Stefan Miska - Short Bio

Stefan Z. Miska is an Emeritus Professor of McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering and Emeritus Director of Tulsa University Drilling Research Projects (TUDRP) at The University of Tulsa (TU). He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow, Poland. Recently, he was awarded the title of Professor of Technical Sciences by the President of Poland. Over the years, he has taught at his Alma Mater, at the Norwegian Institute of Technology and New Mexico Tech. In 1992 he joined TU as Chair of its P.E. Department. Miska has published over 170 technical papers and contributed to several books. He was involved in the successful design and development of a downhole, turbine-type motor for air drilling and has been instrumental in development of research facilities for wellbore hydraulics at simulated downhole conditions. He has also made contributions to the development of new buckling concepts and the axial force transfer in extended reach drilling. His current research interests are focused on wellbore hydraulics, mechanics of tubulars and directional drilling. He is involved with the SPE in many ways; he has served as Technical Editor for Drilling and Completion and is a member of the Drilling and Completion Advisory Committee. He has been the recipient of two SPE international awards: the 2000 Distinguished Petroleum Engineering Faculty Award recognizing his many years in academia and the 2004 Drilling Engineering Award. He is also an SPE Distinguished Member. He has received 2018 SPE and AIME Honorary Membership Awards.