Juliana Y. Leung, Ph.D., P.Eng. Â
Professor
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Data Analytics in Subsurface Flow Systems
Pronouns: she/her
Education
Ph.D. (petroleum engineering), University of Texas at Austin (2010)
Dissertation Title: Reservoir modeling accounting for scale-up of heterogeneity and transport processes: link
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Sanjay Srinivasan
M.S. (petroleum engineering), University of Texas at Austin (2004)
Thesis Title: A new analog for numerical flow simulations. Application to direct assessment of reservoir flow performanceÂ
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Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sanjay Srinivasan
B.Sc. with Distinction (chemical engineering), University of Calgary (2002)Â
Academic Experience
Professor, University of Alberta (2021 - present)
Associate Professor, University of Alberta (2016-2021)
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta (2010-2016)
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin (2002-2004, 2007-2010)
Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security (CFSES), University of Texas at Austin (2009-2010) Â
Professional Experience
Engineering Intern, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, USA (2008)
Reservoir Engineer, Unconventional Gas, Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada (2004-2006)Â
Research Assistant, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA (2003) Â
Selected Awards
Ewha Global Fellow (2024-2026)
SPE Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty - Canada Region (2022)
Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award (2020)
Faculty of Engineering Graduate Teaching Award (2020)
Faculty of Engineering Mid-Career Research Award (2019)
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Great Supervisor Award (2018)
P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Scholar Award (2009)
David Bruton, Jr. Graduate School Fellowship (2008)
Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering Fellowship (2007)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS A) (2002)
Dean’s Research Excellence Award (2002)
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists And Geophysicists of Alberta Gold Medals in Chemical Engineering (2002)
Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award (Chemical Engineering) (2002)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award (2001)
Alberta Heritage Scholarship (Louise McKinney) (2001)
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Prize (2001)
Clifford C. Burton Scholarship (2001)
Alberta Heritage Scholarship (Louise McKinney) (2000)
University of Calgary Undergraduate Merit Award (1999)
TransAlta Corporation Memorial Scholarship (1999)
University of Calgary - Faculty of Engineering Scholarship (1998)Â
Governor General’s Academic Medal - Bronze (1998)  Â
Editorships
Executive Editor, Journal of Geoenergy Science and Engineering (2023 - present)
Associate Editor, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2018 - 2023)
Associate Editor, Journal of Natural Gas Engineering (2015 - 2018)
Lead Guest Editor, Mathematical Geosciences Special Issue: IAMG 2019 (2019 - 2020)Â Â Â
Major Professional Activities
Secretary General, International Association of Mathematical Geosciences (2020-2024)
Secretary, SPE Edmonton Section (2021-2025)
Program Committee, SPE Wokshop: Subsurface Data Analytics (2020)
Program Committee & Session Chair, SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference (2017, 2018, 2020)
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Selection Committee for Energy, Environment and Resources (2019)
Co-chair, 20th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) (2019)Â Â Â Â Â
NSERC Strategic Network Grants Selection Committee (2018)
Session Chair, InterPore 10th Annual Meeting and Jubilee, New Orleans (2018) Â
Teaching Activities
PET E 375 Applied Reservoir Engineering (Undergraduate)
Reserves estimation. Analysis and prediction of reservoir performance by use of material balance. Primary recovery performance for water influx and solution gas drive reservoirs. Decline curve analysis. Basics of well test analysis. Pressure drawdown and buildup tests. Average reservoir pressure estimation. Drill stem testing and gas well testing. Prerequisite: PET E 295 or PET E 373. PET E 375 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in PET E 475.
PET E 377 Modeling in Petroleum Engineering (Undergraduate)
Basics of numerical reservoir simulation and numerical solution of partial differential equations. Simulation methods as applied to specific problems in petroleum reservoir behavior. Applications on primary, secondary and tertiary recovery phases of petroleum production using commercial simulation packages. Prerequisites: PET E 295 or PET E 373, Corequisite: CH E 374. PET E 377 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in PET E 477.
PET E 510 Applied Inverse Problem Analysis in Subsurface Engineering (Graduate)
Linear and non-linear inverse problem formulation. Local, global and ensemble-based optimization methods. Regularization techniques. Assessment of solution quality. Error and uncertainty analysis. Data integration. Subsurface engineering applications: model parameter estimation, production history matching, machine learning. Primary focus is on the application of various solution methods. Prerequisite: STAT 235 and CH E 374 or consent of instructor.
PET E 636 Computational Methods for Transport Phenomena in Porous Media (Graduate)
Single and multi-phase flow problems in porous media for compressible and incompressible flow. Multi-dimensional flow will be considered. Analytical, numerical and stochastic flow models will be developed for heterogeneous porous media. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Credit cannot be obtained for both PET E 635 and PET E 636.