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Kharazmi University Faculty of Earth Sciences Applied Geology
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Dr. Mohammad Reza Asef
Associate Professor of Applied Geology
Faculty of Earth Sciences
AllSince 2019
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Brief CV
 
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
 First Name: Mohammad Reza
Last Name: Asef
Position: Associate Professor
Department: Faculty of Earth Sciences, Applied Geology Department
E-mail: asef@khu.ac.ir
Mobile: +98 912 2493571
Education
 
 
 		 PhD. Engineering Geology (Rock Mechanics), The University of Nottingham, UK
 
M.Sc. Engineering Geology, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente (ITC), Holland
 
B.Sc. Geology, Shahid Bahonar University of Kreman, Iran
Employment experiences
 2002- present, associate Professor (Associate lecturer) at Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences.
1993-2002: Graduate Studies, M.Sc in Holland and Ph.D. in UK.
1991-1993: Khak-Azma Co, as a geotechnical field investigator I was involved in geotechnical investigations in the many construction projects.
1990-1991: Tehran Regional Water Authority. As a geotechnical advisor, involved in dam construction projects such Saveh dam; 15-Khordad dam; and Taleghan dam.
Teaching
experiences
 
 
 		 Course Taught: 
Rock mechanics and Lab                                                                   Soil mechanics and lab
Petroleum related rock mechanics (Geomechanics)                    Physical geology and lab 
Engineering geology                                                                          Site investigation
Computer (IT/ICDL)                                                                            Geomorphology
Applications of computer in earth sciences                                   Statistics
Academic writing                                                                                                Field geology
 
Selected Postgraduate Thesis Supervision
Supervisors University/Dept Student Name, Date Title
M R Asef
R Kharrat		 Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, & Dept of Petroleum Eng, Curtin University Mostafa Farrokhi (2007) Wellbore stability based on a combination of numerical and analytical solution at Maroun oilfield 1
M R Asef
R. Kharrat		 Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, & Dept of Petroleum Eng, Curtin University Mohsen Farrokhrouz (2007) Rock mechanics characterization of shale formations based on wellbore drilling log data 2
M R Asef
MKGhassem Al-Askari		 Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, & Dept of Petroleum Eng, Curtin University Mehdi Mohammad Salehi (2007) Sand production control based on slotted liner design 3
M R Asef
AEmamzade
M J Mojtahedi (Advisor)		 Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, & Dept of Petroleum Eng, Curtin University Ali Sarmadivale (2007) The effect of Hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) and other additives on drilling cement properties 4
M R Asef
M Afshar		 Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, & École du Petrole et des Moteurs (IFB), France Amir Ahmadi (2008) Software development for wellbore stability analysis (Case study: Maroun oil field) 5
R Kharrat
M R Asef
O Heidbach (from Germany)		 Islamic Azad University Amir Hossein Haghi (2011) Analysis and simulation of production induced reservoir compaction; The impact of porosity and permeability loss on reservoir production management 6
M R Asef
B Bohloli		 Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology Alireza Najibi (2011) Correlation between rock mechanical parameters and petrophysical data at  Kupal oil field and its impact on wellbore stability analysis 7
M R Asef
R. Kharrat		 Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, S. Parvizi Ghaleh (2014) Classification of layers and formations with UCS and select a suitable bit. 8
M R Asef Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology Javad Zarepoor The impact of oil contamination on geotechnical properties, a case study on Tehran refinery area 9
M R Asef Kharazmi University, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Dept of Civil Engineering Pourya Kargar Ghomeshe Comparison of experimental calculation methods of fracture toughness for limestone 10
M R Asef Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology Ali Hoori
(2015)		 Numerical Study to Predict the Geometry Dimensions of the Fracture 11
M R Asef Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology Mohsen Ghorbani (2016) The effect of temperature on Strength of Salt Rock in Experimental Scale, Case Study Ghaem Salt Mine, Garmsar 12
M R Asef
S A Moallemi (Advisor)		 Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology Morteza Mahmoodi
(2016)		 Estimating petrophysical properties of laminated sand shale (LSS), a reservoir at South-West Iran 13
M R Asef
S A Moallemi		 Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology Hesam Z Ghoochaninejad (2017) Fracture network 3D modeling of Kangan/Dalan reservoirs in one of the coastal Fars gas fields. 14
M R Asef
S A Moallemi (Advisor)		 Kharazmi University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology Obaid Ghaderpoor (2017) Fracture detection using Energy log concepts of petrophysical and rock mechanical Data: A case study, one of the oil wells in the Southwest Iran 15
 
 
Conferences Scientific events
 [1] Asef, MR, Reddish, DJ, (1999). The effect of confinement on deformation modulus of the rock mass. 6th Seminar of Iranian Students in Europe, 8 May, Manchester.
[2] Reddish, DJ, Asef, MR, and Stace, LR, (2000). Rock-support interaction analysis using a model with a pressure-dependent deformation modulus. Proceedings of the 4th North American rock mechanics symposium, USA, Seattle, 31 July-3 August 2000.
[3] Asef, MR, Siasi Rad SS. (2005). Scheme of a Database Management System for Mining Accidents (In Farsi). Iranian Mining Engineering Conference, Vol. 3, pp 2141-2155 and Abstracts Vol. pp 189. 31 Jan. – 2 Feb., Tehran, Iran.
[4] Asadi, HH and Asef, MR. (2005). Mineral Potential Mapping in Qazvin Province Using Remote Sensing and GIS (In Farsi). 6th Symposium of Geological Society of Iran, 30-31 Aug. Tehran.
[5] Asef, MR, Kessmati, MR. (2005). The Role of Insurance in Earthquake. Buildings Earthquake Vulnerability (In Farsi). The International Conference on Geohazards, Natural Disasters and Methods of Confronting with Them   September 27-29. Tabriz.
[6] Asef, MR, Kessmati, MR. (2005). Buildings Earthquake Vulnerability (In Farsi). The International Conference on Geohazards, Natural Disasters and Methods of Confronting with Them   September 27-29. Tabriz.
[7] Asef, MR. Bohloli, B. (2006) Analysis of a decade of research in the filed of Engineering Geology in Iran (In Farsi). 4th Iranian Conference of Engineering Geology and Environment. Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran.
[8] Asef, MR, (2006) Introducing a national earthquake vulnerability index. 10th IAEG International Congress Nottingham, UK. International Association of Engineering Geology, IAEG2006, paper number 563.
[9] Ahmadi, A., Asef, MR, Afshar, M (2008). Comparison of different failure criteria for wellbore stability prediction. 2nd Iranian Petroleum Engineering Congress, Ahwaz, 30-31 January.
[10] A. Haghi, M R Asef, R. Kharrat. Estimation of In-situ Stresses by using Acid Fracturing in Oil Reservoirs (2008). 3rd World Stress Map Conference, GFZ Potsdam, Germany, 15 -17 October.
[11] M R Asef (2008) Application of earthquake vulnerability analysis at global scale (In Farsi) The 3rd Disaster Management Conference, Geomatics Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Teharn, 25 December, Tehran, Iran.
[12] M R Asef (2009). Increasing Acidizing efficiency in Gas Reservoirs, Assisted by Rock Mechanics Views (In Farsi). 12th symposium of geological society of Iran, 18-20 Feb, Ahwaz, Iran.
[13] M R Asef (2009). Comparative ranking of countries based on country vulnerability to earthquake disasters (In Farsi). 12th symposium of geological society of Iran, 18-20 Feb, Ahwaz, Iran.
[14] M Farrokhrouz, M R Asef (2010) Simulating model to reduce detrimental acidizing in Tabnak gas field. SPE Deep Gas Conference and Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain, 24–26 January. SPE 131986.
[15] M Farrokhrouz, M R Asef (2010) Control of Geomechanical Instability of Shale Based on Optimized Well Engineering Decision. EAGE 2010 Shale - Resource & Challenge (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers), 26-28 March, France, Nice.
[16] M R Asef, M Farrokhrouz (2010) Empirical Approach for Evaluation of Compressive Strength of Shale.  EAGE 2010 Shale - Resource & Challenge (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers), 26-28 March, France, Nice.
[17] M Farrokhrouz, M R Asef (2010) Production Enhancement via Scale Removal in Nar Formation, SPE 135854. SPE Production and Operations Conference and Exhibition, 8-10 June, Tunis, Tunisia.
[18] M R Asef, M Farrokhrouz, H Haghi (2010) Evaluation of P-wave and S-wave Correlations.  28th IUGG Conf. on Mathematical Geophysics. 7-11 June Italy, Pisa.
[19] M Farrokhrouz, M R Asef (2010) Effects of Confinement on Rock Velocity Relations for different Rock Types. 28th IUGG Conf. on Mathematical Geophysics. 7-11 June Italy, Pisa.
[20] M Farrokhrouz, M R Asef, E Adibi Sedeh (2010) Investigation on Origins of Hydrogen Sulfide Production in Sweet Gas Fields. 72nd EAGE Conference & Exhibition, 14-17 June, Spain, Barcelon.
[21] M Mohamadsalehi,  M R Asef, S. Goodarzian. (2010) Non-Uniform Slotted Liner Completion, a New Approach to Obtain Uniform Production Profile along Horizontal Wells. IADC/SPE ASIA PACIFIC DRILLING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 1-3 Nov.            
[22] A. H. Haghi; M.R. Asef; R. Kharat. (2010). Effective Stress Approximation using Geomechanical Formulation of Fracturing Technology (GFFT) in Petroleum Reservoirs. AGU Fall Meeting (American Geophysical :::::union:::::), USA, San Fr., California, 13-17 December.
[23] M R Asef; M Farrokhrouz; H Haghi. (2010). Methods and Parameters for Estimation of Wave Velocity in Rock. The 19th International Geophysical Congress and Exhibition, Turkey, Ankara.
[24] M Farrokhrouz; M R Asef. (2010). Dominant Parameters for Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity. The 19th International Geophysical Congress and Exhibition, Turkey, Ankara.
[25] Najibi, A. R., M. R. Asef, R. Ajalloeian, Gh. A. Safian (2011) New empirical relations for estimating mechanical properties of Limestone. The 7th Iranian conference of engineering geology and the Environment. Shahrood, Iran.
[26] M. Farrokhrouz and M. R. Asef (2012). Evaluation of Empirical Correlations for Biot’s Coefficient Prediction. The 15th International Workshop on Seismic Anisotropy (15IWSA), April 14-19, Bahrain.
[27] Haghi, A.H., Kharrat, R., Asef, M.R., (2011) "Evaluation and Analysis of Reservoir fluid flow effect on field stress; A new approach to alleviate induced seismicity in hydrocarbon reservoirs", Fragile Earth Conference, Technical Session of Induced Seismicity, Munich, Germany.
 [28] M. Farrokhrouz and M. R. Asef (2012). Investigating the Effect of Poroelasticity on Rock Strength Estimation. The 15th International Workshop on Seismic Anisotropy (15IWSA), April 14-19, Bahrain.
[29] Najibi, A. R., M. R. Asef, (2013) The Effect of Confining Pressure on Dynamic to Static Young’s Modulus Ratio. The International Workshop on Geomechanics and Energy, Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-28 November.
[30] M. Farrokhrouz and M. R. Asef (2013) Application of Pressure Drop Measurements in Filtration Function Determination Using Laboratorial Data. 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC, London, UK, 10-13 June.
[31] M. Farrokhrouz, M. R. Asef (2014) Definition of shale minerals in reservoir area using geochemical sampling, 7th MID-EUROPEAN CLAY CONFERENCE, 16–19 Sept, Dresden, Germany.
[32] Mohsen Farrokhrouz, M R Asef, (2015), Mathematical Modelling of Pressure and Ion Diffusion Behavior on Reactive Shale, Third International Conference on Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Iran, Tehran, 13-14 Dec.
[33] Hesam Ghoochaninejad, Mohammad Reza Asef, Seyed Ali Moallemi (2016) Effective porosity evaluation using Gaussian Random Function Simulation(GRFS) in one of the south Iran hydrocarbon fields. 34th National and the 2nd International Geosciences Congress, Tehran, the Geological Survey of Iran, 22-24 Feb. 
[34] H Ghoochaninejad, M R Asef, S A Moallemi (2016), Effective porosity evaluation using Gaussian Random Function Simulation (GRFS) in one of the south Iran hydrocarbon fields. 34th National and the 2nd International Geosciences Congress, Tehran, the Geological Survey of Iran, 22-24 Feb.
[35] M Reza Asef; H Zarehparvar Ghoochaninejad; S A Moallemi, (2017), Stoneley wave velocity estimation from well log data by using the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system, 2nd National Conference on Petroleum Geomechanics, National Iranian Oil Company Exploration Directorate, Tehran, January 24-26.
[36] M Mahmoudi, M R Asef, S A Mahmoudi, M Kamari, S A Moallemi (2017), Study of Asmari Formation Electrofacies, In one of the wells in Ahwaz Field Located in South West Iran. 35th Congress of Earth Sciences, 19-21 Feb, Tenran, Iran.
[37] M Mahmoudi, M R Asef, S A Mahmoudi, M Kamari, S A Moallemi (2017), Petrophysical evaluation of reservoir properties of oil wells in the South West of Iran. 6th Iranian Rock Mechanics Conference (IRMC6), 14-15 Feb., Tehran, Iran.
[38] M Mahmoudi, M R Asef, S A Mahmoudi, M Kamari, S A Moallemi (2017), Identification sequence laminated shaly sand in one of the wells in the South West of Iran. 6th Iranian Rock Mechanics Conference (IRMC6), 14-15 Feb., Tehran, Iran.
 
Journals
 [1] Asef, MR, Reddish, DJ, Lloyd, PW, (2000). Rock-support interaction analysis based on numerical modelling. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 18, 23-37. DOI: 10.1023/A:1008968013995.
[2] Asef, MR, Reddish, DJ. (2002). The impact of confining stress on the rock mass deformation modulus. Geotechnique. Vol 4. pp 235-241. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1680/ geot.2002.52.4.235.
[3] Asef, MR, (2008) Modeling the elements of country vulnerability to earthquake disasters. Disasters, The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management. Vol 32, No. 3, pages 480-498. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01051.x
[4] H. Roshan, M R Asef (2010) Characteristics of Oilwell Cement Slurry Using CMC. SPE Drilling & Completion. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/114246-PA 
[5] M R Asef, M Farrokhrouz (2010) Governing Parameters for Approximation of Carbonates UCS. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE), USA, 1581-1592, Vol. 15, No. N.
[6] Najibi, A., Asef, M. R., Nabi-Bidhendi, M., Ajalloeian, R., Safian, G. A., (2012) The effect of confining pressure on the elastic wave velocity, the dynamic, and static Young’s moduli of Sarvak Limestone specimen. Iranian Journal of Geophysics. Vol 6, No. 3.
[7] Najibi, A., Asef, M. R., M., Ajalloeian, R., Safian, G. A., (2012) Estimating mechanical properties of Limestone from petrophysical data. Journal of Engineering Geology. Vo. 6. No 1. 
[8] Asef, M. R.; Najibi, A. R. (2013) The effect of confining pressure on elastic wave velocities and dynamic to static Young’s modulus ratio. Geophysics, 78, 3, P. D135–D142. DOI: 10.1190/geo2012-0279.1.
[9] Haghi, A.H., Kharrat, R., Asef, M. R., Rezazadegan, H. (2013) Present-Day Stress of Central Persian Gulf, Implications for Drilling and Well Performance. Tectonophysics 608 (2013) 1429–1441.
[10] A H Haghi, R Kharrat, M R Asef, (2013) A Case Study for HCL-based Fracturing Technology and Present-day Stress through Carbonate Reservoirs by Introducing a Full Deformation/Diffusion/Thermal Solutions;   Journal of Petrolume Science and Engineering, 112, 105-116.
[11] A H Haghi, M R Asef, A Taheri, M Mokham (2013). Evaluation of the Heading Confinement Pressure Effect on Ground Settlement for EPBTBM Using Full 3D Numerical Analysis, International Journal of Mining & Geo-Eng (IJMGE), 1, 47, 13-32.
[12] Mohsen Farrokhrouz, Mohammad Reza Asef, and Riyaz Kharrat (2014) Empirical estimation of uniaxial compressive strength of shale formations. Geophysics, v. 79, p. D227-D233, doi:10.1190/geo2013-0315.1.
[13] Ali Reza Najibi, Mohammad Reza Asef (2014) Prediction of seismic-wave velocities in rock at various confining pressures based on unconfined data. Geophysics, v. 79, p. D235-D242, doi:10.1190/geo2013-0349.1.
[14] Ali Reza Najibi, Mohammad Ghafoori, Gholam Reza Lashkaripour, Mohammad Reza Asef (2015). Empirical relations between strength and static and dynamic elastic properties of Asmari and Sarvak limestones, two main oil reservoirs in Iran. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 126, 78–82.
[15] Haghi A. H, Kharrat R, Asef M.R (2015) New Analytical Approach for Reservoir Stress Approximation Based on Acid Fracturing Data. Journal of Engineering Geology (of Kharazmi University), Vol. 9, No. 2, 2789-2816.
[16] Saeed Parvizi, Riyaz Kharrat, Mohammad Reza Asef, Bijan Jahangiry, and Abdolnabi Hashemi (2015). Prediction of the Shear Wave Velocity from Compressional Wave Velocity for Gachsaran Formation. Acta geophysica, Volume 63, Issue 5, pp. 1231-1243. DOI: 10.1515/acgeo-2015-0048.
[17] Ali Reza Najibi, Mohammad Ghafoori, Gholam Reza Lashkaripour, Mohammad Reza Asef, (2016). Reservoir geomechanical modeling: In-situ stress, pore pressure, and mud design. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 151, 31–39. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2017.01.045.
[18] M. Farrokhrouz, M. R. Asef (2017). Experimental investigation for predicting compressive strength of sandstone. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 43, 222-229. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2017.03.023.
[19] M. R. Asef, M. Farrokhrouz (2017) A semi-empirical relation between static and dynamic elastic modulus. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 157 (2017) 359–363. Doi: 10.1016/j.petrol. 2017.06. 055.
[20] Hesam Zarehparvar Ghoochaninejad, M R Asef, Seyed Ali Moallemi (2017) Estimation of fracture aperture from petrophysical logs using teaching–learning-based optimization algorithm into a fuzzy inference system, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. DOI 10.1007/s13202-017-0396-1.
 
Book
 [1] Farrokhrouz, M. and M. R., Asef (2013) Shale Engineering, Mechanics and Mechanisms. CRC Press Balkema, member of Taylor & Francis.
 
 
[2] Amir Hossein Haghi, Mohammad Reza Asef, Riyaz Kharrat (2015) Reservoir Insitu Stress and Geomechanics, published in Farsi by National Iranian Oil Company, Iran.
Scholarship and Grants
 - MSc scholarship award by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran), 1993
- PhD scholarship award by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran), 1997
- Distinguished University Lecturer, as Student Association Consultant, 2011
- Distinguished University Lecturer, as Student Association Consultant, 2012,
- Distinguished Author, 2013, Year-book Competition at 17th Symposium of Geological Society of Iran, and 1st International Congress on Zagross Orogen.
- Sabbatical leave award, Kharazmi University, visiting Department of Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia from August 2017 for 6 to 12 month.
Honors
 - First Rank amongst Students Participating in highly competitive MSc Entrance Examination of Iranian government for overseas scholarship grant, 1990
- Distinguished University Lecturer, as Student Association Consultant, 2011 and 2012,
- Distinguished Author, 2013, Year-book Competition at 17th Symposium of Geological Society of Iran, and 1st International Congress on Zagross Orogen.
languages
 English, Arabic, Farsi
 
 
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