Alireza Bahramian, Ph.D.

Sefatallah Ashoorian received his BSc degree in petroleum engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in 2011. He followed up his studies in Sharif University of Technology and got his master’s degree in 2013. His master thesis was about the use of polymer flooding in enhanced heavy oil recovery from Iranian oil reservoirs. He is currently a PhD student at IPE, University of Tehran. His current filed of research is focused on the surface interaction between surfactants and asphaltene particles. His research includes surface chemistry and enhanced oil recovery concepts.

s.ashoorian@ut.ac.ir

Yadollah Bahramian graduated with BSc (2004) in exploitation of mine engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, and MSc (2007) degrees in drilling and exploitation of petroleum engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran. His MSc thesis title was “Using Impermeable Cement to Optimize Gas Well Cementing.”. Now he is a PhD candidate of Petroleum Engineering in University of Tehran. The title of his PhD thesis is “Shale swelling in drilling operation: Thermodynamic modelling and experimental investigation.” His research interests are currently focused on Colloids and surfaces properties of clays and optimization of low salinity and smart water injection in EOR.

ybahramian@ut.ac.ir

Saeid Dowlati graduated with BSc (2010) and MSc (2012) degrees in Petroleum Reservoir Engineering from Petroleum University of Technology, Iran. His MSc thesis title was “Modeling and Prediction of Kinetic of Asphaltene Deposition Profile along the Wellbores”. Now he is a PhD candidate of Petroleum Engineering in the University of Tehran. The title of his PhD thesis is “Investigation of CO2-triggered Reactions and their Impact on the Efficiency of Carbonated Water Injection for EOR Purposes”. His research interests are currently focused on optimization of conditions for the improvement of carbonated water injection and controlling of in-situ CO2-triggered reactions in petroleum reservoir conditions.

dowlati.saeid@ut.ac.ir

Mahdi Koolivand Salooki graduated with BSc (2007) degree in Petroleum Engineering from Petroleum University of Technology and MSc (2009) degree in Chemical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. His MSc thesis title was “Numerical Simulation of Fouling in Pulsating Flow Heat exchangers”. Now he is a PhD candidate of Chemical Engineering in University of Tehran. The title of his PhD thesis is “Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Foam Stability using Surfactant and Polyelectrolyte Interactions”. His research interests are currently focused on Surface forces and Stability of thin films (colloidal structure forces, stratification), Foam generation, rheology, and stability.

mehdi.koolivand@ut.ac.ir

Nahid P. Khiabani graduated with BSc and MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. Her MSc thesis title was “Design a mobile SFE (supercritical fluid extraction) Unit for production of essential oils”. Now she is a PhD candidate of Chemical Engineering in the University of Tehran. The title of her PhD thesis is “Investigation of nanostructured liquid-liquid and liquid-solid interfaces”. Her research interests are currently focused on molecular dynamics simulations of liquid-liquid interfaces and the effect of salts adsorption in thin films. She also studies experimentally on the effect of MgO and Alumina nanofluids to manipulate Calcite surfaces wettability

Sara received BSc of Mathematic from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, and MSc of Applied Math: Mathematics and Physics from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences in Zanjan.  She has also MSc of Nano Physics (Solid State Physics) from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. She is now PhD student in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Tehran. She works on the “molecular interaction of proteins and nanoparticles”

Hamid Vatanparast received his BSc degree (2004) in petroleum engineering from Petroleum University of Technology, Iran. He followed up his studies at Institute of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran. He got his master’s degree in 2006 and is currently a phD student. His MSc thesis title was “wettability alteration as a method of EOR”. His current filed of research is focused on the effects of Nanoparticle-Surfactant interaction on liquids surface/interfacial properties. His research includes physical chemistry of surfaces, surface phenomena and enhanced oil recovery concepts.

h.vatanparast@ut.ac.ir

Mohammad saeid ataei took his B.Sc. degree from the Institute of petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran in 2013. He is currently an MSc student at the Institute of petroleum Engineering of the University of Tehran. The title of his thesis is “Experimental Investigation of Wettability Alteration of Reservoir Rock in Presence of surfactant and Using Molecular Kinetic Theory for Surface Wettability Simulation”. His current research interests are focused on Wettability, Smart Water, and Surfactant.

saeid.ataei@ut.ac.ir

Reza Daneshfar took his B. S. degree from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran in 2013. He is currently an MSc student at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering. The title of his thesis is “Experimental Investigation of Wettability Alteration of Reservoir Rock in Presence of Nanoparticle and Using Molecular Kinetic Theory for Surface Wettability Simulation”. His current research interests are focused on Wettability, nanofluids, and Surfactant.

reza_daneshfar@ut.ac.ir

Ali Fazlali has studied in Petroleum Drilling Engineering at the Petroleum University of Technology (PUT) in Ahwaz and now he is a master student of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering at the University of Tehran. The title of his thesis is “experimental investigation of shear stress influence on Asphaltene deposition” and the experiments are being done by “Lab-scale flow assurance apparatus”. His favorite fields are about Asphaltene, smart water and surface chemistry.

Hasan Feyzi received his BSc in HSE engineering from the petroleum University of Technology (PUT) in Abadan in 2014. He is currently MSc student at the faculty of Chemical engineering, University of Tehran. The title of his thesis is “Experimental research on change of the contact angles and Wettability Alteration of Reservoir Rock in Presence of polyelectrolyte and surfactants and their mixture. His current research interests are Wettability, Polymers, Polyelectrolyte and Surfactant.

feyzi.hassan@ut.ac.ir

Hamid Heydari received his B.Sc. from the Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research branch of Tehran, 2013. He is currently an MSc Research Assistant of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran. His thesis title is “Wettability variations under alkane and oil vapor atmosphere: Experimental investigation”. His current research interest include Applications of alkane vapor and surfactant coadsorption on the wettability of solid surfaces, physical chemistry of surfaces, surfactants and surface phenomena.

h.heydari.2014@ut.ac.ir

Hossein Moradi was graduated in B. S. degree from the Faculty of Abadan Petroleum (AIT), Petroleum university of technology in 2013. He is currently an MSc student at Petroleum Reservoir Engineering at Tarbiat modares university. His thesis title is “Experimental investigation of combined smart water and smart viscoelastic amphoteric surfactant effect on Enhanced Oil Recovery”. His current research interests are focused on Wettability alteration, Smart Water, Surfactant, Emulsion, Nanotechnology and Mass transfer in porous media.

hossein.morady@modares.ac.ir

Rasa Soleimani received his B.Sc. from the Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2014. He is currently an MSc Research Assistant of petroleum production engineering at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran. His thesis title is “Investigation of gas condensate drop-out effect on gas well deliverability by Lattice Boltzmann pore scale modeling”. His current research interests are focused on Applications of Lattice Boltzmann modeling in petroleum engineering, Computer aided modeling and simulation, Transport in porous media, and Formation damage.

rasa.soleimani@ut.ac.ir