University of Houston

People

Principal Investigator

Prof. Birol Dindoruk

  • National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2017
  • Ph.D.: Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, 1992
  • M.Sc.: Petroleum Engineering, University of Alabama, 1987
  • B.Sc.: Petroleum Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1984
  • Email: bdindoru@central.uh.edu       and        bdindoruk@uh.edu
  • Research Areas:
                        • PVT and phase behavior of hydrocarbon fluids
                        • Flow in porous media and mathematics of multicomponent multiphase flow in porous media
                        • Equation of State Development
                        • Compositionally Graded Systems and Reservoir Initialization and Integration with Surveillance
                        • Fundamentals/Mathematics of flow in porous media for multi-scale applications
                        • Gas Storage and CO2 Sequestration
                        • Uncertainty analysis, decomposition of the physical processes & upscaling for the use cases, reservoir simulation, near wellbore aspects of sequestration
                        • Geothermal systems
                        • Gas Injection processes: Conventional and Unconventional applications
                        • Novel Solvents
                        • Miscible and Immiscible Gas Injection, Subsurface CO2 Sequestration
                        • Correlation development and basic data analysis
                        • Machine Learning and Data Analytics Applications to Petroleum Engineering Problem
                        • EOR/Improved Oil Recovery
                        • Field-scale modeling and reservoir performance management
                        • Numerical modeling/Reservoir simulation
                        • Fractured/Layered reservoirs

Research Associates

 

 Dr.Deniz Paker

  • Research Associate since 2024
  • Research Areas: CCUS, Hydrogen storage, EOR/IOR
  • Ph.D.: Istanbul Technical University, 2018
  • M.S.: Istanbul Technical University, 2011
  • B.S.: Istanbul Technical University, 2007
  • Email: dmpaker@central.uh.edu

Current Students

 

Aruvin Prakasan

  • Ph.D. student since 2020
  • Research: Underground Hydrogen storage, CCUS
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)
  • Email: aprakasa@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

 

Abdulrahman Abdulwarith

  • Ph.D. student since 2021
  • Research: PVT and phase behavior, CO2-EOR, CCUS, Application of machine and deep learning in Petroleum Engineering, Drilling fluid
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Cairo University
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, LSBU
  • Email: amohame6@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

 

Sherry Oyagha

  • Ph.D. student since 2021
  • Research: CO2 dissolution in aquifer brines
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering and Project Development, IFP School France
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun
  • Email: suetanir@uh.edu

 

 

Musa Ahmed

  • Ph.D. student since 2021
  • Research: CCUS petrophysics and geochemistry
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, University of Khartoum
  • Email: meahmed@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

Jose Benavides

  • Ph.D. student since 2022
  • Research: CO2 sequestration modeling and machine learning
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, EMI (Military School of Engineering)
  • Email: jabenav4@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

Mohamed Ammar

  • Ph.D. student since 2022
  • Research: CO2/Gas MMP development techniques and implementations for conventional and unconventional resources.
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, University of Tripoli
  • Email: maammar@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

Moaz Hiba

  • Ph.D. student since 2022
  • Research: Complex phase behavior, CCUS, Machine learning application in Petroleum Engineering, Production enhancement
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  • Email: mhiba@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

Yao Shengyu

  • Ph.D. student since 2023
  • Research: Measurement and computational phase behavior in porous media
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum
  • Email: syao6@uh.edu

 

 

Ahmed Kareb

  • Ph.D. student since 2023
  • Research: Multi-scale numerical simulation for EOR/CCS/EGS
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering – Production of Hydrocarbons, University of Boumerdes
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, University of Boumerdes
  • Email: akareb@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

Fatemeh Tale

  • Ph.D. student since 2024
  • Research: Modeling the geochemical reactions in porous media, Cryogenic CCUS
  • M.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University
  • Email: fstale@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

 

 

Afia Aizal Utama

  • M.S. student since 2022
  • Research: EOR, CCUS
  • B.S.: Chemical Engineering, Qatar University
  • Email: autama@cougarnet.uh.edu

 

 

 

Lalitha Paturi

  • M.S. student since 2023
  • Research: Viscosity measurements of low volatility systems
  • B.S.: Petroleum Engineering, Parul University
  • Email: lpaturi@cougarnet.uh.edu

Volunteer Research Associates

Dr.Daulet Magzymov

Dr.Swati Sagar

Sandarbh Gautam

Utkarsh Sinha