KishoreMohanty

Kishore Mohanty standing in lab wearing lab coat.
ProfessorW.A. (Monty) Moncrief Centennial Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering

Research Areas
Research Interests

Nanotechnology; Petrophysics; Reservoir engineering; Enhanced oil recovery; Carbon capture and storage

About

Kishore K. Mohanty is a professor at the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. Prior to UT, he worked for ten years at ARCO Oil & Gas Co. and taught at the University of Houston until 2008.

Mohanty’s research focuses on the transport of simple and complex fluids in complex microstructured materials for applications in energy and the environment. In particular, his research team works on Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer Flooding, Gas EOR, Nanoparticles for EOR, Heavy Oils, Wettability Alteration and Fractured Reservoirs.

He has served as executive editor on the SPE Journal Board, member of the JPT Special Series Editorial Review Board and chair of the SPE Reprint Series Committee, currently serving as a member of the SPE R&D Committee.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1981
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1976

Select Awards & Honors

  • John Franklin Carll Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2022)
  • Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2016)
  • Anthony F. Lucas Technical Leadership Gold Medal – AIME/SPE (2013)
  • Certificate of Appreciation – American Chemical Society Publications (2011)
  • Pioneer Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers Improved Oil Recovery Symposium (2008)
  • Distinguished Member Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2007)
  • Peer Apart: Top Technical Reviewers Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2007)
  • Outstanding Review Chair – Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal Editorial Board (2006)
  • W. T. Kittinger Outstanding Teacher Award – Cullen College of Engineering (2004-2005)
  • Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award – University of Houston (2004)
  • Senior Faculty Research Award – Cullen College of Engineering (2003-2004)
  • Outstanding Teacher Award – Cullen College of Engineering (2003-2004)
  • Chemical Weekly’s Padmashri Dr. G. P. Kane Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award – Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (2003)

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