A professor at The University of Texas at Austin will be among three researchers worldwide to receive an honorary doctorate degree from a leading technical university in the Netherlands.
Dr. Wheeler will receive the honorary doctorate in April 2006 from the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, an engineering and technology university. Wheeler is a professor of mathematics, and she holds the Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair in the department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, and the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering department.
She is also the director of the University’s Center for Subsurface Modeling, a research subgroup of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, which employs computer simulations to model the behavior of fluids in geological formations. Her research covers a broad range, from computer modeling of estuaries and coastal waters to subsurface modeling for petroleum exploration applications. Wheeler is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an adjunct professor at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The Technische Universiteit Eindhoven has chosen to award Dr. Wheeler the honorary doctorate in recognition of her significant contribution of modeling techniques to the areas of subsurface flow and transport in porous media.
“I’m thrilled about this,” Wheeler said. “To be recognized by the Dutch is quite an honor in light of their history of leading research in the field of subsurface modeling.”
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