Dr. Masa Prodanovic

Professor

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Biography

Masa Prodanovic is a Professor and the Associate Department Chair at the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a PhD in Computational Applied Mathematics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, awarded in 2005, and a Bachelor of Science in applied mathematics from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Her research interests lie in the areas of geologic carbon storage, integrated reservoir characterization, unconventional resources, petrophysics, and pore scale processes. Prodanovic has held various prestigious positions, including the J.T. Oden Postdoctoral Fellowship and has organized successful short courses on image analysis related modeling. Her work has significantly contributed to multiphase flow and image-based porous media characterization, with applications in heterogeneous media. Prodanovic has received numerous awards including the Interpore Medal in 2022, SPE Distinguished Member Award in 2021, and the EAGE Alfred Wegener Award in the same year. She has published extensively, with notable papers addressing various aspects of transport and flow in porous media, making her a prominent figure in her field.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2005-01-01 — Present

University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

Serves as a Professor and Associate Department Chair in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, focusing on research and education in applied mathematics and engineering.

Awards

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Interpore Medal

2022-01-01
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SPE Distinguished Member Award

2021-01-01
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EAGE Alfred Wegener Award

2021-01-01
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SPE Regional Formation Evaluation Award

2019-04-01
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Texas Top Ten Faculty

2017-01-01

Courses

PGE 310: Formation Solution Geosystems Engineering Problems PGE 311: Numerical Methods Programming PGE 322K: Transport Phenomena PGE334/PGE383: Reservoir Geomechanics PGE 381M: Transport Phenomena PGE 383: Digital Rock Petrophysics

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
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