Email: ztk101@psu.edu Phone: (814) 863-2273 Office Address: Title: Associate Dean Website: http://www.eme.psu.edu/faculty/karpyn https://www.eme.psu.edu/file/4904/download?token=T_SaB45cResearch Areas: Education Background: |
About:Karpyn is Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, a professor, program chair, and Quentin and Louise Wood Endowed Faculty Fellow in petroleum and natural gas engineering. She holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Penn State. Karpyn specializes in multiphase flow and transport in porous media and X-ray computed tomography. Karpyn is a recipient of the Faculty Early Career Development Award by the National Science Foundation and the Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching from Penn State. She is the Energi Simulation Chair in Fluid Behavior and Rock Interactions, was a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar, and was a BIG10 Academic Leadership Fellow. She has also served as an associate editor of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, assistant editor-in-chief of the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, and associate editor of Transport in Porous Media.Research Interests:• Flow and transport in porous media• Digital rock physics • Unconventional reservoir characterization • Solid/liquid interfaces and wettability • Enhanced oil recovery Memberships & Committees:• Assistant Editor for Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, 2014• Associate Editor, Society of Petroleum Engineers Editorial Review Committee, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 2009-present. • Program Committee Chair, 2008 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting - Joint with Eastern Section of AAPG, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 11-15. • Session Chairperson, 2007 SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 15-18.) • Technical Review Committee Member, 2007 SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 15-18. • Technical Reviewer, Elsevier journals: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Engineering Geology, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Fuel Processing Technology. • Technical Editor, Society of Petroleum Engineers Editorial Review Committee, Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal, 2005-present. • Chair, Scholarship Program, Pittsburgh Petroleum Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2004-present. • Faculty Advisor, Society of Petroleum Engineers - Penn State Student Chapter, 2003-present. • Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2008-present; Society of Core Analysts (SCA), 2005-present; American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2003-present; Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 1999-present. Honors & Awards:• National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2008.• The Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Wilson Research Initiation Grant, 2005. • 2nd place. 2003 Penn State Annual Graduate Exhibition - Engineering division. • 1st place. International SPE Student Paper Contest 2001 - Master’s division. • 1st place. Rocky Mountain Regional SPE Student Paper Contest 2001 - Master’s division. • 3rd place. 2001 Penn State Annual Graduate Exhibition - Engineering Division. Teaching:• PNG405 - Rock and Fluid Properties (3)• PNG406 - Rock and Fluid Laboratory (1) • PNG475 - Petroleum Engineering Design (3) • PNG501 - Steady State Flow in Porous Media (3) Publications:Elsevier: https://pennstate.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/zuleima-karpyn/publications/ Google: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Id2Bg2wAAAAJ
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