Akhil Datta-Gupta is Regents Professor at Texas A&M University, and is well known for his contributions to the theory and practice of streamline simulation in petroleum reservoir characterization, management and calibration of high-resolution geologic models. Professor Datta-Gupta is the recipient of the Society of Petroleum Engineers' John Franklin Carll Award (2009) and Lester C. Uren Award (2003) for his contributions related to reservoir characterization and 3-D streamline simulation. He served as a member of the Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, Technology Task For...