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Email: hfa101@psu.edu Phone: (814) 865-4053 Office Address: Title: Associate Professor Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/faculty/ayala https://www.eme.psu.edu/file/4908/download?token=ldVqSHn9Research Areas: Education Background: |
About:Luis F. Ayala is the William A. Fustos Family Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He will be the next Department Head of the Energy and Mineral Engineering Department at Penn State starting in July 2024. His research activities focus on the areas of advanced computational fluid dynamics modeling applied to multiphase flow of natural gas in porous media, multiphase well performance, natural gas engineering, and multicomponent thermodynamics. He is a Fulbright Scholar and recipient of the Fulbright-Colciencias Innovation and Technology Award, and has received awards for Outstanding Teaching, Outstanding Faculty Advisor, and Outstanding Faculty Mentoring. In 2021, he became the inaugural recipient of the Charles Hosler Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Award in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and received the Penn State Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentor Award in 2022. He has received several Outstanding Technical Editor Awards, the Eastern Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, the Eastern Regional Outstanding Service Award, and was elected a Distinguished Member of his professional society in 2022. In 2022-2023, he was selected as an Administrative Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice-President for Research at Penn State. Ayala holds two engineering degrees (both with summa cum laude honors), one in chemical engineering and another in petroleum engineering from Universidad de Oriente (Venezuela), and MS and PhD degrees in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Penn State.Research Interests:• Natural gas engineering• Advanced computational fluid dynamics modeling of unconventional gas reservoirs • Performance prediction of gas shale reservoirs and tight sands with liquid-rich retrograde gases • Compositional reservoir simulation and thermodynamics of hydrocarbon fluids • Multiphase flow and gas network analysis Memberships & Committees:Academic Services• Associate Department Head; Graduate Education, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, 2013-present. • Co-Director, Unconventional Natural Resources Consortium, EMS Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State U, 2012-present. • Chair, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering Strategic Planning Committee, 2013; Member, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering Strategic Planning Committee, 2008; Member, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Strategic Planning Committee, 2004. • EMS Representative, Graduate School Graduate Subcommittee for New and Revised Programs, 2014-, Elected EMS Representative, 2009-2011 University Graduate Council, The Pennsylvania State U. and Chair, Graduate Council Committee on Research. Professional Services • Specialty Coordinator, Reservoir Description and Dynamics, 2016 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, U.A.E; Chair, Reservoir Engineering Program Subcommittee 2014 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Member, Reservoir Engineering Program Subcommittee: 2015 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX; 2013 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, USA; 2012 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX; 2011 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, USA; 2010 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. • Associate Editor, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (JNGSE) (2008-2015); Associate Editor, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal (SPEREE) (2006-2013); Member of Editorial Board, Petroleum Science and Technology J. (PST) (2005-2010). • Member, SPE Reservoir Description and Dynamics Advisory Committee, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) (2009-2011). • Editor-in-Chief, The Way Ahead Magazine, SPE, 2009-2010. Honors & Awards:• 2016-2017 Fulbright Scholar, recipient of the Fulbright-Colciencias Innovation and Technology Award• William A. Fustos Family Professorship in Energy and Mineral Engineering • FCMG Chair in Fluid Behavior and Rock Interactions • George H. Deike Jr. Research Grant, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University • 2008 Wilson Award for Outstanding Teaching, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University • 2007 SPE Outstanding Technical Editor Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers • 2005 Wilson Research Initiation Grant, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences • 2002 PNGE Graduate Merit Award, The Pennsylvania State University • 1999 Presidential Distinction for Academic Excellence "José Félix Ribas" awarded by the President of the Republic of Venezuela • Summa cum laude distinctions in Chemical Engieering (UDO, 1997) and Petroleum Engineering (UDO, 1999) and Merit Medal "21st of November" granted by the Board of Trustees of Universidad de Oriente for outstanding academic achievement, (UDO, 1997) Teaching:EGEE 120 - Oil: International Evolution (3)PNG 480 - Production Process Engineering (3) PNG 482 - Production Engineering Laboratory (1) PNG 520 - Phase Relations in Reservoir Engineering (3) PNG 530 - Natural Gas Engineering (1-3) PNG 590 - Colloquium (1-3) PNG 596 - Individual Studies (1-9) Publications:Elsevier: https://pennstate.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/luis-ayala-h/publications/ Google: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=AYuv_rIAAAAJ
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