Dr. Younane N. Abousleiman is the director of the integrated PoroMechanics Institute in the College of Earth & Energy at the University of Oklahoma, and the Larry W. Brummett/ONEOK Chair in Poromechanics in the Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering, the ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, and the School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science. Dr. Abousleiman earned his B.S. degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1982), his M.S. degree from Columbia University, New York (1986), and his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Delaware, Newark (1991).

Dr. Abousleiman was appointed as director of the integrated PoroMechanics Institute in 1998 and has since successfully generated more than $15 million in research funding and is principal investigator for two industry-sponsored consortia with fifteen national and international members, the Geomechanics Gas Shale Consortium and the integrated PoroMechanics Institute Rock Mechanics Consortium, with research foci on upstream oil and gas industry problems; in particular, related to shale mechanics.

Dr. Abousleiman has authored or coauthored more than 200 technical papers and has two patents.

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) awarded the Jules Braunstein Memorial Award in April, 2012.

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Energy Minerals Division (EMD) awarded the Loyd Carlson Memorial Award, April 2012.

• The Innovator Award for 2011 The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

• The Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize; for "Poromechanics with Rock and Geomechanics Applications", Award in Civil Engineering Research, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2003.

• Excellent Paper Award in 2008, from the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Published in the International Journal of Geomechanics in 2005.

• Invited/selected to deliver Maurice A. Biot Lecture at Columbia University, New York City, New York, December 2, 2008.

• Award for "Most Significant Paper in Fundamental Research" by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 1997.

• Chairman of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division, Poromechanics Committee, 2004-present, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

• Associate Editor, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2004-present.

• Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Mechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2005-present.

• Associate Editor, Journal of the Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPEJ), SPE, 2008-present.

• Associate Editor, Advances in Water Resources Series, Computational Mechanics Publication (CMP), England, 2000-present.

• Co-Chairman, Poromechanics Committee of Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2002-2004.

• Listed in Who's Who in America in Science and Engineering, Marquis, 4th, 5th -- 10th Editions, since 1998 to 2009.

• Listed in Who's Who in the World, Marquis, 17th Edition, since 2000.

• Listed in Who's Who in American Education, Marquis, 5th & 6th Editions, 2002-2003, 2004-2005-2008.

Conference Activities

• Member, Advisory Committee for 4th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA, June 8-10, 2009.

• Session Organizer and Chairman (three sessions) for 4th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA, June 8-10, 2009.

• Keynote Presentation at 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) / 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), Venice, Italy (June 29-July 5, 2008).

• Co-Chairman, Mini-Symposium, "Multiphysics Modelling of Porous Media:  Geomaterials, Biomaterials and Others" 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8 / 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), Venice, Italy (June 29-July 5, 2008).

• Mini-Symposium Chairman, 15th U. S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 25-30 June 2006.

• Conference Chairman, 3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics, May 24-27, 2005, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

• Session Chairman, 2nd Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Grenoble, France, August 26-28, 2002.

• Session Chairman, SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 2002.

• Session Chairman, 4th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium (NARMS), Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., July 31-August 3, 2000.

• Session Chairman, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on Theoretical and Numerical Methods in Continuum Mechanics of Porous Materials, University of Stuttgart, Germany, September 5-10, 1999.

• Session Chairman, 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Vail, Colorado, June 6-9, 1999.

• Conference Co-Chairman and Organizer, Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, September 14-16, 1998.

• Conference Chairman, Fourth International Conference on Computer Methods and Water Resources (CMWR 97), Byblos, Lebanon, June 16-18, 1997.

• Session Chairman, 9th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Wuhan, People's Republic of China, November 2-7, 1997.

• Session Chairman, 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium (NARMS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 19-21, 1996.

• Session Chairman, 11th Engineering Mechanics Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Radisson Bahia Mar Resort, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A., May 19-22, 1996.

• Conference Chairman, Third International Conference on Computer Methods and Water Resources (CMWR 95), Beirut, Lebanon, September 25-28, 1995.

• Session Chairman, 35th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, University of Nevada, Reno, June 5-7, 1995.

Professional Societies:

• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

• Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers

• Member, International Society of Rock Mechanics

• Charter Member, American Rock Mechanics Association

• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Patents:

• Abousleiman, Y., Hoang, S., Al-Tahini, A., Brumley, J. and Nguyen, V., "Inclined Direct Shear Testing Device," Test Cell for Applying a Shear Stress to a Test Specimen, US Patent, 7,650,795.

• Abousleiman, Y., Tran, M., Hoang, S., Ortega, A., Ulm, F. and Bobko, C., "Method of Predicting Mechanical Properties of Rocks Using Mineral Compositions" Provided by In-Situ Logging Tools, US Patent, 8,380,437.