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USC Catalogue 2024-2025

Petroleum Engineering – Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Return to: USC Viterbi School of Engineering  

HEDCO (HED) Chemical Engineering Building 216
(213) 740-9338
Email: mfdinfo@usc.edu
chems.usc.edu

 

Chair: Andrea Hodge, PhD

Associate Chair: Noah Malmstadt, PhD

Director of Petroleum: Iraj Ershaghi, PhD

Director of Graduate Programs: Kristian Jessen, PhD

 

Faculty

Choong Hoon Cho Chair: Jay Lee, PhD

M.C. Gill Chair in Composite Materials: Steve Nutt, PhD

Ray Irani Chair in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science: Andrea M. Armani, PhD

Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean’s Chair: Yannis Yortsos, PhD

Philip and Cayley MacDonald Endowed Early Career Chair: Jayakanth Ravichandran, PhD

Omar B. Milligan Chair in Petroleum Engineering: Iraj Ershaghi, PhD, PE

N.I.O.C. Chair: Muhammad Sahimi, PhD*

Robert E Vivian Chair: Theo Tsotsis, PhD

Dean’s Professor in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science: Michael Kassner, PhD

Dean’s Professor in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science: Priya Vashishta, PhD

Flour Professor in Engineering: Andrea Hodge, PhD

Kenneth T. Norris Professor: Anupam Madhukar, PhD

Robert E. Vivian Professor: Charles Zukoski, PhD

N.I.O.C. Fellow: Behnam Jafarpour, PhD

Zohrab A Kaprielian Fellow: Pin Wang, PhD

 

Professors: Andrea Armani, PhD; Iraj Ershaghi, PhD; Malancha Gupta, PhD; Andrea Hodge, PhD; Behnam Jafarpour, PhD; Kristian Jessen, PhD; Rajiv Kalia, PhD; Michael Kassner, PhD; Jay Lee, PhD; Anupam Madhukar, PhD; Noah Malmstadt, PhD; Steve Nutt, PhD; Richard Roberts, PhD; Muhammad Sahimi, PhD*; Theo Tsotsis, PhD; Priya Vashishta, PhD; Pin Wang, PhD; Yannis Yortsos, PhD; Charles Zukoski, PhD

Associate Professors: Nicholas Graham, PhD; Shaama Mallikarjun Sharada, PhD; Jayakanth Ravichandran, PhD

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science: Lessa Grunenfelder, PhD

Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering Practice: Jincai Chang, PhD

Assistant Professors: Paulo Branicio, PhD; Birendra Jha, PhD; Zhenglu Li, PhD; Yu-Tsun Shao, PhD; Luis Francisco Villalobos, PhD; Wade Zeno, PhD

Senior Lecturer: Ken-Ichi Nomura, PhD

Adjunct Professor: Faruk Civan, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering Practice: Andrei Popa, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Nikhil Kar, PhD

Part-Time Lecturers: Virgil Adumitroaie, PhD; Michael Hahn; PhD; Davood Khairkhah, PhD; Andre Kovach, PhD; Robello Samuel, PhD

Joint Appointments: Edward Crandall, PhD, MD (Medicine); Stacey Finley, PhD (Biomedical Engineering); Martin Gundersen, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Rajiv Kalia, PhD (Physics and Astronomy); Terence Langdon, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Jerry S.H. Lee, PhD (Medicine); Brent Merlot, PhD (Chemistry); Surya Prakash, PhD (Chemistry); Ishwar Puri, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Richard Roberts, PhD (Chemistry); Mark Thompson, PhD (Chemistry); Arieh Warshel, PhD (Chemistry)

Emeritus Professors: Elmer L. Dougherty; Ed Kwock Goo, PhD; Katherine Shing, PhD*; Peter Will, PhD (Astronautical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering)

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award

Affiliated Student Organizations: WiSE (Women in Science & Engineering); Chem-E Car, AiChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers); SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers); MRS (Materials Research Society) WChE (Women in Chemical Engineering)

Degree Requirements

Undergraduate Emphasis in Petroleum & Subsurface Engineering (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering)

See the listing under Chemical Engineering .

Undergraduate Minor: Petroleum Engineering  

Engineer in Petroleum Engineering

Requirements for the Engineer degree in petroleum engineering are the same as set forth in the general requirements. See general requirements  for graduate degrees.

Graduate Degrees: Masters, PhD

Students with an interest in petroleum engineering may work toward a Masters or PhD degree. This degree is awarded in conformity with the general requirements of the Viterbi School of Engineering. The specific courses that constitute an acceptable program must be approved in advance by the administering department.

Programs

Minor

Master’s Degree

Dual Degree

Doctoral Degree

Courses

Petroleum Engineering