Biography/ Background
Qualifications
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Publications
Professional Associations
Community Engagement
Files

Dr Motiur Rahman

Telephone	+61 8 8303 6002
Position	Senior Lecturer
Email	md.rahman@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8303 4345
Building	Santos
Floor/Room	2 17
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Petroleum Engineering, Australian School of

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Biography/ Background

Before joined this university in January 2008, worked as a faculty member (as assistant professor and later as associate professor) at the UAE University in the department of chemical and petroleum engineering during February 2004-January 2008. Previously worked as a lecturer at the Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide, Australia, for two years (April 2002-February 2004).

Has been teaching drilling engineering, well completion & stimulation, well performance & well pressure testing, and production-operation at undergraduate and graduate levels since 2002.

Worked as a geothermal engineer in geothermal institute and geothermal company during 1994-97 in New Zealand. Worked about five years (1985-1990) as an engineer in a petroleum company, Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd, Bangladesh, and was responsible for drilling and production-operation of oil and gas-condensate wells.

Co-authored several journal papers, conference papers and industry reports (please see publication list). Presented several papers/research findings at SPE conferences/applied technology workshops and chaired technical sessions.

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, UNSW, 2002

Diploma in Geothermal Energy Technology, Univ. of Auckland, 1994

M.E. in Petroleum Engineering, UNSW, 1993

Grad. Diploma in Petroleum Engineering, UNSW, 1990

B.Tech. in Mining Engineering, Banaras Hindu Univ., India, 1985

Teaching Interests

Drilling Engineering

Well completion

Well Testing and Pressure Transient Analysis

Production Engineering

Well Stimulation

Research Interests

Reservoir stimulation by hydraulic fractuirng and acid fracturing and acidizing

Production modeling for propped/acid fractured reservoir

Formation damage and matrix acidizing

Publications

Please see the file attached.

Professional Associations

Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA

Society of Petroleum Engineers, South Australia Section

Institution of Engineers, Australia

Community Engagement

Reviewer of Petroleum Engineering Online Journals (Drilling and Production Engineering), Canada.

Reviewer of Journal of Energy Resource Technology, USA.

Files

List_of_publications.pdf [21.2K] (application/pdf)

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009

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