Seung Kam
Professor and Graduate Advisor
Donald W. and Gayle A. Keller Distinguished Professor
Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Louisiana State University
3207C Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-5216 / Fax: 225-578-8433
Educational Background
- PhD: Petroleum & Geosystems Engr., Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1998; Dissertation: “Interaction between Bubbles and Solids: Three Applications” (Prof. W.R. Rossen)
- MS: Petroleum Engr. in ERE, Seoul National Univ. (Korea), 1994; Thesis: “A Study on Kill Simulation by Combining Transient and Pseudo-Steady States” (Prof. J.M. Kang)
- BS: Energy and Resources Engr. (ERE), Seoul National Univ. (Korea), 1992
Employment History
- Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State Univ., since June 2006
- Adjunct Professor, Australian School of Petroleum, Univ. of Adelaide, June 2006 - June 2012
- Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Australian School of Petroleum, Univ. of Adelaide, May 2002 - June 2006
- Full-time Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Santos, Australia, Nov. 2002 - May 2003
- Postdoc, Petroleum & Geosystems Engr., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Jan. 1999 - May 2002
- Dept. graduate research assistant, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Sept. 1994 - Dec. 1998
- Dept. graduate research assistant, Seoul National Univ., Korea, March 1992 - Feb. 1994
Research Projects
- CO2 foams for EOR and CO2 underground sequestration
- Foam/surfactant-driven chemical IOR and EOR techniques
- Shallow subsurface environmental remediation
- Flow assurance and production facilities in deepwater development
- Foam fracturing for shale gas and tight gas formations
- Foam drilling with foam flow characterization
- Pipeline leak detection; multiphase flow behavior in pipes and annulus