Faculty
Dr. Ligang Lu
Office Location N308 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-4400
Fax 713-743-4444
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Professional Experience
Principal Science Fellow and Senior Principal AI Researcher in Subsurface and Natural Science AI at Shell International Information Technologies Inc., Houston, TX.
Shell Data Science Skill Pool Lead
IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY
Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M University since 2017
Awards & Honors
Allen B. Dumont Prize
Research Interests
Develop AI-powered solutions for various business applications such as Agentic AI for well assessment, competitive intelligence for block lease bidding, AI for catalyst discovery, well drilling and completion risk prevention, and CO2 reduction.
Selected Publications
Ligang Lu has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and holds 42 issued patents.