Once upon a time, in a land far, far away from Norman, Oklahoma, 12 people embarked on a journey to Rasnov, Romania. These people include Sergio Gomez, Thai Phi, Nate Johnson, Landon Wright, Steve Reiley, Andrew Boremann, Cameron Devers, Dennys Cifuentas, Lavinia Teodoriu, Catalin Teodoriu, Allen the tour guide and myself. Upon arrival in Rasnov […]
Month: January 2018
December Graduation 2017
We would like to congratulate all of our Fall 2017 graduates! Last semester 55 of our students earned their degrees: 43 Bachelor’s degrees 1 PE BS/MBA 9 MS Petroleum Engineering 1 MS Natural Gas Engineering and Management 1 Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering As of Nov. 9, 2017, 14 of the graduating seniors reported having jobs already […]
MPGE Professor Working with The Risk Institute
Dr. Salehi is now serving as adjunct professor to the University of Oklahoma department of psychology and is affiliated with National Institute for Risk and Resilience at the University of Oklahoma. Founded in 2015, the National Institute for Risk and Resilience (“The Risk Institute”) is an umbrella organization that facilitates collaboration among University of Oklahoma […]
MPGE Research to be Showcased at Conference
MPGE has been selected to showcase research at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) to be held in Houston, TX on May 1-4, 2018. MPGE faculty members, Dr. Salehi and Dr. Teodoriu, will lead the students to showcase research conducted over the Study of Human Factors in Drilling Operations. In 2017, OU was selected as the […]
MPGE Professors on Conference Organizing Committee
Dr. Salehi and Dr. Teodoriu are part of the organizing committee for the 2018 Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Conference (OMAE). The conference will be held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in Madrid, Spain on June 17-22, 2018. The conference is one of the biggest ASME conferences with more than 2,000 participants. Several […]
Study Abroad: Romania – Day 7
Written by Steve Reiley Friday, January 12 – Day 7 To close out our first full week in Romania, we took a shop tour of the CDI Oilfield Services facility located about 15 km from the hotel. Our visit began with Mr. Vasile Mogos, the general manager for the facility, introducing the company’s prior work […]
Study Abroad: Romania – Day 6
Written by Thai Phi Thursday, January 11th – Day 6 It has been raining all day. The street was not as lively as it should have been. Right after we finished our lunch at the cafeteria, we hurried back to the university complex to begin our lab session. Unlike the others day, our instructor was […]
Study Abroad: Romania – Day 4
Written by Sergio Gomez Mejia Tuesday, January 9th – Day 4 Today, we arrived at Ploiesti University of Petroleum and Gas for our second day of class. Before starting class, we had lunch in the university restaurant called the Canteen. After lunch we walked around the university and saw some old equipment used in the […]
Study Abroad: Romania – Day 3
Written by Cameron Devers Monday, January 8th – Day 3 Today was the first day of class. Group activities began around 1:00 p.m. when we decided to visit the local McDonald’s. It took well over 45 minutes for the 10 of us to order and eat our food; however, it was still pretty […]
Study Abroad: Romania – Day 2
Written by Dennys Cifuentes Sunday, January 7, 2018 – Day 2 Today, we took a trip to the city of Bucharest, which is the capital of Romania. In this trip, we took a tour of the Palace of Parliament. Some interesting facts about the palace is that it is the third biggest parliament in the […]
