Instructor - Petroleum Engineering
Australian College of Kuwait
Total years of experience :10 years, 9 Months
• Teach in an area relevant to logistics and supply chain management to the provisions of the curriculum provided
• Engage in curriculum development and design
• Liaise with and follow the requirements of any external bodies involved in the running of the program
• Prepare, distribute, and submit syllabi and approved course outlines for all assigned sections in accordance with teaching and learning policies.
• With support to design and deliver high quality, innovative and challenging learning experiences, utilizing using current theory and practice together in lively debate.
• With support to undertake associated activities in connection with the courses taught including, personal tutoring, recruitment, assessment, review, and evaluation.
• Contribute to the student experience - demonstrating an awareness of the need for ‘customer focus’ in respect of resolving issues.
• Conduct research and scholarly activity of relevance to the instructor role and / or professional practice and aligns own research with teaching and learning.
• Engage with business and professional networks to promote teaching and learning and research in a professional context.
• Deliver pastoral care and project supervision of students.
• With support to plan and deliver the curriculum using appropriate media, including the use of IT.
• Provide effective feedback, support and guidance to students, which promotes improvement of performance.
• Engage in professional development activities (e.g. CPD, attendance at conferences) relating to teaching, learning and assessment.
• Maintain and foster the high reputation of the College in practice partner settings.
Assist in teaching relevant units (Tutoring, Exams/Assignments marking etc...).
Help in preparing exams, tests, assignments and in invigilating examinations.
Play an active role in the maintenance of academic standards and in the development of educational policy and of curriculum areas within the discipline. Maintain students’ records and carried out administrative tasks where relevant.
Conducts research of relevance to teaching activities; to gather analyse and present data of relevance to staff and students and to teaching activities in general.
Ensure proper storage of equipment and tools adhering to safety and security rules and regulations.
Schedules the lab sessions and assigns the proper graduate assistants in coordination with the Petroleum Engineering program coordinator.
Liaises with the professors concerned to receive advice regarding course and final-year projects intended for students.
Participates with faculty members and students carrying out research work. Contributes technical knowledge to the design, upgrade, and revision of experiments.
Performs other related duties such as maintaining and updating a data base on equipment catalogues, manuals, data books, protocols of experiments, ensuring observance by subordinates of fire and safety regulations and the practice of good housekeeping, salvaging tools and materials where possible, etc.
AutoCAD 2D & 3D
Student Learning Outcome includes Confirm drawing requirements, Identify key features of CAD software, Access software and set up for drawing work, Produce basic drawing elements, Produce basic drawing elements and Complete CAD operations.
Drilling Fluid Lab Responsible for delivering various drilling mud related experiments to degree students. The experiments includes
Drilling mud design and preparation
Mud weight
Rheological Properties - Funnel Viscosity, Plastic Viscosity, Yield point, Gel Strength, Mud pH and Alkalinity, sand content, standard API filtration test
Physics Lab
Experiments included
Measurement and Errors, Constant Velocity, Forces, Hooke’s Law, Coefficient of Static Friction.
Fluid Mechanics Lab
Experiments included
Flow rate, Viscosity measurements (Falling ball method), Flow measurements, Reynolds number, Bernoulli’s Principle
Chemistry Lab
Experiments included
Density of Solids and liquids, Specific Gravity, PH, Purification of substances, Molarity.
I volunteered to be a member of the ‘Another Perspective’ committee under SPE Aberdeen section. Here, my colleagues and I raise awareness and create a platform for debate for various non-technical issues such as cultural diversity, gender equality, leadership and human risks faced in the oil industry. Through this committee, I was able to meet many professionals from the industry and also share common ideas and issues faced by different employees during their work. By working with professional people from different parts of the world, I was able to understand more about the world affairs and different cultures running in our industry. I improved my communication skills and also managed resources and time effectively. I worked in a multi-disciplinary team and learned to exhibit a more ethical and professional behaviour with others.
I worked as a customer assistant in a retail store in order to support my expenses as a student in Aberdeen. My responsibilities include assisting the customers at the till, stock-up orders and also tidy up the store before closing time. I am also responsible for banking of cash (up to 1000 pounds in a day) in the till. I learned to interact with customers and was able to up-sell most of the promotional products to them. I also developed a friendly but professional relationship with my manager and colleagues, thereby making the environment more exciting and fun place to work. Through my experience at SPAR, I am able to organise my daily routine and time more effectively. I have improved my communication skills by interacting with customers and colleagues. I understood the importance of working in a team more clearly in order to complete the tasks assigned to us on time.
I volunteered as a Student Ambassador at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen where I work alongside International Advisors, Student Help Point, IT Help Desk, Accommodation Service and the RGU Library by effectively dividing up the task to help new international students during the busy times at the start of the term. My responsibilities were to help conduct orientation classes (Welcome Sessions) for international students and assist them by answering common queries at the Student Help Point. I was also responsible for managing the busy IT Help Desk and Library during the busy hours. The experience was positive, fun and fulfilling and contributed significantly to my time at the university. By working as a Student Ambassador I was able to improve my presentation skills through the orientation classes. I also work with cross-functional colleagues from the university and adopted some of their qualities for my personal development.
During my final year of undergraduate study, I initiated an offshore group project for the first time from my University to pursue my goal to design a project for my final year thesis. My responsibilities were to find a way to improve the efficiency of crude oil extraction and also orient to safety measures practised in the rig. I understood the working of the ScSSSV to control gas explosion in detail. I closely worked with production superintendent and the OIM at the rig to further improve my knowledge on the production of crude oil. I also oriented to the safety measures like fire and evacuation drills, Man over-board and first aid measures which was practised every fortnight in the rig. At the end of our internship, my colleagues and I were proud to propose a design which used an electric pre-heater before the 1st stage separator. This design can maximize the oil extraction to 95% purity.
During my second year of undergraduate study, I was privileged to do an internship with an oil company in Kuwait. As part of my role as a trainee engineer, I familiarised and oriented to the field and different projects undertaken by organisation onsite for Enhanced Oil Recovery (mainly steam injection plants). I also familiarised the functioning of rigs and different types of well heads that were used on land. I understood the importance of different recovery methods to produce crude oil and also oriented onsite to primary recovery methods like sucker rods, Electric Submersible pumps, etc. I also interacted with senior geologists and reservoir engineers in the company to widen my understanding on the formation and migration of crude oil in the reservoir rocks. With the little experience I gained from the industry, I was able to do my modules in a more practical perspective.
Key Modules: Subsurface (Reservoir Engineering, Formation Evaluation & Petroleum Geoscience), Wells, Facilities, Drilling technology, Advanced Completions & Subsea Systems. Group Project: Presenting a Business case proposal for the development of an Oil and Gas field. Detail: A Business case for the development of an oil and gas field for the Irish government to improve its indigenous resources was presented to our university professors who acted as the clients of an oil and gas company. Research Project: Modelling Of Hydrocarbon Dew points for transportation of Natural Gases using PIPESIM Simulator. Detail: A Research project on defining the best ‘practical’ method for transportation of Natural gases through pipelines was done. The best method was inputted into the PIPESIM simulator to check for accuracy with the predicted values. Finally, the best practical method was recommended for practise by the industry.
BTech Petroleum Engineering 2008 - 2012 (April) Anna University, Chennai, India Key Modules: Geology and Geophysics, Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Characterization and Modelling, Numerical Reservoir Simulation, Natural Gas Engineering, Petroleum Production Engineering, Heat Mass Transfer Project: Designing an electric pre-heater before the 1st stage Separator in a production platform. Detail: The design proposed to use an electric pre-heater before the first stage separator to maximize the recovery of Crude oil to maximum purity with much lesser retention time.
Higher Secondary (CBSE) Indian Central School, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Kuwait