About

Jordan Smart is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on areas within aerospace engineering, contributing to the department's diverse research areas. Specific details about his background, research focus, and key contributions are not provided in the available page text.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Sociology
• Mathematics education
• Social psychology
• Pedagogy

Selected publications

• Scholarly Significance of the Carnegie Commission Sponsored Research Reports

  The Journal of Higher Education · 2016-11-01

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• Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

  Higher education · 2012-01-01 · 106 citations

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• Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

  Higher education · 2011-01-01 · 33 citations

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• The Mediating Effects of Student Engagement on the Relationships Between Academic Disciplines and Learning Outcomes: An Extension of Holland’s Theory

  Research in Higher Education · 2011-08-31 · 142 citations

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• Differential Patterns of Change and Stability in Student Learning Outcomes in Holland’s Academic Environments: The Role of Environmental Consistency

  Research in Higher Education · 2010-01-21 · 10 citations

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• Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

  Higher education · 2010-01-01 · 140 citations

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• SS: Thunder Horse and Atlantis Deepwater Frontier Developments in the Gulf of Mexico" Paper Title - Deepwater Completions: The Devil is in the Details

  Offshore Technology Conference · 2010-05-03

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  Abstract BP's Thunder Horse and Atlantis completions are some of the most complex in the world. This complexity is both a basic requirement of the environment and a result of the desire to achieve as much functionality from a wellbore as practical. This paper will address the approach BP has taken to ensure " completions excellence?? on both the completion design and installation, but will not cover the design details of the completions themselves. Completions Excellence is a mindset of continuous improvement in organizational capability, planning, execution, and learning. Introduction Thunder Horse and Atlantis are two of BP's premiere deepwater (DW) fields in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). These fields are in water depths of 5,500 ft to 7,000 ft and cover a number of OCS blocks each, so multiple drill centers and the use of state of the art dynamically positioned drilling/completion rigs is required. Well depths are in the range of 19,000 ft to 28,000 ft MD. Reliable, high-rate well completions are critical for the success of these fields. Complex reservoirs with multiple stacked pay sands result in wells that typically require multi-zone sand control completions. A typical Thunder Horse or Atlantis completion may cost tens of millions of dollars and the completion itself will account for one-half to two-thirds of total well cost. Production from such wells may be over 50 thousand barrels per day. Initial completion designs were single and stacked cased and perforated or frac packed completions, but in order to improve capital efficiency, downhole flow control was added to better manage the reservoirs and minimize future interventions (Figure 1). The complexity of even the simplest DW GoM completions mean that any engineering or installation errors can cost tens of millions of dollars to fix, and that major workovers can be even more expensive. Despite all the complexity, most of the problems encountered in delivering these wells have involved getting the seemingly minute, simple details right. Things like O-rings, metallurgy and unforeseen sources of debris have led to some of the biggest challenges. A successful completion is the culmination of getting thousands of small details right the first time through a system of checking and re-checking during design, manufacturing and assembly in the shop; and again in the field prior to and during installation. There is no doubt that to achieve completions excellence " the devil is in the details!??

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• If and When Money Matters: The Relationships Among Educational Expenditures, Student Engagement and Students’ Learning Outcomes

  Research in Higher Education · 2010-09-17 · 95 citations

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• Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

  Higher education · 2009-01-01 · 41 citations

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• Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Volume 24.

  2009-01-01 · 7 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Corinna A. Ethington

  Google (United States)

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• Ernest T. Pascarella

  21 shared

• Charles F. Elton

  15 shared

• Gerald W. McLaughlin

  University of Colorado Denver

  12 shared

• Kenneth A. Feldman

  Woodland Hills Medical Center

  8 shared

• Kim S. Cameron

  Michigan United

  6 shared

• Alan E. Bayer

  5 shared

• Barry R. Morstain

  5 shared

Labs

• Combustion, Flow, and Plasma Interaction LaboratoryPI

Education

• Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  2000

• M.S., Aerospace Engineering

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  1996

• B.S., Aerospace Engineering

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  1994

Awards & honors

• Robert H. Cannon Jr. Summer Fellowship, Stanford Department…
• DARE Fellowship, Stanford Vice Provost for Graduate Educatio…
• EDGE Fellowship, Stanford Vice Provost for Graduate Educatio…
• Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2…
• JEDI Service Graduation Award, Stanford School of Engineerin…