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Research in Applied Mathematics at Schlumberger-Doll Research
Research in Applied Mathematics at Schlumberger The search for oil and gas has three objectives: to identify and evaluate hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs; to bring hydrocarbons to the surface safely and cost-effectively, without harming the environment; and to maximize the yield from each discovery. This talk will focus on some aspects of research in applied mathematics at Schlumberger. Lalitha Venkataramanan Program Manager in the Math & Modeling department in Cambridge, MA. Lalitha is a senior research scientist at Schlumberger Doll Research in Ridgefield, CT. She is program manager of the measurement interpretation program in the Math and Modeling department. Her research activities include working on inversion algorithms for nuclear magnetic resonance data obtained downhole and more recently, working on answer products from permanent downhole measurements. Lalitha earned her Master’s degree in mathematics (topology) from Cornell University. After Cornell, she taught at a nearby liberal arts college before starting at the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1984, writing computer codes for electromagnetic tools. While working at Schlumberger-Doll Research she earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University. She is the author or co-author of 12 peer-reviewed journal articles and 3 patents.
