Petroleum Engineer
Resume:
Rasheed Elwasiti District, 393/381
Apt-A, 78703 001
(512-***-**-** Kirkuk, Iraq
Austin, TX
*******.*@******.***
Objective: Utilizing the skills learned in the Petroleum industry
whether in the US and/or internationally.
Residency status: J-1 visa, without dependants, no home residency
required and eligible for 18 months of academic training after
graduation.
Work Experience:
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UT, Austin, Spring 2013-Present: Oil/Gas
production design, graduate/seniors.
-Grading homework, exams and helping students when needed.
-Evaluating answer sheets and communicating with the teaching
professor.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UT, Austin, Fall 2012-Spring 2013:
Artificial lift, graduate/seniors.
-Assisting in grading homework, exams and helping in teaching if
required.
-Evaluating answer sheets and communicating with the teaching
professor about possible improvements on work
Graduate Research Assistant, UT, Austin, Fall 2010-Fall 2012:
-Established simulation runs to predict swept volume for tracer
injection using UTchem.
-Exhibited ability to work independently and directing with a
supervising professor.
-Applied theories of tracer injection to optimize real field
production.
Graduate Student, Middle East Technical Uni., Fall 2005-Fall 2008:
-Modeled a mature oil reservoir in Turkey.
-Examined sensitivity analysis using CMG-STARS.
-Predicted the economics of Carbon Dioxide Storage in the reservoir.
Tutor in Mathematics, English and Arabic, Karaca institute, Ankara,
Turkey, Fall 2006-Fall 2007:
-Retained the ability to explain difficult concepts in a simplified
manner.
-Helped students develop a genuine interest in learning Mathematics
and English.
Education:
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Master of Science in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Candidate,
May, 2013.
. Overall GPA: 3.22 /4
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Master of Science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, December,
2008.
. Overall GPA: 3.79 /4
The University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum and Engineering, June, 2004.
. Overall Rank: 15th out of 129
Publications:
-Rasheed, A.S. "Economics of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in a Mature
Oil Field". MS Thesis, METU,2008.
-Rasheed, A.S. and Akin, S. " Optimization of Carbon Dioxide
Sequestration", ATCE,2013, In review.
-Rasheed, A.S. "CO2 Sequestration: The Effect of H2S and CO"
presentation, Transatlantic science week,2012.
Reports and Certificates:
-Exemplary Leadership and Ethics Certificate, Institute of Leadership
and Ethics, University of Texas, 2013.
-Certificate of Participation, Royal Norwegian society. Transatlantic
science week, Nov, 2012.
-Petroleum Graduate Student Presentation Contest: "Early Tracer Swept
Volume Prediction", Dec, 2012.
-"Modeling of Carbon Capture and Storage", The University of New
South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2008.
-"The Arabian Basin-Petroleum Geochemistry", Geological Engineering
Dept., METU, Ankara, Turkey,2006.
-"A Geostatiscal approach-Kirkuk's Oil Fields", Geological
Engineering Dept., METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2006.
-"Petroleum Fluids", Graduation Thesis, Petroleum Eng. Dept.,
University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq,2004.
Languages:
-Fluency in Arabic, English and Turkish (Diploma of highest level of
Turkish from Gazi Uni., Ankara, Turkey).
-Read/Write Russian (Certificate of the basic 5 levels of Russian
from Ankara Uni., Ankara, Turkey).
-Basic (currently learning) Swiss German.
Professional Membership:
JPT,SPE and SPWLA.
Extracurricular Activities:
-Graduate Engineering Council, UT, PGE Department Representative,2011-
present:
Administering industry and academic seminars. Organizing academic
fairs such as GAIN,GE panel and events.
-Petroleum Graduate Student Association, UT, Student Competition
Organizer, Mar, 2012-present:
Delegating graduate student research competitions twice a year.
Supervising industry seminars and social events.
-Oil and Gas Summit, Ankara, Turkey, Apr/ 2007:
Committee member directed and instructed attendees and prospective
presenters.
-Student Union /Baghdad U., Head of council,11/2003-06/2004:
With the help of union members, started a student journal and a
university initiative getting students' dorm back.
Highlighted Conference Attendance:
SPE ATCE 2012, San Antonio,TX. SPAWLA 2011, Colorado Springs,CO. AAPG
convention 2010, New Orleans,LA.
Scholarship Grants:
Turkish higher education council, 2005-2008 Fulbright
foreign student program selected 2006 and2009
Computer Skills:
Proficiency with : UTchem, CMG -STARS and GEM, Visual Basic(VBA),
MATLAB, and MS Office. Experienced with: Eclipse, Petral and C.
Graduate Courses:
UT, Austin:
Advanced Thermodynamics and Phase Behavoir, Advanced Reservoir
Engineering,, Drilling Operations, Reservoir Geology and Advanced
Recovery, Fundamentals of EOR I, Sedimentray Basin Analysis, Oil and
Gas Managment, International Petroleum Concessions,Formation
Evaluation and Advanced Production Engineering.
METU:
Advanced Enhanced EOR techniques, Fluid Flow Through Porous Media,
Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior, Mathamatical Modeling of Hydrocarbon
Reservoirs, Petroleum Geochemistry, Economy of Energy Resources and
Advanced Geostatistics.
References will be provided upon request.
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