Congrats on 2nd Place Finish in Innov8x Challenge

Congratulations to CRFM student Arkhat Kalbekov and his fellow Petroleum Engineering students Gizem Yildirim, and Meruyert Makhatova, who participated in an Innov8x Challenge Contest and won second place. During the competition, sponsoring companies presented their...

CRFM Director Receives Distinguished Achievement Award

CRFM Director Luis Zerpa Acosta has received the 2022 Society of Petroleum Engineers Rocky Mountain North America Region Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty. This award is an acknowledgement of Dr. Zerpa’s outstanding contribution...

Work on porous colloidal nanoparticles published

CRFM co-director Manika Prasad, post-doctoral researcher Kurt Livo, and former research faculty member Mathias Pohl worked with their colleagues to investigate the feasibility of using porous colloidal nanoparticles as injectable multimodal contrast agents for...

Congrats on graduation and new position

Congratulations to Hamad Al Riyami who not only graduates with his PhD in Petroleum Engineering this spring, but also joins CRFM as a post-doctoral fellow. In this position, he will continue his innovative work on the effect of temperature on nitrogen foam.

Congrats on Honorable Mention

Dr. Manika Prasad and recent graduate Similoluwa Oduwole, along with their colleagues Stanislav Glubokovskikh, Thomas Daley, and and William Harbert, received Honorable Mention for Best Paper in the publication Leading Edge for their paper, “CO2 messes with rock...

Kalbekov among competition winners

Congratulations to Petroleum Engineering M.S. student Arkhat Kalbekov and his team for winning the Chevron Engineering Week competition: Solutions on Making Low Carbon Operations. Kalbekov, along with team members Gizem Yildirim and Meruyert Makhatova, submitted a...