DANDINA N. RAO
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August 2004 - Present

Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
January 1999 - August 2004

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
January 1998- December 1998

Principal Petroleum Engineer, TRW/BDM Petroleum Technologies, Bartlesville, OK.
April 1997- December 1997 Staff Engineer, HydroFlame Engineering Consultants, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
June 1986 - March 1997 Petroleum Recovery Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
January 1986 - June 1986 Research Engineer, Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
April 1984- December 1985 Senior Engineer, Budra Research Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 
July 1983- March 1984 Research Associate, Chemical &  Petroleum Engineering, The University of Calgary.
September 1978 - April 1984 Instructor, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

 

PROFESSIONAL COURSES TAUGHT AND SEMINARS
 

Rao, D.N., "Introduction to Gas Condensate Reservoirs", One-Day Course presented for the SPE - Delta Section Continuing Education program for industry professionals, New Orleans, March 21, 2002.

Rao, D.N., “Reservoir Rock and Fluid Fundamentals”, One-Day Course presented for the SPE - Delta Section Continuing Education program for industry professionals, New Orleans, October 23, 2001.

Rao, D.N., "Gas Injection EOR - A New Meaning in the New Millennium", Luncheon Seminar presented at SPE - Delta Section Monthly Meeting, New Orleans, September 12, 2001.

Rao, D.N., "Enhanced Oil Recovery - Past, Present and Future", Luncheon Seminar presented at SPE - Mississippi Section, Jackson, Miss., January 11, 2001.

 

JOURNALS EDITED, MANUSCRIPTS REFEREED, BOOKS AND PROPOSALS REVIEWED
 

Serving as Technical Editor of SPE Journal since 1998.  Reviewed and/or coordinated the review of approximately 15 papers and recommended decisions about their suitability for publications to the Executive Editor (1998-2003).

Reviewed a research proposal for the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, April 2002.

Reviewed 5 abstracts and recommended acceptance of a few for presentation at SPE's Rocky Mountain Petroleum Technology Conference in May 2000.

Reviewed approximately five journal papers per year over the last ten years for J. Canadian Petrol. Technology, SPE Journal, SPE Reservoir Engineering, J. Adhesion Science and Technology, Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion - Volume 3, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS/ARTICLES
 

Invitation from Material Science and Technology Conference organizers to present an invited paper at the Fourth International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, to be held at Philadelphia, PA, June 14-16, 2004.

Invited presentation at the Sigma Xi Meeting, Louisiana State University, (November 2002)

Invitation by MST (Materials Science and Technology) Conference organizers to present an Invited Paper at the Third International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, (May 2002)

Invitation from the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology to write a state-of-the-art article for feature publication under the Distinguished Author Series, (December 2000)

Presented five invited lectures (at U of Alberta, U of Calgary, Indian Institute of Science, Japan National Oil Corporation, YMCA) (1995-96)

 

FEATURED ARTICLES
 

Interviewed by the Editor and featured in Enhanced Energy Recovery News (Vol. 19, No. 7, p. 3, February 1996) regarding the development of the new Vanishing Interfacial Tension (VIT) technique for gas-oil miscibility determination

Interviewed by the Editor and featured in “Chementator” section of Chemical Engineer (Oct. 17, 1983, P. 9) regarding the development of a new direct-contact heat transfer process during my Ph.D thesis research

Featured in “Chemistry in Canada” (March 1978, P. 13) regarding the development of a new treatment process for pulp mill effluents

Featured in University News Bulletins and several local newspaper articles in Saskatoon and Calgary (Canada) for the development of novel research projects.

 

MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS

 

Technical Editor of SPE Journal (1998 - present)

Member of Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Canadian Petroleum. Technology (1992-1999)

 

 

 

 

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