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