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Nanotechnology Colloquium
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Colloquium Date: Monday, November 3, 2008
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A bi-weekly event to present and discuss issues related to developments, applications and commercialization of nanotechnology.
Advanced Energy Consortium: Nanotechnology in the oilfield, a perfect fit?
Sean Murphy & Jay Kipper
University of Texas at Austin
(VIDEO CONFERENCED FROM AUSTIN)
Abstract:
The Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC) is a joint research consortium that was developed by the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the University of Texas at Austin. The consortium membership includes Baker Hughes, BP, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, Marathon, Occidental, Schlumberger, Shell and TOTAL. The Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (SINST) at Rice University will collaborate with the BEG and serve as a technical partner in the consortium. The AEC is focused on the application of nanotechnology to the exploration and production of oil and gas. The goal of the research consortium is to develop subsurface nano scale sensors that can be injected into oil and gas well bores. By virtue of their very small size, these sensors would migrate out of the well bores and into the pores of the surrounding geological structure to collect data about the physical characteristics of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The data collected could enable the more efficient exploitation of hydrocarbon resources
Bio: Jay Kipper
Jay Kipper is Associate Director at the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin. At the bureau Jay serves a dual role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). His technical involvement at the bureau includes helping create and manage the Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC). As part of this team Jay is deeply involved in technology development and day-to-day operations. Prior to joining the Bureau, he worked 22 years at Aspen technology. At Aspen he served in numerous roles, mostly serving the refining and petrochemical industries. He has consulted in over 40 countries and 6 continents. Jay got his chemical engineering degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Bio: Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy is the Program Manager for the Advanced Energy Consortium. He began his career in Texas in the early 1980's, drilling the Hockley salt dome near Houston for Marathon Resources in search of base metal sulfides. He moved to Austin to join Motorola, where he spent 15 years working in semiconductor process development, marketing, and research and development; during this time Sean completed an MBA at the Univ. of Texas. After managing Motorola's lithography technology alliances and consortia initiatives, Sean left to join SEMATECH, an Austin-based semiconductor research consortium, where he worked from 1999 to 2007. Sean has degrees in Geology from the College of William and Mary and the University of Georgia. He is married to Cynthia Murphy, a Univ. of Texas research scientist, and together they have three sons.
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CHICAGO: NEW VENUE Illinois Institute of Technology
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Program begins at 11:30am [CDT] with a complimentary lunch provided by Winstead PC.
Presentation begins at 12:00pm.
Event Coordinators:
Richard Fink 512-339-5020x130 dfink@appliednanotech.net
Max Roundhill 512-339-5020x120 roundhill@appliednanotech.net
Chairman: Dr. Zvi Yaniv
Registration deadline is Friday, October 31 at 5:00 PM Central.
To register, please send an email to Nina Shuvalov
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Walt Trybula, Ph.D.
Director
Texas State University
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DVDs of selected presentations from previous
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