An overview of the graduate program for the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas will be presented. In this presentation, various topics regarding the admission process, deadlines for the applications as well as financial support options will be discussed. Various options for the MS degree and the requirements for the PhD program in petroleum engineering will be presented. Also, a brief overview of ongoing research projects in the department will be given.

 

Kamy Sepehrnoori is a professor in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the W. A. (Monty) Moncrief Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering. His research interest and teaching include computational methods, reservoir simulation, parallel computing, enhanced oil recovery modeling, naturally fractured reservoirs, modeling of asphaltene deposition in reservoirs and wellbores, and unconventional reservoir simulation. He is the director of the Reservoir Simulation Joint Industry Project and the Deputy Director of the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. He holds a PhD degree from The University of Texas at Austin.