10th International Conference & Expo on Reservoir Engineering for Extreme Oil & Gas Environments Oct 31-Nov 1, 2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Russell R. Chianelli is currently Director of the Materials Research and Technology Institute at the University of Texas at El Paso and Professor of Chemistry, Materials and Environmental Science and Engineering. After receiving his PhD, he joined the Corporate Research Laboratories of Exxon Research and Engineering Co in 1974. While at this laboratory he conducted research in both fundamental and applied areas of interest to the energy industry. He is recognized worldwide for his work in Transition Metal Sulfide environmental catalytic materials. This work resulted in over 130 publications and 60 issued United States patents. During this period he was active in the Materials Research Society (MRS), serving as vice president (1989), president (1990), past president (1991) and Counselor (1992-1994). In 1996 he joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Texas at El Paso as Chairman and Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. In 2001 he resigned as Chemistry Department Chairman to head the Materials Research and Technology Institute (MRTI) at UTEP. The MRTI is dedicated to research relevant to the US/Mexico border in Materials related to energy, environment and health.

Material Science and the management of research and development efforts. His most recent work has focused on the development of new catalysts and pigments primarily directed to the field of layered compounds.

Tatiana Morosuk is professor of Exergy-Based Methods for Refrigeration Systems at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. She studied refrigeration engineering in the Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Ukraine, and received her Diploma in 1990. She received her Ph.D. in 1994 and Professorship in 2001, all in the Ukraine. Since 2005 she is working in Germany. She is the author or co-author of 7 books and more than 250 publications, and has 10 patents. She has over twenty years of experience and related teaching experience in the fields of refrigeration and over ten years in the field of applied thermodynamics, energy engineering, exergy analysis, exergoeconomics, exergoenvironmental analysis.

Her field of scientific activities is the application of modern exergy-based methods to the analysis and improvement of energy conversion systems: development and applications of exergy-based methods to the improvement of the thermodynamic, economic, environmental performance of different power generation systems, refrigeration/cryogenic systems and chemical plants. Particular attention is given to systems associated with the liquefaction of natural gas and the regasification of LNG, alternative refrigeration processes for sustainable industrial and commercial applications, and smart energy supply and use in industrial parks, including innovative concepts of liquid air energy storage

Dr. Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and the Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Bhushan came to OSU in 1991 after a 15-year career in industry, working primarily for IBM Almaden Research Center. A professor with diverse interests, Dr. Bhushan’s works in biomimetic interface science, surface engineering, nanotribology, and materials research. His research has focused on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology, bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology, and biomimetics. Dr. Bhushan spent the 2013-2014 year working as an ASME Science Fellow in Congress. His work there focused on policy and funding of various scientific government agencies, setting science and engineering goals for the country, and STEM education. Dr. Bhushan is a prolific author (h-index – 76+; ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science since 2007 and in Biology and Biochemistry since 2013; ISI Top 5% Cited Authors for Journals in Chemistry since 2011), influencing many different fields. He has authored 8 scientific books, 90+ handbook chapters, nearly 900 scientific papers, and 60+ scientific reports. He has also edited 50+ books and holds 20 U.S. and foreign patents.

Fundamental studies in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics with a focus on scanning probe techniques.

Anissa Bendjeriou-Sedjerari holds a Research Scientist position at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). In 2006, She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemistry and Materials Science from the University of Science and Technology of Montpellier (FRANCE). After a postdoc position at Caltech (Pasadena,USA) and Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon (France), she integrated a scientist position at CNRS (Centre de Recherche Scientifique, France). Since 2011, she is extending her valuable services as a Research Scientist at KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC) in the Designs and Characterizations of Heterogeneous Catalysts applied to the C-H/C-C cleavage and activation (alkanes/olefins metathesis...) and dinitrogen activation at moderate temperature. She has been a recipient of many award and grants. Her research experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries (South Africa, Poland, USA...) for diverse fields of study (materials chemistry, physico-chemistry of surfactant, heterogeneous catalysis...). Her research interests reflect in her wide range of publications in various national and international journals.

Mesoporous materials, Zeolite and Surface organometallic chemistry

M. Y. Soliman is Department Chair and the William C. Miller endowed chair professor. PhD from Stanford University in 1979. He is a distinguished member of SPE and a licensed professional engineer by the State of Texas. He is also a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He has authored and co-authored more 200 technical papers and holds 29 US patents. He is also the editor of “Fracturing Horizontal Wells” published by McGraw Hill in July 2016. His areas of interest include well test analysis, diagnostic testing, fracturing and numerical simulation.

Waterless Stimulation/fracturing, Diagnostic Testing, Analysis of Fracturing data, Numerical simulation of fracture propagation, Refracturing of unconventional reservoirs, Stimulation of unconventional reservoirs

Dr. Ford is a practicing environmental engineer with over forty-five years of experience in the field. In addition, he serves on the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin as an adjunct professor, has published more than one hundred technical papers, has co-authored or contributed to ten textbooks, and written two biographies and co-authored one children’s book. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and in countries of Europe, South America, and Asia. Ford received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M University and his master and doctorate degrees in environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of both Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M. Ford was elected into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He has served as president of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and chairman of the Academy Ethics Committee. His honorary affiliations include Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Chi Epsilon. Ford serves on the Board of a publicly-owned oil and exploration company (CWEI, NASDAQ) and the Board of the Texas A&M University Press.

Chlorinated organics and associated organic chemicals , Petroleum refinery and petrochemical plants, Miscellaneous manufacturing, processing, and remediation facilities

Doctoral degree of Moscow State university. He worked as Senior researcher Armenian Institute of Agriculture and Technological Institute of Amino Acids of USSR, , director of Armenian Institute of Biotechnology, deputy director of Nairit Chloroprene Rubber Plant. Sole founder of Research & Industry Centre of Photosynthesizing Organisms, Feed Additives & Physiologically Active Compounds; director of Yerevan Vitamin Plan.t Expert of EU Horizon 2020, ERA.NET and International Cooperation programs and Council of Chemistry and Petrochemistry of CIS countries. Academic Member of the Greece ATINER Academia, Member of American Chemical Society and Society of Chemical Industry (USA), Member of Editorial Boards of journals: “Journal of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering" (USA), SM Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering" (USA) and Modern Management Forum (Singapore). Laureate of “The International Presidents Award for Iconic Achievement” and “Top 100 Professionals” (IBC, England), "The Albert Einstein Award for Excellence" (Top 50 Geniuses of World, ABI, USA), Marquis Who's Who 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (USA), awards of the Armenia and former USSR

System biology, Environmental Science. Its environmental building recommendations of the THEORY OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE USE OF MICROALGAE IN BIO AND INDUSTRIAL CYCLES. NEW DESIGN AND BUILDING OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM (Amazon) aimed towards new environmental policies and development of Live Conserve Industry and management changing decisions with the promotion of solutions for large-scale mitigation GHG emission, waste, generating of O2 and manufacturing of advanced biofuel as well as value-added products. It is a principal step from the non-efficient protection of the environment to its cultivation, opens an important shift towards a new design and building of a biological system.