Roland N. Horne

Roland N. Horne is an energy engineer, author and academic. He is the Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences, a Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy, and Director of the Geothermal Program at Stanford University.

Horne is most known for his contributions to well test interpretation, production optimization, and the tracer analysis of fractured geothermal reservoirs. Among his authored works are peer-reviewed publications and the books ''Modern Well Test Analysis'' and ''Discrete Fracture Network Modeling of Hydraulic Stimulation'', the latter of which he co-authored. He has been a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Lecturer in 1998, 2009, and 2020, and has received the SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, the Lester C. Uren Award, as well as the John Franklin Carll Award. Additionally, he has served on the International Geothermal Association (IGA) Board from 1998 to 2001, 2001 to 2004, and 2007 to 2010, and was the IGA President from 2010 to 2013. He also served as Technical Program Chair for the World Geothermal Congress in Turkey in 2005, Bali in 2010, Melbourne in 2015, and Iceland in 2020.

Horne was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2002, named an Honorary Member of the SPE in 2007, and awarded the titles of Fellow at the School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, and Honorary Professor at China University of Petroleum – East China in 2016. Provided by Wikipedia