Senior Research Scientist Mazen Y. Kanj

"knowledge is power."

Mazen Y. Kanj, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist

Rock Mechanics Institute ( Sarkeys Energy Center , The University of Oklahoma )

100 E. Boyd, SEC-P119

Norman, OK 73019-1014

Phone: (405) 325-2900
Fax: (405) 325-7511
Email: kanj@ou.edu
Office: SEC-R116

Areas of Interest

Poromechanics, soft computing and artificial intelligence, software design and computers.

Biographical Sketch

Mazen Y. Kanj received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at The University of Oklahoma in 1995. He has a Masters (Class of 1990) and a Bachelor (Class of 1988) of engineering degrees in Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut.

Research

Dr. Kanj is a leader to one of the thrust projects for the Rock Mechanics Consortium (RMC). Before 10/99, he worked on investigating the problems of sand production prediction and sand control in wells. As such, he performed heuristic knowledge solicitation, acquisition, representation, and inferencing in the domain of the problematic sand influx into the wellbore during oil/gas production. The resulting hybrid-intelligent-system (SITEX) amalgamated the many AI technologies among themselves and with conventional numerical and analytical methodologies. Currently, Mazen's research is focused on developing a virtual rock testing simulator using the theories of coupled processes in poromechanics. The study involves devising analytical solutions to the cylinder and the hollow-cylinder problems under simulated geomechanical testing conditions and aims at developing the PCORE-3D software.

Selected Publications

Kanj, M.Y. and Abousleiman, Y., "Realistic Sanding Predictions: A Neural Approach," SPE-56631, Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Houston, TX, Oct. 3-6, 1999.
Kanj, M.Y. and Roegiers, J.-C., “Fuzzy Control: An Alternate Mean of Sand Exclusion in Wells?", Proceedings of the 37^th US Rock Mechanics Symposium: Vail Rocks'99 conference, Vail, CO, June 6-9, 1999, pp. 203-208.
Kanj, M.Y., Zaman, M.M., and Roegiers, J.-C., “Building a Knowledge-Efficient Sanding Advisor", Knowledge-Based Systems Journal, Elsevier Science, Aug. 1999, v.12, no.4, pp. 145-158.
Kanj, M.Y., Zaman, M.M., and Roegiers, J.-C., “Sanding: An Expert-System Approach for Assessment and Control in Wells”, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, ASME, Dec. 1997, v.119, no.4, pp. 223-235.
Harajli, M.H. and Kanj, M.Y., “Ultimate Flexural Strength of Concrete Members Prestressed with Unbonded Tendons”, ACI Structural Journal, Nov.-Dec. 1991, v.88, no.6, pp. 663-673.

Selected (Under review) Publications

Kanj, M.Y., Abousleiman, Y., and Ghanem, R., “Poromechanics of Anisotropic Hollow Cylinders,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics of the ASCE. (2002)
Kanj, M.Y. and Abousleiman, Y., “Simulating Coupled Processes in Geomechanics: PCore-3D, ” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering of the ASCE. (2002)
Kanj, M.Y. and Abousleiman, Y., “The Generalized Lame Problem: Coupled Poromechanical Solutions,” Journal of Applied Mechanics of the ASME. (2002)
Abousleiman, Y. and Kanj, M.Y., “The Generalized Lame Problem: Applications in Poromechanics,” Journal of Applied Mechanics of the ASME. (2002)

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