- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- L.F. Peterson '36 Chair I
- University Distinguished Professor
- Regents Professor
- Associate Department Head, Faculty Administration, Petroleum Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Phone: 979-847-9030
- Email: datta-gupta@tamu.edu
- Office: RICH 401G
- Website: Research Website

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin - 1992
- M.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin - 1985
- B.S., Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad - 1982
Research Interests
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- Rapid flow simulation techniques, reservoir optimization, large-scale parameter estimation via inverse methods, and uncertainty quantification and assessments
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Streamline simulation and applications
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Inverse modeling and multi-scale data integration
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Geostatistics and stochastic reservoir characterization
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Modeling and scale-up of enhanced oil recovery
Certifications & Memberships
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Awards & Honors
- John Franklin Carll Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Outstanding Contributions to Basic Research in Geosciences, U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Division
- Lester C. Uren Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Selected Publications
- Streamline Simulation: Theory and Practice , Akhil Datta - Gupta and M. J. King, Textbook Series #11, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX , ISBN 978-1-55563-111-6 (Nov. 2007).
- Editor, History Matching and Conditioning Geologic Models to Dynamic Data, Society of Petroleum Engineers Reprint Series, ISBN 978-1-55563-210-6 (April, 2009).
- Bhark, E., Jafapour, B. and Datta-Gupta, A. 2011. A Generalized Grid-Connectivity-Based Parameterization for Subsurface Flow Model Calibration. Water Resources Research, 47, W06517. doi:10.1029/2010WR009982 (2011).
- Rey, A., Datta-Gupta, A., and Ballin, P. 2011. Assisted history matching in the presence of frequent well interventions using generalized travel time inversion. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 78 (2); 415-30, August 2011.
- Yin, J., Park, H-Y, Datta-Gupta, A., and King, M. J. 2011. A hierarchical streamline-assisted history matching approach with global and local parameter updates. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 80 (1); 116-30, December 2011