DiCarlo and Daigle SPE Regional Award Winners
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May 09, 2014
The Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) honored two UT PGE faculty members on May 8 in Midland, Texas with its 2014 regional awards. The prestigious awards recognized Dr. David DiCarlo for his work in reservoir engineering and Dr. Hugh Daigle for his formation evaluation research.
Winners of the SPE regional awards must be nominated by a secondary party, and each honoree is required to be a professional member of the organization. According to SPE, the awards recognize exceptional contributions to the society at the regional level and honor singular devotions of time and effort to various areas of technical expertise.
Joining UT PGE in 2007 as an assistant professor, DiCarlo received a promotion to associate professor in fall 2013. His research includes chemical enhanced oil recovery, gas enhanced oil recovery, and geological CO² storage.
DiCarlo has been recognized for his outstanding teaching as well, winning the SPE Teaching Excellence Award, The UT PGE Teaching Excellence Award and has twice been nominated for ‘Favorite Professor’ within the department. His teaching methods and research have garnered much praise both within and outside the PGE community.
Daigle, an assistant professor, began teaching in the department last spring. Daigle brings a geological perspective to the department, as he received both his BS and PhD in earth sciences. His research areas include: drilling, well completions, and rock mechanics; integrated reservoir characterization; and unconventional resources, to name a few. Daigle recently garnered a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Energy to conduct an investigation of methane hydrates.
Assistant Professor Mark McClure said both professors have an impressive list of contributions to the oil and gas industry.
“I’m thrilled to see Drs. DiCarlo and Daigle winning these well-deserved awards,” says McClure. “Dr. DiCarlo has done pioneering research on oil recovery during gas injection, while Dr. Daigle’s research has made important contributions on permeability evolution during diagenesis, as well as on processes involved in the formation of gas hydrate deposits.”
