Projects

National Science Foundation

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  • NeTS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Riding the Stress Wave: Integrated Monitoring, Communications, and Networking for Subsea Infrastructure; Project Period: 2018-2021; PI: Dr. Miao Pan; Co-PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen, Dr. Gangbing Song.
  • Deep Transfer Learning Enabled Machine Vision Inspection and Its Applications in Exploration Geophysics – Phase I; Project Period: 2018-2020; PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu; Co-PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen, Dr. Zhu Han.
  • I-Corps: Advanced 3D Simulation Software for Electromagnetic Telemetry in Oilfield Services; Project Period: 2017-2019; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: DEUS: Distributed, Efficient, Ubiquitous and Secure Data Delivery Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles; Project Period: 2017-2020; PI: Dr. Miao Pan; Co-PI: Dr. Aaron Becker, Dr. Jiefu Chen, Dr. Zhu Han.

Department of Energy

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  • Deep Learning Enhanced Joint Inversion for High-Resolution CO2 Plume Monitoring – Phase I; Project Period: 2020-2021; PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu; Co-PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • Enhance Full-Waveform Inversion with Machine Learned Low-Frequency Signals – Phase II; Project Period: 2020-2022; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen; Co-PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu.
  • A Web-based Turnkey Solution for Fast 3D Simulations of Electromagnetic Telemetry in Oilfield and Geothermal Drilling – Phase I; Project Period: 2020-2021; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen, Co-PI: Dr. Xin Fu, Dr. Xuqing Wu.
  • Enhance Full-Waveform Inversion with Machine Learned Low-Frequency Signals – Phase I; Project Period: 2019-2020; PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu; Co-PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • Hardening of DOE UQ Codes for Ultra-Deep Proactive Geosteering in Oilfield Service – Phase II; Project Period: 2018-2020; PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu; Co-PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen, Dr. Xin Fu.
  • Hardening of DOE UQ Codes for Ultra-Deep Proactive Geosteering in Oilfield Service – Phase I; Project Period: 2017-2017; PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu; Co-PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.

Institutions

  • Real-time Subsurface Wireless Communication and Sensing System for CO2 Storage; Sponsor: UH Center for Carbon Management in Energy; Project Period: 2020-2021; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen; Co-PI: Dr. Miao Pan, Dr. Xiaonan Shan.
  • Machine Learning Enabled Downhole Computing for Geosteering Inversion; Sponsor: University of Houston Chancellors Technology Bridging Fund; Project Period: 2020-2020; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen; Co-PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu.
  • SeFAC: Advanced Electromagnetic Telemetry Simulation for Borehole Wireless Communication in Oilfield Drilling Services; Sponsor: University of Houston Core facility for Advanced Computing and Data Science; Project Period: 2018-2019; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • Apparatus and Method for Wellbore Imaging in Oil-Based Mud; Sponsor: University of Houston Technology Gap Fund; Project Period: 2017-2019; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • Stress Wave Assisted Communications in Subsea Environments; Sponsor: Subsea Systems Institute; Project Period: 2017-2018; PI: Dr. Gangbing Song; Co-PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen, Dr. Miao Pan, Dr. Aijun Song, Dr. Robert Stewart.

Industrial Sponsors

  • Machine Learning for Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Distributed Temperature Sensing Data Processing; Sponsor: Aramco Houston Research Center; Project Period: 2020-2021; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • Machine Learning for Seismic Data Deblending and Multi-dimensional Interpolation; Sponsor: Advanced Geophysical Technology; Project Period: 2020-2023; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • High-Performance Cloud Computing for Well Log Analysis; Sponsor: Schlumberger-Doll Research Center; Project Period: 2019-2019; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • Data Analytics for Multidimensional Geochemistry Chromatogram Fingerprinting; Sponsor: RevoChem LLC; Project Period: 2019-2019; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen; Co-PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu.
  • Advisory Lateral Drilling Using Auto GR Fingerprinting; Sponsor: Shell; Project Period: 2018-2019; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen; Co-PI: Dr. Xuqing Wu.
  • Real-Time Drilling Advisor – Applications of Video Analytics in Risk Detection; Sponsor: Shell; Project Period: 2018-2019; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen; Co-PI: Dr. Xin Fu, Dr. Zhu Han, Dr. Miao Pan, Dr. Xuqing Wu.
  • Electromagnetic Induction Antenna Design for Downhole Short Hop Wireless Communication; Sponsor: APS Technology; Project Period: 2017-2018; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.
  • Video Analytics for Quantifying the Cuttings at Shale Shaker; Sponsor: Shell; Project Period: 2017-2018; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen; Co-PI: Dr. Zhu Han, Dr. Xuqing Wu.
  • Mud Resistivity Sensor Modeling and Optimization; Sponsor: APS Technology; Project Period: 2017-2017; PI: Dr. Jiefu Chen.