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Objective Seeking a full time position as a Reservoir Engineer that allows me to participate in the areas of reservoir characterization and modeling within interdisciplinary team projects.
Eligibility to work Permanent Resident
Education
07/03 – 05/08 Ph.D., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering.
The Pennsylvania State University. GPA: 3.69/4.0 Cumulative
Dissertation: Numerical Study of Fracture Aperture Characteristics and Their Impact on Single-phase Flow and Capillary-dominated Displacement
05/97-05/01 M.Eng., Chemical Engineering.
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. GPA: 3.14/4.00 Cumulative
Thesis: Designing Program for Cryogenic Gas Station in Two-phase Flow
05/92-03/96 B.Eng., Chemical Engineering
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. GPA: 3.14/4.00 Cumulative
Thesis: Adsorption Refrigeration with Activated Charcoal and Ethanol System
Work Experience
1/05-12/07 Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University
- PNG 475: Petroleum and Engineering Design (for 3 semesters)
- PNG 405: Rock and Fluid Properties (for 2 semesters)
- PNG 406: Rock and Fluid Properties Laboratory (for 1 semester)
1/01-1/02 Commercial Technology Engineer, Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Thailand)
- Provide and implement new technologies of gas usages to various industries such as petrochemical, electronic, metal, and food industries.
- Extensive involvement in commercial negotiation with various trades.
- Response to customer inquiries for general and technical information.
5/96-1/01 Project Engineer, Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Thailand)
- Design gas station systems and the scopes of engineering works, and ensure customers' requirements are met by all engineering disciplines.
- Estimate schedules and budgets for the assigned project element, and monitor progress to maintain those schedules and budgets.
- Prepare technical reports and documents of gas station package designs for the marketing team on the bid process.
- Determine the scope of procurements, hire and supervise subcontractors on the construction works in accordance with engineering principles and safety regulations.
- Serve as technical advisor and instructor of formal training to new customers.
Publications
- Petchsingto, T., Karpyn, Z., 2007. "Deterministic Modeling of Fluid Flow Through a CT-scanned Fracture Using Computational Fluid Dynamics., Part A., Energy Resources, in press.
- Petchsingto, T., Karpyn, Z., 2008. "Determination of Fracture Capillary Pressure Characteristics from Fracture Morphology and Percolation Mechanisms Part I: Model development and Validation "., Water Resources Research., in audit process.
- Petchsingto, T., Karpyn, Z., 2008. "Determination of Fracture Capillary Pressure Characteristics from Fracture Morphology and Percolation Mechanisms Part II: Analysis and Prediction"., Water Resources Research., in audit process.
Conference Talks
- Petchsingto, T., Karpyn, Z., "Numerical Study of Fracture Aperture Characteristics and Their Impact on Capillary-Dominated Displacement"., SPE's Annual Student Paper Contest, UT Austin., April 2008.
- Petchsingto, T., Karpyn, Z., "Characterization of Fracture Capillary from Geo-statistical Analysis of Rough Fracture Structures"., AGU Fall Meeting., San Francisco., Dec. 2007.
- Petchsingto, T., Karpyn, Z., "Micro-Scale Modeling of Capillary Displacement in a Rough CT-Scanned Fracture"., AGU Fall Meeting., San Francisco., Dec.2006.
Academic Honors
- EGEE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, March 2007
- 3rd place Honorable Mention at EMS Poster Exhibition, September 2006
- 1st Place Winner in Engineering Field at the 2006 Graduation Exhibition, April 2006
- Graduate Research Assistantship from EGEE, PSU 2005
- Bachelor of Engineering with Second Class Honors, March 1996
- Siam Cement Scholarships for Good Studying in Science and Technology, November 1995
Synergistic Activities
- SEEMS 2007: Summer Experience in Earth and Mineral Sciences for High School Students.
- GUTS 2005: Girls Utilizing Technology and Science for a group of 20 girls entering 9th grade, July 2005.
Relevant Courses
- Steady State and Unsteady Flows in Porous Media
- Numerical Solution of the Partial Differential Equation of Flow in Porous Media
- Advance Numerical Reservoir Simulation
- Phase Relations in Reservoir Engineering
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Design
- Applied Geostatistics for Reservoir Characterization
- Drilling Design, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Well Completion
- Principles of Well Testing and Evaluation
- Water Flooding
- Rock and Fluid Properties
Skills
Computer
- Programming Language: PASCAL, FORTRAN, and MatLab
- Operating System: Unix, Windows
- Visualization Program: AMIRA 3.0
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software: Fluent and Gambit version 6.1
- Simulator Software: Eclipse
- Other software: Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
Language
- Thai (native)
- English (fluent)
Professional Affiliations
- Society of Petroleum Engineering (2003-present)
- American Geophysical Union (2006- present)
References Available upon request
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