Professional Summary - Bureau of Economic Geology

Christopher James. Landry
Professional Summary
January 20, 2015
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The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, TX 78713-8924
(512) 232-7644
[email protected]
Professional Preparation
Academic Background
Ph.D. Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, December 2012
M.S. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, December
2009
B.S. Geology and Physics, Western Michigan University, December 2006
Professional Appointments
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology (February 2013 - Present).
Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University (January 2009 - February
2013).Imaged two-phase fluid distribution in porous and fractured porous media using CMT.
Utilized lattice Boltzmann simulations to model pore-scale multiphase flow.
Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University (September 2007 - December
2010)."Rock and Fluid Properties Lab," junior-level lab course, PNG 406-002: 12 students, fall
semester 2010. "Introduction to Rock and Fluid Properties," junior-level engineering course,
PNG 405: 39 students, fall semester 2008 & PNG 405: 55 students, fall semester 2009. "Into the
Fiery Furnace," general education course, EMSC-150: 100 students, fall semester 2007.
Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University (July 2004 - August 2007).Collected,
prepared, and performed analyses of groundwater and soil samples. Part of an
undergraduate/graduate research team that published a suite of articles on trace metal
adsorption in near-surface environments.
Theses
Experimental pore-scale analysis of fluid interfacial areas in oil-wet and water-wet bead packs
Dissertations
Pore-scale imaging and modeling of multiphase flow in fractured porous media
Awards
Awards and Honorary Societies
First Place Society of Petroleum Engineers Regional Student Paper Contest - Master's Division,
Eastern/Mid-Continent/Rockies SPE Regional Paper Contest, March 2010, Pennsylvania State
University, State College, Pennsylvania, 2010
Second Place Society of Petroleum Engineers International Student Paper Contest - Master's
Division, Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference, September 2010,
Florence, Italy, 2010
Second Runner-up Graduate Student Paper Contest, Canadian International Petroleum
Conference, June 2009, Calgary, Canada, 2009
2008 Marathon Alumni Centennial Graduate Fellowship, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences,
October 2008, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, 2008
2005-2006 Arts & Sciences Research and Creative Activities Award, College of Arts & Sciences,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2005 - 2006
Outstanding Student Paper in the Division of Geochemistry, American Chemistry Society, 2006
National Meeting, Adsorption of metals to geomedia symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006
Service
Proposal Review Panels Participation
International Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology (Special issue on pore-scale modeling),
2012
SPE Journal (Article), 2012
Water Resources Research (Article), 2012
SPE/AAPG Eastern Regional Meeting (Article), 2008
Presentations
Presentations
CAREER: A study of predominant flow mechanisms and parameters controlling contaminant
migration in fractured heterogeneous rocks: presented at CMMI and NSF Grantee Conference,
Boston, Massachusetts, July 2012.
4D x-ray computed microtomography imaging of oil/water/surfactant flow in a fractured porous
medium and determination of fracture permeability by lattice Boltzmann modeling: Flow and
transport in permeable media Gordon Research Conference, Les Diabrelets, Switzerland, June
2012.
Experimental pore-scale analysis of fluid interfacial areas in oil-wet and water-wet bead packs,
Hydrology Poster Session: AGU National Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2009.
Co(II) adsorption on HFO and kaolinite: An evaluation of the component additivity surface
complexation model, Adsorption of metals to geomedia symposium: ACS National Meeting,
Atlanta, Georgia, May 2006.
Activities of a Professional Nature
Professional Societies
American Chemical Society
American Geophysical Union
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Activities of a Professional Nature
2010 Upward Bound Math and Science SEEMS Team Leader of "First Place in Program" Team:
Led a group of four underprivileged high school students through a six-week, college-level
research program centered around petroleum geology and engineering. This program
culminated with a research presentation competition between the 14 groups, representing a
wide variety of science disciplines, in the program.
Co-developer of Groundwater exhibit at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania:
Lent expertise to the creation and development of a prototype groundwater exhibit located at the
CSC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Exhibit is planned to be a part of a larger groundwater exhibit.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Landry, C. J., Karpyn, Z. T., and Oyala, O., 2014, Pore-scale lattice Boltzmann Modeling and 4D
X-ray computed microtomography imaging of fracture-matrix fluid transfer: Transport in Porous
Media, v. 103, p. 449-468, http://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-014-0311-x.
Landry, C. J., Karpyn, Z. T., and Oyala, O., 2014, Relative permeability of homogenous-wet and
mixed-wet porous media as determined by pore-scale lattice Boltzmann modeling: Water
Resources Research, v. 50, p. 3672-3689, http://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR015148.
Landry, C. J., and Karpyn, Z., 2013, Single-phase lattice Boltzmann simulations of pore-scale
flow in fractured permeable media: International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology,
5(2/3), 182-206.
Landry, C. J., Karpyn, Z., and Piri, M., 2011, Pore-scale analysis of trapped immiscible fluid
structures and fluid interfacial areas in oil-wet and water-wet bead packs: Geofluids, 11(2),
209-227.
Das, S., Landry, C. J., Koretsky, C., and Lund, T., 2009, Surface complexation modeling of
Co(II) on mixtures of hydrous ferric oxide, quartz and kaolinite: Geochimica et Cosmochica Acta,
73 , 3723-3737.
Published Abstracts
Prodanovic, M., Landry, C. J., Tokan-Lawal, A., and Eichhubl, Peter, 2013, Matrix-fracture
connectivity in the Eagle Ford Shale (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, abstract MR11A-2204.
Tokan-Lawal, A., Landry, C. J., Prodanovic, M., and Eichhubl, Peter, 2013, Relating tortuosity
and permeability in the Niobrara Formation (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, abstract H31E-1218.