Ramey Fellowship Award Winner: Burak Yeten (more pictures further down...)
The Ramey Fellowship
The Ramey Fellowship recognizes the most prominent research student in
the Department of Petroleum Engineering. It is awarded annually to a person
selected by the faculty. The Ramey Fellowship was instigated in 1994 in
memory of Henry J. Ramey, Jr., former chairman of the Department of Petroleum
Engineering, who died in November 1993. Henry J. Ramey Jr. was a pioneer
in the field of petroleum engineering, and was at the forefront of research
in heavy oil recovery by in situ combustion, geothermal reservoir engineering
and well test analysis. A man known for his generosity of spirit as well
as for his intellectual horsepower, Hank Ramey was chairman of the department
from 1976 until 1986. The Ramey Fellowship was presented each year by his
wife Alyce Ramey, until her death in 1997, after which it has often been
presented by one of their children, Jonna, Taigh and Terri.
Miller Award Winners: Spring 2002 - Herve Gross and Hiroshi Fukugawa
The Miller Fellowship
The Miller Fellowship recognizes the top student each quarter in course
performance. It is awarded three times each year to a student selected
on grade performance and research productivity in the preceding quarter.
The Miller Fellowship was created in 1997 as a result of a generous donation
from alumnus Bill Cobb who expressed his desire to remember the contributions
of Frank Miller to the academic careers of 25 years of petroleum engineering
graduates. Frank G. Miller was chairman of the department from 1953 until
his retirement in 1976. Frank lived in Los Altos Hills until his death
in December 1999, and often came to Stanford to make the presentation of
the Fellowship.
