Dr. Maysam Pournik
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(956) 665-7488
Edinburg: EENGR 3.216
maysam.pournik@utrgv.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, December 2008 - Texas A&M University - Dissertation: “Laboratory-Scale Fracture Conductivity Created by Acid Etching”
- M.S., Petroleum Engineering, May 2004 - The University of Texas at Austin - Thesis: “Evaluation of Sandstone Acidizing with High Strength HF Solutions”
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, June 2001 - University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Maysam Pournik is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Previously he was an assistant professor at OU in the Petroleum Engineering department. He holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering with Petroleum Engineering MS and Ph.D. degrees from UT Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively. He has 13 peer-reviewed journal publications and 20 conference proceeding papers. His area of research is related to reactive flow in porous media and fractures in addition to fluid development. He recently filed an invention disclosure on a nanoparticle-based gel system that generates a viscous solution based on the change in pH, which is being developed for a field trial in order to divert acid from high permeability zones to lower permeability areas.
Research Topics
- Matrix Acidizing (Porous media reactive flow)
- Acid and Hydraulic Fracturing
- Fracture Closure
- Nano-based Stimulation Fluid
- CO2 based Fracturing Fluid
- Reservoir Saturation Condition Implications on Acid Stimulation
- Optimization of Fracture Network Productivity with Acid for Shale
- Implications of Fracture Closure Under Stress on Acid Fracture Design