About
Cem Sarica, Floyd M. Stevenson Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering at The University of Tulsa (TU), is currently the director of three industry-supported consortia at the TU: Fluid Flow, Paraffin Deposition, and Horizontal Well Artificial Lift Projects. He holds BS and MS degrees from Istanbul Technical University and a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from TU.
He has served on various SPE and ASME Committees. He was a member of the SPE Journal Editorial Board between 1999 and 2007 and an Associate Editor of JERT of ASME between 1998 and 2003. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of Multiphase Production Conferences organized by ISAVFT. He is the recipient of the 2010 SPE International Production and Operations Award and was recognized as a Distinguished Member of SPE in 2012. Cem received the SPE John Franklin Carll Award and SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Certificate in 2015. He has been elected ASME Fellow in 2024.
Awards and Honors
- ASME Petroleum Division 75th Anniversary Medallion Award, 1999
- SPE Outstanding Editor Award, 2000
- Eminent Reviewer Award, J. Petroleum Science & Engineering, 2008
- SPE International Production and Operations Award, 2010
- SPE Distinguished Member Award, 2012
- SPE John Franklin Carll Award, 2015
- SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Certificate, 2015
- University of Tulsa Outstanding Researcher Award, 2019
- SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, 2024
- ASME Fellow, 2024
- ECS Zelimir Schmidt Outstanding Research Award, 2024
Education
- Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Tulsa, 1990
- M.S.E., Petroleum Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1984
- B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1982
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Multiphase flow in pipes
- Production engineering
- Flow assurance
- Horizontal well artificial lift
- CO2 and H2 flow in pipes and wells