2021

National Recognition

Professor Ganesh Thakur in the UH Cullen College of Engineering was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Thakur is a pioneer in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), a vital emissions reduction technology. His patent on forecasting performance of water injection and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using a hybrid analytical-empirical methodology provided a much faster approach and served as an alternative to more time-consuming reservoir simulation. Thakur and his team have performed extensive research on reservoir management and Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) pilot project for Oil India Ltd. He demonstrated using carbon dioxide captured from nearby petrochemical plants to boost oil recovery in several fields in the Indian state of Assam, to reduce the country's carbon footprint and increase the country’s ability to fulfill its energy needs.

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