Staff
 | Dr. Mustafa Onur is the McMan Professor and Chairman of the McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering at University of Tulsa, and the Director of TUPREP. Before joining TU, he was the Professor of Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey, from 1989 to 2016. He also held the Schlumberger Professorial Chair at the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia, from 2012 to 2014. Onur holds a BS degree from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey and MS and PhD degrees from the University of Tulsa, all in petroleum engineering. He is the recipient of the 2010 SPE Formation Evaluation Award and a distinguished SPE member since 2014. He has served on the editorial committees of SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering and SPE Journal. Previously, he served as the Executive Editor of SPE Journal from to 2013 to 2016. Currently, he serves as the Associate Editors of SPE Journal and Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. His research interests include pressure/temperature-transient analysis, wireline formation testing, reservoir modeling and simulation, nonlinear parameter estimation, enhanced oil recovery methods, and geothermal reservoir engineering. Click to view his vita. | Stephenson Hall #2335 McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Dr. Tulsa, OK 74104 mustafa-onur@utulsa.edu Phone: (918) 631-3059 |
 | Dr. Mahdi Khodayar is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, The University of Tulsa, and Research Associate of TUPREP. He received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering and the M.Sc. degree in artificial intelligence from the Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA, in 2020. In 2017, he was a Research Assistant with the College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. His main research interests include machine learning and statistical pattern recognition. He is focused on deep learning, sparse modeling, and spatiotemporal pattern recognition. Dr. Khodayar has served as a Reviewer for many reputable journals in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, including the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, and the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. | Rayzor Hall Computer Science The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Dr. Tulsa, OK 74104 mak1736@utulsa.edu |
 | Dr. Leslie G. Thompson is an Associate PE Consultant at Whitson AS. Previously he was a Senior Reservoir Engineer at Cimarex Energy (now Coterra) between 2012 and 2022, and before that, an Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tulsa for 23 years. His research interests include reservoir/wellbore flow modeling and rate and pressure transient analysis in unconventional reservoirs. Thompson holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa. He is a member of SPE and previously served as a technical editor for SPEJ. | E-mail: lthomp001@gmail.com |
 | Dr. Yuhao Chen Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interest: – Machine-Learning-based Proxy Models – Production Optimization with SAGD Process | Stephenson Hall #2240 (346) 775-1275 yuc8811@utulsa.edu |
 | Dr. Albert C. Reynolds is the Senior Technical Advisor of TUPREP and Emeritus Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Mathematics. A faculty member at the U. of Tulsa since 1970, Reynolds has served as associate graduate dean, associate director of research, and Chairman of the Dept. of Petroleum Engineering. He holds a BA degree from the U. of New Hampshire, an MS degree from Case Institute of Technology, and a PhD degree from Case Western Reserve University, all in Mathematics. Reynolds received the 1983 SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, the 2003 SPE Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, the 2005 SPE Formation Evaluation Award and the 2013 SPE John Franklin Carll Award. He is a SPE Distinguished Member since 1999 and became an SPE Honorary Member in 2014. His research areas include inverse problems, assisted history matching, uncertainty quantification, reservoir and production optimization, data-driven models, machine learning, well testing and reservoir simulation. Click to view his vita. | Stephenson Hall #2285 McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Dr. Tulsa, OK 74104 reynolds@utulsa.edu Phone: (918) 631-3043 |
Students
 | Sardar Asadov Ph.D. Student Research Interest: – History Matching – Pressure/Rate Transient Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs – Optimization | Stephenson Hall #2245 (918) 978-5424 saa7176@utulsa.edu |
 | Ahmed Adeyemi Ph.D. Student Research Interest: – Deep Reinforcement Learning – Closed Loop Reservoir Management – Production Optimization – Deep-learning-based reservoir surrogate models | Stephenson Hall #2245 (918) 257-1169 aka6836@utulsa.edu |
 | Usman Abdulkareem Ph.D. Student Research Interest: – Machine Learning & Deep Learning Surrogate Models for Reservoir Optimization – History Matching – Production Optimization | Stephenson Hall #2245 (918) 407-7573 uaa1595@utulsa.edu |
 | Xun He Ph.D. Student Research Interest: – Machine Learning & Deep Learning Surrogate Models for Reservoir Optimization – History Matching | Stephenson Hall #2245 (539) 430-4315 xuh5238@utulsa.edu |
 | Shehroze Tanveer Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering Research Interests: – Contacted pore volume estimation in hydraulically fractured horizontal wells – Unconventional gas reservoir simulation and modeling – Data-driven forecasting and production analysis – Reservoir performance evaluation | Stephenson Hall Room Rm# 2200 918-896-2352 sht5862@utulsa.edu |
 | Veli Volkan Ustun M.Sc. Student Volkan is a talented and accomplished reservoir engineer with twenty years of experience in an operating company. Before joining TUPREP, he was involved in various reservoir studies, including reserve estimating/booking, modeling, and history matching. He played a significant role in preparation of field development plans and contributed to mature field expansion/optimization studies. His research interests are history matching, production optimization, and proxy models. | Stephenson Hall #2200 (832) 969 7675 veu7718@utulsa.edu |
 | Yinhua Yang M.Sc. Student Research Interest: – Geothermal energy systems – Data-driven model for three-phase flow | Stephenson Hall #2240 (918) 671-2101 yiy2585@utulsa.edu |
Alumni
 | Omer Luftu Toktas Master of Science Graduation Date: August 2024 Research Interest: – Machine-Learning-based Proxy Models – Reservoir simulation and characterization under geologic uncertainties – Production optimization | (918) 557-1872 omt0353@utulsa.edu |
 | Imaobong Tom Master of Science Graduation Date: August 2024 Research Interest: – Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) – History matching – Machine learning/Deep learning based Proxy models | iut6383@utulsa.edu |
 | Ying Li Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: August 2024 Research Interest: – Reservoir simulation and characterization – History matching – Production optimization | (918) 625-3539 liy7516@utulsa.edu |
 | Quang Nguyen Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2024 Research Interest: – Constrained production optimization – Multi-objective optimization – Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) – Deep-learning-based reservoir surrogate models – Stochastic and AD gradient-based optimization | qun972@utulsa.edu |
| Yuhao Chen Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2024 Research Interest: – Machine Learning based Proxy Models – Production Optimization with SAGD Process | (346) 775-1275 yuc8811@utulsa.edu |
 | Berke Koroglu Master of Science Graduation Date: May 2024 Research Interest: – INSIM proxy models – Capacitance-Resistance Models (CRM) – History Matching – Production optimization | (539) 260-4525 bek3275@utulsa.edu |
 | Aykut Atadeger Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2022 Research Interest: – History MatchingPressure/Rate Transient Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs – Reservoir Simulation – Machine Learning based Proxy Models – Production Optimization | (918) 633-2539 aya2586@utulsa.edu |
 | Azad Almasov Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2021 Research Interest: – Production Optimization in Unconventional Reservoirs – Machine Learning based Proxy Models – Reservoir Simulation | (918) 671-4599 aza8223@utulsa.edu |
 | Thiago Silva Visiting Scholar Research Interest: – Reservoir Simulation – Reservoir Characterization – History Matching | (918) 527-0594 tms3722@utulsa.edu |
 | Kiymet Gizem Gul Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interest: – Well test analysis in unconventional reservoirs – Reservoir simulation – Enhanced oil recovery – Phase behavior | gul.gizemmm@gmail.com |
 | Renan Vieria Bela Visiting Scholar Research Interest: – Reservoir Modeling – Injectivity Tests – Parameter Estimation | (918) 955-6560 rev7698@utulsa.edu |
 | Zhe Liu Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2020 Research Interest: – Unconventional Simulation – History Matching and Optimization – Nonlinear Constrained Optimization – Machine Learning | (573)-202-8434 zhe-liu@utulsa.edu |
 | Ranran Lu Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2020 Research Interest: – History Matching – Well Placement Optimization – Reservoir Simulation | (918) 984-8786 ranran-lu@utulsa.edu |
 | Yu Zhao Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2019 Research Interest: – Reservoir characterization – History matching – Uncertainty quantification – Reservoir Simulation | (918) 261-1407 yuz721@utulsa.edu |
 | Emilio Sousa Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2019 Research Interest: – Well testing – Reservoir simulation – Fluid flow in porous media – Reservoir characterization and history matching | (918) 428-8611 emilio-sousa@utulsa.edu |
 | Cintia Machado Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2018 Research Interest: – Reservoir modeling and characterization | (918) 728-0001 cintia-machado@utulsa.edu |
 | Javad Rafiee Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: December 2017 Research Interest: – Numerical Simulation – Inverse Problems – Optimization Methods – Machine Learning | javad-rafiee@utulsa.edu |
 | Xin Li Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: December 2017 Research Interest: – Reservoir simulation – Linear and nonlinear solver | xin-li@utulsa.edu |
 | Zhenyu Guo Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2017 Research Interest: – Reservoir simulation – History matching | (918) 497-6676 zhenyu-guo@utulsa.edu |
 | Mohammadreza Mohammadnia Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2017 Research Interest: – Reservoir simulation – Reservoir characterization – History matching – Production optimization – Wavelet transformation | mom080@utulsa.edu |
 | Bailian Chen Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2017 Research Interest: – Production optimization – Pilot/surveillance optimization – Uncertainty quantification – WAG/SAG EOR | bailian-chen@utulsa.edu |
 | Xin Liu Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2016 Research Interest: – Reservoir simulation – History matching – Production optimization | xin-liu@utulsa.edu |
 | Jianchun Xu Ph.D. Visiting Student Research Interest: – Unconventional resources – Well testing – Reservoir simulation – History matching – Production optimization | jianchun-xu@utulsa.edu |
 | Sepide Zakeri Master of Science Graduation Date: December 2015 Research Interest: – Production Optimization – Closed-Loop Reservoir Management | sepide-zakeri@utulsa.edu |
 | Duc Le Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: December 2015 Research Interest: – History matching – Surveillance optimization – Production optimization | duc-le@utulsa.edu |
 | Yang Zhang Ph.D Visiting Student Research Interest: – Production Optimization – Well Placement Optimization – Reservoir Simulation – CO2-WAG/SAG(Foam) EOR | yang-zhang@utulsa.edu |
 | Walter Poquioma Master of Science Graduation Date: May 2015 Research Interest: – Reservoir simulation – Optimization – Reservoir characterization | walter-poquioma@utulsa.edu |
 | Diego Oliveira Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: March 2014 Research Interest: – Well testing – Reservoir simulation – Reservoir characterization and history matching – Ensemble Kalman filter – Optimization | diego@utulsa.edu |
 | Adolfo Puime Pires Research Associate Research Interest: – Well testing – Phase behavior – Enhanced oil recovery – Reservoir simulation | puime-pires@utulsa.edu |
 | Xia Yan Ph.D Visiting Student Research Interest: – Reservoir characterization and history matching – Ensemble Kalman filter – Closed-loop reservoir management – Streamline simulation | yan-xia@utulsa.edu |
 | Mei Han Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: December 2012 Research Interest: – Reservoir characterization and history matching – Ensemble Kalman filter | mei-han@utulsa.edu |
 | Fahim Forouzanfar Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: August 2012 Research Interest: – Reservoir characterization and history matching – Closed-loop reservoir management – Well testing | fahim-forouzanfar@utulsa.edu |
 | Sy Do Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2012 Research Interest: – Production Optimization – Closed-loop reservoir management | sy-do@utulsa.edu |
 | Alexandre Emerick Doctor of Philosophy Graduation Date: May 2012 Research Interest: – Reservoir simulation – Reservoir characterization and history matching – Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) – 4D seismic (time-lapse seismic) – Optimization – Uncertainty characterization – Integrated reservoir-production modeling | emerick@utulsa.edu |