Christopher James Landry

Professional Summary

May 2, 2014

Business address: The University of Texas at Austin

Bureau of Economic Geology

University Station, Box X

Austin, TX 78713-8924

E-mail address:

Academic Background

B.S. Geology and Physics, Western Michigan University, December 2006

M.S. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, December 2009

Ph.D. Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, December 2012

Professional Work Experience

A. Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology (February 2013 - Present).

B. Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University (January 2009 - February 2013).

Imaged two-phase fluid distribution in porous and fractured porous media using CMT. Utilized lattice Boltzmann simulations to model pore-scale multiphase flow.

C. Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University (September 2007 - December 2010).

“Rock and Fluid Properties Lab,” junior-level lab course, PNG 406-002: 12 students, fall semester 2010. “Introduction to Rock and Fluid Properties,” junior-level engineering course, PNG 405: 39 students, fall semester 2008 & PNG 405: 55 students, fall semester 2009. “Into the Fiery Furnace,” general education course, EMSC-150: 100 students, fall semester 2007.

D. Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University (July 2004 - August 2007).

Collected, prepared, and performed analyses of groundwater and soil samples. Part of an undergraduate/graduate research team that published a suite of articles on trace metal adsorption in near-surface environments.

Professional Societies

American Chemical Society

American Geophysical Union

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Awards and Honorary Societies

First Place Society of Petroleum Engineers Regional Student Paper Contest – Master’s Division, Eastern/Mid-Continent/Rockies SPE Regional Paper Contest, March 2010, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, 2010

Second Place Society of Petroleum Engineers International Student Paper Contest – Master’s Division, Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference, September 2010, Florence, Italy, 2010

Second Runner-up Graduate Student Paper Contest, Canadian International Petroleum Conference, June 2009, Calgary, Canada, 2009

2008 Marathon Alumni Centennial Graduate Fellowship, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, October 2008, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, 2008

2005-2006 Arts & Sciences Research and Creative Activities Award, College of Arts & Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2005 - 2006

Outstanding Student Paper in the Division of Geochemistry, American Chemistry Society, 2006 National Meeting, Adsorption of metals to geomedia symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006

Publications

Articles

Peer Reviewed

Landry, C. J., and Karpyn, Z., 2013, Lattice Boltzmann modeling of single-phase flow in fractured porous media (in preparation).

Landry, C. J., and Karpyn, Z., 2013, Single-phase lattice Boltzmann simulations of pore-scale flow in fractured permeable media: International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 5(2/3), 182-206.

Landry, C. J., and Karpyn, Z., 2013, Lattice Boltzmann modeling of relative permeability and wettability alteration in bead packs (in preparation).

Landry, C. J., Karpyn, Z., and Piri, M., 2011, Pore-scale analysis of trapped immiscible fluid structures and fluid interfacial areas in oil-wet and water-wet bead packs: Geofluids, 11(2), 209-227.

Das, S., Landry, C. J., Koretsky, C., and Lund, T., 2009, Surface complexation modeling of Co(II) on mixtures of hydrous ferric oxide, quartz and kaolinite: Geochimica et Cosmochica Acta, 73 , 3723-3737.

Abstracts

Tokan-Lawal, A., Landry, C. J., Prodanovic, M., and Eichhubl, Peter, 2013, Relating tortuosity and permeability in the Niobrara Formation (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, abstract H31E-1218.

Prodanovic, M., Landry, C. J., Tokan-Lawal, A., and Eichhubl, Peter, 2013, Matrix-fracture connectivity in the Eagle Ford Shale (abs.): AGU Fall Meeting, abstract MR11A-2204.

Thesis

Experimental pore-scale analysis of fluid interfacial areas in oil-wet and water-wet bead packs.

Dissertation

Pore-scale imaging and modeling of multiphase flow in fractured porous media.

Lecturing

Lectures and Addresses

CAREER: A study of predominant flow mechanisms and parameters controlling contaminant migration in fractured heterogeneous rocks: presented at CMMI and NSF Grantee Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, July 2012.

4D x-ray computed microtomography imaging of oil/water/surfactant flow in a fractured porous medium and determination of fracture permeability by lattice Boltzmann modeling: Flow and transport in permeable media Gordon Research Conference, Les Diabrelets, Switzerland, June 2012.

Experimental pore-scale analysis of fluid interfacial areas in oil-wet and water-wet bead packs, Hydrology Poster Session: AGU National Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2009.

Co(II) adsorption on HFO and kaolinite: An evaluation of the component additivity surface complexation model, Adsorption of metals to geomedia symposium: ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2006.

Miscellaneous Activities of a Professional Nature

2010 Upward Bound Math and Science SEEMS Team Leader of "First Place in Program" Team: Led a group of four underprivileged high school students through a six-week, college-level research program centered around petroleum geology and engineering. This program culminated with a research presentation competition between the 14 groups, representing a wide variety of science disciplines, in the program.

Co-developer of Groundwater exhibit at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Lent expertise to the creation and development of a prototype groundwater exhibit located at the CSC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Exhibit is planned to be a part of a larger groundwater exhibit.

Reviews of Articles, Abstracts, and Research Proposals

SPE Journal (Article), 2012

International Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology (Special issue on pore-scale modeling), 2012

Water Resources Research (Article), 2012

SPE/AAPG Eastern Regional Meeting (Article), 2008