Petroleum, reservoir, production, drilling, and well completion engineering; Fluid flow in porous media; Geologic carbon sequestration; Geothermal energy systems; Energy geo-storage; Geomechanics and geochemistry applications; Geo-energy AI and machine learning applications
Faculty in this area apply science and engineering principles to advance cutting-edge research and technologies for the efficient and sustainable exploration, production, storage, and management of energy in subsurface porous media systems.
Faculty also actively research policy solutions for the sustainable use of subsurface energy resources. Research areas include carbon management, geothermal energy, hydrogen geo-storage and production, geologic carbon sequestration, conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs, enhanced oil and gas recovery, reservoir characterization, reservoir management, production and drilling, well completion, geochemistry, geomechanics, poromechanics, reservoir simulation, AI and machine learning applications, wastewater disposal, and environmental remediation of soil and groundwater.
Research Experts
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Luis F. Ayala H. Department Head John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 117 Hosler Building 814-865-4053 ayala@psu.edu |
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Seth Blumsack Professor of Energy Policy and Economics John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 156 Hosler Building 814-863-7597 blumsack@psu.edu |
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Arash Dahi Taleghani Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 206 Hosler Building 814-865-5421 arash.dahi@psu.edu |
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Derek Elsworth Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 231 Hosler Building 814-865-2225 elsworth@psu.edu |
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Hamid Emami-Meybodi Associate Professor and Program Chair, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 151 Hosler Building 814-863-3987 emami@psu.edu |
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Russell Johns Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 119 Hosler Building 814-865-0531 rjohns@psu.edu |
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Thanasis Karamalidis Assistant Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 204 Hosler 814-863-0375 akk5742@psu.edu |
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Zuleima Karpyn Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 512G Penn State Innovation Hub 814-863-2273 ZKarpyn@psu.edu |
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Gregory King Professor of Practice, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 123 Hosler Building 814-867-3547 grk17@psu.edu |
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Amin Kordestany Assistant Teaching Professor of Energy Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 131 Hosler Building 814-865-5945 azk6502@psu.edu |
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Zhen Lei Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 125 Hosler Building 814-863-0810 zlei@psu.edu |
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Shimin Liu Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 103A Hosler Building 814-863-4491 szl3@psu.edu |
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Frank Male Assistant Research Professor of Applied Research and Energy and Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 814-867-1831 frank.male@psu.edu |
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Yashar Mehmani Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 153 Hosler Building 814-863-7942 yzm5192@psu.edu |
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Amin Mehrabian Associate Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 102 Hosler Building 814-865-6892 amin.mehrabian@psu.edu |
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Anne Menefee Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 222 Hosler Building 814-865-0033 ahmenefee@psu.edu |
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Eugene Morgan Associate Head for Undergraduate Education John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 115 Hosler Building 814-863-1642 eugene.morgan@psu.edu |
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Sanjay Srinivasan Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering C211 Coal Utilization Laboratory 814-863-9470 szs27@psu.edu |
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John Wang Associate Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 202 Hosler Building 814-865-8474 jb8474@psu.edu |