Thomas Gould : Academy of Distinguished Engineers - 2013

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Award Year
2013
Graduation Year
1968
Department
Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
Biography

Senior Consultant/Senior Partner, International Reservoir Technologies, Lakewood, Colorado

In the waning days of the slide rule — the mechanical analog computer utilized by mathematicians and engineers for centuries — Thomas Gould was happy to be at a university that was somewhat uniquely beginning to teach computer science to its chemical engineering students. The cutting-edge skill served him well.

“My first internship was with Chevron Research in California, where I spent a summer converting paper nomographs — a multi-axis design process — into a computerized form of hydrocrackers,” says Gould. “It was a good example of how OSU was leading the charge in the use of computers in chemical engineering, allowing me to have a direct impact on Chevron.”

Gould went on to earn his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering at University of Michigan and became a leader in the field of petroleum reservoir engineering, first with a software company where he was responsible for research and development in reservoir, pipeline, real-time, training, and graphics software. Today, Gould serves as a senior partner in a global consulting firm specializing in petroleum reservoirs and enhanced oil recovery.

Degrees

  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1968