Evren Ozbayoglu - Short Bio

Evren M. Ozbayoglu is currently a “Jonathan Detwiler Chair” full Professor of The University of Tulsa (TU), Petroleum Engineering Department, and the Director of The University of Tulsa, Drilling Research Projects (TUDRP). He has earned his BSc in 1996 and MSc in 1998 from METU. He earned his PhD degree from The University of Tulsa in 2002. He started working at METU as a full time faculty, and continued working at METU till 2009 August. Since then, he is working for TU. Dr. Ozbayoglu has numerous publications (more than 200 peer reviewed journal papers and conference papers, chapter in SPE Textbook Series – Fundamentals of Drilling Engineering - ISBN: 978-1555632076, and one of the authors of Drilling Engineering: Advanced Applications and Technology – ISBN: 978-1259643743) and participated in several industrial projects on major drilling engineering topics. His research interests include non-Newtonian fluid flow, multiphase fluid flow, underbalanced drilling, hole cleaning, tubular mechanics, horizontal & directional drilling, data analytics, optimization, automation and computational fluid dynamics. He was awarded for “Outstanding Technical Editor Award” for SPE Journal, SPE Reservoir Application & Engineering, and SPE Drilling & Completion for years 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2021, “SPE Regional Distinguished Faculty Award – Mid-Continent Region – 2013” within 2012-2013 academic year, SPE Regional Drilling Engineer Award in 2019, and SPE Distinguished Membership Award in 2020. He is an SPE member since 1994, and ASME member since 2015.