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Lubbock, Texas55

Instructor - Petroleum Engineering

Texas Tech University
201 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802, USA74

Assistant or Associate Professor in Subsurface Energy Engineering

Pennsylvania State University
Centre County, Pennsylvania73

Assistant or Associate Professor in Subsurface Energy Engineering

Pennsylvania State University
Laredo, Texas71

Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering (Reservoir Engineering)

Texas A&M International University
Laredo, Texas58

Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering (Drilling Engineering)

Texas A&M International University
Laredo, Texas53

Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering (Artificial Intelligence)

Texas A&M International University
Lubbock, Texas55

Assistant Professor- Petroleum Engineering

Texas Tech University
Austin, Texas68

Non Tenure Track Faculty-Petroleum

University of Texas at Austin
Beaumont, Texas63

Post Doctoral Researcher

Lamar University

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