Ahmed Badruzzaman
Lecturer

Education:

Ph.D Nuclear Engineering and Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1979
M. Phil Theoretical Physics, University of Islamabad, Pakistan, 1970
B. Sc. (Hons) Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1968

Major Awards:

Fellow of American Nuclear Society
Distinguished Lecturer, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006-2007
Distinguished Speaker, Society of Professional Well Log Analysts, 2002-2003

Areas of Interest:

Nuclear techniques for subsurface characterization and assessment, Radiation transport methods, Nuclear fuel cycle, Energy option issues in developing countries, Technology transfer and Teaching- Developed the UCB graduate course, NE290B

Biographical Sketch:

Dr. Badruzzaman specializes in subsurface application of nuclear technology and application of Monte Carlo techniques to develop advanced interpretation of subsurface nuclear devices. His research has included development of three-dimensional and time-dependent nodal discrete ordinates methods, design of advanced nuclear sondes, inertial confinement fusion modeling, and nuclear fuel design for extended burn-up.

He has published numerous papers, holds a US patent on an advanced density-through-casing measurement concept, and has given invited presentations worldwide on his research. He has served on a doctoral dissertation committee at Claremont Graduate School, CA, where is on the Board of Visitors of the School of Mathematics, and at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., where he was an Adjunct Professor during 1994-97.

Dr. Badruzzaman is currently a Staff Research Scientist at ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co., where he leads the R&D effort to assess and utilize advanced nuclear logging technologies in the corporation’s operations worldwide. He had previously led R&D projects at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Connecticut, and Babcock & Wilcox Co., Virginia. He was a Lecturer in Physics at the University of Dhaka, 1970-73.

Dr. Badruzzaman is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the American Nuclear Society (ANS), and Society of Professional Well Log Analysts (SPWLA). In the SPE he has served as the Chairperson of a 1999 SPE North America Forum, a technical editor of the SPE journal on formation evaluation, and a member of several SPE technical program committees. He was a special editor of SPWLA technical journal, Petrophysics, for its June 2005 special issue on nuclear logging and he currently serves on the SPWLA Technology Committee. He was the Chairman of the ANS Mathematics & Computation Division’s Computational Problems Benchmark Committee from 1987-97 and a member of the Joint Benchmark Committee of several divisions till 2003. He is the Coordinator of Oil Industry Special Interest Group on Nuclear Logging R&D and the consortium on Nuclear Modeling Technology. He recently acted as a consultant to an Advisory Committee of the EPA panel on radioactive sources.

An advocate of technology transfer, Dr. Badruzzaman is coordinator of Bangla Oil/Gas Discussion Group that helped establish a Section of the SPE in their native Bangladesh in early 2000. He has organized sessions and spoken on energy related issues in developing countries. In 2005, he was invited by the World Bank for consultation on Country Assistance Strategy for Bangladesh. He Chairs Bangladesh Environmental Network’s Energy Panel.

Publications:

Chapters:

“Nodal Methods in Transport Theory,” Advances in Nuclear Science & Technology, Vol. 21, J. Lewins & M. Becker, Editors, Plenum Press, 1990.

Patent

“Multidetector Pulsed-Neutron Through-tubing Cased-Hole Density Measurement Sonde,” US Patent No. 5,825,024, (October 20, 1998).

Selected Recent Papers

A. Badruzzaman, “Nuclear Logging Technology, Present and Future- An Operating Company Perspective,’’ Petrophysics, 46, No. 3, 220, June 2005. Earlier version in Proc. 2004 SPWLA Annual Symposium, Noordwijik, The Netherlands, June 6-9. Paper A.

T. A. Zalan, A. Badruzzaman, P. Harness, “Methodologies And Applications Of Calculating Steam Saturation In Cased Hole,” Petrophysics, 46, No. 4, p 278., August 2005. Earlier version in Proc. 2004 SPWLA Annual Symposium, Noordwijik, The Netherlands, June 6-9. Paper H.

A Badruzzaman, A. O Adeyemo, J. P Logan, Jr., J Sheffield, S. W. Stonard, “The ubiquitous neutron/density tool response in petro-free mud: New insights to addressing unresolved issues?’’ Proc. 46th SPWLA Annual Symposium, New Orleans, June 26-29, 2005.

A. Badruzzaman, T. Badruzzaman, T. A. Zalan, K. Mai, “Multi-sensor through-casing density and saturation measurement concepts with a pulsed neutron source: A modeling assessment,” SPE 89884, SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico, Puebla, Mexico, 8–9 November 2004.

A. Badruzzaman, “Earth-based In-situ, Subsurface Nuclear Measurements – Can they be applied on other planets?” in SPIE Vol. 4878, First JPL In Situ Instruments Workshop, edited by G. H. Bearman and P. M. Beachamp, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003), p38-48.

T. A. Zalan, A. Badruzzaman. D. R. Julander, K. Whittlesey, “Steamflood Surveillance in Sumatra, Indonesia and San Joaquin Valley, California Using Steam Identification, Carbon/Oxygen, and Temperature Logs,” SPE 80435, 2003 SPE Asia Pacific Oil Gas Conf and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia, 9-11 September.

A. Badruzzaman, “Critical Success Factors for Technology Transfer Efforts- Sharing a Perspective,” SPE 80468, 2003 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia, 9-11 September.

A. Badruzzaman, et. al., Cased-hole Nuclear Logs in Complex Environments, Proc. 43rd SPWLA Annual Logging Symposium, Oiso, Japan, June 3-5, 2002. Paper Z. Society of Professional Log Analysts, Houston. TX.

A. Badruzzaman, Tutorial on Nuclear Logging – A Subsurface Measurement Technology, Proc. 12th Biennial American Nuclear Society RPSD Topical Meeting, April 15-18, 2002, Santa Fe, NM.

A. Badruzzaman, T. Badruzzaman, P. T. Nguyen, T. A. Zalan, Oilfield Applications of Nuclear Modeling, Proc. 12th Biennial American Nuclear Society RPSD Topical Meeting, April 15-18, 2002, Santa Fe, NM

A. Badruzzaman, et. al., Cased-hole Nuclear Logs in Complex Environments, Proc. 43rd SPWLA Annual Logging Symposium, Oiso, Japan, June 3-5, 2002. Paper Z. Society of Professional Log Analysts, Houston. TX.

S. Mosher, M. Maucec, J. Spanier, M. Evans, A. Badruzzaman, C. Chedester, and L. Gadekan, Expected-value techniques for Monte Carlo modeling of well logging problems, Proc. 12th Biennial American Nuclear Society RPSD Topical Meeting, April 15-18, 2002, Santa Fe, NM.

A. Badruzzaman, Comprehensive Bangladesh gas strategy needed ahead of export decision, Oil&Gas Journal, August 21, 2000, PennWell Publishing, OK

A. Badruzzaman, et. al., Progress and Future of Pulsed Neutron Technology in Oil Field Management, SPE 49228, 1999 SPE Asia Pacific Oil Gas Conference, Jakarta, April 20-22/ 1998 SPE Annual Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, September 29-30.

A. Badruzzaman, R. H. Skillin, T. A. Zalan, T. Badruzzaman, P. T. Nguyen, Accurate Oil Saturation Determination Using Carbon/Oxygen Logs in Three-phase Reservoirs, Proc. 40th Annual SPWLA Logging Symposium, Keystone, Colorado, May 1998. Paper CC.

A. Badruzzaman, P. T. Nguyen, S. W. Stonard, and J. P. Logan, Nuclear Logging-While-Drilling Measurement- An Assessment, SPE 37745, 1997 Middle East Oil Show, Bahrain, March 15-18.

A. Badruzzaman, P. T. Nguyen, T. Badruzzaman, J. S. Spanier, Impact and Efficiency of Monte Carlo Techniques Applied to a New Generation of Nuclear Logging Measurements, Proc. Intl. Topical Conf. on Mathematics and Computation, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analyses, Portland OR, April 30-May 4, 1995, Vol.1, p113.

J. S. Spanier and A. Badruzzaman, Hybrid Monte Carlo Methods for Transport Problems, Proc. Intl. Topical Conf. on Mathematics and Computation, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Science, Portland OR, April 30-May 4, 1995, Vol. 1, p122.

A. Badruzzaman, Asymptotic Analysis of the Finite Moments Transport Method in Optically Thick Media, Nucl. Sci. and Eng., 112, 321, 1992.

A. Badruzzaman, Finite Moments Approaches to the Time-dependent Boltzmann Equation, Progress in Nuclear Energy, 25, 127, 1991.

A. Badruzzaman, Computational Methods in Nuclear Geophysics, Progress in Nuclear Energy, 25, 265, 1991.

W. C. Fan and A. Badruzzaman, Radiative Transfer Application of the Finite Moments Transport Method, Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 63, 187, 1991.