Curriculum Vitae

Last updated on 04/19/2005

Tianhong Chen

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305

Tel: (650) -725-0756

Fax: (650) 725–2099

E-mail: thchen@stanford.edu

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  • Professional Interests:  To obtain a summer position concerning flow modeling and reservoir simulation

  • Education:

Stanford University, Stanford, California

 Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, expected June 2008

 M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, June 2004

 Thesis title: Numerical Simulations of Fluid Flow through High Porosity Porous Media

State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, August 2002

 Thesis title: Modeling of Directional Solidification of Compound Semiconductors

University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China

 B.S. in Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, June 2000

 Thesis title: Convection of Non-Newtonian Power Law Fluid in Porous Media

  • Experience:

9/02–present    Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

  • Numerical simulations of fluid flow through high porosity porous media

  • Multi-level local-global upscaling techniques for simulating flow in heterogeneous reservoirs

3/04–6/05        Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

  • PE110Q Technology in the Greenhouse

  • PE222 Reservoir Engineering

6/02–9/02        Research Assistant, Department of Anatomical Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook

  • Designed a force transducer

  • Calculated strain distribution on the cross section of a bone

5/01–8/02       Research Assistant, Process Modeling Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook

  • Conducted fundamental research in rapid solidification in the process of thermal spray

  • Initiated research in Bridgman crystal growth

8/00–5/01        Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook

  • MEC 301 Thermodynamics

  • MEC 393 Engr. Fluid Mechanics

3/98–6/00        Research Assistant, Laboratory of Fluid Flow in Porous Media, USTC

  • Worked on natural convection of non-Newtonian power law liquid flows in porous media

  • Conducted research in highway roadbed settlement

  • Honors & Awards:

9/02–present     Fellowships of Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University

8/00–9/02         Fellowships (TA&RA) of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook              

6/00                 Most Excellent Graduate, University of Science and Technology of China

1996-1999        Excellent Study Scholarships of University of Science and Technology of China (4 times)   

  • Computer Skills:

  • Languages: Visual C++, Fortran, Visual Basic

  • Tools: Eclipse, GSLIB, MatLAB, Tecplot, AutoCAD, VOF, and MS Office (proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Well testing analysis software (Automate, Saphir)

  • Operate Systems: Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Windows (9x/2000/NT/XP) 

  • Publications:

  • Zhang, H., Larson, D. J. Jr., Chen, T. H., and Xu, J., 2001, “Design and Simulation of A Modified Bridgman System for Detached Crystal Growth,” Proc. IMECE2001/HTD-24197, pp. 1-11.

  • Zhang, H., Larson, D. J. Jr., Xu, J., Chen, T. H., and Wang, C. L., 2001, “Kinetics and Heat Transfer of CdZnTe Bridgman Growth without Wall Contact,” AIAA  2001-5049, pp. 1-10.

  • Zhang, H., Larson, D. J. Jr., Wang, C. L., and Chen, T. H., 2003, "Kinetics and heat transfer of CdZnTe Bridgman growth without wall contact", Journal of Crystal Growth 250 (1-2), pp. 215-222.

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