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Balhoff Named Next UT PGE Chair

Professor Matthew Balhoff has been selected as the new chair of the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. He will begin his four-year term in July.

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PetroBowl Team Goes Undefeated

The University of Texas at Austin’s PetroBowl Team has won the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2023 North American Regional Competition held in March.

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UT PGE Grad Program Continues to Lead in 2024 U.S. News Rankings

The Hildebrand Department’s graduate program in petroleum engineering is No. 1 in the country, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings released today. UT PGE has held this top ranking continuously since 2003.

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UT PGE Team Wins National Energy Contest

Three PhD students from the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering — Ibrahim Gomaa, Keivan Khaleghi and Dongyoung Yoon — have won the 2023 Chevron National Engineering Week Competition held in February.

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PGE Experts in the News

Research Associate Professor Arvind Ravikumar recently testified before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology about next-generation U.S. energy infrastructure, focusing on hydrogen and pipelines. Dr. Ravikumar co-directs UT Austin’s Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL).

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Dr. Arvind Ravikumar testifies before Congress about U.S. energy infrastructure.
 

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Graduate and Undergraduate Petroleum Engineering Programs in the Nation

$92.3K

Average Starting Salary for BS Graduates

10%

Of Alumni Serve in Executive Level Positions in Industry

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