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Petroleum Engineering

Sydney Menne and Sabrina Sullivan are the only students from a North Dakota institution to have been selected for this year’s award.

Williston Basin American Petroleum Institute cites new Drilling & Completion Lab, department’s research and training.

A team of six Ph.D. and B.Sc. students from the University of North Dakota and one Ph.D. student from the University of Memphis participated in the 2021 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) EVOLVE Program.

Vamegh Rasouli, Department Chair & Continental Resources Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering, delivers an acceptance speech on behalf of the UND Petroleum Engineering department at the Williston Petroleum Banquet.

A building that once generated electricity for Grand Forks and the surrounding region will help lead North Dakota’s energy industry to new techniques, technologies and training opportunities.

When the pandemic shook up his life, Atir searched for something new. Atir Kaunain’s quest for continuing his education started at the beginning of the pandemic. Working for a construction company in Southern California, there was no “work from home” option available for him. Aware that he was on the verge of being furloughed, Atir […]

Members of the North Dakota Industrial Commission last week toured UND’s Drilling and Completions Lab and a pilot-scale plant to extract rare earth elements from coal. From left to right are Vamegh Rasouli, petroleum engineering chair; Harry Feilen, DRACOLA director; Brian Tande, CEM dean; Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring; Gov. Doug Burgum; and Attorney General Wayne […]

  For the second time in a row, UND engineering and geology students place first in U.S. Department of Energy geothermal competition A proposal by UND engineering students to use abandoned oil and gas wells to heat homes won first place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate Competition. UND geology and […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) has announced the winners of the Geothermal Collegiate Competition, a national contest that engages students to develop innovative geothermic energy applications to heat and cool buildings, campuses, districts, and communities. Administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the competition helps students gain real-world renewable energy […]

UND Three Minute Thesis winner prepares for regional stage of research pitches from across the globe   When you’re asked to talk to strangers about your cutting-edge research, in a way that is readily understood, how do you fit everything into three minutes? If you love what you do, said Nidhal Badrouchi, three minutes is […]