MašaProdanović

Masa Prodanovic smiling in front of bookcase and chalkboard.
Professor and Associate Department ChairFrank W. Jessen Professorship in Petroleum Engineering

Research Areas
Research Interests

Fluid displacement in porous media; Porous matrix and microfractured media characterization; Unconventional reservoirs modeling; Ferrohydrodynamics

About

Maša Prodanović is the Frank W. Jessen Professor in Petroleum Engineering and associate department chair in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering.

She is an applied mathematician-turned-engineer with expertise in direct simulation of flow and particulate transport in porous and fractured media, porous media characterization, unconventional resources and data curation. Prior to UT, she held a research associate position, as well as a prestigious J.T. Oden Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Prodanović’s research interests include multiphase flow and image‐based porous media characterization, especially applied to heterogeneous media, level set method, ferrohydrodynamics, sediment mechanics/fracturing and unconventional resources.

She is involved in student affairs, often leading PGE’s study abroad summer program, “Maymester”, which has taken her back to her alma mater in Croatia, the University of Zagreb.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Computational Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2005
B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Select Awards & Honors

  • Interpore Medal for Porous Media Research (2022)
  • Distinguished Member Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2021)
  • Alfred Wegener Award – EAGE (2021)
  • Regional Formation Evaluation Award (Southwestern North America) – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2019)
  • 40 Under Forty – Stony Brook University (2017)
  • Texas Top Ten Faculty (2017)
  • Chevron Centennial Teaching Fellow in Petroleum Engineering (2015)
  • Faculty Innovative Teaching Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2014)
  • InterPore Procter Gamble Award for Porous Media Research (2014)
  • CAREER Award – National Science Foundation (2013)
  • Pioneer Corporation Faculty Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering (2012)
  • Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Outstanding Young Professional Paper – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2009)

Select Publications

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