My research takes a pore-scale modeling approach to examining how fluid and solid transport in porous media. In particular I focus on developing upscaling techniques for different phenomena, such as solid entrapment in porous filters and mechanical properties of heterogeneous media. I am experienced in numerical modeling of fluid and particulate flow in complex geometries.
Other areas of research and professional interest
* Development of virtual reality teaching aids for directional drilling and structural geology concepts
* Heavy metal removal from produced water
* In-situ sealing of subsurface CO2 storage reservoirs
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| Maryam Mirabolghasemi |
| Ph.D. |
News
* April 2021: New conference paper online: A Comparative Produced Water Management Decision Making WorkFlow: MSEEL Case Study
* June 2019: New paper published: Understanding the Effectiveness of Using VR to Support Teaching Drilling
Trajectory Concepts
* February 2019: New paper published: 3D Microscale Flow Simulation of Shear-Thinning Fluids in a Rough Fracture
* September 2017: New paper published: Study of formation damage caused by retention of bi-dispersed particles using combined pore-scale simulations and particle flooding experiments
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., 2017, The University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum Engineering
B.S., 2005, Sharif University of Technology, Petroleum Engineering
B.S., 2005, Sharif University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Awards & Honors
S.P. Yates Graduate Fellowship (2016)
Honorable mention, Ben Caudle Simple Concepts Contest (2015)
The University of Texas at Austin graduate school travel award (2012,2013)
First place award, Simple Concepts Contest (2012)
The ConocoPhilips Fellowship (2011)
Professional Membership
Society of Petroleum Engineers
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Engineering Education
Selected Publications
Dickerson, Clayton, and Maryam Mirabolghasemi. "A Comparative Produced Water Management Decision Making WorkFlow: MSEEL Case Study." In SPE Western Regional Meeting. OnePetro, 2021.
Mirabolghasemi, Maryam, et al. "Understanding the Effectiveness of Using VR to Support Teaching Drilling
Trajectory Concepts." ASEE 126th Annual Conference & Exposition (2019).
Zhang, Min, et al. "3D Microscale Flow Simulation of Shear-Thinning Fluids in a Rough Fracture." Transport in Porous Media (2019).
Khan, Hasan J., et al. "Study of formation damage caused by retention of bi-dispersed particles using combined pore-scale simulations and particle flooding experiments." Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 158 (2017): 293-308.
Victor, Rodolfo A., et al. "Minimum divergence viscous flow simulation through finite difference and regularization techniques." Advances in water resources 95 (2016): 29-45.
Mirabolghasemi, Maryam, et al. "Prediction of empirical properties using direct pore-scale simulation of straining through 3D microtomography images of porous media." Journal of Hydrology 529 (2015): 768-778.
Talks
November 2019. Learning about subsurface in a virtual world. (Invited speaker). Geosciences Seminar Series, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University.
February 2018. What We Learned from Micro-scale Modeling of Particulate Flow in Porous Media. (Invited speaker). Geosciences Seminar Series, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University.
Current Graduate Students
Laihmen Quan
Project: Preventive sealing of subsurface CO2 storage reservoirs with CO2-sensitive chemicals
Current Undergraduate Students
Hayden Rogers
Project: Experimental measurement of capillary rise rate
Former Undergraduate Students
Mohammed Al Otmi
Project: Synthetic adsorbing resin for the removal of metals from oilfield produced water
Clayton Dickerson
Project: A comprehensive produced water management decision-making workflow for the MSEEL field
Blake Shelton
Project: Harvesting geothermal energy from abandoned oil and gas wells in Mississippi
I teach reservoir fluids lab and reservoir engineering II.
