Upendra K. Tiwari

 Center for Lithospheric Studies
University of Texas at Dallas

WT 10 BOX 830688
Richardson TX 75083-0688
Phone: 972-883-2422
Fax: 972-883-2829
e-mail: ukt011000@utdallas.edu

Education

  • B.Sc (Hons)., Banaras Hindu University, 1995 -1998                                                     
  • M.Sc (Tech)., Banaras Hindu University, 1998 - 2001
  • M.S., Texas Tech University, 2001
  • PhD., University of Texas at Dallas, 2002 - Present

Research Interests

  • 4D Seismology, Seismic Modeling, Inversion, Rock Physics and Reservoir characterization

PhD Dissertation Title:                   

  • Time-Lapse Reservoir Chararacterization of Viscoelastic Gas Sandstone Reservoir

Recent Presentations and Publications:

  • Tiwari, U.K., 2005 Estimation of effective pressure and water saturation by viscoelastic inversion of synthetic time-lapse seismic data for a gas sandstone reservoir, 75th SEG Annual International Meeting.

 

  • Tiwari, U.K., 2005 Estimation of effective pressure and water saturation by viscoelastic inversion of synthetic time-lapse seismic data for a gas sandstone reservoir. Poster presented at AAPG/SEG student expo at Norman OK. (Won prize in Geophysics poster contest)

 

  • Tiwari, U.K. and McMechan, G.A., 2004 Effect of incomplete parameterization on inversion of full – wavefield viscoelastic seismic data for petrophysical reservoir properties. 74th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1543-1546.

 

  • Tiwari, U.K. and McMechan, G.A., 2004 Effect of incomplete parameterization on inversion  of full – wavefield viscoelastic seismic data for petrophysical reservoir properties (Submitted to Geophysics).

 

  • Tiwari, U.K. and McMechan, G.A., 2003 Estimation of water/gas saturation and effective pressure from seismic velocities and quality factors as functions of frequency: Predictions of an empirical model. Journal of Seismic Exploration 12, 169-185.

 

  • Tiwari, U.K., Some aspects of Very Low Frequency (VLF) method and data interpretation of Sirohi district, Rajasthan, Thesis, Master of Science and Technology, Department of Geophysics, BHU India, May 2001.

Honors & Activities:

 

·        SIPES foundation’s Stephen E. Collins Memorial scholarship for 2005 -2006 academic year

  •  3rd prize in Geophysics poster contest presented at AAPG/SEG student expo at Norman OK (2005)

·        2nd Best Paper presented at UTD geophysical consortium meeting at  Dallas TX (2004)

·        Society for Exploration Geophysicists foundation scholarship for 2004 -2006 academic year

·        DGS scholarship for the 2004-2006 calendar year  

·        Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2001), India in Geology and Geophysics

·        Scholarship, University Grants Commission (UGC), India during M.sc (Tech) Geophysics (2001)

·        Active Student Member, SPE, AAPG, AGU, SEG, NSG, EAGE & DGS

 

Computer Skills:

  • Operating Systems           - UNIX, LINUX, WINDOWS                                                            
  • Languages                         - FORTRAN 77 / 90, C, MPI Programming on clusters
  • Processing Softwares      - Seisup Geocenter Inc, Seismic Unix
  • Interpretation Softwares   - KINGDOM Suite, GeoGraphix, JASON, Hampson-Russell
  • Other Softwares                - MATLAB, MS Office, Arc View (GIS software)

  

Member Of

  • Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
  • European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
  • Dallas Geophysical Society (DGS)

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