Postdocs/Students

To date, I have advised or mentored, individually or with colleagues, 5 postdoctoral scholars, 26 Ph.D. and M.S. students, 3 Ph.D. corporate summer interns, and several advanced undergraduates on topics including geomechanics, geological engineering, analytical and numerical modeling of field observations, planetary structural geology, deformation bands, fault and fracture mechanics, overburden characterization, fault stability in overburden sequences, reservoir geomechanics, and wastewater injection/induced seismicity.

Postdoctoral Scholars

  1. Dr. Daniel Mège (Ph.D., University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, 1995); now with the Polish Academy of Science, Wroclaw, Poland
  2. Dr. Roger Soliva (Ph.D., University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, 2005); now on the faculty of the Université Montpellier II, France
  3. Dr. Hunjoo Lee (Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 2015); now Assistant Professor with Oklahoma State University
  4. Dr. Omid Razavi (Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 2016); now a Principal Technical Professional with Halliburton in Houston
  5. Dr. Zhaoliang Hou (Ph.D., Universität Wien, Austria, 2023); continuing as postdoc at Universität Wien.

Graduate Students: The University of Texas at Austin

  1. Hunjoo Lee (Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, 2015; Olson, committee chair); now Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering with Oklahoma State University
  2. Valerie Gono (M.S., Civil Engineering, 2015; Olson, committee chair); formerly Ph.D. student, Petroleum Engineering at UT; now with ORTEC USA in Houston
  3. Nana Asiamah (M.S., Petroleum Engineering, 2015; Olson, committee chair); now with with ZT Systems in New Jersey
  4. Weiwei Wang (Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, August 2017; Olson/Prodanović, committee chairs); now with Shell in Louisiana
  5. Kaimin Yue (Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, August 2017; Olson, committee chair); formerly with Texas Oil and Gas Institute, Houston, now with with Pegasus Vertex, Inc., Houston
  6. Andreas Michael (M.S., Petroleum Engineering, 2016; Olson/Balhoff, committee chairs); now Ph.D. student, Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University
  7. Mohsen Babazadeh (Ph.D., Civil Engineering, expected summer 2019; Olson, committee chair); now now with ConocoPhillips in Houston
  8. Tianyu Li  (M.S., Petroleum Engineering, December 2018; Olson, committee chair); now a Completions Engineer with Pioneer Natural Resources Company in Irving, Texas

Graduate Students: University of Nevada, Reno

  1. Kathleen A. Ward (M.S., Geological Engineering, 1993; Schultz, committee chair); formerly Senior Director, Global Supply Chain, with Cepheid in Sunnyvale, California, she is now Senior Director with Danaher Corporation in San Jose, California
  2. Qizhi Li (M.S. Geological Engineering, 1993; Schultz, committee chair); has been a geological engineer with several geotechnical firms in Reno, Nevada
  3. Paul L. Piscoran (M.S., Geological Engineering, 1996; Schultz, committee chair); formerly a regional sales manager with several roofing and construction engineering firms, and with Nova Consulting Group, Paul is with Technical Assurance, and Owner and Director of A_Cubed Athletics in Reno, Nevada
  4. Andrea N. (Fori) Catura (M.S., Geological Engineering, 1997; Schultz, committee chair); formerly a Senior Systems Engineer with Lockheed-Martin in Sunnyvale, California, Andrea is now an independent contractor
  5. Jason M. Moore (M.S., Geological Engineering, 1997; Schultz, committee chair); now with Fugro in Southern California
  6. Edward C. Wellman (M.S., Geological Engineering, 1997; Schultz, committee chair); now Principal Consultant with with Independent Geomechanics LLC in Tucson, Arizona
  7. William H. Roadarmel (M.S., Geological Engineering, 1998; Schultz, committee chair); now West Coast Manager, Pinnacle Services, with Halliburton in Bakersfield, California
  8. Paul A. Caruso (M.S., Geological Engineering, 2002; Schultz, committee chair); now working in Colorado
  9. Scott J. Wilkins (Ph.D., Planetary Geology, 2002; Schultz, committee chair); recently with Anadarko in Houston, Texas
  10. Clara M. Balasko (M.S., Geological Engineering, 2003; Schultz, committee chair); now Geotechnical Manager with BHP in Tucson
  11. Daniel P. Neuffer (M.S., Geological Engineering, 2005; Schultz, committee chair); now Senior Consultant with SRK in Anchorage, Alaska
  12. Anjani T. Polit (M.S., Geological Engineering, 2005; Schultz, committee chair); formerly working in Mars spacecraft operations with the HiRISE Martian imaging experiment at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, she is now a Mission Implementation Engineer at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  13. Chris H. Okubo (Ph.D., Geo-Engineering, 2005; Schultz, committee chair); now Deputy Center Director and Research Operations Lead with the Astrogeology Science Center,
  14. Cheryl L. Goudy (Ph.D., Planetary Geology, 2005; Schultz, committee chair); now with Shell in Houston, Texas
  15. Kimi S. Artita (M.S., Geological Engineering, 2006; Schultz, committee chair); now with CDM Smith in Pennsylvania
  16. Wendy R. (Orr) Key (M.S., Geological Sciences, 2009; Schultz, committee chair); Senior Geologist with Geosyntec Consultants, Sacramento, California
  17. Amanda L. Nahm (Ph.D., Planetary Geology, 2010; Schultz, committee chair); now Program Officer with the Planetary Science Division of NASA, Washington, DC
  18. Christian Klimczak (Ph.D., Geomechanics, 2011; Schultz, committee chair); now Associate Professor of Structural Geology with the University of Georgia


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