Area of Specialization: Multiphase Flow in Pipes, Flow Assurance, Oil and Gas Production, and Horizontal Wells

Education:

      Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering,            January 1987    -   August 1990      The University of Tulsa

      M.S. in Petroleum Engineering,             October 1982   -   March 1984        Istanbul Technical University

      BS in Petroleum Engineering,               October 1978     -     July 1982          Istanbul Technical University

Professional Experience:

  The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Director, Tulsa University Fluid Flow Projects (TUFFP) and Paraffin Deposition Projects (TUPDP) June 2001 – Present

Director, Tulsa University Horizontal Well Artificial Lift Projects (TUHWALP), July 2012 – Present

F.H. “Mick” Merelli/Cimarex Energy Professor of Petroleum Engineering, April 2013 – Present

Professor of Petroleum Engineering, August 2004 – April 2013

Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering, June 2001 – August 2004

  The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Director, Stripper Well Consortium, Energy Institute October 2000 – January 2001

Associate Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, August 1998 – June 2001

  The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Associate Director, TUFFP, May 1996 – July 1998

Adjunct Professor of Petroleum Engineering, January 1996 – July 1998

Research Associate, TUFFP, October 1992 – May 1996

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

        Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, November 1990 – October 1992