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Information
on Current Team
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on Faculty/Staff
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on Students
Rudy Slingerland - Co-Director
Co-Director, Petroleum GeoSystems Initiative; Professor of Geosciences: Dr. Slingerland specializes in clastic sedimentology, especially mechanics of sediment transport, placer genesis, mathematical modeling of streams, numerical simulation of circulation in epeiric seas, genesis and interpretation of cross-strata, and barrier island dynamics. E-mail: sling@geosc.psu.edu
Turgay Ertekin - Co-Director
Co-Director, Petroleum GeoSystems Initiative; George E. Trimble Chair in Earth and Mineral Sciences: Dr. Ertekin has over twenty years of petroleum engineering experience. His research interests are in the areas of numerical and analytical modeling, well test analysis, enhanced oil recovery, coal seam degasification and unconventional gas reservoirs. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in fluid flow dynamics in porous media. E-mail: eur@psu.edu
Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Professor
of Geosciences: Dr. Anandakrishnan's current research interests include
glaciology, ice stream migration, time-series investigations, polar regions
and Antarctic ice sheet studies and Antarctic tectonics.
Assistant Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering: Dr. Ayala's teaching interests include phase behavior of hydrocarbon fluids, reservoir simulation, natural gas engineering and multiphase flow in pipelines.
Zuleima Karpyn
Assistant Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering: Dr. Karpyn specializes in reservoir engineering, single and multi-phase flow in porous media, reservoir characterization, and flow in fractured porous media.
Christie Rosenhoover
Industry Projects Manager: The IPM handles all administrative duties for the Petroleum GeoSystems Initiative including: managing program finances, acting as first line of support for students and industry sponsors, coordinating promotional efforts and student recruiting. Email: geosystem@geosc.psu.edu
Heather Nelson
Data Manager: Heather is responsible for management of all data received from industry. This includes logging of incoming data, loading of digital data on the geosciences system, database maintenance, and access/security of all data. Email: hnelson@geosc.psu.edu
Thus far, four full Teams have begun study in the GeoSystems Initiative. Following are brief summaries on the individual Team members. You can find out more about their research projects on the Team Projects page.
Click here to view a picture of Penn State Geosciences alumni, including 5 former GeoSystems members.
| Team 1 Kevin
Best - Petroleum Engineer |
Team 2 Eric
Kuhl - Petroleum Engineer |
Team 3 Chekwube
Enunwa - Geologist |
Team 4 Charles Bohn - Geologist |
Kevin graduated from Penn State in 1997 with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he went to work for Texaco's international construction engineering group with assignments in New Orleans, P. R. China, and Houston helping to design, coordinate, and build offshore oil platforms. Kevin returned to school as the reservoir engineer on the first GeoSystems team with interests in subsurface characterization and modeling. After completing his MS in the Initiative Kevin took a job with BP in Houston, TX.
Charles graduated from Colorado State University in 2006 with a B.S. degree in Geology. While at Colorado State, Charles received the Honor Senior in Geology Award, which is awarded to the senior with the highest GPA in the Colorado State University Geosciences Department. View his in-depth profile.
Joe graduated from Penn State in 1999 with a BS in Geosciences after completing a senior thesis centered on predicting subsurface pressures from seismic data. He then joined the Geosystems Initiative where his main research was in the area of petrophysics and well log analysis. After graduation Joe went to work for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in Houston, TX.
Chekwube received her undergraduate degree in geology at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, where she received the 1999 Petropros Scholarship Award from the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists. She took part in an industrial training program at National Petroleum Investment Management Services, and she spent her compulsory year of National Youth Service at the Exploration Laboratory of Chevron Nigeria Limited. After completing her studies in the Initiative, Chekwube went to work with Shell in Houston, Texas.
Umut received the Honour Student award in 2001, and High Honour Student awards in 2000 and 2002. He spent a summer working at the Turkish Petroleum Corporation, and his undergaduate project was presented at the 14th International Petroleum and Natural Gas Congress and Exhibition of Turkey.
Eric received a BS in Geological Engineering from Michigan Technical University before becoming the Petroleum Engineer in GeoSystems Team 2. After completing his MS in the Initiative, Eric took a job with Newfield Exploration in Houston, TX.
Tin Wai received a BA in Geology from Cornell University before joining Team 2 as a Geologist/Geophysicist. She is now working for Shell Exploration and Production in New Orleans as a Geologist.
Asha finished her undergraduate degree in concert with her first semester in the GeoSystems Initiative (receiving her BS and becoming a full Team member in December of 2003). Asha spent the summer of 2002 interning with ChevronTexaco in Bakersfield, CA. After completing her MS in the Initiative, Asha took a job with Chevron in Houston, Texas.
Joe graduated from Northeastern University with a double major in Physics and Environmental Geology. He spent the summer of 2001 as a research intern at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies at the Dunsink Observatory. He also held co-op positions at General Electric and Draper Laboratory, and he spent a semester at sea conducting a geologic research project. After graduation, Joe took a job with Shell Companies in New Orleans, Lousiana.
Matt earned a BS degree in Geology from the University of Durham in 2006.
Ben earned a B.Sc. in Geology and Geophysics (Honors Degree) at the University of Durham in 2000. He then spent a year working with the GEOPOP consortium in Britain doing basin modeling before becoming the Geologist/Petrophysicist in Team 2. Ben now works as a Production Geologist for Shell International Exploration and Production in The Netherlands.
Doruk earned a BS degree in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering from Penn State in 2006.
Beth received a BS in Geology from Louisiana State University before joining Team 2 as a Geologist/Geophysicist. After graduation Beth settled in Houston and is working for Shell Exploration and Production as a Geologist.
Alastair gained a BS (Honors) Degree in Geophysics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1999. He then received his M.S. as the Geophysicist on the first Petroleum GeoSystems Team. His main research interest was time-lapse seismic analysis of the Bullwinkle Field, offshore Gulf of Mexico. After graduation Alastair took a job with ChevronTexaco in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Joe earned his B.Sc. (Honors) in Planetary Sciences from the University of Toronto in 2006. Joe was awarded the Marathon Oil Fellowship for his first year in the Initiative.
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