MICHAEL PRESHO - Department of Mathematics - Texas A&M ...

MICHAEL PRESHO
Contact
Information
Education
Texas A&M University
Institute for Scientific Computation (970) 568-6890
Blocker 609B
mpresho@math.tamu.edu
College Station, TX 77843
www.math.tamu.edu/∼mpresho
University of Wyoming
Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Mathematics (2010)
• Dissertation: Uncertainty Quantificaton in Porous Media Fluid Flow
• 2011 UW Outstanding Dissertation Award
• Research: Multiscale finite element methods; flow through porous media;
Monte Carlo simulation; computational fluid dynamics
• Funding: Full tuition waiver and Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI)
research assistantship
University of Wyoming
Master of Science, Mathematics (2005)
• Thesis: Methods of Transfer Function Approximation via Lanczos-type
Methods
• Funding: Full tuition waiver and teaching assistantship
University of Wyoming
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics (2003)
• Funding: Full tuition Presidential Community College Honor Scholarship
Positions
Held
Department of Mathematics (Texas A&M University)
KAUST-IAMCS Post-Doctoral Fellow (June 2012 - present)
• Generalized multiscale finite element and finite volume methods
• Spectral enrichment of multiscale solution spaces
HyPerComp, Inc. (Westlake Village, CA)
Member Technical Staff (2011-2012)
• Used high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for solution of
computational electromagnetic models
• Performed stochastic analysis of the respective systems
• Parallel implementations used Open MPI (CPU) and OpenCL (GPU)
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Department of Mathematics (Colorado State University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2010-2011)
• Studied stochastic collocation methods for efficient statistical analysis of
partial differential equations
• Implemented various finite element methods to solve coupled multiscale
models
Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (University of Wyoming)
Research Assistant/Ph.D. Candidate (2007-2010)
• Used multiscale finite element methods to efficiently handle heterogeneous
and random permeability fields in relation to multi-phase flow
• Used commercial software, Eclipse 100, to history match results gained
from Wyoming oil fields
Department of Mathematics (University of Wyoming)
Research Assistant (Summers 2004-2006)
• Improved an existing method of transfer function approximation
Publications
[14] L. Bush, V. Ginting, M. Presho, Application of a Conservative, Generalized
Multiscale Finite Element Method to Flow Models, submitted to JCAM
(2013).
[13] Y. Efendiev, J. Galvis, G. Li, M. Presho, Generalized Multiscale Finite
Element Methods. Nonlinear Elliptic Equations, submitted to CiCP (2013).
[12] M. Ghommem, M. Presho, V. Calo, Y. Efendiev, Mode Decomposition
Methods for Flows in High-Contrast Porous Media. Global-Local Approach, J.
Comput. Phys., 253 (2013), pp. 226–238.
[11] Y. Efendiev, J. Galvis, M. Presho, J. Zhou, A Multiscale Enrichment Procedure
for Nonlinear Monotone Operators, to appear in Math. Model. Numer.
Anal. (2013).
[10] Y. Efendiev, J. Galvis, G. Li, M. Presho, Generalized Multiscale Finite
Element Methods. Oversampling Strategies, to appear in Int. J. Multiscale
Com. (2013).
[9] L. Jiang, M. Presho, A Resourceful Splitting Technique with Applications
to Deterministic and Stochastic Multiscale Finite Element Methods, SIAM Multiscale
Model. Simul., 10 (2012), no. 3, pp. 954–985.
[8] V. Ginting, F. Pereira, M. Presho, S. Wo, Application of the Two-Stage
Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs
Using a Surrogate Flow Model, Computat. Geosci., 15 (2011), no. 4, pp. 691-
707.
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[7] V. Ginting, M. Presho, Model Reduction Techniques for Characterization
of Fractured Subsurfaces, Procedia CS, 4 (2011), pp. 938–947.
[6] M. Presho, S. Wo, V. Ginting, Calibrated Dual Porosity, Dual Permeability
Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs, J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 77 (2011), pp. 326–337.
[5] F. Furtado, V. Ginting, F. Pereira, M. Presho, Operator Splitting Multiscale
Finite Volume Element Method for Two-Phase Flow with Capillary Pressure,
Transport Porous Med., 90 (2011), no. 3, pp. 927-947.
[4] M. Presho, Uncertainty Quantification in Porous Media Fluid Flow, Ph.D.
Dissertation, Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming (2010).
[3] M. Presho, A. Målqvist, V. Ginting, Density Estimation of Two-Phase
Flow with Multiscale and Randomly Perturbed Data, Adv. Water Resour., 33
(2010), no. 9, pp. 1130–1141.
[2] V. Ginting, A. Målqvist, M. Presho, A Novel Method for Solving Multiscale
Elliptic Problems with Randomly Perturbed Data, SIAM Multiscale Model.
Simul., 8 (2010), no. 3, pp. 977–996.
[1] M. Presho, V. Ginting, S. Wo, The Uncertainty Effects of Deformation
Bands on Fluid Flow, Comp. Appl. Math., 28 (2009), no. 3, pp. 291–308.
Conference
Proceedings
M. Ghommem, M. Presho, V. Calo, Y. Efendiev, Proper Orthogonal Decomposition-
Based Model Reduction for Flow in Highly Heterogeneous Porous Media, Proceedings
of 2013 International Conference on Advances and Challenges in Porous
Media, Sousse, Tunisia, April 2013.
M. Presho, M. Ghommem, V. Calo, Y. Efendiev, Global Model Reduction for
Flows in High-Contrast Media, Oberwolfach Report: Numerical Upscaling for
Media with Deterministic and Stochastic Heterogeneity, Oberwolfach, Germany,
February 2013.
Computer
Skills
Research Programming: C/C++
Mathematics Packages: MATLAB, Maple
Miscellaneous: Unix/Linux, L A TEX, Mac OS X, Windows, ParaView, DAKOTA,
Eclipse
Teaching Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 340, CSU): Spring
Experience 2011, Fall 2010
Ordinary Differential Equations I (MATH 2310, UW): Summer 2009
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Calculus I (MATH 2200, UW): Fall 2006
Trigonometry (MATH 1405, UW): Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004, Spring
2004, Fall 2003
Conferences
and
Presentations
Global Model Reduction for Flows in High-Contrast Media, Invited Presentation,
Oberwolfach Mini-Workshop: Numerical Upscaling for Media with Deterministic
and Stochastic Heterogeneity, MFO, Oberwolfach, Germany, February 2013.
A Multiscale Filtering Technique for Characterization of Fractured Media, Invited
Presentation, Third CFSF Workshop on Porous Media Flows, University
of Wyoming, May 2012.
On the Simulation of Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous and Random Media, Invited
Presentation, Colorado School of Mines, February 2012.
On the Simulation of Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous and Random Media, Invited
Presentation, HyPerComp Inc., Westlake Village, CA, August 2011.
On the Simulation of Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous and Random Media, Invited
Presentation, SSC Pacific, San Diego, CA, May 2011.
A Novel Method for Multiscale Basis Function Computations, 2011 Finite Element
Rodeo, Texas A&M, February 2011.
Model Reduction Techniques for Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs, Poster
Presentation, IAMCS Workshop in Large-Scale Inverse Problems and Uncertainty
Quantification, Texas A&M, February 2011.
Efficient Density Estimation of Two-Phase Flow with Random Permeability
Data, Invited Presentation, 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July
2010.
Efficient Density Estimation of Multi-Phase Flow with Random Permeability
Data, Invited Presentation, University of California at Berkeley, April 2010.
Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 2010.
The Multiscale Finite Element Method and its Use in Quantifying Uncertainties,
2009 Graduate Student Symposium, University of Wyoming, April 2009.
The Multiscale Finite Element Method, 5th Front Range Applied Mathematics
Student Conference (SIAM), University of Colorado at Denver, March 2009.
The Uncertainty Effects of Deformation Bands, Society of Petroleum Engineers
2008 Student Paper Contest, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
October 2008.
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Preliminary Investigation of Uncertainty Effects in Composite Porous Media
Flow, 2008 Graduate Student Symposium, University of Wyoming, April 2008.
Awarded Best Oral Presentation.
Preliminary Investigation of Uncertainty Effects in Composite Porous Media
Flow, 4th Front Range Applied Mathematics Student Conference (SIAM), University
of Colorado at Denver, March 2008.
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References
Yalchin Efendiev
Felipe Pereira
Mobil Chair in Computational Science SER Distinguished Professor
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Director of Institute for Scientific Computation University of Wyoming
Department of Mathematics and ISC (307) 766-5091
Texas A&M University
felipepereira62@gmail.com
(979) 458-0836
efendiev@math.tamu.edu
Shaochang Wo
Victor Ginting (Ph.D. Advisor)
Senior Researcher
Associate Professor
Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute
Department of Mathematics
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
(307) 766-2780 (307) 766-4018
swo@uwyo.edu
vginting@uwyo.edu
Farhad Jafari
Peter Polyakov
Professor/Department Head
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
(307) 766-2383 (307) 766-3192
fjafari@uwyo.edu
polyakov@uwyo.edu
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