EME Faculty
John Yilin Wang |
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Assistant Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
| office: | 202 Hosler Building | |
| phone: | 814-865-8474 | |
| email: | yjw2@psu.edu | |
| fax: | 814-865-3248 |
Bio
Biographical Sketch
Dr. John Yilin Wang has been a full-time faculty member at the Pennsylvania State University as Assistant Professor in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering since July 2009. Previously he was a petroleum reservoir engineer with a U.S. independent producer in Shreveport, Louisiana, where his work focused on reservoir evaluation, stimulation recommendation, and development of new fracturing technologies for the company's oil and gas fields in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Prior to this, he worked as a petroleum engineering consultant from 2004-2007 while he was a student.
Educational Background
Ph.D. (Petroleum Engineering), Texas A&M University, 2008
M.Sc. (Petroleum Engineering), University of Houston, 2004
B.Sc. (Petroleum Engineering), University of Petroleum of China, 2003
Active Research Projects
Dr. Wang and his research group work to build new knowledge and develop new technologies for improved productivity and increased recovery of oil/gas/geothermal resources, with a focus on evaluation, fracturing, and development of unconventional resources (ultra-tight gas, shale gas, coalbed methane, shale oil, geothermal, etc).
He is also working to build an effective industry/academia/government consortium-3S Laboratory for World-class Petroleum Research. His research includes:
- Reservoir simulation technology for hydraulically fractured shale gas reservoirs
- New predictive models for reserve assessment of shale gas reservoirs
- Identification and remediation of fracture fluid damage
- Fracturing technologies for ultra-tight gas reservoirs
- Completion and fracturing technologies for shale gas reservoirs
- Effect of additives on fracture fluid cleanup
- Deliquification technologies
- Completion technologies for thick reservoirs
Recent Activities and Awards
Professional Activities and Awards
- Faculty Advisor, Society of Petroleum Engineers-Penn State Student Chapter, 2009-present
- Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1999-present
- First Prize Scholarships for Academic Distinction, 1999-2003
- "Outstanding Student Leader" of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, 2002
- National Certificate of Computer Programming in Language C, 2000
Research Interests
- Hydraulic Fracturing Design and Evaluation
- Reservoir Simulation Study
- Production Strategy
- Evaluation and Recovery of Unconventional Resources
Teaching
P N G 440W - Formation Evaluation (3)
P N G 450 - Drilling Design and Production Engineering (3)
P N G 451 - Oil Well Drilling Laboratory (1)
P N G 491 - Reservoir Engineering Design (1)
P N G 597 - Well Stimulation (3)