Energy & Petroleum Engineering | University of Wyoming

Industry Advisory Board

Current Graduate Students

The Department of Energy & Petroleum Engineering is proud to support a diverse group of graduate students who bring curiosity, dedication, and expertise to their studies. Their work spans a variety of focus areas, helping to develop innovative solutions to today’s energy challenges.

Cilia Abdelhamid

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Minou Rabiei

Engineering Building | cabdelha@uwyo.edu

Emmanuel Acheaw

M.S. Petroleum Engineering Student

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | eacheaw@uwyo.edu

Sylvanus Agosu

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | sagosu@uwyo.edu

Cindy Konadu Agyemang

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

Engineering Education and Research Building | cagyeman@uwyo.edu

Mohaimen Al-Anbar

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | malanbar@uwyo.edu

Karem Al-Garadi

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | kalgarad@uwyo.edu

Ramzi Ali

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | rali@uwyo.edu

Lotfi Allam

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Minou Rabiei

Engineering 4069 | lallam@uwyo.edu

Moustafa Aly

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

EERB 307 | maly1@uwyo.edu

Nguyen Thi Thu An

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | nan@uwyo.edu

Samuel Annan

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Vamegh Rasouli

Engineering Building | sannan@uwyo.edu

Abiodun Awosola

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Morteza Dejam

Engineering Building | aawosola@uwyo.edu

Bright Botchway

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | bbotchwa@uwyo.edu

Samir Budhathoki

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Engineering 3025 | sbudhat2@uwyo.edu

Zhe Chen

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Engineering 1090 | zchen6@uwyo.edu

Abed Chowdhury

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | achowdh2@uwyo.edu

Ossama Abdellatif Hamdi Mohamed Elbanna

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Engineering Building | oelbann1@uwyo.edu

Muntasir Elhaj

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Vamegh Rasouli

Engineering Building| mmagzoub@uwyo.edu

Moayad Damra Mohammed Elkhider

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | melkhide@uwyo.edu

Zied Gammoudi

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Vamegh Rasouli

Engineering Building| zgammoud@uwyo.edu

Frederick Gyaase

M.S. Petroleum Engineering Student

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

Engineering Education and Research Building | fgyaase@uwyo.edu

Md Asif Iqbal

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | miqbal@uwyo.edu

Tarek Ismail

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

Engineering Education and Research Building | tismail@uwyo.edu

Dev Joshi

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | djoshi@uwyo.edu

Sheikh Faisal Kader Joy

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | sjoy2@uwyo.edu

Mohanned Khairy

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | mkhairy@uwyo.edu

Rory King

M.S. Petroleum Engineering Student

Advisor: Dr. Vamegh Rasouli

Engineering Building | rking23@uwyo.edu

Nazia Kolla

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Minou Rabiei

Engineering Building | nkolla@uwyo.edu

Owen Kuemmerle

M.S. Petroleum Engineering Student

Advisor: Dr. Tawfik Elshehabi

Engineering Education and Research Building | jkuemmer@uwyo.edu

Abdeldjalil Latrach

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Minou Rabiei

Engineering 4069 | alatrach@uwyo.edu

Xiaoshuai (Cheryl) Liu

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Off-Campus | xliu4@uwyo.edu

Mohamed Malki

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Vamegh Rasouli

Engineering 4069 | mmalki@uwyo.edu

Michael Michael

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Engineering Building | fmichael@uwyo.edu

Ahmed Mohamed

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Tawfik Elshehabi

Engineering Education and Research Building | amohame5@uwyo.edu

Thi Thu Trang Nguyen

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

EERB 307 | tnguyent@uwyo.edu

Ifeanyi Nwankwo

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Morteza Dejam

Engineering Building | inwankwo@uwyo.edu

Benjamin Nweke

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

EERB 307 | bnweke@uwyo.edu

Emmanuel Ofori

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | eofori@uwyo.edu

Tasabih Osman

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | tswarald@uwyo.edu

Shadrack Owusu

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | sowusu@uwyo.edu

Isaac Owusu

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | iowusu@uwyo.edu

Ephraim Owusu-Banahene

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Morteza Dejam

Engineering Building | eowusuba@uwyo.edu

Ramhari Paneru

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Engineering 3025 | rpaneru@uwyo.edu

Bashir Rabiu

M.E. Energy and Petroleum Engineering (Data Analytics)

Advisor: Dr. Minou Rabiei

Engineering Building | brabiu@uwyo.edu

David Reid

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Vamegh Rasouli

Engineering Building |

dreid4@uwyo.edu

Laura Rojas

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

Engineering Education and Research Building | lrojas@uwyo.edu

Sagar Hussain Sabuz

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | osalim@uwyo.edu

Omer Salim

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | ssabuz@uwyo.edu

Emmanuel Sarpong

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | esarpong@uwyo.edu

Ahmed Shawki Ali

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

Engineering Education and Research Building | ashawky@uwyo.edu

Sheida Sheikheh

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Minou Rabiei

Engineering 4069 | ssheikhe@uwyo.edu

Joshua Shipman

M.E. Energy and Petroleum Engineering

Advisor: Dr. Tawfik Elshehabi

Off-Campus | jshipma3@uwyo.edu

Venkata Sai Charan Sripathi

M.S. Petroleum Engineering Student

Advisor: Dr. Vamegh Rasouli

Engineering Building | vsripath@uwyo.edu

Faraz Sufyan

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Soheil Saraji

High Bay Research Facility | fsufyan@uwyo.edu

Ahmed Taman

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Piri

High Bay Research Facility | ataman@uwyo.edu

Sean Tang

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Candidate

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Engineering 3025 | stang@uwyo.edu

So Tie Tjeng

M.S Petroleum Engineering Student

Advisor: Dr. Maohong Fan

Engineering 4028 | stjeng@uwyo.edu