QuocNguyen

Quoc Nguyen sitting at desk with hands clasped in front of him.
ProfessorJ.H. Herring Centennial Professorship

Research Areas
Research Interests

Chemical and gas enhanced oil recovery; Conformance control technology; Stimulated production of unconventional resources; Thermal and chemical conversion of tar sand and oil shale; Nanoparticle functionalization and processing for subsurface applications

About

Quoc Nguyen joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin in 2005 as an assistant professor at the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering

He served as the Foundation CMG Industrial Research Chair in Reservoir Engineering from 2010 to 2017 and as a visiting professor at Rice University from 2011 to 2015. He holds a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from Delft University.

Nguyen’s research focuses on geosystems engineering with applications in conformance control, production stimulation, enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, unconventional resources and carbon storage. He has published more than 220 journal articles and has taught and consulted for industry and professional societies worldwide.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2003
M.S., Environmental Tech Management, Wageningen University, 1999
MBA, Industrial Management, Asian Institute of Technology, 1997
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Vietnam-Tokyo Polytechniques University, 1996

Select Awards & Honors

  • WesTEC Distinguished Leader in Science and Technology Award (2023)
  • Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2022)
  • BEST of URTeC 2019 Technical Paper Award (2019)
  • Innovator of the Year – The University of Texas at Austin (2019)
  • Distinguished Member Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2017)
  • Lester C. Uren Award – Society of Petroleum Engineers (2017)
  • Excellent Teaching Award – Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (2013)
  • Editorial Board Member – Journal of Petroleum Engineering
  • Editorial Board Member – International Journal of Chemical Engineering
  • Certificate of Appreciation – American Chemical Society Publications (2012)
  • Best Paper Award – Delft University of Technology (2003)
  • Van de Plas Award for Development of A Novel Methodology for Cleaner Production Development in the Chemical Industry (1998)

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