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Tad W. Patzek
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Tad Patzek
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Professor Patzek conducts research in a wide range of areas, including energy flow in human activities, sustainability, renewability and biofuels; Micro-scale (~1cm3) transport and mechanical properties of natural rocks; Calculations of relative permeabilities and capillary pressures in drainage and imbibition, and in two- and three-phase flow of immiscible fluids; Strictly hyperbolic continuum relative permeability models in three-phase flows of immiscible fluids; Development of stabilized finite-element algorithms to model two- and three-phase flow of multi-component fluids, with application to problems involving shocks and boundary layers; Cradle-to-grave supervisory control of oilfield projects, satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) imaging, smart process-based controllers; Imaging of hydrofracture growth through extended hydraulic impedance methods.

Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Silesian Technical University, Poland 1980
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Silesian Technical University, Poland 1974




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