Faculty
Dr. Vamegh Rasouli (Chair)
Dr. Kegang Ling
Dr. Mehdi Ostadhassan
Dr. Hadi Jabbari
Dr. Minou Rabiei
Dr. Hui Pu
Mrs. Bailey Bubach Research Associates
Dr. Behzad Tokhmechi
Dr. Haleh Azizi Admin Assistant
Mrs. Cassandra Van Dell Lab Technician
Junior Nasah Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Thomas Gentzis Senior Geoscientist at Core La-boratories
John Harju Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, EERC
Charles Gorecki Director of Subsurface R&D, EERC
John Hamling Principal Engineer, EERC
Larry Pekot Principal Engineer and Reservoir Engineering Group Lead, EERC
IAC Banquet and Awards
Following the IAC meeting on February 23rd, the industry members had the opportunity to interact with students at the evening banquet. Matt Jurgens from Zarvona Energy was the keynote speaker and provided students with insightful advice for their future paths as Petroleum Engineers. The evening concluded with an award ceremony announcing the 2017 SPE Denver Scholarship recipients.
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Industry Advisory Council Participants
Spring 2017 IAC Meeting
On February 23-24, the Department of Petroleum Engineering held the Spring 2017 Industry Advisory Council meeting. In addition to the IAC meeting, the council was invited to attend the IAC banquet and had the opportunity to interact with current students in the program. The Petroleum Engineering Education and Training Center brainstorming Workshop was held on the afternoon of February 24th and the group had the opportunity to discuss and plan future methods to train the next generations of energy experts.
Upcoming Events April 10-14, NExT Training Courses
April 20-21, Organic Petrology & Geochemistry Short Course
May 8-9, Law Short Course
May 13, Graduation Ceremony
May 14, Field Trip
We are proud of our dedicated students who attended the spring break field trip to Williston, ND. The drilling class had the opportunity to tour a rig and experience the classroom in real life. Thanks to our Industry Advisory Council Chair, Jeff Kummer, McKenzie Energy Partners LLC for hosting the rig tour.
SPE's 2018 International President, Darcy Spady, was on campus February 6-7, 2017 and gave a wonderful presentation sharing his experiences in oil and gas. He also had the opportunity to tour a few facilities on campus including the new Collaborative Energy Complex building, the Core Library, and the Energy & Environment Research Center (EERC).
Contact (WE ARE HERE TO HELP!)
University of North Dakota, College of Engineering & Mines, Department of Petroleum Engineering 701.777.2533
2844 Campus Road CEC Room 113, Stop 8154 Grand Forks, ND 58202-8154
Department Chair: [email protected] Department Admin: [email protected] Undergraduate Program Inquiry: [email protected] Graduate Program Inquiry: [email protected]
https://engineering.und.edu/petroleum/ Follow our SPE Student Chapter at: https://involvement.und.edu/organization/SPE Find our College on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNDCEM or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNDCEM
Visit from SPE’s 2018 International President
Drilling Trip to Williston
Various short courses will be offered on UND campus in the new Collaborative Energy Complex building. UND Petroleum Engineering has teamed with Schlumberger Network of Excellence in Training (NExT), as the leading oil and gas training provider to offer industry short courses including Geomechanics Applications in Shale Gas, Petrel Fundamentals, and Petrel Geology.
See the details of the short courses offered in this link: https://engineering.und.edu/petroleum/
NExT Courses in CEC Training Facilities
Our Alumni—Companies Marathon Oil
Hess Corporation
MBI
University of North
Dakota
McKenzie Energy
Partners
University of North
Dakota
American Lotus
Consulting
Anadarko Petroleum
Baker Hughes
Basic Energy
Black Bear
Resources
Breitburn Energy
Partners LP
Continental
Resources
Creedence Energy
Service LLC
Crescent Point
Energy U.S. Corp
E&P company
Hathaway LLC
INTES Inc
Liberty Oilfield
Services
Murex
National Oilwell
Varco
Pipeline Company
RockPile Energy
Shell
Texas A&M
University
The Amarna
Company
University of
Dundee (Centre for
Energy)
University of
Minnesota
WEC Energy Group
West Texas A&M
Whiting Petroleum