Research
UT PGE professors conduct interdisciplinary research in petroleum and geosystems engineering, subsurface engineering applications like geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage, and hydrogen storage and distribution; engineering data science and machine learning; and other areas related to energy and the environment. Our annual research expenditures total $9.2 million annually, and our faculty members publish about 270 journal and conference papers each year.
Research Areas
UT PGE faculty produce innovative research in 12 dedicated areas related to oil and gas, led by our world-renowned faculty.
Summer Undergraduate Research Internship
Every summer, UT PGE hosts the Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI), an undergraduate research program that gives leading students from across the country the opportunity to work with our highly esteemed faculty.
Recent Theses and Dissertations
UT PGE graduate students produce influential reports, theses and dissertations that help solve the oil and gas industry’s recovery and environmental challenges. Below are some of their most recent works. Visit the UT Libraries online collection for more.
- Development of fractured reservoir uncertainty calibration models based on machine learning optimization
Liu, Chuxi, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2025 - Measurement-informed life cycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from global liquefied natural gas and plastic supply chains
Zhu, Yuanrui, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2025 - Advancing process-informed and data-driven approaches for geological model generation, validation, and interpretation
Chacon-Buitrago, Nataly, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2025 - Modeling, optimization, and improvement of the thermal performance of a coaxial closed-loop geothermal system
Khaleghi, Keivan, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2025 - Solvent-steam co-injection for energy intensity reduction in heavy-oil and bitumen recovery
Amer, Hassan, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2025
