Lectures and Presentations

  1. "Constrained Optimization of Chemical Reactors", VIII National Congress of Chemical Engineers, Warsaw, Poland, September 1977.
  2. "Optimization of Cold-Shot Ammonia Converters", National Colloquium in Reaction Engineering, Warsaw, Poland, November 1977.
  3. "Mass and Energy Transport in Porous Catalyst Pellet in Multicomponent and Multireaction Systems", IX National Congress of Chemical Engineers, Łódź, Poland, September 1980.
  4. "Capillary Forces Exerted by Liquid Drops Caught between Cylinders", Presentation at the Second International Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles, Monterey, CA, November 19 - 21, 1981.
  5. "Stability of Drops on or Between Cylinders", Paper EC3, Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Monterey, CA, November 22-24, 1981.
  6. "Nonlinear Oscillations of Inviscid Free Drops", , Paper AE6, Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 21 - 23, 1982.
  7. "Nonlinear Oscillations of Translationally-Symmetric Inviscid Rotating Drops", Paper AE7, Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 21 - 23, 1982.
  8. "Deformation, Oscillation and Break-up of Charged Drops in Electric Field", Paper AE8 Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 21 - 23, 1982.
  9. "Development of a Mechanistic Foam Simulator", Paper at the 1984 Reservoir Engineering/Research Conference, Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center, Houston, TX, October 8 - 12, 1984.
  10. "Review of the Mecca Steam Foam Drive Pilot Project in the Kern River Field, California", Paper at the 1984 Reservoir Engineering/Research Conference, Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center, Houston, TX, October 8 - 12, 1984.
  11. "Development of a Mechanistic Foam Simulator: The Population Balance and Generation by Snap-Off", Paper SPE/DOE 14691 presented at the 1986 SPE/DOE Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 20 -23, 1986.
  12. "Highlights of Kern River Steam Foam Pilots", Paper presented the 1986 Reservoir Engineering/Research Conference, Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center, Houston, TX, October 27 -29, 1986.
  13. "Description of Foam Flow in Porous Media by the Population Balance Method", 61st Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, American Chemical Society, Ann Arbor Michigan, June 21 -24, 1987.
  14. Patzek, T. W., "Interpretation of Unocal's Dome-Tumbador Steam Foam Pilot", Invited Lecture, Los Angeles Chapter of the SPE, October 1987.
  15. "Simulation of Shell's Kern River Steam Foam Pilots", Paper presented at the Reservoir Engineering/Research Conference, Shell Oil Company/Shell Development Company, Houston, TX, October 17 - 19, 1988.
  16. "Diatomite Process Comparisons", Paper presented at the Reservoir Engineering/Research Conference, Shell Oil Company/Shell Development Company, Houston, TX, October 17 - 19, 1988.
  17. "Kern River Steam Foam Pilots", Paper SPE/DOE 17380 at the SPE/DOE Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 17 - 20, 1988.
  18. "Evaluation of Several Foam Pilot Tests, Including Simulator Predictions", Invited Speaker, SPE Forum on Reservoir Conformance Enhancement - Polymers, Gels and Foams, Crested Butte, Colorado, August 7 - 12, 1988.
  19. "Modeling of Foam Flow in Porous Media by the Population Balance Method", Third International Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles", Monterey, CA, September 19-21 1988.
  20. "Simulation of the Bishop Steam Foam Pilot", Paper SPE 18786 at the SPE California Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, CA, April 5 - 7, 1989.
  21. "Belridge Diatomite Projects in 1990 Short-Term Oil Production Forecast", Waterflood Workshop, Shell Oil Company, Houston TX, June 5-6 1990.
  22. "Waterflood Surveillance in Belridge Diatomite", Waterflood Workshop, Shell Oil Company, Houston TX, June 5-6 1990.
  23. "Foams in Underground Storage and Waste Isolation", 13th Annual Industrial Liaison Conference, University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 13 -14, 1991.
  24. "A Simulator for Nonisothermal Multiphase Transport of Multicomponent Organic Liquids in the Subsurface", Presentation at the Computer Applications in MSME, Sponsored by IBM, October 22, 1991.
  25. "Three-Dimensional Oscillations of Liquid Drops", 1991 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Los Angeles, CA, November 17-22, 1991.
  26. "Water Injection and Pattern Alignment Strategies for the South Belridge Diatomite", Diatomite Reservoir Compaction and Subsidence Workshop, Invited Paper, Chevron Oil Field Research Company, La Habra, CA, January 22-23, 1992.
  27. "Problems with Waterflood in the South Belridge Diatomite", Invited Lecture, Mobil Exploration and Producing, U.S. Inc., Bakersfield, CA, March 2, 1992.
  28. "Modeling of the Removal of Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Soil and Ground Water", National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, April 5 - 10, 1992.
  29. "Surveillance of South Belridge Diatomite", 1992 SPE Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, CA, April 13 - 16, 1992.
  30. "Two and Three-Dimensional Oscillations of Free, Charged and/or Rotating Drops", Invited Materials Science Seminar, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, May 1992.
  31. "Earth Resource Engineering", Invited Presentation for the College of Engineering Advisory Board, University of California, Berkeley, CA, June 2, 1992.
  32. "Microseismic Imaging of Massive Hydrofractures", Invited Lecture, Bellaire Research Center, Shell Development Company, Houston, TX, June 5, 1992.
  33. Three-Phase, Nonisothermal, Multicomponent Pollutant Transport in the Subsurface, or How to Clean a Gasoline Spill, Mineral Engineering Seminar, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, September 6, 1992.
  34. "Use and Abuse of Numerical Simulators of Flow in the Subsurface", Invited Seminar, Nuclear Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, October 12, 1992.
  35. "Environmental Detective or a History of an Old Spill," Mineral Engineering Seminar, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, October 14, 1992.
  36. "Passive Seismic Imaging of Massive Hydrofractures," Invited Lecture, Chevron Oil Field Research Company, La Habra, CA, November 10, 1992.
  37. "Numerical Modeling of Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil and Groundwater," Invited Lecture, GE Corporate Research Center, Schenectady, New York, November 17, 1992.
  38. "Numerical Modeling of Multiphase Transport of Multicomponent Organic Contaminants and Heat in the Subsurface," Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Paper Number H42B-11, San Francisco, CA, December 7-11, 1992.
  39. "Compositional Models of Multiphase Flow in the Subsurface," Invited Lecture, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, January 8, 1993.
  40. "Design of Hydrofracture Imaging Experiment in Diatomite," Opening Address, First Meeting of the California Oil and Gas Alliance (COGA), Bakersfield, CA January 15, 1993, Organized by T.W. Patzek (UCB/LBL) and Bob Whittset (LBL).
  41. "Cleaning up Spilled Gasoline with Steam: Compositional Simulations,'' Paper SPE 25257, 12th SPE Symposium on Reservoir Modeling, New Orleans, LA., February 28 -- March 3, 1993.
  42. "Modeling of Steam Cleanup in the Gasoline Spill Area at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory," 15th Annual Industrial Liaison Conference, University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 6 - 9, 1993.
  43. "Design of an Oil-in-the-Tank Steamflood Pilot in Diatomite,” Speaker and Moderator at the Second Meeting of the California Oil and Gas Alliance (COGA), Bakersfield, CA, March 17, 1993, Organized by T.W. Patzek (UCB/LBL) and Bob Whittset (LBL).
  44. "Microseismic Imaging of Hydrofractures with the Aid of Conical Waves," 63rd Annual Meeting and International Exposition of the Society of Exploration Geologists, Washington, D.C., September 26 - 30, 1993.
  45. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," SPE Distinguished Lecture, Golden Gate Section of the SPE, San Francisco, CA, October 14, 1993.
  46. "Simulation of Foam Displacement in Porous Media", Paper SPE 26402, 68th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the SPE, Houston, TX, 3 - 6 October 1993.
  47. "Thermal Enhanced Recovery of Heavy Crude Oils in California", Four Hour Tutorial to PG&E, San Francisco, CA, October 15, 1993.
  48. "Rigorous Modeling of Removal of Organic Contaminants from the Subsurface by Soil Venting," Paper presented at the 1993 National Meeting of AIChE, St. Louis, Missouri, November 7 - 12, 1993.
  49. "Overview of Diatomite Projects Proposed for 1994 COGA,” Speaker and Moderator at the Third Meeting of the California Oil and Gas Alliance (COGA), Bakersfield, CA January 16, 1994, Organized by T.W. Patzek (UCB/LBL) and Bob Whittset (LBL).
  50. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," SPE Distinguished Lecture, Kern County Section of the SPE, Bakersfield, CA, February 16, 1994.
  51. "Mechanisms of Enhanced Oil Recovery in Diatomite," Invited Lecture, Unocal Research Center, Brea, CA, February 17, 1994.
  52. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," SPE Distinguished Lecture, Orange County of the SPE, Los Angeles, CA, February 17, 1994.
  53. "Enhanced Oil Recovery in Diatomite," Invited Lecture, Lawrence Berkeley Director's Review, Berkeley, CA, March 8-9, 1994.
  54. "Why Do We Need Complicated Flow Simulators?!", Invited Presentation, Environmental Engineering Session, 1994 Industrial Liaison Conference, University of California, Berkeley, CA, March 9, 1994.
  55. "Career Planning for the 90's," Speaker at the Expert Panel Session, 64th Annual Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, March 23-25, 1994.
  56. "Performance and Mechanisms of Waterflood in Diatomite" and "Feasibility of Steam Drive in Diatomite," Invited Presentations at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Natural Gas&Oil Partnership (DOE), Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 21, 1994.
  57. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control", SPE Distinguished Lecture, Scientific Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China National Oil Corporation, Beijing, May 22, 1994.
  58. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," SPE Distinguished Lecture, Tienjin, Science and Technology Development Department, China National Offshore Corporation, China, May 23, 1994.
  59. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," SPE Distinguished Lecture, Institute of Oil&Gas Production Technology, Bombay, India, May 26, 1994.
  60. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," SPE Distinguished Lecture, Energy Research Division, KDM Institute of Petroleum Exploration, Dehra Dun, India, May 27, 1994.
  61. "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," SPE Distinguished Lecture, Institute of Reservoir Studies, Oil&Natural Gas Commission, Ahmedabad, India, May 30, 1994.
  62. "A Forward and Inverse Model of Rock/Fracture Interactions During Steam Injection Through Vertical Hydrofractures," Presented at the National Meeting of SIAM, San Antonio, Texas, February 10-14, 1995.
  63. Opening Lecture, Rogeland Research Institute, 2nd International Foam Workshop, "Field Applications of Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control," Roros, Norway, March 1-3, 1995.
  64. Cohen. D., “Network Simulations of Diffusion Driven Coarsening of Foam Inside a Porous Medium, Presented by David Cohen, First Award in the Ph.D. Student Paper Contest, 1995 Western Regional Meeting of the SPE, Bakersfield, CA, March 5-7, 1995.
  65. “Feasibility of Steamflooding the Diatomite”, Invited Lecture at the DOE NG&OR Partnership/Industry Workshop, Bakersfield CA, March 7, 1995.
  66. “Modeling of Organic Contaminant Transport in Soils,” Invited Lecture and Tutorial at the 1995 National Meeting of the APS, San Jose, CA, March 19-24, 1995.
  67. “Steamflooding the Diatomites,” Invited Lecture at the 1995 Director’s Review Panel Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, CA, March 23, 1995.
  68. “Feasibility of Steamflooding the Diatomite,” Invited Presentation, 1995 Meeting of the DOE Natural Gas and Oil Recovery Partnership, Dallas, TX, April 11-12, 1995.
  69. “Smart Neural Network Controllers for Fluid Injection into the Diatomite,” Invited Presentation, DOE Contractors Meeting, Fountainhead, Oklahoma, June 25-28, 1995.
  70. “Mechanistic Modeling of Foam Flow in Porous Media in Two-Dimensions,” Invited Presentation, DOE Contractors Meeting, Fountainhead, Oklahoma, June 25-28, 1995.
  71. “Modeling, Imaging and Controlling Fluid Injection in the Diatomite,” Invited Lecture at the International Forum on Reservoir Characterization, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, Connecticut, October 16-17, 1995.
  72. McGraw M., D. I. Kaplan, D. W. Fuerstenau, and T. Patzek, "The effect of particle size on the transport of hydrophobic colloids through unsaturated columns," Paper H12A-11, American Geophysics Union, Fall Meeting, Outstanding Student Paper Award, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 10 - 15, 1995.
  73. “Thermal Methods for Recovery of Subsurface Contaminants,” Seminar at the Earth Sciences Division of LBNL, December 15, 1995.
  74. “Evaluation of Waterflood and Steamdrive Projects in Lost Hills and South Belridge Diatomite,” Invited Lecture at the Industry Partners’ Meeting, Chevron USA Production Company, Bakersfield, CA, January 10, 1996.
  75. “Rigorous Modeling of Contaminant Removal from Subsurface by Soil Heating,” Invited Lecture at the 1996 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Paper C5.03, St. Louis, MO, March 18-25, 1996.
  76. “Feasibility of Steamflooding the Diatomite,” Invited Presentation, 1996 Meeting of the DOE Natural Gas and Oil Recovery Partnership, Dallas, TX, April 8-9, 1996.
  77. Vegas-Landau, M., “Development of a High-Order Sequential Implicit-Explicit Simulator For the Discontinuous Flow of Fluids in Porous Media,” First Award in the Ph.D. Student Paper Contest, 1996 Western Regional Meeting of the SPE, Anchorage, AK, 22-24 May 1996.
  78. “Fluid Injection Into Tight Rocks,” Poster presentation at the SEG Development & Production Forum, Vail, CO, July 7-12, 1996.
  79. Nikravesh, M., A. Garg, and T. W. Patzek, “Neural Network-Based Reconstruction of CT Scan Images,” Chemical Physics Session, American Chemical Society, 32nd Western Regional Meeting and 35th Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA, October 30 - November 2, 1996.
  80. Nikravesh, M., T. W. Patzek, “Neural Network Knowledge-Based Modeling of Fluid Flow through Porous Media,” Chemical Physics Session, American Chemical Society, 32nd Western Regional Meeting and 35th Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA, October 30 - November 2, 1996.
  81. Patzek, T. W., A. R. Kovscek and P. J. Sullivan, “Inferring Aqueous Contaminant History with an Inverse Model,” presented at the Seventh Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils and Groundwater, Manadaly Bay Resort, Oxnard, CA, March 10-13, 1997.
  82. Patzek, T. W., ”Problems and Opportunities in the Development of Hydrocarbon Resources in the Diatomites,” Invited Lecture at the West Coast Petroleum Technology Transfer Center, Problem Identification Workshop, Bakersfield, CA, November 20, 1996.
  83. Patzek, T. W., “Fluid Injection into Low Permeability Reservoirs,” DOE OPA Review, Reston, Virginia, January 29, 1997.  Highest Ranked ACTI Project.
  84. Patzek, T. W., “Optimal Fluid Injection Policy and Producibility in Fractured Low Permeability Reservoirs,” invited lecture at the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Meeting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, May 15, 1997.
  85. Patzek, T. W., “Optimal Fluid Injection Policy and Producibility in Fractured Low Permeability Reservoirs,” presentation at the Advanced Computational Technology Initiative (ACTI) Industry/DOE Meeting, Houston, TX, May 25, 1997.
  86. Patzek, T. W. “Problems with Fluid Injection and Production in Low Permeability Rocks,” Departmental Seminar, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford, May 27, 1997.
  87. Patzek, T. W. “Statistical Characterization of Metal-Contaminated Fills,” SPE 38307, presented at the 1997 SPE Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, California, 26 June 1997.
  88. Patzek, T. W., “Fluid Injection and Control in Low Permeability Rocks,” invited presentation, LBNL Director’s Review, Berkeley, CA, November 19, 1997.
  89. Patzek, T. W., “Fluid Injection and Control in the Lost Hills Diatomite,” invited lecture, Chevron Technology Company, La Habra, CA, January 22, 1998.
  90. Patzek, T. W., “Control of Fluid Injection into a Low-Permeability Rock. 1. Hydrofracture Growth,” SPE 39698, presented at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 19–22 April 1998.
  91. Patzek, T. W., "Lossy Transmission Line Model of Hydrofractured Well Dynamics," SPE 46195, presented at the 1998 Western Regional Meeting in Bakersfield, CA, May 10-13, 1998.
  92. Patzek, T. W., "Control of Fluid Injection – Hydrofracture Growth," invited lecture at the 9th International Scientific and Technical Conference "New Methods and Technologies in Petroleum Geology, Drilling and Reservoir Engineering," AGH, Cracow, Poland, July 2-3, 1998.
  93. Patzek, T. W., "Pore Network Modeling – Trials and Tribulations," lecture at the Statoil Research Center, Trondheim, Norway, October 15, 1998.
  94. Patzek, T.W., "Optimal control of fluid injection into tight rocks,", presentation at the 1998 NG&OR DOE Partnership Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, November 9, 1998
  95. Patzek, T.W., "Pore-network modeling of fluid micro-structures in disordered porous media," Departmental Seminar, MSME, February 4, 1999.
  96. Patzek, T. W., "A pore network model of drainage and imbibition," Best paper at the 10th International Conference, "New Methods in Petroleum Geology, Drilling and Reservoir Engineering," AGH, Krakow, Poland, June 24-26, 1999.
  97. Patzek, T. W., "A pore network model of drainage and imbibition – quantitative predictions," Seminar invited by Vice-President of Brown and Caldwell, Pleasant Hill, CA, July 29, 1999.
  98. Patzek, T. W., "Pore Scale Processes Undergirding Multiphase Flow in Porous Media," Invited Lecture, S01-215, 1999 ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 31-Nov.4.
  99. Patzek, T.W., “Mechanisms of Oil Recovery in Imbibition and Drainage,” Keynote Speaker, Ministério da Educação, República Federative do Brasil, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Espírito Santo, U
  100. Patzek, T.W., “Novel Approaches in Control of Large Oil Field Projects,” Keynote Speaker, Ministério da Educação, República Federative do Brasil, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Espírito Santo, Universidāde Federal do Espírito Santo, Technical Conference, “Petróleo – Ciência e Tecnologia.”, March 29, 2000.
  101. Patzek T.W., “Surveillance and Supervisory Control of Large Oilfield Projects,” presentation at the 1998 NG&OR DOE Partnership Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, November 10, 1999.
  102. Patzek T.W., “Mechanisms of Oil Recovery and Validation of Corefloods,” presentation at the 1998 NG&OR DOE Partnership Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, November 10, 1999.
  103. Patzek, T. W., Paper SPE 58382, "Waterflood Surveillance and Supervisory Control," presented at the 2000 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 3-5, 2000.
  104. Patzek, T. W., Paper SPE 58390, "Verification of a Complete Pore Network Model of Drainage and Imbibition," presented at the 2000 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 3-5, 2000.
  105. Patzek, T.W., “Pore-Level Physics of Drainage and Imbibition,” Invited Seminar, Numerical Methods Seminar [A. Chorin, D. Levy], LBNL, Building 50A, May 31, 2000.
  106. Juanes R., “A Finite Element Method for Modeling Faults and Wells in Reservoir Simulation,” Second Place Award in the Student Competition at the Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, June 19, 2000.
  107. Patzek, T. W., “Novel Ways of Developing the Lost Hills Diatomite,” Internal Company Workshop, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, San Ramon, CA, July 11, 2000.
  108. Patzek, T.W., “Use of Satellite InSAR Imaging in Surveillance and Control of Large Oil Field, Invited Lecture, 21st Workshop of the International Energy Agency, September 19-22, 2000, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  109. Patzek, T.W., “Pore Level Physics of Drainage and Imbibition,” GeoEngineering Seminar, U.C. Berkeley, CA, September 28, 2000.
  110. Patzek, T.W., “Use of Satellite InSAR Imaging in Surveillance and Control of Large Oil Field, Invited Lecture, SPE Golden Section, San Ramon, CA, November 8, 2000
  111. Patzek, T.W., “Pore Level Physics of Drainage and Imbibition,” Invited Departmental Seminar, Chemical Engineering Department, Denmark Technical University, Copenhagen, June 15, 2001.
  112. Patzek, T.W., “Pore Level Physics of Drainage and Imbibition in Mixed-Wet Rocks,” Invited Departmental Seminar, Chemical Engineering Department, Rice University, Houston, December 15, 2001.
  113. Patzek, T.W., “Pore Level Physics of Drainage and Imbibition in Mixed-Wet Rocks,” Invited Departmental Seminar, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Houston, Houston, December 17, 2001.
  114. Patzek, T.W., “Pore Level Physics of Drainage and Imbibition in Mixed-Wet Rocks,” Invited presentation for the Review of the Earth Science Division, LBNL, Berkeley, CA, February 15, 2002.
  115. Patzek, T. W., Paper SPE 75230: “Oil Deposits in Diatomites: A New Challenge for Subterranean Mechanics,” presented at the SPE/DOE 13th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, 17 April, 2002.
  116. Patzek, T.W., “Pitfalls of two- and three-phase relative permeability models,” Invited lecture, ChevronTexaco worldwide, from San Ramon, March 19, 2003.
  117. Patzek, T.W., “On the ellipticity of three-phase relative permeability models,” Invited presentation, C. J. Radke Colloidal Science Symposium, at 225th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003.
  118. Patzek, T. W., “Ethanol from corn, just how unsustainable is it?”  Invited lecture at the National Farmers’ Union Annual Convention, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 22, 2003
  119. Patzek, T. W., “Ethanol from corn, just how unsustainable is it?” Invited Seminar, The Earth Systems Energy Seminar Series, Stanford University, December 1, 2003.
  120. Patzek, T. W., “Subsurface Flow and Support Operators Method,” Invited Seminar at the Applied Geosciences Department, TU Delft, Netherlands, March 18, 2003.
  121. Patzek, T.W., “Exergy Analysis of Sustainability of a Biofuel Process: Ethanol from Corn,” Invited Lecture, Biofuels Group, Shell Global Solutions, Amsterdam, Netherlands April 22, 2004.
  122. Patzek, T. W., “Electronic Core Laboratory Concept,” Invited Lecture, Environmental Hydrology Colloquium, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, April 26, 2004.
  123. Patzek, T. W., “Sustainability of the Ethanol Biofuel Cycle,” Invited Lecture, Environmental Hydrology Colloquium, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, April 26, 2004.
  124. Patzek, T. W., “A Hydrologist’s View of Biot’s Theory,” Invited Lecture, Geophysics Colloquium, Technical University of Delft, Delft, Netherlands, April 29, 2004.
  125. Patzek, T. W., “Thermodynamics of the Corn-Ethanol Biofuel Cycle,”, Keynote Speaker in the Symposium On the Sustainability of Bioethanol from Corn, Chemical Engineering Department, TU Copenhagen, August 9, 2004.
  126. Patzek, T. W., “Sustainability of the Corn-Ethanol Biofuel Cycle,” Invited Seminar, The Earth Systems Energy Seminar Series, Stanford University, September 26, 2004.
  127. Patzek, T. W., “Electronic Core Laboratory,” Shell Distinguished Seminar Speaker, Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, November 8, 2004.
  128. Patzek, T. W., “Electronic Core Laboratory,” Invited Seminar, Stanford University, January 11, 2005.
  129. Patzek, T. W., “Sustainability of the Corn-Ethanol Biofuel Cycle,” Invited Seminar, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, January 17, 2005.
  130. Patzek, T. W., “The Common Rock Fluid Model,” Invited Seminar, LSU Petroleum Engineering Department, Baton Rouge, LA, February 14, 2005.
  131. Patzek, T. W., “Thermodynamics of Biomass Production,” Invited Speaker, Solar-to-Energy Workshop, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, March 28-29, 2005.
  132. Patzek, T. W., “Sustainability of Biomass Production,” Invited Speaker, IPIECA Biofuels Workshop, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4th April, 2005.
  133. Patzek, T. W., “The Common Rock Fluid Model,” Invited Speaker, Review of the Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, April 6-7, 2005.
  134. Patzek, T. W., “The United States of America Meets the Finite Earth,” Invited Speaker, National Press Club, Washington D.C., August 22, 2005.
  135. Patzek, T. W., “The Electronic Core Lab,” Invited Speaker, Stanford-Harriot Watt Workshop, Tiburon, CA, August 28 – September 1, 2005.
  136. Patzek, T. W., “On Energy, Life, and Economics,” Invited Speaker, Ag Biotech and Midwest Rural Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60604-1413, Third Floor Conference Center, September 7-8, 2005.
  137. Patzek, T. W., “Are Biofuels Sustainable,” Invited Speaker, Biodiesel Symposium, Air & Waste Management, San Diego, CA, November 4, 2005.
  138. Patzek, T. W., “Are Biofuels Sustainable,” Keynote Speaker, Forum on the Sustainability of Ethanol at the Iowa State University, De Moines November 15, 2005.
  139. Patzek, T. W., “Are Biofuels Sustainable,” Invited Speaker, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX, December 2, 2005.
  140. Patzek, T. W., “Biot Theory for the Dummies,” Invited Speaker, Geosciences Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX, December 2, 2005.
  141. Patzek, T. W., “Are Biofuels Sustainable,” Invited Speaker, SPE Gold Gate Section Meeting, Chevron La Habra, CA, January 19, 2006.
  142. Patzek, T. W., “Are Biofuels Sustainable,” Invited Speaker, Physics Department Lunch Seminars, Berkeley, CA, January 20, 2006.
  143. Patzek, T. W., “Corn Ethanol: A Fuel of the Future or Illusion,” Invited Speaker, Public Debate at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, January 30, 2006.
  144. Patzek, T.W., “The Real Biofuel Cycles” and “Thermodynamics of Biomass Production,” Two Invited Lectures at the Closed-Door Ethanol Forum Sponsored by BP, BP US Headquarters, New York, March 10, 2006.
  145. Patzek, T.W., “The Real Biofuel Cycles,” Invited Colloquium at the Chemical Engineering Department, Berkeley, CA, April 5, 2006.
  146. Patzek, T.W., “The Real Biofuel Cycles,” The Carhart Distinguished Lecture, Dakota Wesleyan University, SD, April 6, 2006.
  147. Patzek, T.W., “Are Biofuels Sustainable,” Keynote Speaker at the Annual Symposium of the South Dakota Academy of Science: “Energy Resources in South Dakota – Issues and Global Concerns”, SD, April 7, 2006.
  148. Patzek, T.W., “The Earth, Biofuels, and Reality,” Invited Lecture at the Climate Change & the Future of the American West Conference, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado, June 6-10, 2006.
  149. Patzek, T.W., “The Earth, Biofuels, and Reality,” Invited Lecture at the Land Institute Workshop, Matfield Green, Kansas, June 11-16, 2006.
  150. Patzek, T. W., “Agriculture, Biofuels, and the Earth,” Invited Lecture at the 10th Workshop on Bioenergy by the International Consortium of Agricultural Biotechnology Research, Ravello, Italy, June 29 – July 2, 2006.
  151. Patzek, T. W.,” Overview of Ecological Issues with Biofuel Production,” Invited Lecture at the 2006 Jason Group Summer Study Session, General Atomics, San Diego, July 17, 2006.
  152. Patzek, T. W., “Overview of Subsidence in the Lost Hills, CA, Oilfield,” Invited Lecture at the West Coast PTTC Workshop, Long Beach, CA, July 27, 2006.
  153. Patzek, T. W., “Possible Impact of Large Scale Biofuels in US,” Future Fuels Challenge: Alternative Transportation Fuels, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, Washington, DC, September 12, 2006
  154. Patzek, T. W., “Bioethanol: An Energy-Efficient Fuel or Not? Is There a Licensing Opportunity or Not?” Public Debate, Licensing Executives Society, 2006 Annual Meeting, New York, NY, September 13, 2006.
  155. Patzek, T.W., ‘Economic and Policy Issues: Comparative Values,” Invited Lecture, Biomass to Chemicals and Fuels: Science, Technology and Public Policy, James Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Baker Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX, September 25-26, 2006.
  156. Patzek, T. W., “The Hubbert Peaks,” Invited Lecture, Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 5, 2006
  157. Patzek, T. W., “What Will Biofuels Do To the Earth?” Aldo Leopold Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 5, 2006
  158. Patzek, T.W., “Energy, human activities and sustainability of our culture,” Invited Lecture at the Searching for Rules of Simplicity in the Thickets of Complexity Workshop, Mountain Sky Ranch, Emigrant, MT, October 10-15, 2006.
  159. Patzek, T. W., “The Finite Earth and Us,” Invited Seminar ESPM, U.C. Berkeley, October 16, 2006.
  160. Patzek, T. W., “The Finite Earth and Us,” Geoengineering Seminar, CEE, U. C. Berkeley, October 18, 2006.
  161. Patzek, T. W., “Mythology and Ecology of Biomass Production,” Invited Seminar, Earth Sciences Division, LBNL, Berkeley, CA,  November 3, 2006.
  162. Patzek, T. W., “Mythology and Ecology of Biomass Production,” Invited Seminar, ChemE Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, December 1, 2006.
  163. Patzek, T. W., “Ethanol Myths and Facts,” Televised debate by remote link from Houston, Annual Convention of the National Farmers Union, December 1, 2006, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

 

 
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