Carlos Avila

Email: carlos-avila@utulsa.edu Phone: (918)-631-2422

PhD candidate in Petroleum Engineering. University of Tulsa. PhD Research topic: Interfacial Phenomena in Oil-Water Dispersions. Studies and modeling applied to: Coalescence & Break-up in turbulent dispersions, Phase Inversion, Electrostatic Coalescence and Oil-Water Batch Separation.

M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering. (May, 2003). University of Tulsa. M.Sc. Degree thesis: Modeling And Control Systems Development For Integrated Three-Phase Compact Separators.

B.S. in Chemical Engineering. (Nov., 1999). Universidad de Los Andes. Merida, Venezuela. B.S. Degree thesis: Modeling the Behavior of a Heat Exchanger "BEU" by Means of Neural Networks and Mass & Energy Balances.

Work Experience: Industrial internships. 1997 MARAVEN, PDVSA, Refinement Division, Cardón and 1998. PDVSA, Manufacture and Marketing. Refinement Center Paraguaná. Cardón.

Currently: finishing PhD in Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa / research assistant, TUSTP. SPE student Member.

Areas of Interest: Process Control, Oil-Water Interfacial Phenomena.