Prof. Johns's Bio
Education
Stanford University, Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, 6/92, Dissertation under F.M. Orr, Jr. on analytical theory of multicomponent gas drives with two-phase mass transfer. 3.91/4.0 GPA.
Stanford University, Ph.D. minor Water Resources, 6/92.
Stanford University, MS Petroleum Engineering, 6/89, Report on comparison of pressure transient response in intensely and sparsely fractured reservoirs.
Northwestern University, BS Electrical Engineering, 6/82.
Professional
Registration
Petroleum Engineering in California.
Current and Previous Academic Positions
Professor, Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008 . present.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2001 - present.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1995 - 2001.
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, Fall, 1990.
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, 1987-1992.
Other Professional Experience
Colenco Power Consulting Ltd. (1992-1995), Baden, Switzerland, Hydrogeologist-Task Leader.
Shell Oil Company (1982-1987), New Orleans, LA, Houston, TX, and Bakersfield, CA, Petrophysical Engineer.
Cincinnati Milacron (summers 1978 - 1981), Cincinnati, Ohio, Electrical Engineer.
Consulting
Training Course, Oil Recovery Enhancement Techniques, London, England, August 6th – 10th, 2007.
Training Course, Oil Recovery Enhancement Techniques, Calgary, Canada, May 12th – 18th, 2007.
Training Course, Advanced Reservoir Engineering, University of Trinidad and Tobago (Spring 2007).
Training Course, Oil Recovery Enhancement Techniques, University of Texas at Austin, Nov. 27th – Dec. 1st, 2006.
Training Course, Fluid Flow in Porous Media, University of Trinidad and Tobago (Summer 2005)
Golder Associates, Germany (2004)
Shell Oil Company (2003)
Hughes & Luce (1997)
Colenco Power Consulting Ltd. (1995 - present)
Australian Petroconsultants (1996 - 1997)
Memberships
Memberships in Professional and Honorary Socities
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor society
Eta Kappa Nu electrical engineering honor society
Pi Epsilon Tau petroleum engineering honor society