Research Presentations
``Prismatic Mixed Finite Elements'' (seminar), Department of
Mathematics,
``Local Volume Averaging and Homogenization'' (seminar), Department of
Mathematics,
``Modeling of Compositional Flow in Fractured Reservoirs''
(colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
``Mixed Finite Element Methods for Second Order Elliptic Problems''
(colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
``Mixed Finite Element Methods for Nonlinear Second Order Elliptic
Problems'' (colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
``Relationship between Mixed and Nonconforming Finite Elements''
(colloquium),
``Mixed Finite Element Methods'' (colloquium), IMA, University of
``Modelling of Compositional Flow in
Fractured Porous Media'' (invited talk), Workshop on Environmental Studies,
IMA,
``Numerical Analysis of Semiconductor Devices'' (invited minisymposium talk),
``Finite Element Simulation of the Hydrodynamic Model for Semiconductor
Devices'' (colloquium), AHPCRC,
``Numerical Methods for the Hydrodynamic Model in Semiconductor Devices''
(colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
``Semiconductor Modeling'' (colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
``Dual-Porosity Models of Compositional Flow in Fractured Reservoirs''
(contributed talk),
``Runge-Kutta Local Projection Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Conservation Laws and Applications to
the Hydrodynamic Device Model'' (contributed talk), 8th International
Conference on the Math of Finite Elements and Applications, Brunel University,
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK, April 1993.
``Finite Element Methods for the Hydrodynamic Model in Semiconductor
Devices'' (invited minisymposium talk), 6th SIAM
Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, Norfolk, Virginia,
March 1993.
``Mixed-RKDG Finite Element Methods for the Hydrodynamic Model for
Semiconductor Device Simulation'' (colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
``L^p-Posteriori Error Analysis of Mixed
Methods for Linear and Quasilinear Elliptic
Problems'' (invited talk), Workshop on Modeling, Adaptivity,
and Mesh Generation for Partial Differential Equations, IMA,
``Modeling of and Numerical Methods for Compositional Flow in Naturally
Fractured Reservoirs'' (contributed talk), CMWR'94,
``Finite Elements for the Quantum Hydrodynamic Model for Semiconductor
Devices'' (invited minisymposium talk),
``Three Models of Compositional Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs'' (invited
talk), Workshop on Finite Element Modeling of Envir.
Problems,
``From the Classical Model to the Quantum Hydrodynamic Model:
Semiconductor Modeling'' (colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
``Modeling of Compositional Flow'' (colloquium),
``From the Classical Model to the Quantum Hydrodynamic Model:
Semiconductor Modeling'' (colloquium), IBM,
``Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods for Reservoir Simulation''
(colloquium), IBM,
``Mixed Finite Element Methods and their Applications'' (colloquium),
AT&T Bell Labs,
``Mixed Finite Element Methods and their Applications'' (colloquium),
``Mixed and Nonconforming Methods for Second Order Elliptic Problems:
Equivalence and Implementation" (contributed talk),
``Mixed Finite Element Methods and their Applications'' (colloquium),
Southern
``Recent Development of Multigrid Algorithms
for Mixed and Nonconforming Methods for Second Order Elliptic Problems''
(invited minisymposium talk),
``Recent Development of Multilevel Preconditioners
for Mixed and Nonconforming Finite Element Methods'' (invited talk), Symposium
on Advances and Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics,
``Recent Development of Domain Decomposition Methods and Multilevel Preconditioners for Nonconforming and Mixed Methods for
Second Order Elliptic Problems'' (contributed talk), the Eighth International
Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods, Beijing, China, May 1995.
Organizing a special session ``Multigrid
Methods'' in the Eighth International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods,
``Recent Development of Domain Decomposition Methods and Multilevel Preconditioners for Nonconforming and Mixed Methods for
Second Order Elliptic Problems'' (colloquium),
``Numerical Methods in Semiconductor Devices'' (colloquium), Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
``On the Convergence of Nonconforming Multigrid
Methods'' (contributed talk), The
``Mathematical Models in Porous Media'' (invited talk), the Symposium
dedicated to Richard Ewing on the occasion of his 50th birthday, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, November 1996.
``Convergence of Multigrid Methods for
Nonconforming Finite Elements'' (contributed talk),
``Homogenization of Porous Media'' (colloquium), Mobil Technology
Company, March 1997.
``The Analysis of Nonconforming Multigrid
Methods and Intergrid Transfer Operators'' (invited minisymposium talk), the 8th
``Mathematical Models, Theoretical Results and Numerical Methods for Multiphase
Flow in Porous Media'' (contributed talk), the Fourth
``Convergence of Multigrid Methods for
Nonconforming Finite Elements'' (invited talk), Third IMACS International
Symposium on Iterative Methods in Scientific Computation,
Organizing a special session ``Adaptive and Iterative Methods'' in the
Third IMACS International Symposium on Iterative Methods in Scientific
Computation,
``Convergence of Multigrid Methods for
Nonconforming Finite Elements'' (contributed talk), the Tenth International
Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods,
``Multigrid Methods for Nonconforming Finite
Elements'' (colloquium), Southern
``Multiphase Flow in Porous Media: Regularity, Uniqueness, and Error
Analysis'' (contributed talk), The
``Mathematical and Numerical Results for Multiphase Flow in Porous
Media'' (invited minisymposium talk), the American
Mathematical Society regional meeting,
``Mathematical and Numerical Analysis for Multiphase Flow in Porous
Media'' (colloquium), the Chinese
Co-organizing the Second International Conference on
Bifurcation Theory and its Numerical Analysis,
``Multiphase Flow in Porous Media'' (invited talk), the Second
International Conference on Bifurcation Theory and its Numerical Analysis,
``On the Convergence of Galerkin-Multigrid
Methods for Nonconforming Finite Elements'' (colloquium),
``On the Convergence of Galerkin-Multigrid
Methods for Nonconforming Finite Elements'' (colloquium), the Chinese
``Mathematical and Numerical Analysis for Multiphase Flow in Porous
Media'' (invited talk), An International Workshop on State of the Art in the
Finite Element Method,
``On the Convergence of Galerkin-Multigrid
Methods for Nonconforming Finite Elements'' (invited talk), the Seventh
International Colloquium on Numerical Analysis and Computer Sciences,
``Recent Results in Porous Media Flows'' (invited talk), the Ninth
International Colloquium on Differential Equations,
``Mathematical and Numerical Analysis for Multiphase Flow in Porous
Media'' (colloquium),
``Degenerate Two-Phase Incompressible Flow: Local Refinement and Domain
Decomposition'' (contributed talk), The
``Multigrid and Multilevel Techniques for
Applications of Multiphase Fluid Flow in Porous Media'' (invited minisymposium talk), the SIAM Conference on Mathematical
and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, San Antonio, Texas, March 1999.
Organizing a special session ``Computational Issues in Numerical
Simulation of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media'', the SIAM Conference on
Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, San Antonio, Texas,
March 1999.
``Convergence of the Wilson Nonconforming Finite Element'' (invited minisymposium talk), the 9th
``Recent Developments in Simulation of Multiphase Fluid Flow in Porous
Media'' (invited talk), An International Workshop on Computational Physics:
Fluid Flows and Transport in Porous Media,
Co-organizing an International Workshop on Computational Physics: Fluid
Flows and Transport in Porous Media,
``Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow in
Porous Media'' (colloquium), INRIA, Le
``Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow in
Porous Media'' (invited talk), The Mathematics of Porous Media,
``Mathematical and Computational Challenges in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (The Sigma Xi talk), Southern
``On the Relationship of Various Discontinuous Galerkin
Methods for Second-Order Elliptic Problems'' (contributed talk), The Finite
Element Circus/Rodeo,
``Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow in
Porous Media'' (colloquium),
``Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow in
Porous Media'' (invited minisymposium talk), Finite
Elements in Flow Problems 2000,
Co-chairing a session ``Numerical Methods'' at the Finite Elements in
Flow Problems 2000,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (colloquium),
``New Conservative Finite Element Schemes'' (colloquium),
``Mathematical Models in Reservoir Simulation'' (contributed talk), An
International Conference on PDEs and their
Computational Methods,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (invited talk), The Annual Conference on Computational Mathematics,
``Mixed Discontinuous Finite Element Methods for Second Order
Problems'' (contributed talk), Finite Element Circus,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (colloquium),
``Relationships Among Characteristic Finite
Element Methods for Advection-Diffusion Problems'' (contributed talk),
``Mixed Discontinuous Finite Element Methods'' (colloquium),
ExxonMobil,
``Mixed Discontinuous Finite Element Methods and Their Applications''
(invited minisymposium talk), the American
Mathematical Society regional meeting,
``Industrial Mathematics'',
``Mixed Discontinuous Finite Element Methods for Multiphase Flows in
Porous Media'' (invited minisymposium talk), the
American Mathematical Society regional meeting,
``Different Formulations and Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows in
Porous Media'' (invited minisymposium talk),
``Different Formulations and Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows in
Porous Media'' (invited talk),
``A Series of Talks on Finite Element Methods and Their Applications in
Industry'', Summer School, Center of Computational Physics,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Petroleum Reservoirs''
(colloquium), Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Develpment, PetroChina Company
Limited, Beijing, China, July 2001.
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (colloquium), Department of Computational Mathematics,
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulations'' (colloquium),
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulations'' (colloquium), China
National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC),
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulations'' (colloquium),
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulations'' (colloquium),
``A Series of Talks on Discontinuous Galerkin
Methods'' (invited talk), Workshop on Scientific Computation,
``Recent Developments in Reservoir Simulation'', The
``Recent Developments in Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium),
``Recent Developments in Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium), China
National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC),
``Mixed Discontinuous Finite Element Methods and Their Applications to
Fluid Flows'' (invited minisymposium talk),
``Discontinuous and Characteristic Finite Elements'' (colloquium),
``A Series of Talks on Finite Element Methods and Their Applications in
Industry'', Summer School,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (invited talk), The Fifth National Conference of Computational
Physics,
``Recent Developments in Reservoir Simulations'' (invited talk),
ICM2002-Beijing Satellite Conference on Scientific Computing,
``Numerical Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium), Center for
Computational Sciences,
``Numerical Reservoir Simulations'' (invited talk), Numerical Analysis
Conference Honoring Professor Raytcho Lazarov on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, College
Station, Texas, January 2003.
``Stability and Convergence of Mixed Discontinuous Finite Element Methods
for Second-Order Differential Problems'' (contributed talk), The
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy
and Environmental Modeling" (invited talk), The EPA Regional Science Council
Meeting,
``An Interactive Simulation Platform and its
Industrial Applications" (invited minisymposium
talk), the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics,
MIT,
``Analysis and Numerics for
Multiphase Flow in Porous Media" (Key-note presentation), the Second MIT
Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, MIT,
``Reservoir Simulation" (One of four invited
instructors), Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Center for Mathematical
Research (CIMAT),
``Numerical Reservoir Simulation" (colloquium),
Department of Mathematics, Unversity of
``An Overview on Discontinuous Finite Element Methods"
(colloquium), Department of Mechanical Engineering and Nevada Center for
Advanced Computational Methods, Unversity of Nevada
at Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2003.
``Numerical Reservoir Simulation" (special
seminar), Department of Mathematics,
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulation"
(plenary talk), The IX Mexican Congress of Fluids,
``A Series of Talks on Reservoir Simulation and
Ground Water Modeling" (invited talks), Mexican Institute of Petroleum,
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulation'' (key-note talk),
International Workshop on Efficient Techniques for Numerical Solutions of
Coupled PDEs and Applications to Reservoir
Simulation, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,
Tehran, Iran, December 2003.
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (plenary talk), International Workshop on Efficient Techniques for
Numerical Solutions of Coupled PDEs and Applications
to Reservoir Simulation, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and
Mathematics, Tehran, Iran, December 2003.
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulation'' (invited talk), Research
``Numerical Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium), Department of
Mathematics,
``Numerical Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium), Department of
Mathematics,
``Numerical Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium), Department of
Mathematics,
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulation'' (invited talk), Power Energy
and Environmental Research Center, California Institute of Technology,
``New Technology in Reservoir Simulation'' (invited minisymposium
talk), The AIMS Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and
Differential Equations, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA,
USA, June 2004.
``Parallel Computation for Multicomponent,
Multiphase Flows in Porous Media'' (invited minisymposium
talk), The AIMS Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential
Equations, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA, June 2004.
``Opportunities and Challenges in Computational Sciences''
(colloquium),
``Opportunities in Development of the Next Generation of Petroleum
Reservoir Simulators'' (colloquium),
``Scanning Technology's Application in Reservoir Simulation'' (invited
talk), International Conference on 3D CT Graphing Technology,
``Control Volume Methods'' (invited talk), International Conference on
3D CT Graphing Technology,
``Opportunities and Challenges in Development of the Next Generation of
Petroleum Reservoir Simulators'' (plenary talk), Three National Conferences on
Computational Mathematics, Ulmqi, Xinjiang, August
2004.
``Control Volume Finite Element Methods'' (colloquium),
``Parallel Computations in Reservoir Simulation'' (invited talk),
Analysis, Modeling and Computation of PDEs and
Multiphase Flow in Celebration of James Glimm's 70th
Birthday, SUNY at Stony Brook, New York, August 2004.
``Computing Technologies in Reservoir Simulation'' (plenary talk), an
International Conference on Scientific Computing in Petroleum Industry, Jiuhua Resort, Beijing, China, August 2004.
``High Performance Computing in Reservoir Simulation'' (plenary talk),
The International Conference on High Performance Computing and Applications,
``Opportunities in Development of the Next Generation of Petroleum
Reservoir Simulators'' (colloquium), Ding Tech Comp.,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (colloquium),
``Discontinuous Finite Element Methods'' (colloquium),
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (colloquium),
``Unstructured Grid Techniques in Petroleum Reservoir Simulations''
(seminar), Institute for Scientific Computation,
``Unstructured Grid Techniques in Petroleum Reservoir Simulations''
(invited talk), a workshop on Fluid Mixing by Permedia,
BP, Unocal, ExxonMobil, Anadarko, Total, and ConocoPhillips, Houston, Texas,
February 2005.
``Unstructured Grid Techniques in Petroleum Reservoir Simulations''
(colloquium), Permedia Research Group,
``Control Volume Finite Element Methods and Their Applications to
Multiphase Flows in Porous Media'' (invited minisymposium
talk), the Eighth
``New Research Directions in Petroleum Reservoir Simulation'' (invited
talk), Summer School on Partial Differential Equations, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, July 2005.
``New Research Directions in Petroleum Reservoir Simulation'' (invited
talk), Conference of Numerical Analysis and its Applications on the Occasion of
Prof. Aixiang Huang's 70th Birthday, Hunan Normal
University, Changsha, China, July 2005.
``Foamy Flows'' (seminar), China National Oil and Gas Exploration and
Development Corporation,
``Control Volume Finite Element Methods and Their Applications to
Petroleum Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium), Institute of Computational
Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, July 2005.
``New Research Directions in Petroleum Reservoir Simulation''
(colloquium),
``Fluid Mixing Problems in Porous Media'' (seminar), ConocoPhillips,
``Integrated Environmental Modeling'' (invited talk), Integrated
Environmental Modeling Workshop in
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Reservoir Simulation''
(colloquium), Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics,
``Fluid Mixing Instabilities'' (invited talk), a workshop on Reservoir
Fluids and Fluid Mixing by Permedia, BP, BG, Unocal,
ExxonMobil, Anadarko, Shell, Statoil Research, and ConocoPhillips, Houston,
Texas, October 2005.
``Alternating Direction Methods for Mixed Finite Element Systems''
(invited talk), 50 Years of Alternating Direction Methods: Celebrating the
Contributions of Jim Douglas, Don Peaceman, and Henry
Rachford, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
2005.
``Control Volume Finite Element Methods and Their Applications to
Multiphase Flows in Porous Media'' (invited minisymposium
talk), Joint AMS, MAA, and
``Mathematics and Calculus Education Reform'' (invited talk),
International Symposium on Mathematics Education Reform,
``Fluid Mixing for Porous Media Flows'' (invited talk), Oil Industrial
Meeting,
``Parallel Computing in Petroleum Engineering'' (invited talk), Oil
Industrial Meeting,
``Laboratory Experiments, Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Methods for
Foamy Oil Reservoirs'' (invited talk), Fifth International Conference on
Scientific Computing and Applications, May 18--21, 2006,
``Ten Lectures on Multiphase Flows in Porous Media'', The Distinguished
Lecturer at the NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conference, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas (UNLV), May 23--27, 2006.
``Mixed Finite Element Methods for Multiphase Flows in Porous Media''
(colloquium), Department of Applied Mathematics,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (colloquium), Department of Applied Mathematics,
``Laboratory Experiments, Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Methods
for Foamy Oil Reservoirs'' (colloquium), Institute of Applied Mathematics,
Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, June 2006.
``Computational Methods for Multiphase Flows in Porous Media'' (invited
talk), The Launching Meeting on Networks and Heterogeneous Media,
``Heavy Oil Modeling and Simulation'' (invited talk), International
Conference on Partial Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis, Changsha,
Hunan, China, 22-26 June, 2006.
``Are New Energy Resources within Reach?'' (colloquium),
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques in Energy and Environmental
Modeling'' (colloquium),
``Are New Energy Resources within Reach?'' (colloquium),
``Mathematical Problems in New Energy Resources Modeling''
(colloquium),
``Computational Methods for Multiphase Flows in Porous Media'' (invited
lecture), International (NATO) Summer School on Modern Problems of Fluid
Mechanics and Heat Transfer in Porous Media, July 2--8, 2006, Istanbul
Technical University, Maslak-Istanbul, Turkey.
``Laboratory Experiments, Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Methods
for Foamy Oil Reservoirs'' (invited talk), Workshop on Scientific Computing,
``Multiphase Flow Simulation in Porous Media'' (invited talk), An
International Conference on Scientific Computing Dedicated to Professor Qun Lin's 70th Birthday, Institute of Computational
Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, July 15--16, 2006.
``Multiscale Methods'' (colloquium),
``Finite Element Methods for 2nd and 4th Order Linear and Nonlinear
Problems'' (a series of lectures), The Principal Lecturer at the Summer School,
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, July 2006.
``Numerical Petroleum Reservoir Simulation'' (colloquium), Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering,
``Are New Energy Resources within Reach?'' (inaugural
lecture),
``n-Component Fluid Mixing'' (invited talk),
Consortium Steering Committee Meeting, Celtic Manor,
``Recent Development of a Black Oil Simulator'' (invited talk),
Consortium Steering Committee Meeting, Celtic Manor,
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques for New Energy Resources
Modeling'' (invited talk), Eighth IMACS International Symposium on Iterative
Methods in Scientific Computation in Conjunction with A Scientific Celebration
of the Sixtieth Birthday of Professor Richard E Ewing, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, USA, November 2006.
``N-Component Fluid Mixing'' (invited talk), Workshop on Fluid Mixing,
Shell,
``Energy Applications of Fluid Flow Through Porous Media'' (The Main
Speaker), The RMMC (Rocky Mountain Mathematical
Consortium)
``What are the Main Road Blocks in the Mathematical Modeling and
Computer Simulation of Engineering Problems?'', Summer School, Xi'an Jiaotong Universty, Xi'an, China,
June 2--July 4, 2007.
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques for New Energy Resources
Modeling'' (invited talk), International Workshop on Computational Methods in
Geosciences on the occasion of Professor Jim Douglas, Jr.'s
80th birthday, Xian, Shaanxi, China, July 5--7, 2007.
``What are the
``What are the
``Advanced Reservoir Simulation'', Summer School, College of
Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, July 9--August 10, 2007.
``Chair Reservoir Simulation Research and Education Plans in the Next
Five Years'' (invited talk), Foundation CMG Technical Symposium and Annual
General Meeting, Calgary, Canada, September 5, 2007
``Mathematical Difficulties in Reservoir Simulation'' (invited talk), Fekete Associates Inc., Calgary, Canada, November 7, 2007.
``Building Better Models and Solvers'' (invited talk), Petro-Canada,
``Building Better Models and Solvers'' (invited talk), Suncor Energy
Inc.,
``Building Better Models and Solvers'' (invited talk), Shell Canada
Limited,
``Building Better Models and Solvers'' (invited talk), EnCana Corp.,
`` Fluid Mixing
Simulation'' (invited talk), Partial Differential Equations in
Applied and Engineering Sciences: Modelling and
Simulation, a conference honoring Jim Douglas, Jr. for his 80th birthday, INRIA
Paris - Rocquencourt, France, , December 13-14, 2007.
``Building Better Models and Solvers'' (invited talk), Athabasca Oil
Sands Corp.,
``Building Better Models and Solvers'' (invited talk), Nexen Inc.,
``Recent Advances on Stabilization
Mixed Finite Element Methods for Equations of Fluid Mechanics '' (seminar), Institute
of Computational Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, June
30, 2008.
``Beyond CSS, SAGD and
VAPEX: Reservoir Modeling and Simulation for Heavy Oil and Oil Sands'' (seminar),
``Recent Advances on Stabilization
Mixed Finite Element Methods for Equations of Fluid Mechanics '' (seminar),
`` Computing Heavy Oil
and Oil Sands'' (invited talk), International Conference on Modeling and
Simulation 2008, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an,
Shaanxi, China, July 9--12, 2008.
`` Computing Heavy Oil
and Oil Sands'' (plenary talk), The 3rd North-West Conference on Computational
Mathematics,
`` Computing Heavy Oil
and Oil Sands'' (plenary talk), Joint Conference of Computational Mechanics and IBM,
``Beyond CSS, SAGD and
VAPEX: Reservoir Modeling and Simulation for Heavy Oil and Oil Sands '' (seminar),
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 30, 2008.
``Integrated Reservoir Simulation''
(invited talk),
CMG Reservoir Simulation Foundation Annual General
Meeting, Calgary, Canada, October 22, 2008.
``Reservoir Simulation Course''
(instructor),
Center for Mathematical
Research (CIMAT), Guanajuato, Mexico, October 27-31, 2008.
``Integrated reservoir simulation and basin models:
Reservoir charging and fluid mixing'',
2009 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium held in The Woodlands,
Texas, USA, 2-4 February 2009.
``Mathematical and Computational Techniques
for Modeling Multiphase Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs '' (colloquium), Department of Mathematics,
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB,
February 26, 2009.
``Better Decisions Through Hardware Acceleration''
(key note speech), Nexen Geology, Geophysics, Reservoir Engineering Conference,
Canmore, Alberta, Canada, April 21--23, 2009.
``Energy Modeling''
(invited talk), IBM Alberta Centre for Advanced Studies Research Board Meeting,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 24, 2009.