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Mohamed Selected as SPWLA Distinguished Speaker

Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE) doctoral candidate Tarek S. Mohamed (PhD PE 2024) has been selected as a 2023–2024 Distinguished Speaker for the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA). The distinction is given to authors of the top technical papers presented at the annual SPWLA international symposium. Among the 10 researchers awarded the distinction this year, Mohamed is the only student among industry experts and academic professionals.

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EEMDL Hosts Inaugural Conference

The Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) — a $50 million initiative specializing in improved greenhouse gas emissions accounting across energy supply chains — held its first-ever conference in October at The University of Texas at Austin’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus. Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE) Research Associate Professor Arvind Ravikumar co-directs EEMDL with Dave Allen, a professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.

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Lake Announces Retirement After Four Decades in UT PGE

Professor Larry Lake announced this month that he is retiring after 45 years in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE). Even as Dr. Lake slowly scales back his teaching load over the next three years, his legacy in the department and the industry will remain ever present.

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Espinoza and Livescu Awarded $5 Million ARPA-E Grant

Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE) Associate Professors Nicolas Espinoza and Silviu Livescu are key team members of a new $5 million grant from the Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program run by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E).

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