Background and Research Interests

Abhijit Dandekar is an associate professor of petroleum engineering at the College of Engineering and Mines of University of Alaska Fairbanks since December 2000, where
he is involved in teaching a variety of petroleum engineering courses and researching in areas as diverse as gas-to-liquids, gas hydrates, viscous oils, wettability alteration and CO2 sequestration. He has more than 16 years of experience in the petroleum industry. He has worked in India, UK, Denmark, PR China, and USA.

He has hands-on experience of working in diverse areas of PVT and fluid phase behavior experiments. He has published over 30 technical papers in the petroleum literature and numerous research reports and is the author of a book entitled Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties. He also teaches short courses in PVT and Fluid Phase Behavior.

Education

• Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 1994
• B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Nagpur University, India, 1987

Areas of Specialization

• PVT, reservoir fluid phase behavior and reservoir fluid properties
• Special core analysis
• Wax and asphaltene deposition

Research

Dr. Dandekar current research interests are Gas-to-Liquids, Gas Hydrates, CO2 Sequestration, and effect of wettability on oil recovery with emphasis on experimental research where applicable.

Award and Honors

• Recipient of Outstanding Faculty Award, 2002-2003, by the student chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Recipient of AAPG Energy Minerals Division Presidents certificate for excellence, 2004, for a poster presented on gas hydrates