Petroleum Engineering

CRAFT & HAWKINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Dahi

Arash Dahi
Assistant Professor
Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Louisiana State University
Patrick F. Taylor, Room 3524
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6059 / Fax: 225-578-6039
E-Mail: a_dahi@lsu.edu

Background

Ph.D. (Petroleum Engineering), The University of Texas at Austin, 2009
M.S. (Civil Engineering), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003
B.S. (Civil Engineering), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2001

Research Interests

Reservoir Geomechanics, Hydraulic Fracturing, Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs, Rock Fracture Mechanics and Poroelasticity.

A few M.S. and Ph.D. positions are available in the areas of reservoir geomechanics, wellbore stability, hydraulic fracturing and renewable energies. Candidates with skills in programming or solid mechanics, fracture mechanics and finite element methods are encouraged to apply. For more information, please contact me.

Publications

Arash Dahi Taleghani, J. Olson, "Modeling effects of fissures on hydraulic fracturing in tight reservoirs", In preparation.
Dahi Taleghani, A. and J. Olson, "Analysis of multi-stranded hydraulic fracture Propagation: an improved model for the interaction between induced and natural fractures,” Accepted for SPE ATCE 2009.
Olson, J., Dahi Taleghani, A., "Modeling simultaneous growth of multiple hydraulic fractures and their interaction with natural fractures," 2009 SPE 119739, Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference.
C. Sayers, A. Dahi Taleghani, J. Adachi, "The Effect of Mineralization on the Ratio of Normal to Tangential Compliance of Fractures," Journal of Geophysical Prospecting, Volume 57 Issue 3, Oct 2008, Pages 439 - 446.
Colin M. Sayers, Arash Dahi Taleghani, "The seismic response of partially mineralized fractures", presented in SEG Rock Physics Research Workshop, Galway, Ireland, 2008.
C.M. Sayers, S.M. Kisra, A. Dahi Taleghani, J. Adachi, "Calibrating The Mechanical Properties and In-Situ Stresses Using Acoustic Radial Profiles," presented in ATCE 2007, SPE 110089 (accepted for publication).
Colin M. Sayers, José Adachi, Arash Dahi Taleghani,, “The effect of near-wellbore yield on elastic wave velocities in sandstones”, Submitted to SEG 2008.
Rafii-Tabar H., H.M. Shodja, A. Dahi, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Crack Propagation in Materials Containing Clusters of Impurities," Journal of Mechanics of Materials, Volume 38, Issue 3 , March 2006, Pages 243-252.

Membership in Professional and Honorary Socities:

Phi Kappa Phi
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
American Association for Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)