FOR COUNCIL Sudarshan (Raj) Mehta, P.Eng., PhD
Sudarshan A. (Raj) Mehta, P.Eng., PhD, is a Professor of Oil and Gas Engineering, and the Director of International Programs in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a PhD with a specialization in Oil Sands Combustion Technology from the University of Calgary.
Since 1990, and prior to his formal academic appointment at the University of Calgary, Dr. Mehta has been an instrumental supporter of internationalization within the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, the Schulich School of Engineering, the University of Calgary, and the Canadian petroleum industry. He has brought people together and initiated projects including research, teaching, training, and technology transfer all over the world, and has developed relationships with key partners in countries including Argentina, Albania, China, Colombia, Japan, Romania, Hungary, Mexico, Malaysia, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, India, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Russia, and the U.S. Dr. Mehta has been on a number of boards, including: • the Canadian Energy Research Institute • the Petroleum Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) • the University of Calgary's International Education Council Dr. Mehta has also served as the Chair of the Publications Board of the Petroleum Society of CIM, and as a member of the Distinguished Lecturer Committee of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). In December 2013, Dr. Mehta was appointed to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for a three-year term. He is a recipient of a number of local, national, and international awards of excellence, including the SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty (2004), the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s Internationalization Leadership Award (2004), and University of Calgary Petroleum Engineering Professor of the Year (2005). In 2006, the In Situ Combustion Research Group was awarded the Syncrude/ASTech Innovation in Oil Sands Research prize. Dr. Mehta is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Alberta, and has membership and actively volunteers with the Society of Petroleum Engineers International, APEGA, the Combustion Institute, the Canadian Heavy Oil Association, the Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers, the Industry Recommended Practices 18 Drilling and Completions Committee, and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
He co-leads the In-Situ Combustion research group with Dr. R.G. Moore, which consists of 11 researchers and more than 10 graduate students. His prime research interests are in the areas of: • high-pressure combustion, including mechanisms associated with high-pressure air injection/in-situ combustion-based oil recovery processes • flue gas injection-based improved recovery (IOR) and CO 2 sequestration • gas-phase combustion in porous media • safety aspects of underbalanced drilling operations • rheological aspects of oil-based and complex drilling fluid systems • safety aspects of drilling, completion, stimulation, and workover operations • specialized downhole tool design and development • near-wellbore stimulation processes • explosions and safety aspects associated with the energy industry Dr. Mehta also serves as a consultant to Canadian and international energy companies in the areas of IOR, and drilling and completion safety, and is a co-founder and director of Hot- Tec Energy Inc. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 technical articles, reports, and patents, and has organized and taught a number of courses on thermal IOR and advanced drilling technology internationally.
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