Dr. Baojun BaiProfessor, Lester Birbeck Endowed Chair, Petroleum Engineering, Department of Geosciences, Geological Engineering and Petroleum Engineering. Dr. Bai's research interests are enhanced oil recovery techniques, especially in polymer & gel flooding/treatments for water management in mature oilfields, and in unconventional resources.

Core Flooding Research Group

Yifu Long is a PhD candidate at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. His research interests include conformance control, CO2 EOR and chemical EOR in conventional reservoirs. Long holds a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Northeast Petroleum University, China, and an MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Ze Wang is a PhD candidate at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant. His research interests include water or CO2 flooding tests, and blocking agent evaluation for conformance control. Wang holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from China University of Petroleum and an MS degree in petroleum engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology.for more information, please see Ze's resume.
Xinrui Zhao came from China, Daqing and graduated from MS&T as a bachelor of science. He’s now pursuing a master degree of petroleum engineering.
Yashu Chen is a Master-degree student in Petroleum Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her research interests includes chemical EOR in conventional reservoirs and conformance-control technologies for subsurface processes. Yashu holds a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from China University of Geosciences and Missouri University of Science and Technology.

EOR Data Analysis Research Group

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Dr. Laila Dao Saleh  Dr. Laila Dao Saleh was from Tripoli city of Libya. She obtained her bachelor and master degrees from University of Tripoli in 1998 and 2006. She obtained her Ph.D. from Petroleum Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2014.She worked on polymer flooding projects in lab, pilot tests, and field applications, did comprehensive comparisons among the applicability of different polymer types.
Dr. Munqith Aldhaheri  Dr. Munqith Aldhaheri was born the 1st of January 1980, in Missan, Iraq. He received BSc and MSc degrees in Petroleum Engineering from University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq in 2001 and 2006. He was granted a PhD scholarship by the Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq in 2009, and he received a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering in May 2017. He developed a system to identify the most effective gel system for the purpose of water production control using data mining techniques. Currently, he is serving as a reservoir management senior engineer at Missan Oil Company and he is adjunct lecturer in petroleum engineering department at Misan University.
Dr. Yue Qiu Dr. Qiu holds a PhD degree in Petroleum Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He holds MS degree in Drilling Engineering from China University of Petroleum, Huadong; and a BS degree in Automation from China University of Petroleum, Huadong. His research interests include: enhance oil recovery, and data mining in oil/gas industry.
Na Zhang (PhD Student) Na Zhang received her dual Bachelor of Science degrees from Missouri S&T and China University of Petroleum (Beijing) in May, 2013. Then, she continued her study in Missouri S&T, and earned her Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering in December, 2015. Na is currently a Ph.D. student in Petroleum Engineering at the EOR Data Group at Missouri S&T, and her research interests include analyzing project data collected for EOR techniques, especially in steam flooding and CO2 flooding.
Yandong Zhang (PhD Student) Yandong Zhang is a PhD student at Missouri S&T majoring in petroleum engineering. His research interests include EOR methods, especially polymer flooding, data science and micro/nano-fluidics. Zhang holds BS degree in geological engineering from China University of Petroleum (Beijing) and MS degree in petroleum engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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Hama Mariwan Hama Mariwan graduated from Petroleum Engineering in May, 2013. His research topic was titled as Data Analysis of Thermal Flooding EOR Field Projects.
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Ariani Nadia Nadia Ariani is a Master’s student who is working on her thesis about the low salinity waterflooding to enhance oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs. Her interests include EOR, reservoir simulation, and reservoir characterization. She has over 11 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with specific areas of expertise comprise petrophysics/well-logs analysis, reservoir characterization, and data management.
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Zhuxing Cheng Zhuxing Chen graduated from Petroleum Engineering in May, 2017. His research direction was titled as Survey and data analysis of weak gel treatments in injection wells.
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Jingyi Liao Jingyi Liao graduated from Petroleum Engineering in December 2014. Her research was titled as Data Analysis of Gel Treatments in Production Wells. She is working with Thomson Reuters.

Preformed Particle Gel Research Group