The SimOpt Research Lab

Principal Investigator

Dr. Abeeb Awotunde, Group Leader and Founder

 

MS Students

Owais Ahmed

Thesis: Well Placement Optimization

 

Mohamed Abdullah

Thesis: Proxy Model

 

Abd Allah Yousef

Thesis: Reservoir Simulation

 

PhD Students

Sarim Md Jamal

Thesis: Reservoir Simulation

 

Independent Research Students

There are no current students

 

Previous Students

Ayham Zaza (Jun 2016)

Ind. Research: Massively Parallel Reservoir Simulation

 

Muzammil Hussain Rammay (Jan 2016)

Thesis: Stochastic Optimization of Hydraulic Fracture and Horizontal Well Parameters in Shale Gas Reservoirs

Placement: Ph.D at Heriot Watt University

 

Rizwan Ahmed Khan (Jan 2016)

Thesis: Optimization of SAGD and VAPEX Processes with Minimum Well Spacing Constraints

Placement: Ph.D at KFUPM

 

Rami Alloush (June 2015)

Thesis: Reservoir Simulation

Placement: Ph.D at KFUPM

 

Adewale W. Adeniji (June 2015)

Thesis: A Global Optimization Approach to the Gradual Deformation Method of History Matching

Placement: Ph.D at the U. of West-Virginia, USA

  

Madhar Sahib Azad (Dec. 2014)

Ind. Research: Optimization of Steam Flooding

Placement: Ph.D at U. of Alberta, Canada

 

Xian Zhang (Dec 2014)

Thesis: Optimum Damping Factor for Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm with Application to Reservoir Parameter Estimation

Placement: Abu-Dhabi Marine Company (ADMA), UAE

 

Menhal Ismael (June 2014)

Thesis: A Multi-objective Well Placement Optimization with NPV and Regional Pressure Balance

 

Mohammed Abdulmoniem (June 2014)

Thesis: Drilling Optimization

Placement: Schlumberger, Saudi Arabia

 

Ashraf Hashim (June 2014)

Thesis: Well Placement Optimization

Placement: U. of Khatoun, Sudan

 

Osama Siddig (June 2014)

Thesis: Well Placement Optimization

Placement: U. of Khatoun, Sudan

 

Hassaan Ahmed (January 2014)

Thesis: Optimization of Surfactant Polymer Flooding

 Placement: Pakistan Petroleum Limited

 

Saad Mehmood (January 2014)  

Thesis: Reservoir Model Upscaling

Placement: Pakistan Petroleum Limited

 

Zaeem Khan (January 2014)

Thesis: Well Test Analysis

Placement: United Energy Pakistan (UEP)

 

Ali Nemer (January 2014)

Thesis: Well Test Analysis

 

Najmudeen Sibaweihi (June 2013)

Thesis: Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis of Foam Assisted Water Alternating Gas

Placement: KFUPM