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AHMAD JAMILI

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 610-***-**** adiit6@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/Ahmad-Jamili Accomplished Faculty and Research Professional

• Experienced and results-driven candidate with extensive experience leading multidisciplinary research at multiple universities, offering broad and deep expertise gained in the support of studies and experiments in multicomponent and multiphase mass transfer in porous media and Nano-confinement, phase equilibria of complex fluids, and surfactant formulation and customization for different applications such as environmental remediation. Actively seeking a faculty role within a world-class university seeking creative problem solvers that thrive in deadline-driven environments. Member of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

• Extensive experimental and modeling experience in Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical processes as a researcher and associate professor. Skilled in the development of mathematical models and studies of surfactant formulation, phase equilibria of complex fluids, adsorption and multicomponent mass transport in porous media and Nano-confinement, geothermal, and other research areas.

• Offers extensive experience that spans teaching and multidisciplinary research roles with Widener University, the University of Oklahoma, Colorado School of Mines, and University of Kansas. Excelled in internships and engineering roles with private companies that have included Kinder Morgan CO2, Norwest Corp., Chevron, the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company, and Tehran Energy Consultants.

• As Co-Principal Investigator, led and completed a $1.3M project for the US Department of Energy. CORE PROFICIENCIES

• $1.3M Project For US DOE

• Project management

• Grant Writing

• Environmental remediation

• Surfactant Formulation and Customization

• Carbon Dioxide

• Experimental Design

• Data Analysis

• Mathematical Modeling

• Tracer tests in porous media

• Multicomponent Multiphase Mass Transfer

• Innovative Teaching Style

• New Course Development

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

• Phase equilibria of complex fluids

• Post-doc/Ph.D./MS/BS Supervision

• Supercritical Fluids

• Transport phenomena in Nano-Confinement

• Computer skills: MATLAB, Microsoft Office,

Fortran, PVTSIM, Promax, and TOUGH2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Saint Francis University August 2019 to Present

Director of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Program

Leads enrollment management, service, teaching and research responsibilities

Coordinates and leads class instruction in courses that include Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Rock Properties, Petroleum Reservoir Fluid Properties, Production Engineering, Senior Capstone Design, and Reservoir Simulation VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Widener University August 2018 to August 2019

Fulfilled a critical role leading teaching and research responsibilities at this university with an enrollment of nearly 7000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Coordinated and led class instruction in courses that include Biotransport, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering Principles, Chemical Engineering Lab, Computer programming with MATLAB, and Engineering Techniques. AHMAD JAMILI 610-***-**** adiit6@r.postjobfree.com Page 2

Conducted research into the Multi-scale modeling of adsorption, phase transition, and transport in Nano-confinement, phase equilibria of complex fluids, formulating and customizing surfactants and modeling microemulsion-water-oil phase behavior with HLD-NAC model.

ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR University of Oklahoma January 2011 to August 2018

Taught and developed multiple courses with sections of more than 100 students at this public research university with an enrollment of approximately 30,000 students, including Fluid Mechanics Lab, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, Kinetics and Reaction Design, Mathematical Simulation Models, Transport Phenomena, and Natural Gas Transport and Utilization. Led multiple research studies encompassing:

An integrated experimental and modeling study of phase transition, adsorption, and transport under Nano- confinement

A combined experimental and modeling study of supercritical CO2-Hydrocarbon-Water phase behavior and the multiphase and multicomponent flow and mass transfer in the porous media

Modeling of complex fluids phase equilibria (and supercritical fluids) with Cubic and non-cubic Equation of States (EOS) and Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT)

Experimental and modeling study of Hydrocarbon-microemulsion-brine phase behavior with Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Difference (HLD) equation and the Net-Average Curvature (NAC) model POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST Colorado School of Mines June 2010 to December 2010

Led postdoctoral research studies at this public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science with special applications in Enhanced Geothermal Energy.

Results included the innovation of mathematical models to couple geomechanics and multiphase and multicomponent fluid and heat flow in porous and fractured media.

Led the integration of the coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) model for enhanced geothermal applications in TOUGH2, a numerical simulation program for nonisothermal flows of multicomponent, multiphase fluids in porous and fractured media.

GRADUATE RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANT University of Kansas January 2005 to May 2010

Provided key support to the faculty of this public research university with an enrollment of nearly 30,000 students; served as an invaluable resource for teaching sessions, guiding discussions, and providing additional support to students to reinforce knowledge retention of topics covered in class.

Topics covered during sessions included senior design projects, mass transfer, numerical methods, reservoir engineering, kinetics and reaction design, and transport phenomena. ADDITIONAL CAREER

Simulation Engineer Internship, Kinder Morgan CO2

Chemical Engineer Internship, Norwest Corp.

Summer Research Scientist Internship, Chevron

Process Engineer, Petroleum Engineering and Development Company Chemical Engineer, Tehran Energy Consultants

Chemical Engineer Intern, Bandar-Imam Petrochemical Company Teaching Assistant, Petroleum University of Technology AHMAD JAMILI 610-***-**** adiit6@r.postjobfree.com Page 3 INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

China National Petroleum Company (2012)

Transport, adsorption and phase transition under Nano-confinement University of Los Andes, Colombia (2016)

Phase equilibria of complex fluid mixtures

Full list of Ph.D., Master of Science, and Undergraduate supervisions available upon request. EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Ph.D. in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (GPA 3.93) University of Kansas

Dissertation: Mathematical modeling of multiphase and multicomponent flow and mass transfer in porous media (CO2- Hydrocarbon-Water-Solid)

• Developed a mathematical model (strongly Non-Linear Partial Differential Equations, PDEs, in space and time) to describe the details of the interplay between multiphase and multicomponent mass transfer process and fluid phase equilibria between the resident fluids (liquid and vapor) in the porous media and flowing vapor in the fracture.

• Developed a numerical code in MATLAB to solve simultaneously the strongly non-linear PDEs.

• Validated the mathematical model by comparing calculations to two sets of experimental data. Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering (With Distinction) Amirkabir University of Technology

Thesis: Experimental synthesis of Dimensionally Stable Anodes (DSA) for Chlorate Electrolysis Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering (Valedictorian) Petroleum University of Technology

Thesis: Determining the mass transfer coefficient for ammonia absorption in packed bed columns by experiments and computational fluid dynamics

Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Member, International Society for Porous Media (InterPore) GRANTS AND SPONSORED PROJECTS

• Served as Co-Principal Investigator (33%) for a $1.3M grant from the US Department of Energy (2013 to 2015) in the study “Reduction of Uncertainty in Surfactant-Flooding Pilot Design using Multiple Single Well Tests, Fingerprinting, and Modeling”.

• Led experimental and modeling tasks of chemical tracer tests in the porous media at lab scale and field scale.

• Led experimental and modeling tasks of the multiphase and multicomponent flow of Hydrocarbon- microemulsion-brine in the porous media at lab scale and field scale. AHMAD JAMILI 610-***-**** adiit6@r.postjobfree.com Page 4

• Led the tasks of formulating, customizing, and modeling Hydrocarbon-microemulsion-brine phase behavior using the Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Difference (HLD) equation and the Net-Average Curvature (NAC) model (HLD- NAC)

• Led and coordinated the task of replacing Hand’s rule model within the HLD-NAC model in UTCHEM (University of Texas CHEMical Flood Simulator) multiphase and multicomponent simulator.

• Served as Principal Investigator (100%) for a $100K grant from Industry Consortia (2012 to 2014) for the study

“Phase transition and adsorption under Nano-confinement”. Led the combined experimental and modeling study of phase transition, adsorption, and transport under Nano-confinement.

• Served as Principal Investigator (100%) for a $100K grant from Industry Consortia (2013 to 2015) for the study

“Decoding Kerogen 3D molecular structure by molecular simulation”. Led the modeling of Kerogen 3D molecular structure with Materials Studio software and validated the model results (adsorption isotherms, diffusion coefficients, shear modulus, and bulk modulus) with experimental data. PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

PEER REVIEW JOURNALS

1. Jamili, A., Willhite, G. P., and Green, D. W.: “Modeling Gas-Phase Mass Transfer Between Fracture and Matrix in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs”, SPE-132622-PA, SPE Journal, Volume 16, No. 4, December 2011 2. Bahadori, A., Zahedi, G., Zendehboudi, S., and Jamili, A.: “Estimation of the minimum required gas-liquid ratio (GLR) to support plunger lift installation in wells using a simple method”, Journal of Petroleum & Coal, Volume 54, No. 4, Pages 327-334, December 2012

3. Bahadori, A., Jamili, A. and Zendehboudi, S.: “Calculating Pseudo-Steady-State Horizontal Oil Well Productivity in Rectangular Drainage Areas Using a Simple Method”, Chemical Engineering Communications, Volume 200, Issue 2, Pages 222-234, January 2013

4. Yangfan, L., Bahrami, H., Hossain, M., Jamili, A., Ahmed, A., and Chaolang, Q.: “Lowering the Phase Trap Damage in the Tight Gas Reservoirs by Using IFT Reducers”, Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association

(APPEA), April 2013

5. Ghaisi, M. M., Bahadori, A., Zendeboudi, S., Jamili, A., and Rezaei-Gomari, S.: “Novel methods predict equilibrium vapor methanol content during gas hydrate inhibition”, Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering, Volume 15, Pages 69-75, November 2013

6. Bahadori, A., Zendehboudi, S., Zahedi, G. and Jamili, A.: “Estimation of configuration factor for radiation from a rectangle to a parallel small element of surface lying on a perpendicular to a corner of the radiator”, Chemical Engineering Communications, Volume 201, Issue 3, Pages 287-299, March 2014 7. Bahadori, A., Zahedi, G., Zendehboudi, S., and Jamili, A.: “Estimation of the effect of biomass moisture content on the direct combustion of sugarcane bagasse in boilers”, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 349-356, March 2014

8. Bahadori, A., Zahedi, G. and Jamili, A.: “A new method estimates TEG purity versus reconcentrator temperature at different levels of pressure in gas dehydration systems”, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

(IJOGCT), Vol. 7, No. 1, Pages 85-94, 2014

9. Bahadori, A., Zendehboudi, S., Zahedi, G. and Jamili, A.: “Determination of the density of water emulsions in the crude oil dehydration process”, Petroleum Science and Technology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 327–334, January 2015

10. Jin, L., Jamili, A., Li, Z., Luo, H., Lu, J. Shiau, B., Delshad, M. and Harwell, J.: “Physics based HLD-NAC Phase Behavior Model for Surfactant/Crude Oil/Brine Systems”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 136, Pages 68-77, December 2015

11. Li, B., Mezzatesta, A., Li, Y., Ma, Y., and Jamili, A.: “A Multilevel iterative method to quantify effects of pore-size- Distribution on phase Equilibrium of multi-component fluids in unconventional plays”, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), Volume 57, Issue 2, April 2016 AHMAD JAMILI 610-***-**** adiit6@r.postjobfree.com Page 5 12. Ma, Y. and Jamili, A.: “Modeling the Density Profiles and Adsorption of Pure and Mixture Hydrocarbons in Shales”, Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, Volume 14, Pages 128-138, June 2016 13. Jin, L., Jamili, A., Huang, H. and Perez Valencia, F.: “Modeling the Mechanisms of Clay Damage by Molecular Dynamic Simulation”, Geofluids Journal, Hindawi Publishing, Wiley, October 2016, https://www.hindawi.com/journals/geofluids/2017/1747068/ 14. Jin, L., Jamili, A., Shiau, B., Harwell, J. and Delshad, M.: “An Analytical Solutions for Three Component, Two Phase Surfactant Flooding Dependent on the Hydrophilic/Lipophilic-Difference Equation and the Net-Average-Curvature Equation of State”, SPE Journal, January 2017

15. Jin, L., Budhathoki, M., Jamili, A., Li, Z., Luo, H., Shiau, B., Delshad, M. and Harwell, J.: “Predicting Microemulsion Phase Behavior Using Physics Based HLD-NAC Equation of State for Surfactant Flooding” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 151, Pages 213-223, March 2017 16. Sanaei, A., Ma, Y. and Jamili, A.: “Nano-pore Confinement and Pore Connectivity Considerations in Modeling Unconventional Resources”, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Volume 141, August 2018 17. Basilio, E., Mu, B., Jin, L. and Jamili, A.: “Modeling Microemulsion Phase Behavior with a Phase Partitioning of Co- solvent”, Submitted to Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, July 2018 CONFERENCES

1. Jamili, A., Willhite, G. P., and Green, D. W.: “Modeling Gas-Phase Mass Transfer Between Fracture and Matrix in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs”, SPE-132622-MS, SPE Western Regional Meeting, May 27-29 2010, Anaheim, California

2. Fackahroenphol, P., Jamili, A., and Wu, Y.: “A coupled flow-geomechanics model for fluid and heat flow in porous and fractured rock”, 2010 The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Abstract No. 181353, Vol. 42, No. 5

3. Jamili, A.: “Numerical Simulation of Mass Transfer between Matrix and Fracture”, SPE-141947-PP, SPE Production and Operations Symposium, March 27-29 2011, Oklahoma City, OK 4. Bahrami, H., Rezaee, M. R., Nazhat, D., Ostojic, J., Clennell, B., and Jamili, A.: “Effect of water blocking damage on flow efficiency and productivity in tight gas reservoirs”, SPE-142283-PP, SPE Production and Operations Symposium, March 27- 29 2011, Oklahoma City, OK

5. Bahrami, H., Rezaee, M. R., Saeedi, A., Murickan, G., Tsar, M., Mehmood, S. and Jamili, A.: “Phase trapping damaged in use of water-based and oil-based drilling fluids in tight gas reservoirs”, SPE-154648, SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, October 22-24 2012, Perth, Australia 6. Bahrami, H., Rezaee, R., Hossain, M. M., Asadi, M. S., Minaein, V., Jamili, A.: “Effect of stress anisotropy on well productivity in unconventional gas reservoirs”, SPE-164521-MS, SPE Production and Operations Symposium, March 23-26 2013, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

7. Zhang, Y., Civan, F., Devegowda, D., Jamili, A., and Sigal, R.: “Critical Evaluation of Equations of State for Multicomponent Hydrocarbon Fluids in Organic Rich Shale Reservoirs”, SPE-168812, SPE Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 12-14 2013, Denver, Colorado 8. Xiong, Y., Devegowda, D., Civan, F., Sigal, R., and Jamili, A.: “Compositional Modeling of Liquid-Rich Shale Considering Adsorption, Non-Darcy Flow, and Pore-Proximity Effects on Phase Behavior”, SPE-1688836, SPE Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 12-14 2013, Denver, Colorado 9. Ma, Y., Jin, L. and Jamili, A.: “Modifying Van der Waals equation of state to consider the effect of confinement on phase behavior”, SPE-166476-MS, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, September 30 - October 2, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana

10. Jin, L., Ma, Y. and Jamili, A.: “Investigating the effect of pore proximity on phase behavior and fluid properties in shale formation”, SPE 166192, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, September 30 - October 2, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana

11. Roller, C., Burghart, T., Harwell, J., Hsu, T. P., Jamili, A., Lohaeeraparp, P., Phelps, D. and Shiau, B.: “Performance Prediction of a Surfactant Flood using Interwell Tracers in a Burgess Formation”, Mid-Continent Section of AAPG, October 14 2013, Wichita, Kansas

AHMAD JAMILI 610-***-**** adiit6@r.postjobfree.com Page 6 12. Ma, Y. and Jamili, A.: “Using simplified local density/ Peng-Robinson Equation of State to study the effects of confinement in shale formations on phase behavior”, SPE-168986, SPE Unconventional Conference, April 1-3 2014, Woodland, Texas

13. Sanaei, A., Jamili, A. and Callard, J.: “Effect of Pore Size Distribution and Connectivity on Phase Behavior and Gas Condensate Production from Unconventional Resources”, SPE-168970-MS, SPE Unconventional Conference, April 1- 3 2014, Woodland, Texas

14. Ma, Y. and Jamili, A.: “Modeling the effect of porous media in dry gas and liquid rich shale on phase behavior”, SPE- 169128, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, April 12-16 2014, Tulsa, Oklahoma 15. Sanaei, A., Jamili, A., Callard, J. and Mathur, A.: “Production Modeling in the Eagle Ford Gas Condensate Window: Integrating New Relationships between Core Permeability, Pore Size, and Confined PVT Properties”, SPE-169493-MS, SPE Western North American and Rocky Mountain Joint Regional Meeting, April 16–18 2014, Denver, Colorado 16. Sanaei, A., Jamili, A. and Callard, J.: “Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry (ICPM5), June 22-27, 2014, Kona, Hawaii 17. Jamili, A., Sanaei, A. and Ma, Y.: “The Effects of Confinement on Fluid Transport Properties and Production: A Study of Eagle Ford Shale Gas-Condensate Reservoir”, SEG/SPE/AAPG/SPWLA/EAGE Summer Research Workshop, Multi- disciplinary Static and Dynamic Reservoir Meeting: Best Practices, Opportunities and Challenges, Poster Presentation, 3-8 August 2014, San Diego, California 18. Sanaei, A. and Jamili, A.: “Optimum Fracture Spacing in the Eagle Ford Gas Condensate Window”, SPE-1922964-MS, SPE Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, August 25–27 2014, Denver, Colorado 19. Jin, L., Jamili, A., Harwell, J., Shiau, B., and Roller, Ch.: “Modeling and Interpretation of Single Well Chemical Tracer Tests (SWCTT) for pre and post Chemical EOR in two High Salinity Reservoirs”, SPE- 173618-MS, SPE Production and Operations Symposium, March 1-5 2015, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 20. Li, B., Mezzatesta, A., Li, Y., Ma, Y., and Jamili, A. : “A Multilevel iterative method to quantify effects of pore-size- Distribution on phase Equilibrium of multi-component fluids in unconventional plays”, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) 56th Annual Logging Symposium, July 18-22, 2015, Long Beach, California 21. Zhang, Z. and Jamili, A.: “Modeling Kerogen 3D molecular structure of Green River Oil Shale”, SPE-15URC-P-395, SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, October 20-22 2015, Calgary, Canada 22. Jin, L., Budhathoki, M., Jamili, A., Li, Z., Luo, H., Delshad, M., Shiau, B., and Harwell, J.: “Predicting Microemulsion Phase Behavior for Surfactant Flooding”, SPE-179701-MS, Improved Oil Recovery conference, April 11-13 2016, Tulsa, Oklahoma

23. Ma, Y., Chen, J. H. and Jamili, A.:”Adsorption and Capillary Condensation in Heterogeneous Nanoporous Shales”, SPE- 2432657, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, 1-3 August 2016, San Antonio, Texas 24. Jin, L., Li, Z., Jamili, A., Luo, H., Delshad, M., Lu, J., Shiau, B., Harwell, J. and Rui, Z. : ”Development of a Chemical Flood Simulator Based on Predictive HLD-NAC Equation of State for Surfactant”, SPE-181655-MS, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, September 26-28 2016, Dubai, UAE 25. Ma, Y., Li, B., Mezzatesta, A., and Jamili, A.: “Simplified Local Density Theory for Modeling Adsorbed Gas and Estimation of Gas-In-Place of Unconventional Gas Condensate Reservoirs”, IPTC-18892-MS, International Petroleum Technology Conference, 14–16 November 2016, Bangkok, Thailand 26. Basilio, E., Mu, B., Jin, L. and Jamili, A.: “A Predictive Equation-of-State for Modeling Microemulsion Phase Behavior with Phase Partitioning of Co-Solvent”, SPE-184591-MS, SPE International Conference on Oilfield Chemistry, April 3- 5 2017, Montgomery, Texas



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