Department of Energy Resources Engineering
Welcome to Energy Resources Engineering. ERE, known as Petroleum Engineering until 2006, offers BS, MS, Engineer, and PhD degrees in Energy Resources Engineering and MS and PhD degrees in Petroleum Engineering. Our goal is to teach courses and perform research relevant to the production and transformation of energy resources.
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ERE Students Place in 2012 SPE Western Regional Student Paper Contest
Michael Krause takes first place in Ph.D. division and Mohammad Shahvali, takes second place at the 2012 SPE Western Regional Student Paper Contest in Bakersfield. Additional winners for ERE include Salem Aldousary, first place and Kurt Wilson, third place in the combined Master's / Undergraduate Division.
DuPont joins Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project
"We are extremely delighted to welcome DuPont as our newest corporate sponsor," said GCEP Director Sally Benson, a research professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford.
Q&A: Margot Gerritsen on the critical need for energy literacy in the US
Although the United States is one of the world's biggest energy consumers, the average American has little knowledge about basic energy issues, says Margot Gerritsen.
Upcoming Events
ERE Spring Seminar Series (Jef Caers)
Tuesdays 4:15pm
April 3-May 29
Speaker: Behnam Jafarpour, USC (ERE Spring Seminar Series)
Title: Exploiting Sparsity in Solving Subsurface Characterization Inverse Problems
Speaker: Joseph Ayoub, Schlumberger (ERE Spring Seminar Series)
Title: Stimulation Technology – Broad, Deep and Successful
Summer Short Course Series
Energy Resources Engineering will conduct a series of short courses in our campus facilities, in July through August. In 2011 three courses were offered. The courses are intended as refresher or update classes for engineers and scientists in the oil industry. The classes may not be credited to a Stanford University degree.
ATCE University Alumni Reception (SPE International)
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Stanford Alumni Reception
Welcome New Students
"Stanford is a great place to exchange experiences with people from all over the world."
—Stanford ERE alumni
Stanford's Department of Energy Resources Engineering welcomes its next class of undergrads, grads, and post-docs. Housed in the Green Earth Sciences Building, we are an integral part of the University's School of Earth Science. With close ties to the U.S. Department of Energy and major global energy companies, our faculty and student research efforts are generously supported.
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