Larry D. Piper, P.E.
Senior Lecturer

3116 TAMU - 501 P Richardson Building

College Station, TX 77843-3116

Phone: (979) 845-2266

Fax: (979) 862-1272

e-mail: larry.piper@pe.tamu.edu

 

Dr. Piper is a Senior Lecturer and Freshman Advisor. He has over 25 years of teaching experience in the department, having taught seven undergraduate courses and four graduate courses in the areas of reservoir engineering, numerical methods, phase behavior, and reservoir simulation.

Prior to joining the department, he had 20 years of military experience including assignments in management, project analysis, and teaching, and three years of petroleum production experience with a major oil company.

• PhD, Texas A&M University, 1984
• MS, Texas A&M University, 1981
• MS, US Naval Postgraduate School, 1970
• BS, Texas A&M University, 1957

• Reservoir engineering
• Reservoir simulation
• Phase behavior

His research interest is fluid property correlations and his most recent publication, "Compressibility Factors for Naturally Occurring Petroleum Gases", appeared in the SPE Reprint Series No. 52, Gas Reservoir Engineering in 1999.

• Extra Mile Award for Student Development, Huddleston Co., Inc., 1994
• Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award, Texas A&M University College of Engineering, 1993 and 2002
• President's Award for Academic Advising, Texas A & M University, 2004

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