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Office Info:
Location:
McClure Hall 205
Phone:
631-2554
Fax: 631-2721
E-mail:
roger-blais@utulsa.edu
Office Hours: Please call for an appointment.
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Degrees Earned
- B.A. Physics and French Literature, The University of Minnesota, 1966
- Ph.D. Experimental Physics, The University of Oklahoma, 1971
- Certificate Computer Programming, Tulsa Junior College, 1981
- Certificate Business Administration, University of California, 1986
Professional License
- Professional Engineer, Oklahoma, since 1982
Teaching
- General Physics 2053 and 2063:First two classes in the physics sequence
for all engineering majors. (Calculus based).
- Physics 4003: Physical Mechanics (Senior Level)
- Physics 3012-3022: Instrumentation Laboratory I and II (Junior Level)
- Physics Science 2093: Astronomy (Liberal Arts/Honors)
- Thermal Physics (Graduate Level)
- Analytical Mechanics (Graduate Level)
- Honors 2013: Cosmology
Research
- Fluid
dynamics and instrumentation
- Petroleum
production artificial lift technology
- Gaseous
electronics
- Remote
sensing
- Atmospheric
dispersion modeling
Professional Positions
- Director, Test Measurement Division,
ISA, 1995-97
- Fellow, ISA, 1998
- Vice President for
Automation and Technology,
ISA, 2003-04
- Editor of the Test Measurement Division Newsletter
Taught at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 1972-77
Associate Director, TUALP, since 1983
TUALP, or Tulsa University Artificial Lift Projects, is a nonprofit, industrially
funded
research consortium on petroleum production engineering, founded in 1983. The founding
researchers are TU faculty members, Zelimir Schmidt (petroleum engineering), Dale Doty
(applied mathematics), and Roger Blais (experimental physics). "Artificial Lift"
is required whenever petroleum reservoir pressure is insufficient to provide "natural lift"
to raise
petroleum to the surface of the earth without assistance. Methods include sucker rod
pumping, gas lift, electric submersible pumping, hydraulic pumping, and progressive
cavity pumping. Research stresses development of dynamic models for designing
production systems when the fluid being pumped is multiphase.
Physics Department Chair 1986-88
Vice Provost 1989-92
Acting Provost 1990-91
Interim Provost 1998-1999
Provost 1999-present
Hobbies
Music, reading, scouting, camping, jogging
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2005