Dr. G Suresh Kumar

Associate Professor

Petroleum Engineering Program Department of Ocean Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology – Madras Chennai 600 036

INDIA

Ph: 044 2257 4814 (Office) 044 2257 6814 (Residence)

988 468 1900 (Mobile)

E-Mail: gskumar@iitm.ac.in

Residence:

No: 5 Warden Quarters

IIT – Madras Campus,

IIT - Madras

Details of University Education:

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 2004

Ph. D in Civil Engineering

Major: Hydromechanics and Water Resources

Anna University, Chennai, India 1998

Master of Engineering

Major: Hydrology & Water Resources

First Class with Distinction:

GPA: 8.51/10

M.K. University, Dindigul, India 1995

Bachelor of Engineering

Major: Civil Engineering

First Class: (74.7%)

Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School, Trichy, India 1990

H.S.S.L.C

First Class: (80.5%)

Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School, Trichy, India 1988

S.S.L.C

First Class: (85.6%)

Current Research Interests

Numerical Modeling of Microbial / Thermal / Chemical EOR

Numerical Modeling of Onshore and Offshore Oil Spills

Research Experience

Mathematical/Numerical Modeling of Fluid Flow and Solute

Transport in Fractured Reservoirs {Ph D Work – IISc

(Bangalore) - India}

Numerical Modeling of Enhanced Geothermal Energy

System in Fractured Reservoirs {First Post-Doctoral Work –

University of North Dakota – Grand Forks - USA}

Mathematical Modeling on the Transportation of Nuclear

Wastes in the Vicinity of a Nuclear Waste Repository

(Second Post-Doctoral Work – Queens University – Kingston

- Canada}

Teaching Experience @ IIT - Madras

PE 6030 Reservoir Engineering

PE 6031 Reservoir Simulation

PE 6316 Enhanced Oil Recovery

PE 6100 Reservoir Engineering Laboratory

CE 648 Contaminant Transport Modeling

CE 546 Groundwater Engineering

CE 545 Applied Hydraulic Engineering

CE 403 Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory

Professional Experience ( 8+ Years )

Mode of Experience Number of Years

Teaching Experience @

IIT - Madras

5 Years & 2 Months

(up to June 2012)

Teaching Experience @

IIT – Guwahati

1.0 Year

Post-Doctoral Experience

Queens University - Canada

1.0 Year

Post-Doctoral Experience

University of North Dakota - USA

1 Year & 8 Months

Indian Institute of Technology – Madras, Chennai, India

Associate Professor (June 2010 Onwards)

Indian Institute of Technology – Madras, Chennai, India

Assistant Professor (May 2007 – May 2010)

Indian Institute of Technology – Guwahati, Assam, India

Assistant Professor (June 2006 – May 2007)

Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (June 2005 – May 2006)

Studies on diffusive transport mechanisms in micro-crack networks in the immediate

vicinity of a nuclear waste repository

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Nov 2003 – June 2005)

Developed a numerical model for simulating non-isothermal reactive fluid flow in

geothermal reservoirs

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Research Scholar (Mar 1998 – Oct 2003)

Developed a numerical model for simulating non-reactive and reactive solute transport in

hard rocks and analyzed the numerical results by the method of spatial moments

Anna University, Chennai, India

Graduate Student (Aug 1996 – Feb 1998)

Conducted field experimental studies to explore the water potential areas in hard rocks

Grants

Grants from Ontario Power Generation – Nuclear Waste Management Division: Contract

No: GS52, in collaboration with Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.

June 2005 – May 2006

Grants from U.S. DOD (N-68936-02-C-0214) and the University of North Dakota

Faculty Seed Money Program; University of North Dakota (co-PI)

Nov 2003 – June 2005

Grant for research scholars from Ministry of Human Resources and Development, India:

Mar 1998 – Oct 2003

Awards

Received the Best Paper Award in EGS - Geochemistry session for the paper on

“Reactive Solute transport under Non-Isothermal conditions in Fractured Geothermal

Reservoirs”, United States Geothermal Resources Council- 2004 Annual Meeting, held

at California.

My doctoral student Mr. N. Natarajan was conferred the Best Paper Award for the paper

titled "Effect of Poro and Thermo Elasticity on the Evolution of Fracture Permeability in

a Coupled Fracture-Skin-Matrix System", by N. Natarajan and G. Suresh Kumar,

published in the Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science

and Engineering (ICHE 2010), IIT-Madras, Chennai, India.

Honors

Committee Member for the Faculty Recruitment at IIT-Hyderabad - 2009

Committee Member for Conducting Peer Review of the Centre of Excellence at IIT

Guwahati – Jan 2011

External Examiner – Center for Water Resources, Anna University – M Tech Final

Theses Defense – Integrated Water Resources Management (May 2011)

External Examiner – Center for Water Resources, Anna University – M Tech Final

Theses Defense – Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering (June 2011)

One hour LIVE INTERVIEW by SUN NEWS TV Channel on “Petroleum Engineering”

along with Prof. R. Sundaravadivelu (11-Dec-2011: 11-12 AM)

Research Reports

Suresh Kumar G., and K. Novakowski. (2006). “Diffusive Mass Transport at the

Molecular Level in a Micro-Crack Network”. A Research Report submitted to the

Ontario Power Generation, Nuclear Waste Management Division, Toronto, Canada.

Ghassemi, A., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2005). Modeling Reactive Fluid Flow in Coso

EGS: A Fracture Network Approach: A Research Proposal Submitted to the Coso

Geothermal Reservoir Field and prepared under the financial support of the University of

North Dakota Faculty Seed Money Program, Grand Forks, USA. March 2004.

Published in International Journals

1. Suresh Kumar G., and M. Sekhar. (2005) “Spatial Moment Analysis for

Transport of Nonreactive Solutes in a Fracture-Matrix System”,

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE), v. 10(3), pp. 192-199.

2. Suresh Kumar. G., and A. Ghassemi. (2005) “Numerical Modeling of Non-

Isothermal Quartz Dissolution/Precipitation in a Coupled Fracture-Matrix

System”, Geothermics (Elsevier Science Publications), v. 34(4), pp. 411-439.

3. Suresh Kumar. G., M. Sekhar., and D. Misra (2006) “Time Dependent

Dispersivity Behavior of Non-Reactive Solutes in a System of Parallel Fractures”.

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions (Copernicus

Publications) – Vol. 3(3), pp. 895-923.

4. Sekhar M., G. Suresh Kumar and D Mishra. (2006) “Numerical Modeling and

Analysis of Solute Velocity and Macrodispersion for Linearly and Nonlinearly

Sorbing Solutes in a Single Fracture with Matrix Diffusion”.

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE), v. 11(4), pp. 319-328.

5. Sekhar M., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2006) “Modeling Transport of Linearly

Sorbing Solutes in a Single Fracture: Asymptotic Behavior of Solute Velocity and

Dispersivity”.

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (Springer Science Publications) –

Vol. 24(1), pp. 183-201.

6. Suresh Kumar G., and A. Ghassemi. (2006) “Spatial Moment Analysis for Non-

Isothermal Quartz Transport and Dissolution/Precipitation in a Fracture-Matrix

System”. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE), v. 11(4), pp. 338-346.

7. Ghassemi, A., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2007) “Changes in fracture aperture and

fluid pressure due to thermal stress and silica dissolution/precipitation induced by

heat extraction from subsurface rocks”.

Geothermics (Elsevier Science Publications), v. 36(2), pp. 115-140.

8. Suresh Kumar. G. (2008) “Effect of Sorption Intensities on Dispersivity and

Macro-dispersion Coefficient in a Single Fracture with Matrix Diffusion”.

Hydrogeology Journal (Springer), 16(2), pp. 235-249.

9. Suresh Kumar, G., M. Sekhar and D Mishra. (2008) “Time dependent

dispersivity of linearly sorbing solutes in a single fracture with matrix diffusion”.

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE), 13(4), pp. 250-257.

10. Suresh Kumar. G. (2009) “Influence of Sorption Intensity on Solute Mobility in

a Fractured Formation”. Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE),

135(1), pp. 1-7.

11. Natarajan. N., P. Seetal., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) “Robust Image

Segmentation Based on Optimal Thresholding”.

International Journal of Engineering Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 105-114.

12. Natarajan. N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) “Solute Transport in a Coupled

Fracture-Matrix System with Sinusoidal Fracture Geometry”.

International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology,

vol. 2(6), pp. 1886-1992.

13. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) "Thermal Transport in a Coupled

Sinusoidal Fracture-Matrix System".

International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology,

vol. 2(7), pp. 2645 - 2650.

14. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) “Finite difference approach for

modeling multispecies transport in porous media”.

International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology,

vol. 2(8), pp. 3344-3350.

15. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) “Radionuclide and colloid co

transport in a coupled fracture-skin-matrix system”.

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (Elsevier

Publications), vol. 370, pp. 49-57.

16. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) “Effect of Non-Linear Sorption on

Solute Transport in a Coupled Fracture-Matrix System”.

International Journal of Environmental Sciences (ISSN: 0976-4402), vol.

1(3), pp. 323-333.

17. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010). “Solute Transport in a Coupled

Triangular Fracture Matrix System”.

International Journal of Advances in Science and Technology (Silicon Valley

Publishers), vol. 1(3), pp. 78-85.

18. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) “Numerical modeling of solute

transport in a coupled sinusoidal fracture matrix system in the presence of fracture

skin”.

International Journal of Energy and Environment (ISSN: 1109-9577), vol.

4(4), pp. 99-104.

19. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) “Colloidal Transport in a Coupled

Sinusoidal Fracture Matrix System”.

International Journal of Geology (NAUN Publications), vol. 4(2), pp. 41-47.

20. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2011). “Spatial Moment Analysis of

Colloid Facilitated Radionuclide Transport in a Coupled Fracture-Matrix

System”.

International Journal of Energy and Environment (ISSN: 2076-2895), vol.

2(3), pp. 491-504.

21. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2011) “Thermal Transport in a Coupled

Sinusoidal Fracture Matrix System in the Presence of Fracture Skin”.

Journal of Engineering Research and Studies (E-ISSN: 0976-7916), vol. 2(2),

pp. 45-49.

22. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2011) “Effect of Fluid Velocity on Matrix

Diffusion in a Coupled Fracture-Matrix System”.

International Journal of Engineering Simulation (ISSN 1468-1137), vol.

11(3), pp. 18-27.

23. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2011). “Numerical Modeling and Spatial

Moment Analysis of Thermal Fronts in a Coupled Fracture-Skin-Matrix System”.

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (SpringerLink Publications), vol.

29, pp. 477-491.

24. Vasudevan, M., I. M. Nambi., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2011) “Application of

QUAL2K for Asessing Waste Loading Scenario in River Yamuna”.

International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology (E-ISSN: 0976-

3945), vol. 2(2), pp. 336-344.

25. Suresh Kumar. G., M. Sekhar., and D. Misra. (2011) “Spatial and Temporal

Moment Analyses of Decaying Solute Transport in a Single Fracture with Matrix

Diffusion”. Journal of Petroleum and Geosystems Science and Engineering

(Scientific Journals International – ISSN 1556-6757), vol. 1(1), pp. 1-20.

26. Suresh Kumar. G., V. Renu., and N. Natarajan. (2011) “Numerical Modeling

and Spatial Moment Analysis on the Sensitivity of Decay Mechanism under

simultaneous Matrix Diffusion and Non-Linear Sorption in a Coupled Fracture-

Matrix System”.

International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science (International

Science Press) (ISSN: 2229-3094), vol. 2(2), pp. 213-224.

27. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2011) “Numerical Modeling of Bacteria

Facilitated Contaminant Transport in Fractured Porous Media”. Colloids and

Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (Elsevier

Publications), vol. 387, pp. 104-112.

28. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012) “Colloidal Transport in a Coupled

Fracture Skin Matrix System with Sinusoidal Fracture Geometry”.

International Journal of Geology (NAUN Publications) (ISSN: 1998 – 4499),

vol. 6(1), pp. 1-7.

29. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012) “Aperture Variation and Pressure

Change due to Thermal Stress and Silica Precipitation/Dissolution accompanied

by Colloidal Transport in a Coupled Fracture-Skin-matrix System”. International

Journal of Energy and Environment (NAUN Publications) (ISSN: 1109 –

9577), vol. 6(1), pp. 1-15.

30. Natarajan. N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012). “Effect of non linear sorption on

multi-species solute transport in a coupled fracture matrix system”.

International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment (ISSN:

2248-9649), Vol. 2(2), pp. 96-101.

31. Natarajan. N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012). “Evolution of fracture permeability

due to co-colloidal bacterial transport in a coupled fracture-skin-matrix system”.

Geoscience Frontiers (Elsevier Publications), vol. 3(4), pp. 503-514.

32. Natarajan. N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012). “Effect of Fracture-Skin on Virus

Transport in Fractured Porous Media”.

Geoscience Frontiers (Elsevier Publications)

In Press - DOI:10.1016/j.gsf.2012.03.004

33. Renu, V. and Suresh Kumar, G. (2012). “Numerical Modeling and Spatial

Moment Analysis of Solute Mobility and Spreading in a Coupled Fracture-Skin-

Matrix System”.

(Tentatively Accepted)

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (SpringerLink)

34. Vasudevan, M., G. Suresh Kumar., and Indumathi M Nambi. (2012). “Effect of

Rate Limited Dissolution and Sorption on Concentration Tailing of Multi-

Component Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Residual Sources”.

(Tentatively Accepted)

International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering (ISSN: 0974-5904)

35. Suresh Kumar, G. (2012). “A Review on Fluid Dynamics of Fractured Reservoir

Geology”.

(Under Review)

International Journal of Geology (NAUN Publications)

36. Sivasankar. P., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012) “Numerical Modeling of Microbial

Enhanced Oil Recovery”.

(Under Review)

Petroleum Exploration and Development (Elsevier Publications)

37. Berlin, M., G. Suresh Kumar., and Indumathi M Nambi. (2012). “Numerical

Modeling on the Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on Nitrogen Transformation and

Transport in an Unsaturated Porous System”.

(Under Review)

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research (Elsevier Publications)

38. Suresh Kumar, G. (2012). “A Review on Petroleum Reservoir Simulation in a

Fractured Reservoir at the Scale of a Single Fracture”.

(Under Review)

International Journal of Petroleum Engineering (Inderscience Publishers)

Presented at International Conferences:

1. Suresh Kumar G., and A. Ghassemi. (2005). “Evolution of Fracture

Permeability and Pressure with Rock Cooling and Silica Dissolution in a Coupled

Fracture-Matrix System: A Numerical Investigation”, Nevada, USA: Geothermal

Resources Council Transactions, vol. 29, pp. 391-395.

2. Suresh Kumar G., and A. Ghassemi (2004). “Numerical Modeling of Coupled

Thermo-Reactive Solute Transport in a Fracture in Permeable Rock”, California,

USA: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, vol. 28, pp. 259-262.

3. Suresh Kumar G., and M. Sekhar. (2002). “Scale Dependent Dispersivity

Behavior of Non-Reactive Solutes in a Fracture-Matrix System”, International

Conference on Water and Wastewater: Perspectives of Developing Countries

(WAPDEC)”, New Delhi, India: Proceedings, pp. 545 – 552.

4. Natarajan, N and Suresh Kumar, G. (2009) Impact of fluid velocity on matrix

diffusion in a fractured media', III WORLD AQUA CONGRESS, 2-4 Dec, 2009,

New Delhi, India.

5. V. Renu and Suresh Kumar, G. (2010) Sensitivity analysis of higher order

spatial moments for a coupled fracture-skin-matrix system, Third International

Perspective on Current and Future State of Water Resources and the Environment,

Jan 5-7, 2010, IIT-Madras.

6. Natarajan, N and Suresh Kumar, G. (2010) Numerical Comparison of equivalent

continuum , dual porosity and dual permeability models for flow in fractured

porous media',3rd International Perspective on current and future state of water

resources and the environment, Jan 5-7, 2010, Chennai, India.

7. Natarajan, N., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2010) "Effect of Poro and Thermo

Elasticity on the Evolution of Fracture Permeability in a Coupled Fracture-Skin-

Matrix System". Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Hydro-

Science and Engineering (ICHE 2010), IIT-Madras, Chennai, India, 2-5 August

2010, pp. 558-567.

8. G. Suresh Kumar (2010) “Numerical Modeling of Fractured Hydrocarbon

Reservoirs: An Overview”. Proceedings of the First International conference on

"DRILLING TECHNOLOGY: (ICDT - 2010)" held at IIT-Madras during 18th –

20th November 2010.

9. Mohanasundaram. S., G. Suresh Kumar., and Balaji Narasimhan. (2011).

“Groundwater Recharge Discharge Zone Delineation Using GIS and Analytical

Hierarchical Process (AHP)”. 3rd

International Geography Congress (INTGC-

2011) held at Kozhikode, Kerala during May 2011, page 84.

10. Abhishek Joshi., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2011) “Numerical Simulation of Oil

Recovery by Gravity Drainage during Immisicble and Miscible CO2 Injection in a

Fractured Reservoir”, SPE 143516, International conference on "Enhanced Oil

Recovery" held at Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia during 19th – 20th July 2011.

11. Mohanasundaram. S., G. Suresh Kumar., and Balaji Narasimhan. (2011). “A

study on the effect of South-West and North-East Monsson on Water Level

Fluctuations of Coastal Aquifers in Chennai District. 4th

International

Groundwater Conference (IWGC-2011) held at Madurai, Tamil Nadu between

Sep 27 – 30, 2011, IGWC - TS-1-30 - Page 27.

12. Berlin, M., G. Suresh Kumar., and Indumathi M Nambi. (2011). “Flow and

Transport Model for the Noyyal River Basin Using Groundwater Modeling

System”. 4th

International Groundwater Conference (IWGC-2011) held at

Madurai, Tamil Nadu between Sep 27 – 30, 2011, IGWC - TS-4-18 - Page 81.

13. Vasudevan, M., Indumathi M Nambi. and, G. Suresh Kumar. (2011).

“Simulating Biodegradation at a Petroleum Spill Site For Assessing Natural

Attenuation”. 4th

International Groundwater Conference (IWGC-2011) held at

Madurai, Tamil Nadu between Sep 27 – 30, 2011, IGWC - TS-4-11 - Page 76.

14. Suresh Kumar G. (2011) “A Review on Numerical Modeling of Fluid Flow and

Contaminant Transport in a Fractured Formation at the Scale of a Single

Fracture”. 4th

International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2011) on “The

Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources with Special Reference to

Hard Rock Terrain” held at Madurai, TamilNadu, India between September 27-

30, 2011, IGWC - TS-4-04 - Page 70.

15. Berlin, M., G. Suresh Kumar., and Indumathi M Nambi. (2011). “Numerical

Modeling of Nitrate Transport and Transformation in an Unsaturated Sub-Surface

System”. International Conference on Modeling & Simulation in Civil

Engineering (ICMSC-2011) held at Kollam, Kerala during Dec 8 – 10, 2011,

Proceedings, pp. 31-38.

16. Rajesh Kanna., Satyanarayana Gummadi., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012).

“Experimental Investigations on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery”. International

Oil & Gas Conference Exhibition, PETROTECH-2012 to be held at New Delhi

during 14-17th

October 2012.

(Abstract Accepted for Presentation)

17. Berlin, M., G. Suresh Kumar., and Indumathi M Nambi. (2012). “Numerical

Modeling for Enhanced Transformation of Nitrate in an Unsaturated Porous

Media”. International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2012) to be held at

Aurangabad, Maharashtra during 18-21 December 2012.

(Abstract Accepted for Presentation)

18. Mohana Sundaram, S., G. Suresh Kumar., and Balaji Narasimhan. (2012). “The

Significance of Serial and Cross Correlations on Rainfall-Recharge Regression

Analysis”. International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2012) to be held at

Aurangabad, Maharashtra during 18-21 December 2012.

(Abstract Accepted for Presentation)

19. Vasudevan, M., Indumathi M Nambi., and G. Suresh Kumar. (2012).

“Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Multi-Component Dissolution of

Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Subsurface”. International Groundwater Conference

(IGWC-2012) to be held at Aurangabad, Maharashtra during 18-21 December

2012.

(Abstract Accepted for Presentation)

Details of Major Sponsored Research Projects:

Completed Projects

1. Numerical Modeling of Flow and Transport Processes in a Single Fracture with

Matrix Diffusion. New Faculty Research Scheme

(IIT-Madras)

5 Lakhs – (May 2007 – May 2010) Principal-Investigator

2. Numerical Modeling and Spatial Moment Analysis of Mobility and Mixing of

Reactive Contaminants in Low Permeability Hard Rocks under Non-Isothermal

Conditions.

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

2.76 Lakhs – (April 2008 – September 2011) Principal-Investigator

3. Decentralized Wastewater Management – Benchmarking of Public Utilities and

PPP

Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)

3.796 Crores – (May 2009 – December 2011) Co-Investigator

4. Sustainable Water and Waste Management in the Chennai Basin.

(IIT – Madras)

22.5 Lakhs – (April 2010 – October 2011) Co-Investigator

Ongoing Project

5. The changing risks posed by petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater

environments: multiphase fluid dynamics coupled to multispecies biodegradation.

Department of Science and Technology

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

39.26 Lakhs – (October 2011 – October 2014) Co-Investigator

Research Guidance @ IIT-Madras:

Ph. D (Completed)

No Name Title

1 N. Natarajan Numerical Modeling of Co-Colloidal

Reactive Solute Transport in a Single

Rock Fracture

Ph. D (Ongoing)

No Name Title

1 Srinivasa Reddy Devarapu Numerical and Experimental

Investigations on Thermally Enhanced

Oil Recovery

2 Samarth Patwardhan Simulation of Well Stimulation -

Hydraulic Fracturing

3 Rajesh Kanna Experimental Investigations on

Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery

(with Dr. Gummadi)

4 Vasudevan Numerical Modeling of Fate and

Transport of Petroleum Compounds in

the Vicinity of an Oil Spilled Sub-

surface System

(with Dr. Indumathi)

5 Mohana Sundaram Groundwater Recharge Assessment in

Chennai Basin using Integrated GIS

and Remote Sensing

(with Dr. Balaji)

6 Berlin Numerical Modeling of Sub-Surface

Nitrate Transport

(with Dr. Indumathi)

7 Tushar Sharma Synthesis, Characterization and

Performance Evaluation of

Nanoparticle Stabilized Emulsions for

Improved Oil Recovery

(with Dr. Jitendra)

8 Abdul Hameed Groundwater Resources Planning in the

Laterite Aquifers

(with Dr. Indumathi)

M. S (Ongoing)

No Name Title

1 Aditya Kumar Mishra Numerical Modeling of Off-Shore Oil

Spill

2 Sugumar Numerical Modeling of On-Shore Oil

Spill

M. Tech (Ongoing)

1. Tony Chacko: Numerical Modeling of Oil-Rock

Interaction in a Fractured Petroleum Reservoir.

2. Pratya Datta: Simulation of Enhanced Coal Bed

Methane Recovery

3. Kishore Javvaji: Simulation on the Well Productivity of

Gas Condensate Wells

M. Tech (Completed)

1. Sivasankar: Numerical Modeling of Microbially Enhanced Oil

Recovery. (May 2012)

2. Naga Bharat Reddy: Enhanced Oil Recovery from a Naturally

Fractured Reservoir. (with Dr. Jitendra) (May 2011)

3. Aseer: Imbibition Process of Water Flooding in a Naturally Fractured

Reservoir. (with Dr. Jitendra) (May 2011)

4. Renu: Numerical Modeling of Reactive Solute Transport in a Single

Fracture with Fracture-Skin (May 2009)

5. Satish Kumar: Numerical Modeling of Reactive Solute Transport in

a Fractured Geothermal Reservoir (May 2010)

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Member - Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

Member - International Association for Hydro-Environment

Engineering and Research (IAHR)

Reviewership of Research Journals:

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Elsevier)

Journal of Petroleum and Gas Exploration Research

Journal of The Geological Society of India

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE)

Hydrological Processes

Hydrogeology Journal

Vadose Zone Journal

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ISH)

Indian Geotechnical Journal

Short Term Courses Conducted

1. Short Term Course on “New Insights on Scales in Geo-Data Analysis for

Seismic Interpretation” along with Dr. Rajesh Nair conducted during 10 -14 Oct

2011 @ IIT-Madras.

2. Short Term Course on “Water Quality and Management” along with Prof.

Sundaravadivelu and Dr. Shanmugam conducted during 8 - 10 Dec 2011 @ IIT-

Madras.

3. Short Term Course on “On Integrating Geo-Engineering Work-Flow for

Petroleum Reservoirs” along with Dr. Rajesh Nair conducted during 10 -12 Jan

2012 @ IIT-Madras.

4. Workshop on “Onshore (Inland) Petroleum Spills Case Studies in India and

the Way Forward” along with Dr. Indumathi and Dr. Ravi Krishna conducted on

7th

Feb 2012 @ IIT-Madras.

Invited Lectures ( Towards Continuing Education )

Principles of Integrated Reservoir Studies Presented on 12

th Jan 2012 towards a

Short Term Training Program on “On Integrating Geo-Engineering Work-Flows

for Hydrocarbon Reservoirs” by the Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT-

Madras.

Sub-surface Water Quality Modeling. Presented on 8th

Dec 2011 towards a Short

Term Training Program on “Water Quality and Management” by the Department

of Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras and Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Micro- and Macro-Scale Transport Processes in the Subsurface Environment.

Presented on 13th

October 2011 towards a Short Term Training Program on

“New Insights on Scales in Geo-data analysis to Seismic Interpretation” by the

Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras.

Continuum Scale Computational Techniques – An Overview. Presented on 10th

October 2011 towards a Short Term Training Program on “New Insights on

Scales in Geo-data analysis to Seismic Interpretation” by the Department of

Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras.

Contaminant Transport Processes in the Subsurface Environment. Presented on

19th

Jan 2011 towards a Short Term Training Program on “Environmental

Chemodynamics” by the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Madras.

Introduction to Numerical Modeling Techniques. Presented on 4th

August 2008

towards QIP Short Term Course conducted by the Dept of Civil Engg, IIT-

Madras.

Introduction to Subsurface Transport Processes. Presented on 7th

August 2008

towards QIP Short Term Course conducted by the Dept of Civil Engg, IIT-

Madras.

Transport Processes in the Subsurface Environment. Presented on 14th

June 2007

towards QIP Short Term Course conducted by the Dept of Civil Engg, IIT-

Madras.

Basics of Computational Techniques – An Overview. Presented on 13th

June

2007 towards QIP Short Term Course conducted by the Dept of Civil Engg, IIT-

Madras.

Basics of Computational Techniques for River Flow Simulation – An Overview.

Presented on 18th

October 2006 towards QIP Short Term Course conducted by

the Dept of Civil Engg, IIT-Guwahati.

Introduction to Computational Methods. Presented on 2nd

December 2006

towards QIP Short Term Course conducted by the Dept of Civil Engg, IIT-

Guwahati.

Departmental Activities:

1. Developing Reservoir Engineering/Simulation Laboratory

Laboratory In-Charge of Helium Porosimeter; Gas Permeameter;

Liquid Permeameter; Garvimetric Capillary Pressure System;

CMG – IMEX/STAR/GEM Software

(From August 2009 onwards)

2. Attended Industry-Academia Interface Programme on “Technology Imperatives

for Exploration and Production of Oil & Gas” at ONGC – Rajahmundry Asset

in Rajahmundry between 26th

and 29th

of March 2012.

3. Attended PETROTECH Annual Convention held at ISM – Dhanbad between

10th

and 15th

of March 2012.

4. Visited KDMIPE – Dehradun from 5th

– 9th

Sep 2011 towards the Proficiency

Course on “Modern Practices in Petroleum Exploration”.

5. Visited Indian School of Mines – Dhanbad; Institute for Reservoir Studies,

ONGC – Ahmedabad; ONGC Academy – Dehradun; Attended a week long

workshop on “Enhanced Oil Recovery” by Society of Petroleum Engineers

(SPE) held at Ahmedabad - towards developing Petroleum Engineering M. Tech

program at IIT-Madras

6. Member – Organizing Committee - Ninth International Conference on Hydro-

Science and Engineering (ICHE 2010), IIT-Madras, Chennai, India

7. Faculty Advisor for 2010 M. Tech Batch – Petroleum Engineering

(July 2010 – May 2012)

8. Faculty Advisor for 2008 B. Tech Batch – Civil Engineering.

(August 2008 – May 2010)

9. Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory In-Charge

(June 2007 – May 2010).

10. Part of Review Committee Report Preparation – Department of Civil Engineering

(2007 - 2008).

11. Reorganized all the table-top models towards Hydraulic Engineering

Laboratory. (June – Aug 2007).

Institutional Activities:

Officiating NCC Officer @ IIT-Madras from May 2009 onwards.

Other Activities:

Regional Coordinator (South India) – International Groundwater Conference –

2012 to be held at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

Local Organizing Committee Member – International Conference on Drilling

Technology – Dec 2012 to be held at IIT-Madras.