Each year, the University of Oklahoma campus comes together to take part in the Big Event, a day set aside to give back to our community through service. This year, OU SPE and faculty and staff from the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy volunteered their time to make this effort a success. 19 members of […]
SPE Mid-Continent North America Region held their annual Regional Student Paper Contest in Richardson, Tex. on Saturday, April 8, where students from five universities presented their papers before a panel of judges to see who would advance to the international finals. Five MPGE students took part and were accompanied by Associate Professor Catalin Teodoriu. OU’s […]
SPE Oklahoma City section provides various opportunities for students to attend monthly technical talks at reduced rate. These talks often involve Subject Matter Experts and SPE Distinguished lecturers. The section also has specialized study groups on various disciplines such as drilling, reservoir and production. As a new initiative to engage students with industry experts, assistant […]
Congratulations to OU SPE for being selected to receive the 2016 Outstanding Student Chapter Award form SPE International. This prestigious award recognizes SPE student chapters with exceptional programming in industry engagement, operations and planning, community involvement, professional development and innovation. The award will be presented during the Student Awards Luncheon at SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and […]
Following another successful Relay for Life, OU SPE celebrated with another tradition, the annual crawfish boil. This year’s event, held on the Brian and Sandra O’Brien Plaza of Sarkeys Energy Center, was co-hosted by Baker Hughes whose team tirelessly cooked and served 400 pounds of crawfish straight from Louisiana. The annual crawfish boil is the largest […]
To help prepare freshman for the PE 2011: Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Systems final, OU SPE Freshman Liaisons hosted a study session at the dorms. Course TA’s Wes Herron and Yang Zhou were there to help students to review and answer questions. This was a new event for OU SPE, but one they definitely feel was worthwhile and […]
On Thursday, April 21, MPGE faculty and students stepped out of theirs and took a break from their studies to come together and celebrate student achievement during the annual Student Awards Night. Held in the beautiful Cheseapeake Stadium Club overlooking OU’s Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, nearly 300 were in attendance. Following the address by […]
During Spring Break, MPGE Associate Professor Catalin Teodoriu visited Clausthal University of Technology (TUC) in Germany, where he had previously served head of Drilling Technology, Completion and Workover, to examine and celebrate three new petroleum engineering Ph.D.’s—two as advisor and the third as a committee member. The visit allowed Teodoriu to come full-circle with students […]
On Saturday, March 5, MPGE students competed at the SPE Mid-Continent North America Student Paper Contest held on the the campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo. MPGE Associate Professor Catalin Teodoriu and Assistant Professor Mashhad Fahes served as judges during the competition. The winners were as follows: Undergraduate 1st place […]
OU SPE’s Intramural Men’s Basketball team, Team Weichman, placed first in the campus-wide championship. The team consists of: Andy Wiechman, Sid Bagawandoss, Alex Bradley, Colby Moore, Nick Schelbar, Evan Drake, Gabe Bonzie, DJ Eaton and Brandon Mills. They will now travel to Stillwater to play against OSU’s champion team.