People

• Kagan Kutun, PhD, Thesis: Modeling of Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Responses and Impacts of the Cable Location in Horizontal Wells
• Ola Akrad, PhD, Thesis: The Use of Particulate Diversion in Hydraulic Fracturing and Refracturing: An Experimental Study
• Katherine Kowalchick, MS, Thesis: Tracking Impending Frac Hits Using Sealed Wellbore Pressure Monitoring in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk Formations  
• Shabeeb Al Ajmei, PhD, Thesis: The Effect of Variable Perforation Configuration on Proppant Transport and Distribution Using Slickwater

• Juan Carlos Carratu, PhD, Thesis: Laboratory Investigation of Process Zone Stress*
• Eiman Al Munif, PhD, Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Acoustic Automization in Liquid Loading Gas Wells
• Xinyuan Zhang, MS, Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Acoustic Automaization in Liquid Loading Gas Wells

*: Available on request.

• Sulaiman Alarifi, PhD, Thesis: A New Approach to Estimating Ultimate Recovery for Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells*
• Luai Alhamad, PhD, Thesis: Qualitative Study on the Potential of Lactic and Gluconic Acids for Acidizing Operations*
• Leo Tsuber, MS, Thesis: Proppant Transport in Slickwater and Linear Gels in Complex Slot Systems*
• Faraj Ahmad, PhD, Thesis: Proppant Transport and Behavior in Horizontal Wellbores Using Low Viscosity Fluids
• Abdulraof Almulhim, PhD, Thesis: Numerical Investigation of the Perforation Friction Loss, Coefficient of Discharge and Erosional Processes During Limited Entry Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments
• Rong LU, PhD, Thesis: Application of Machine Learning to Gas Flaring
• Ashtiwi Bahri, MS, , Thesis: The Effect of Fluid Viscosity and Density on Proppant Transport in Complex Slot Systems
• Brent Kebert, MS, Investigating Proppant Transport and Perforation Erosion Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for a Single Hydraulic Fracture Stage

*: Available on request.

• Mohannad Abokhamseen, MS, Thesis: Investigation of Stage Ordering Impact on Fracture Growth in Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing of Horizontal Wells in Stacked Pays

• Connor Clark, MS, Thesis: Frequency Spectrum Analysis of Water Hammer Events During Hydraulic Fracturing and the Associated Diagnostic Applications
• Taylor Levon, MS, Thesis: Workflow Development and Sensitivity Investigation of Offset Well-to-Well Interference Through 3D Fracture Modeling and reservoir Simulation in the Denver-Julesburg Basin
• Abla Rhouma, PhD, Thesis: Experimental and Modeling Evaluation of Proppant Transport in Complex Fractures
• Kagan Kutun, MS, Thesis: Hydraulic Fracture Modeling of an Enhanced Geothermal System
• Ahmad Alrashed, MS, Thesis: Coupling Stress Shadow and Reservoir Quality to Optimize Hydraulic Fracture Spacing in the Eagle Ford Reservoir

• Kamilia Putri, ME
• Xiaopeng “Roy” Li, PHD, Thesis: Modeling Fluid Imbibition for Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Implications on Unconventional Hydrocarbon Recovery

• Kamga Lois Ngameni, MS, Thesis: Proppant Transport in Horizontal Wellbores Using Fresh Water
• Chunlei “Hope” Liu, PhD, Thesis: Optimizing Hydraulic Fracture Spacing and Lateral Well Spacing in Tight/Unconventional Resource Development through Fully Coupling Stress Shadowing Effects and Fluid Flow – An Integrated Approach
• Russell Roundtree, PhD, Thesis: Experimental Validation of Microseismic Emissions From a Controlled Hydraulic Fracture in a Synthetic Layered Medium
• Di Zhang, MS, Thesis: Stress-Dependent Fracture Conductivity of Propped Fractures in the Stimulated Reservoir Volume of a Hydraulically Fractured Shale Well 

• Naif Bandar Alqahtani, PhD, Thesis: Experimental study and finite element modeling of cryogenic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs
• Nayef Al-Sadhan, PhD,  Thesis: Prediction of Short-Term and Long-Term Baseline Conductivity Degradation for Proppants of Different Types and Sizes 
• Zhou Zhou, PhD, Thesis: The Impact of Capillary Imbibition and Osmosis During Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Formations 

• Faisal A. Aljalahmah, PhD, Thesis: Experimental Characterization of the Barree and Conway (2004) Single-Phase Non-Darcy Flow Model in Varous Hydraulic Fracturing Sands 
• Rong Lu, MS, Investigation of Post Hydraulic Fracturing Well Cleanup Physics in the Cana Woodford Shale

• Hakan Corapcioglu, MS, Thesis: Fracturing Fluid Effects on Young’s Modulus and Embedment in the Niobrara Formation

• Sarinya Charoenwongsa, PhD, Numerical simulation of the 3-D Hydraulic Fracturing Process, Cleanup and Relevant Physics

• Nab Al-Ajmi, PhD, Thesis: Estimating Storativity and Transmissivity Ratio of Multi-Layer Reservoir and Dual-Permeability Fractured Systems
• Ola Akrad, MS, Thesis: The Effects of Fracturing Fluids on Mechanical Properties and Associated Proppant Embedment in Four Shale Systems 
• Jonathan Morrill, MS, Thesis: Optimization of Hydraulic Fracture Spacing in Horizontal Wellbores in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs 
• Carl Neuhaus, MS, Thesis: Analysis of Surface and Downhole Microseismic Monitoring Coupled with Hydraulic Fracture Modeling in the Woodford Shale 

• Nikita Kazakov, MS, Thesis: Applying Multivariate Statistical Parameters to Slickwater Fracturing Parameters 
• Natthapon Putthaworapoom, MS, Thesis: Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing Process:  Sensitivity to Reservoir Properties and Operational Variables 
• Bitao Lai, PhD, Thesis: Experimental Measurements and Numerical Modeling of Multiphase Non-Darcy Flow Effects in Porous Media
• Indar Singh, MS, Thesis: Simulation of Horizontal Well

• Hector Wills, PhD, Thesis: 3-D Numerical Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Cleanup Processes
• Nur Azlinda “Linda” Mohammad, MS, Thesis: A Comparison of Hydraulic Fracture Modeling with Downhole and Surface Microseismic Data in a Stacked Fluvial Pay System
• Naif Alqahtani, MS, Thesis: 3D Finite Element Modeling of Laboratory Hydraulic Fracture Experiments 
• Yating (Tina) Wang, MS, Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Fracture Growth Complexity in Slickwater Fracture Treatments

• Dan Benedict, MS, Thesis: The Effects of Hydraulic Fracture Reorientation in Lenticular Reservoirs 
• Dan Cordle, BS

• Henry Lopez-Hernandez, PhD, Thesis: Experimental Analysis and Macroscopic and Pore-Level Flow Simulations to Compare Non-Darcy Flow Models in Porous Media
• Julie DeWitt, BS
• Steve Nzegaing, ME
• Amrut Athavale, MS, Thesis: Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Processes in Laminated Reservoirs 

• Luis Casas, MS, Thesis: Large Scale Hydraulic Fracturing Test on a Rock with Artificial Discontinuities 
• Chris Green, MS, Thesis: Hydraulic Fracture Model Sensitivity Analyses of Massively stacked Lenticular Reservoirs in the Mesaverde Formation, Southern Piceance Basin, Colorado 
• Rob Tonnsen, MS, Thesis: A Study of the Relationships Between Permeability, Stress, and Pore Volume Compressibility in Deep Coalbed Methane Environments 
• Anthony Franzone, ME
• Cathy Toliver, BS

• Olivia Harren, ME
• Genevieve Shope, BS
• Matt Volkmar, BS
• John Chrisman, BS

• Ty Woodworth, MS, Thesis: Proppant Placement in Low-Viscosity Slickwater Type Fracturing Fluids 
• Steve Henning, BS