Dr. Christine Ehlig-Economides

Albert B. Stevens Endowed Chair

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Texas A&M University

281 948-3621 (direct)

979 458-0797 (office)

979 845-1307 (fax)

cee@symet.net

Biography

Christine Ehlig-Economides received a B.A. degree from Rice University (1971, Math-Science), an M.S. degree from the University of Kansas (1977, Chemical Engineering), and a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University (1979, Petroleum Engineering).  

From 1980-1983 Dr. Ehlig-Economides was an Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks where she became Petroleum Engineering Department Head and introduced the B.S. and M.S. degree programs in Petroleum Engineering. In 1983 she joined Flopetrol Johnston Schlumberger in Melun, France. After 20 years with Schlumberger in various positions she returned to academia as a full professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston, where she has served as Director of the Petroleum Engineering Program as an Adjunct Professor since January 2000. She has since been appointed to the Albert B. Stevens Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Ehlig-Economides has received numerous awards from the Society of Petroleum Engineers and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003.  

She has published more than 50 papers, has authored 2 patents, and has lectured or consulted in more than 30 countries. Dr. Ehlig-Economides is internationally recognized for expertise in reservoir engineering, pressure transient analysis, integrated reservoir characterization, complex well design, and production enhancement. She is currently working to introduce degree programs in Energy Engineering at Texas A&M University. She has recently become director of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Transportation Innovation (CEETI) in the Crisman Institute.  

Her professional service includes: Executive Editor of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Formation Evaluation  journal 1995-96 ;SPE Distinguished Lecture 1997-98; and numerous posts as chairman or member of SPE committees and task forces. She is currently co-chairing a steering committee for the first SPE Talent and Retention Workshop this summer in St. Maxime, France, and was Technical Program Chairperson for the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.  

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