place in the Oral Presentation PhD Category.") |
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UH Announces Funding for Carbon Management Projects September 3, 2020Projects Focus on Ways to Speed Transition to Low-Carbon Future The Center for Carbon Management in Energy at the University of Houston has awarded $275,000 in research funding for projects focused on carbon management and the… |
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Ph.D. candidate Effiong honored with ExxonMobil award August 25, 2020The Reservoir Engineering Discipline Leadership at ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy providers, has awarded Cullen College of Engineering student Michael Effiong the Advanced Skill Milestone (ASM) in… |
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UH Society of Petroleum Engineers Wins Student Chapter Excellence Award August 12, 2020Despite the unique ending to the spring 2020 semester, the year turned out to have a silver lining for at least one energy-related student chapter at the University of Houston. The UH Society of Petroleum Engineers (UH SPE) was… |
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Soliman honored with SPE Regional Distinguished Achievement Award July 29, 2020Dr. Mohamed Soliman, the William C. Miller endowed chair professor and the Department Chairman of Petroleum Engineering, has been selected for the Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty for the… |
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