August 19, 2008
Mukul M. Sharma, petroleum engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, received the Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal, the Society of Petroleum Engineer’s major technical award. This medal recognizes distinguished lifelong achievements in improving the technique and practice of finding and producing petroleum. Professor Sharma has spent his career researching better methods for finding and producing oil & natural gas, and to improve utilization or re-injection of produced water. Most recently, he has helped to improve production of gas from unconventional resources, which represents the single fastest growing domestic source of energy for the United States.
Sharma holds the W.A. “Tex” Moncrief, Jr. Centennial Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering.
About the Cockrell School of Engineering:
The Cockrell School ranks among the top ten engineering programs in the United States and aspires to move into the top five. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the Cockrell School's more than 7,000 students work with many of the world's finest engineering educators and researchers. This environment prepares graduates to become engineering leaders and innovators working for the betterment of society.