Nobuo Maeda, Ph. D., P. Eng.
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
- nobuo@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-6524
- Address
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6-245 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Petroleum Engineering
About
Education
- PhD Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, 2001
- MSc Materials Science, JAIST, 1997
- BEng Applied Physics, Tohoku University, 1992
Honours and Awards
- Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2010)
- Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne (2012)
Professional Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
- Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering
- American Society for Engineering Education
Research
Research Interests
- Phase transitions
- Nucleation
- Gas hydrates
- Ice
- Flow assurance
- Surfaces and interfaces
- Colloids
- Wetting, adsorption, adhesion
Current research projects
Nucleation of ice and gas hydrates: Clathrate hydrates (gas hydrates) are ice-like crystalline solids in which small “guest” molecules are incorporated inside the hydrogen-bonded network of water. Gas hydrates are very similar to ice in some ways – one of the 18 known phases of ice has in fact been made by degassing the guest out of a gas hydrate. We have been systematically investigating the nucleation of ice and of gas hydrates.
Nucleation of wax:
Teaching
- PETE 275
- PETE 484
- PETE 694
Courses
PET E 484 - Oil and Gas Property Evaluation
Principles of property evaluation as a function of resource type, economics, technology, risk, and policies. Investment decision making tools. Cost information for petroleum exploration, drilling, production and development. Case studies on conventional and unconventional resources. Canadian and international oil and gas regulations. International and regional factors impacting oil and gas prices. Corequisite: ENG M 310 or 401 or equivalent.
PET E 668 - Flow Assurance
Overview of flow assurance in oil and natural gas flowlines and pipelines. Fundamentals of surfaces and dispersions, nucleation and crystal growth, multiphase flows. Introduction to fast- forming and slowly forming flow assurance risk factors; gas hydrates, demulsification, dehydration, wax deposition, asphaltene precipitation, scale formation, sand erosion, pipeline corrosion, sensing and mitigation strategies. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.