Education
Ph.D., Petroleum Eng., University of Calgary
B.Tech., Electrical Eng. (Power), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Work Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Eng.- LSU, Baton Rouge (LA) [2019 - Present]
Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical Eng. -LSU, Baton Rouge (LA) [2022-Present]
Research Engineer- Chevron, Bakersfield (CA) [2014-18]
Reservoir Engineer- Chevron, Houston (TX) [2013-14]
Simulation Engineer- Chevron, Calgary, Canada [2012-13]
Visition Scholar- Stanford University, USA [2010]
Research Intern- Shell, Calgary, Canada [2009]
Field Engineer- Schlumberger, Whitecourt, Canada [2006-07]
Research Intern-Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany [2005]
Research Featured in Media
Nov. '24 Panel presentation featured in the Journal of Petroleum Technology.
Aug. '24 Patents/inventions showcased at the LSU Innovations and Technology Commercialization website.
Apr.'24 Pipeline leak detection research featured in Business Report and LSU Newsletter.
Mar.'23 Fiber-optic radiation sensor and radiation leak detector festured in Yahoo News and LSU Newsletter.
Apr. '22 Energy transition and environmental monitoring research featured in Working for Louisiana newsletter.
Aug. '22 Research collaboration with Exxon and Chevron featured in LSU College of Engineering Newsletter.
Jul. '21 Interview on National Public Radio shows: All Things Considered and Talk Louisiana.
Jul. '21 Quantum sensing research featured in ABC affiliate KATC, the Advocate, and Business Report.
Sep '19 Research in well logging featured in the Journal of Petroleum Technology magazine.
Our research collaborators and sponsors include:
Awards
- Received Professional Engineer (P.E.) license [2024].
- Selected for the NSF I-Corps program [2024].
- Selected for Speaking of Science program sponsored by NSF EPSCoR and LA Board of Regents [2024].
- Research grant from the Center for Innovation in Structural Integrity Assurance under NSF [2024].
- Research grant from the Institute of Energy Innovation [2023].
- Industry-sponsored grant from the NSF Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance [2023].
- LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award [2023]
- Research grant from the Center for Innovation in Structural Integrity Assurance under NSF [2023]
- Research & Development Grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [2022]
- Express Research Grant from Tendeka [2022]
- Leveraging Innovation for Technology Transfer (LiFT) grant, Louisiana State University [2021]
- Industrial Ties Research Subprogram (ITRS) grant, Louisiana Board of Regents [2021]
- NASA Research Enhancement Award, NASA LaSPACE [2020]
- LINKS with Industry and National Labs grant, Louisiana Board of Regents [2021, 2020]
- DOE grant for Quantum Enhanced Fiber Optic Sensing for Oil and Gas Applications [2020]
- Faculty Research Grant for creating an Analytics Center of Excellence, LSU [2019]
- Emerging Faculty Travel Award, NSF EPSCoR [2019]
- Digital Scholarship for novel data science project awarded by LSU Library [2019]
- Certificate of Digital Innovation, Chevron [2018]
- Selected for Chevron’s Data Science Development Program for Data Analytics initiatives [2018]
- Selected for Chevron’s Mentoring Excellence in Technology for technical achievements [2017]
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Outstanding Service Award, given to 0.1% of over 110,000 members worldwide [2016]
- SPE Technical Editor Recognition [2015]
- Lean Sigma Green Belt Certification - lead 15 Lean Sigma projects saving over $5 MM [2015]
- Penn West Energy Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary [2011]
- Dr. Roger Butler Memorial Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary [2010−2011]
- “Best Technical Presentation” at the Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Tulsa, USA [2010]
- SPE of Canada Graduate Scholarship [2010−2011]
- “Best Graduate Paper” at the Canadian International Petroleum Conference, Calgary [2009]
- Zandmer and Ursula Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary [2009−2010]
- Elnova Award for the “Best Undergraduate Project” in Power Engineering at IIT−Delhi [2006]
- Director’s Merit Certificate for being amongst the top 7% students in IIT−Delhi [2004−2005]
- Jawaharlal Nehru National Merit Scholarship by the Steel Authority of India Ltd. [2002−2006]