Dec 28, 2025  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Petroleum Engineering Faculty


D. H. Bellman.  Adjunct Faculty.  M.B.A., Stanford University:  Energy and petrochemical economics.

A. Daneshy. Adjunct Faculty. Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla: Hydraulic fracturing, rock mechanics.

B. Dindoruk. Adjunct Faculty.  Ph.D., Stanford University: Enhanced oil recovery, reservoir recovery mechanism, hydrocarbon fluid properties and phase equilibria and reservoir engineering.

C. Ehlig-Economides. Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair. Ph.D., Stanford University: Reservoir engineering, pressure transient analysis, integrated reservoir characterization, complex well design, and production enhancement.

L. A. Hathon. Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Missouri: Formation evaluation, rock properties - conventional and unconventional reservoirs.

D. G. Hatzignatiou. Professor, Ph.D., University of Tulsa: Reservoir engineering.

R. Hollo. Adjunct Faculty. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin: Petroleum economics and energy markets.

K. Kostarelos. Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin: Chemical enhanced oil recovery and surfactants.

M. Marongui-Porcu. Adjunct Faculty; Ph.D., Texas A&M University: Production engineering.

M. Myers. Associate Professor and Ali Daneshy Endowed College Professor of Petroleum Engineering; Ph.D., University of Michigan: Formation evaluation, rock properties, geomechanics, petrophysics, and Ali Daneshy Endowed College Professor of Petroleum Engineering.

G. Qin. Associate Professor and Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Section Endowed College Professor of Petroleum Engineering; Ph.D., University of Wyoming: Reservoir simulations.

D. C. Rietz. Adjunct Faculty. M.S., University of Houston: Numerical reservoir simulation.

M. M. Saldana. Adjunct Faculty. Ph.D., Stanford University: Reservoir engineering, management and simulation.

R. Samuel. Adjunct Faculty.  Ph.D., University of Tulsa: Drilling engineering, well engineering, drilling optimization, complex well architecture.

M. Soliman. Professor and William C. Miller Endowed Chair Professor. PhD, Stanford University, Well test analysis, diagnostic testing, fracturing and numerical simulation.

G.Thakur. Professor and Director of UH Energy Industrial Partnerships. PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Reservoir characterization and dynamics.

J. Thuren. Adjunct Faculty. D.Sc.  Colorado School of Mines: Petroleum engineering, petroleum geology, petroleum project management.

G. Wong. Associate Professor. PhD, Stanford University: Well completion, sand failure prediction/quantification, production engineering, fracture mechanics, geomechanics.

J. Yarus. Adjunct Faculty.  Ph.D., University of South Carolina: Earth modeling and geostatistics.