Nomination Deadlines

International Awards
15 February

Regional Awards
1 March

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Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty Recipients

Oyinkepreye Orodu
AV Lycov Inst. of Heat & Mass Transfer
Africa Region

Gang Zhao
University of Regina
Canada Region

Hamid Emami Meybodi
Pennsylvania State University
Eastern North America Region

Samuel Noynaert
Texas A&M University
Gulf Coast North America

David Alexander
The University of Trinidad & Tobago
Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Xiaoli Li
University of Kansas
Mid-Continent North America

Emad Walid Al-Shalabi
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Middle East and North Africa Region

Jing Wang
University of Petroleum Beijing
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Pejman Tahmasebi
Colorado School of Mines
Rocky Mountain North America Region

Maria Gonzalez Perdomo
University of Adelaide
South Asia and the Pacific Region

Adaobi Nwosi-Anele
Rivers State University of Science and Technology
Africa Region

Juliana Leung
University of Alberta
Canada Region

Qin He
Saint Francis University
Eastern North America Region

Luz Eyzaguirre
Universidad Nacional De Ingenieria
Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Mohamed Ahmednasreldin Mahmoud
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Middle East and North Africa Region

Zhang Guangqing
University of Petroleum China Beijing
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Luis Zerpa
Colorado School of Mines
Rocky Mountain North America Region

Vladislav Sudakov
Kazan Federal University
Russia and Caspian Region

Samarth Patwardhan
MIT World Peace University
South Asia and the Pacific Region

Quoc Nguyen
The University of Texas at Austin
Southwestern North America Region

Ahmed Algarhy
Marietta College
Eastern North America Region

Albertus Retnanto
Texas A&M University At Qatar
MIddle East and North Africa Region

Feng Yongcun
University of Petroleum China Beijing
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Harvey Yarranton
University of Calgary
Canadian Region

Jennifer L. Miskimins
Colorado School of Mines
Rocky Mountain North America Region

Jose L Bashbush
Schlumberger
Gulf Coast North America Region

Mikhail Rykus
Ufa State Petr Technology University
Russian and Caspian Region

Olalekan Adisa Olafuyi
University of Benin
Africa Region

Steven Henderson
Texas Tech University
Southwestern North America Region

Tarun Naiya
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
South Asia and the Pacific Region

Yin Zhang
University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Western North America Region

Zeudy Galbán
Integrated Fusion Oil & Gas
Latin America & Caribbean Region

Zoltan Turzo
University of Miskolc
South Central & East Europe Region

Ahmed H. Kamel
University of Texas Permian Basin
Southwestern North America Region

Alfred Eustes
Colorado School of Mines
Rocky Mountain North America Region

Badie Morsi
University of Pittsburgh
Eastern North America Region

Birendra Jha
University of Southern California
Western North America Region

Changhyup Park
Kangwon National University
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Freddy H. Escobar
Surcolombiana University
Latin America & Caribbean Region

Hadi Belhaj
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Middle East and North Africa Region

Hua Zhou Li
University of Alberta
Canadian Region

M. Y. Soliman
University of Houston
Gulf Coast North America Region

Natalia Demchenko
Ukhta State Technical University
Russian and Caspian Region

Saeed Salehi
University of Oklahoma
Mid-Continent North America Region

Sandeep D Kulkarni
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
South Asia and the Pacific Region

Adolfo Pires
Norte Fluminense State Universidade
South America and Caribbean Region

Aleksandr Salnikov
Ukhta State Technical University
Russian and Caspian Region

Christoph Hilgers
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
South Central and Eastern Europe Region

Fred E. Dupriest
Texas A&M University
Gulf Coast North America Region

Jincai Chang
University of Southern California Viterbi School
Western North America Region

John M Williams
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Middle East and North Africa Region

Jon Olson
The University of Texas at Austin
Southwestern North America Region

Keka Ojha
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
South Asia and the Pacific Region

Mehdi Mokhtari
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Eastern North America Region

Morteza Dejam
University of Wyoming
Rocky Mountain North America Region

Reza Barati Ghahfarokhi
University of Kansas
Mid-Continent North America Region

Richard Kofi Amorin
University of Mines & Tech Ghana
Africa Region

Shengnan Chen
University of Calgary
Canadian Region

Wonmo Mo Sung
Hanyang University
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Abdullah S Sultan
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Middle East Region

Alexander Ermolaev
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Russian and Caspian Region

Carl H. Sondergeld
University of Oklahoma
Mid-Continent North America Region

Daoyong Tony Yang
University of Regina
Canadian Region

Egil Tjaaland
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technol
North Sea Region

Habib Menouar
Texas Tech University
Southwestern North America Region

Hamdi Tchelepi
Stanford University
Western North America Region

Jean-pierre Deflandre
IFP Energies nouvelles
South Central and East Europe Region

Kelani Olafinhan Bello
University of Benin
Africa Region

Konstantinos Kostarelos
University of Houston
Gulf Coast North America Region

Mohd Zaidi Jaafar
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Raffie Hosein
The University of West Indies
Latin America and Caribbean Region

Samuel Ameri
West Virginia University
Eastern North America Region

Stephen H Begg
University of Adelaide
South Asia and the Pacific Region

Abdallah Harouaka
University of Texas Permian Basin
Southwestern North America Region

Benoit Noetinger
IFP Energies Nouvelles
South, Central and East Europe Region

David C. Freeman
Marietta College
Eastern North America Region

Ergun Kuru
University of Alberta
Canadian Region

Eissa Al-safran
Kuwait University
Middle East Region

Henning Dypvik
University of Oslo
North Sea Region

Jitendra Sangwai
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
South Asia and the Pacific Region

Joo Myung Kang
Seoul National University (SNU)
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Mohabbat Ahmadi
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Western North America Region

Nicolas Santos
Universidad Industrial de Santander
South America and Caribbean Region

Phaneendra Kondapi
Texas A&M University
Gulf Coast North America Region

Prem Bikkina
Oklahoma State University
Mid-Continent North America Region

Ramona Graves
Colorado School of Mines
Rocky Mountain North America Region

Sidikhodzhaev Rakhim
Tashkent polytechnic University
Russian and the Caspian Region

Adewale Dosunmu
University of Port Harcourt
Africa Region

Lesley James
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Canadian Region

Shahab Mohaghegh
West Virginia University
Eastern North America Region

Baojun Bai
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Mid-Continent North America Region

Mahmood Amani
Texas A&M University at Qatar
Middle East Region

Ole Torsaeter
Norwegian University of Science & Technology
North Sea Region

Badrul Mohamed Jan
University of Malaya
Northern Asia Pacific Region

Vitalii Baikov
Rosneft
Russian and Caspian Region

Gabriela Savioli
South America & Caribbean Region

Pradeep B. Jadhav
South Asia Region

Guillaume Caumon
University of Lorraine
South, Central & East Europe Region

Marshall Watson
Texas Tech University
Southwestern North America Region

Hassan Dehghanpour
University of Alberta
Canadian

Ali Takbiri Borujeni
West Virginia University
Eastern North America

Maria Barrufet
Texas A&M University
Gulf Coast North America

Ahmed El-banbi
Cairo University
Middle East

Jon Kleppe
Norwegian U. of Science & Tech
North Sea

Linda Battalora
Colorado School of Mines
Rocky Mountain North America

Leonid Ruzin
Ukhta State Technical U
Russia and Caspian

Ajay Mandal
Indian School of Mines
South Asia

Vladimir Choque Flores
IFP School
South, Central, and Eastern Europe

Kenneth Gray
UT Austin
Southwestern North America

Abhijit Dandekar
U. of Alaska - Fairbanks
Western North America

Pradeep Joshi
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
South Asia

Hassan Hassanzadeh
University of Calgary
Canadian Southwestern

Arash Dahi Taleghani
Louisiana State University
Eastern North America

Thomas Holley
University of Houston
Gulf Coast North America

Sidqi Abu-khamsin
King Fahd University of Petr & Min
Middle East

Tor Austad
University of Stavanger
North Sea

Zulkafli Hassan
University Malaysia Pahang
Northern Asia Pacific

David Reichhardt
Montana Tech.
Rocky Mountain North America

Georgy Tolkachyov
Perm National Research Polytechnic University
Russia and the Caspian

Zulkafli Hassan
University Teknologi MARA
Southern Asia Pacific

Lloyd Heinze
Texas Tech University
Southwestern North America

Shirish Patil
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Western North America

Dr. Jalal Abedi
University of Calgary
Canadian

Asadollah Hayatdavoudi
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Eastern North America

Dr. Alfred Hill
Texas A&M University
Gulf Coast North America

Dr. Mehmet Evren Ozbayoglu
University of Tulsa
Mid-Continent North America

Hadi A. Belhaj
The Petroleum Institute
Middle East

Nobuo Morita
Waseda University
Northern Asia Pacific

Leo Heath
MT Tech
Rocky Mountain North America

Sergey Vorobyov
Samara State Technical University
Russia and the Caspian

Julio Shiratori

Apache Corporation
South America and Caribbean

Dr. Dario Viberti
Politecnico di Torino
South, Central and East Europe

Dr. Peter Behrenbruch
East Puffin Pty Ltd; University of Adelaide
Southern Asia Pacific

J.M. Kelly
New Mexico Tech
Southwestern North America

Behnam Jafarpour
University of Southern California
Western North America

Dr. Christopher D. Hawkes
University of Saskatchewan
Canadian

Boyun Guo
University of Louisiana - Lafayette
Eastern North America

Dr. Mohamed A. Aggour
Texas A&M University at Qatar
Middle East

Liang Yongtu
China Univ. of Pet. Beijing
Northern Asia Pacific

Anatoly Zolotukhin
Gubkin Oil & Gas Univ.
Russia and the Caspian

Freddy Escobar
Universidad Surcolombiana
South America and Caribbean

Yildiray Cinar
Univ. of New South Wales
Southern Asia Pacific

Fred Aminzadeh
Univ of S. California
Western North America

Roberto Aguilera
University of Calgary
Canadian

Thomas A. Blasingame
Prof. at Texas A&M
Gulf Coast North America

Shawket G. Ghedan
Petroleum Institute
Middle East

Matthew Jackson
Imperial College London
North Sea

Francesca Verga
Politenico di Torino
South, Central and East Europe

Rosalind Archer
University of Auckland
Southern Asia Pacific

Dr. Thomas W. Engler
New Mexico Tech
Southwestern North America

Kristian Jessen
University of Southern California
Western North America