2015 SPE Local Student Paper Contest Winners
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February 12, 2015
UT PGE undergraduate and graduate students competed in the annual SPE Local Student Paper Contest on February 6. The contest requires participants to execute a 20-minute presentation on their research topic or an academic/internship project and showcase it to a panel of industry judges. Three winners were chosen from each division, with the top two contestants of each division moving forward to compete in the 2015 SPE Regional Paper Contest.
2015 SPE Local Student Paper Contest winners
The winners of the local paper contest are:
BS Division
- 1st Place: Jacob Jordan
- 2nd Place: Yogashri Pradhan
- 3rd Place: Taylor Lopez-Huebner
MS Division
- 1st Place: Mahmood Shakiba
- 2nd Place: Pengpeng Qi
- 3rd Place: Prachi Mehta
PhD Division
- 1st Place: Wei Yu
- 2nd Place: Morteza Naraghi
- 3rd Place: Himanshu Sharma
The local paper contest could not have been possible without the generous help from 14 industry judges, who came from top oil and gas companies, including: Chevron, Anadarko, Schlumberger, BP and Statoil.
UT PGE Chair Jon Olson presenting Jacob Jordan his first place award
Jacob Jordan, the B.S. division’s first place winner, took home the top spot with a presentation on subsea engineering. “Presenting for SPE was an amazing opportunity and I am looking forward to representing UT PGE at regionals with distinction,” said Jordan.
Due to a rule change this year that allows each region in the U.S. to have a paper contest, UT PGE will be competing in the Southwestern North America Region. This Regional Paper Contest will be held at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico, March 13-14. Those who place first at the regional contest will be invited to present at SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) to be held in Houston, September 28-30.
