Petroleum Engineering
Masoud Kalantari Selected for “Breakthrough Research of the Year” at the 2022 ADIPEC Awards
Xiaoli Li's PVT Lab Video
The Pressure, Volume, Temperature (PVT fluids lab in KU’s Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Department is used to study the properties of fluids under a wide range of pressure and temperature conditions. The lab works on both experimental measurement and theoretical modeling for phase and flow behavior of conventional and unconventional reservoir fluids (gas, oil and water).
Reza Barati Ghahfarokhi
Prof. Reza Barati's Unconventional Research Lab focuses on three main themes: Enhanced Oil Recovery, Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Acid Treatment Research, and Unconventional Reservoir Research.

Amirmasoud Kalantari-Dahaghi
Dr. Kalantari's research combines petroleum engineering, data mining, artificial intelligence, and computer science.

Xiaoli (Laura) Li
Dr. Xiaoli Li's research expands the topics of CO2 sequestration, Phase behavior of solvents-reservoir fluids systems, and Multi-phase flow in porous media.


Russell D. Ostermann
Dr. Ostermann serves as the Director for Undergraduate Studies in Petroleum Engineering.
