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M. R. Islam is
a professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Civil and Resource Engineering
Department of Dalhousie University, Canada. During 2000 through early
2005, Dr. Islam held the Killam Research Chair in Petroleum Engineering,
which was the only Petroleum Engineering Research Chair in Canada. Prior
to this, Dr. Islam was the first NRCan (Natural Resources Canada) professor
of engineering at the University of Regina, where he was the program leader
of petroleum engineering. He was instrumental in establishing the Petroleum
Technology Research Center (PTRC) and the Greenhouse Gas Technology Center
(GTC) in Regina. In his 20 years of professional career, Dr. Islam has
written over 700 research articles on various modeling, petroleum, environmental,
and communication related topics. During the same period, he received
more than 20 million dollars in institutional and over 10 million dollars
in individual research grants, and employed over 150 post-doctoral fellows,
and graduate and undergraduate research students. In recognition of his
research and teaching excellence, he has received a number of international
awards, including Einstein Gold Medal of Honor, Kapitsa Gold Medal, and
Crown and Eagle Gold Medal for all of which Dr. Islam is the first recipient
in Canada. He taught virtually all petroleum engineering courses, ranging
from drilling engineering to reservoir engineering and improved oil recovery.
He gave numerous invited speeches and some dozen workshops and short courses
in many countries. At present, he employs dozens of post-doc, PhD and
MASc students, and research associates. He recently published six books
(three best sellers) on the topic of reservoir simulation (Gulf Publishing),
sustainable technology development and resource management (Nova Science
Publisher), Knowledge economics (Nova Science Publishers), sustainable
petroleum operations (Gulf Publishing), greening of petroleum operations
(Elsevier), and advanced computational techniques (Gulf Publishing), and
has completed several more books on a wide range of topics to be published
with Scrivener Publishing. His current projects involve the development
of the world’s first Virtual Research University, realtime reservoir management
tool, productive expert system, downhole refinery, imaging while drilling,
in situ 3D ultrasonography and relative permeameter, zero-waste petroleum
production, closed loop drilling systems, laser drilling of petroleum
wells, new economic theories and energy policy models, and novel materials
and techniques. These projects are funded by a number of industry and
government sponsors from different countries.
Dr.
Islam is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nature Science and Sustainable
Technology, is a primary editor for Advances in Sustainable Petroleum
Engineering and Science, Journal of Characterization and Development of
Novel Materials , and Journal of Information, Intelligence, and Knowledge.
He also serves on the editorial boards of a number of international journals.
In the past, he served on the Editorial Board of SPE Reservoir Engineering
(technical editor), J Petroleum Science and Engineering (associate editor),
J Canadian Petroleum Technology, AIChE J (EOR Monograph editor), and others.
He has been an active member of a number of international societies, including
the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Dr.
Islam is a director of Emertec Research and Development Ltd. and has been
on the Board of a number of companies in North America and overseas. He
has offered short courses around the world on topics, ranging from reservoir
engineering to energy pricing.
Email: Rafiq.Islam@emertec.ca, profr.islam@gmail.com
Website: www.profrafiqislam.info, www.emertec.ca
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