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 FULL NAME:  Kamy Sepehrnoori

 

 TITLE:  Professor

 

 DEPARTMENT:  Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering

 

 EDUCATION:

 

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Ph.D. SUPERVISIONS COMPLETED

59.

Sayapour, Morteza, "Development and Application of Capacitance-Resistive Models in Water/CO2 Floods," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with Larry Lake, August 2008. 

58.

Ghorbani, Davood "Development of Methodology for Optimization and Design of Chemical Flooding," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with Mojdeh Delshad, August 2008. 

57.

Lee, Hee Jae "Simulation and Interpretation of Formation-Tester Measurements Acquired in the Presence of Mud-Filtrate Invasion and Geo-Mechanical Deformation," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with Carlos Torres-Verdin, May 2008. 

56.

Ghomian, Yousef, "Reservoir Simulation Studies for Coupled CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with Gary Pope, May 2008. 

55.

Malik, Mayank, "Numerical Simulation and Interpretation of Formation-Tester Measurements Acquired in the Presence of Mud-Filtrate Invasion," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with Carlos Torres-Verdin, May 2008.

54.

Taghizadeh, Okhtay, "Sweep Efficiency for Solvent Injection into Heavy Oil Reservoirs at Grain-scale Displacement of Extremely Viscous Fluid," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with S.L. Bryant, December 2007.

53.

Pourafshary, Peyman, "A Coupled Wellbore/Reservoir Simulator to Model Multiphase Flow and Temperature Distribution," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with A. Podio, December 2007.

52.

Liang, Baosheng, "A Weighted Ensemble Kalman Filter for Automatic History Matching," Ph.D. dissertation, December 2007.

51.

Vicencio, O.A., "Nitrogen Injection Into Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," Ph.D. dissertation, May 2007.

50.

Asakawa, Kazuhiro, "A Generalized Analysis of Partitioning Interwell Tracer Tests," Ph.D. dissertation, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 2005.

49.

Alpak, Faruk Omer, "Algorithms for Numerical Modeling and Inversion of Multi-Phase Fluid-Flow and Electromagnetic Measurements," co-supervised with C. Torres-Verdin, May 2005.

48.

Zhang, Jiang, "IRSS:  An Integrated Reservoir Simulation System," August 2005.

47.

Naimi-Tajdar, Reza, "Development and Implementation of a Naturally Fractured Reservoir Model into a Fully Implicit, Equation-of-State Compositional, Parallel Simulator," co-supervised with M. Miller, August 2005.

46.

Wu, Jianghui, "Numerical Simulation of Multi-Phase Mud Filtrate Invasion and Inversion of Formation Tester Data," co-supervised with C. Torres-Verdin, April 2004.

45.

Lopez Manriquez, Alberto, "Finite Element Modeling of the Stability of Single Wellbores and Multilateral Junctions," co-supervised with A.L. Podio, May 2003.

44.

Miguel-Hernandez, Nemesio, "Scaling Parameters for Characterizing Gravity Drainage in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, August 2002.

43.

Hu, Yujie, "An Effective Method of Stochastic Simulation of Complex Large-Scale Transport Processes in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, May 2002.

42.

Li, Bowei, "Implementation of Full Permeability Tensor Representation in a Dual Porosity Reservoir Simulator," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, August 2001.

41.

Barreto Filho, Manuel de Almeida  "Estimation of Average Reservoir Pressure and Completion Skin Factor of Wells that Produce using Sucker Rod Pumping," co-supervised with A.L. Podio, May 2001.

40.

Aldejain, Abdulaziz, "Implementation of a Dual Porosity Model in a Chemical Flooding Simulator," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, August 1999.

39.

Kapur, Loveena, "Investigation of Artificial Neural Networks, Alternating Conditional Expectation, and Bayesian Methods," co-supervised with L.W. Lake, December 1998.

38.

Carvalho Paulo, M., "Modeling the Electrical Submersible Jet Pump Producing High Gas-Liquid-Ratio Petroleum Wells," co-supervised with A.L. Podio, December 1998.

37.

Embid Droz, Sonia M., "Modeling Capillary Pressure and Relative Permeability for Systems with Heterogeneous Wettability," co-supervised with L.W. Lake, December 1997.

36.

Biswar, Deepankar, "Least Squares Finite Element Method For Hydrocarbon Transport in Porous Media," co-supervised with G.F. Carey, August 1997.

35.

Campozana, Fernando Placido, "Incorporating Dynamic Data into Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling," co-supervised with L.W. Lake, May 1997.

34.

Liang, Zhiyue, "Development of a New Dual Porposity Thermal Simulator for Steam Injection in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, May 1997.

33.

Guevara Baro, Francisco Jose, "Improved Methodologies for Stochastically Forecasting Oil Recovery Processes," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, May 1997.

32.

Dwarakanath, Varadarajan, "Characterization and Remediation of Aquifers Contaminated by nonaqueous Phase Liquids Using Partitioning Tracers and Surfactants," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, May 1997.

31.

Sanchez Bujanos, Jose Luis, "Scaling Parameters for Characterizing Wateflood Recovery from Anisotropic Matrix Blocks in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, December 1996.

30.

Wu, Wei-Jr, "Optimum Design of Field-Scale Chemical Flooding Using Reservoir Simulation," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 1996.

29.

Rocha, Paulo S.D., "A Succession-of-States Model for the In-Situ Combustion Recovery Process," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, May 1996.

28.

Bendakhlia, Hichem, "A Simulation Study of Polymer Flooding and Surfactant Flooding Using Horizontal Wells," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 1995.

27.

Jin, Minquan, "Surfactant Enhanced Remediation and Interwell Tracer Test for Characterization of Aquifers Contaminated by NAPLs," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 1995.

26.

Kim, Hyun-Soo, "Simulation Study of Gel Conformance Treatments," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, May 1995.

25.

Lee, Kun Sang, "A Computationally-Efficient Method for Direct Long-Time Solutions of the Diffusivity Equation in Closed Systems," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, May 1995.

24.

Lima, Luiz C., "Large-Scale Conditional Simulation: Domain and Matrix Decomposition and the Moving Template Model," co-supervised with L.W. Lake, May 1995.

23.

Sumotarto, Untung, "Sandstone Acidizing Simulation: Development of an Expert System," co-supervised with A.D. Hill, May 1995.

22.

Maroongroge, Vichai, "Modeling and Application of Tracers for Reservoir Characterization," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 1994.

21.

Ribeiro, Paulo, "Finite Element Modeling of Annular Flows with Application to Slim Hole Drilling Hydraulics," co-supervised with A.L. Podio, May 1994.

20.

Xiao, Shengyou, "Multigrid Methods with Applications to Reservoir Simulation," co-supervised with D.M. Young, May 1994.

19.

Lim, Min Teong, "Field-Scale Numerical Modeling of Multiple Contact Miscible Processes Using Horizontal Wells in Heterogeneous Reservoirs," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 1993.

18.

Liu, Jianchun, "High-Resolution Methods for Enhanced Oil Recovery Simulation," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 1993.

17.

Chen, Jianping, "New Approaches to Dual Porosity Modeling of Waterflooding in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," co-supervised with M.A. Miller, May 1993.

16.

Da Motta, Eduardo, "Selective Matrix Acidizing of Horizontal Wells," co-supervised with A.D. Hill, May 1993.

15.

Ganapathy, Seetharaman, "Simulation of Heterogeneous Sandstone Experiments Characterized Using CT Scanning," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, May 1993.

14.

Ferreira, Luiz, "Reservoir Characterization Using Single-Well Tracer Tests," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 1992.

13.

Khan, Sameer Ali, "An Expert System to Aid in Compositional Simulation of Miscible Gas Flooding," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 1992.

12.

Lea, Chen-Min, "Sandstone Acidizing of the Region Surrounding Perforations," co-supervised with A.D. Hill, May 1992.

11.

Brantferger, Ken, "Development of a Thermodynamically Consistent, Fully Implicit, Compositional, Equation-of-State, Steamflood Simulator," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, May 1991.

10.

Chang, Yih-Bor, "Development of a 3-D Compositional Simulator," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 1990.

9.

Dria, Dennis, "A Study of Three-Phase Relative Permeabilities and Dispersivities Under Carbon Dioxide Flooding Conditions in a Heterogeneous Carbonate," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 1989.

8.

Thrasher, Richard, "Uncoupled Moving Finite Elements," December 1989.

7.

Tsau, Jyun-Syung, "Laboratory Study of the Reformability of Xanthan/Chromium III Gels Used in Conformance Treatments," co-supervised with A.D. Hill, December 1989.

6.

Saad, Naji, "Field Scale Studies with a 3-D Chemical Flooding Simulator," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 1989.

5.

Perschke, Douglas R., "Equation of State Phase Behavior Modeling for Compositional Simulation," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 1988.

4.

Liang, Jenn-Tai, "An Experimental Study of Conformance Treatments Using Crosslinked Polyacrylamide Polymer," co-supervised with A.D. Hill, August 1988.

3.

Taha, Rozlan, "Single Well Model for Field Studies of Sandstone Matrix Acidizing" co-supervised with A.D. Hill, December 1987.

2.

Hung, Ko Chi, "Modeling of Wormhole Behavior in Carbonate Acidizing," co-supervised with A.D. Hill, May 1987.

1.

Ohkuma, Hiroshi., "Numerical Simulation of Geopressured-Geothermal Aquifer Phenomena," co-supervised with R.M. Knapp, December 1986.

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    M.S. SUPERVISIONS COMPLETED

80.

Fazelipour, Waleed, "Development of a Fully Implicit, Parallel, Equation-of-State Compositional Simulator to Model Asphaltene Precipitation in Petroleum Reservoirs," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 2007.

79.

Goodman, N., "Evaluation and Optimization of Hydraulic Fracture Treatments in Monell CO2 Flood Project," May 2007.

78.

Fathi, Nariman, "Modeling Wettability Alteration in Naturally Fractured Reservoir," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with M. Delshad, December 2005.

77.

Jahanbajhsh, Amir, "Gas Condensate Well Test Analysis," co-supervised with E. Peters, August 2005.

76.

Garmeh, Gholamreza, "Simulation of Interwell Gas Tracer Test in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 2005.

75.

Lalehrokh, Farshad, "Simulating Water Tracer Test in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Discrete Fracture and Dual Porosity Models," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 2005.

74.

Ozah, Robin, "Numerical Simulation of the Storage of CO2 and CO2-H2S Gas Mixture in Deep Saline Aquifers," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, May 2005.

73.

Kumar, Ajitabh, "A Simulation Study of Carbon Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 2004.

72.

John, Abraham, K., "Development of a Hybrid Approach to Couple Chemical and Compositional Models in a Implicit, Parallel Simulator," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 2003.

71.

Funes, Antonio, M., "Well Test Analysis of Vertical Wells in Gas Condensate Reservoirs," M.S. report, co-supervised with E. Peters, December 2003.

70.

Sinha, Rohit, "Simulation of Natural and Partitioning Interwell Tracers to Calculate Saturations and Swept Volumes in Oil Reservoirs" M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G. A Pope, December 2003.

69.

Chowdhury, Nitin, "Reservoir Simulation of Asphaltene Precipitation and of Gas Condensates," M.S. thesis, co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 2003.

68.

Chang Castillo, Lizbeth D., "Modeling Wettability Alteration using a Chemical Compositional Simulator, UTCHEM," August 2003.

67.

Sharma, Ravi, "Modeling Gas Condensate Reservoirs and Development of a New Hybrid Well Model," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, May 2003.

66.

Nalla, Gopi, "Implementation of Chemical Flooding Module into the General Purpose Adaptive Simulator," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, December 2002.

65.

Vikas, "Simulation of CO2 Sequestration," co-supervised with G.A. Pope, August 2002.

64.

Luna Garcia, Alfredo, "Acid Etching Patterns, Measurement of Pressure Drop and Acid Penetration in Naturally-Fractured Carbonates, Reservoirs," co-supervised with A.D. Hill, May 2002.

63.

Jin, Minquan, "A Computer Program for Partitioning Interwell Tracer Test Data Analysis," co-supervised with D.E. Perry, December 2001.